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SUPERNATURAL “Lucifer Rising” Review

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I was right when I said that tonight’s season finale of SUPERNATURAL would be ending with a pretty amazing cliffhanger, but what I didn’t expect was to get my second “fade to white” ending (the other one happened last night on Lost). So I gotta ask, is white the new black?

But let’s move on to what we really care about Lucifer Rising…literally.

Who would’ve have thought that Ruby had been bad all along. And to think that I actually liked her… well at least when Katie Cassidy was portraying her last season. This season I started liking her a little less, but still.

And the Angels, they’re as bad as the demons. Is there no one out there to save us?

I gotta say that the Supernatural team brought it home tonight with Lucifer actually rising, which shouldn’t have surprised us since that was the title of the episode, but I didn’t think that they were actually going to bring him back. Or at least I hoped that Dean and Sam would send him back to hell. But I guess that will be for next season.

One thing is for sure, Supernatural knows how to get you on the edge of your seat and make you scream when they end the episode the way they did. Even though I’m excited it’s summertime, I cannot wait for Fall to have the Winchester brothers back on my TV.

There is however one disappointing thing about tonight’s episode of Supernatural, we didn’t get to see the showdown between Sam and Dean. I gotta admit I was kind of curious to find out who would win. But I guess there is always next season.

What did you guys think of Lucifer rising? Were you disappointed that we didn’t get the Dean and Sam face off some of us were expecting?

(P.S. Who else loves the recaps Supernatural style with music? Tonight’s song was Kansas’ “Carry On Wayward Son.”)

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  • Christina

    I loved LOVED this episode. It had my screaming at my TV throughout the entire thing. I knew deep down that Ruby was evil at heart and I shouted with GLEE when Dean knifed her. I felt so bad for Sam though…. here he was thinking that he was doing the right thing and to find out it was just a big ploy. He wasn’t doing anything but helping bring Lucifer out of his cage. Poor Sammy. And the moments with Dean and Castiel were awesome as well. Thank God Misha is coming back next season, the show would be lacking without his presence.

    As for your comment about the showdown between Sam and Dean, I don’t think it’s going to happen. Yeah, Dean will be ticked that Sam open Lucifer’s cage but he knows that he was played. Hell they both were played from both sides. They work it out next season and band together to send the Big Bad back to the pits of hell.

  • Tybert

    So yeah, I was upset that we didn’t get a Cain and Abel going on, but I suspect that Sam’s purpose is to be Lucifer’s avatar, or receptacle, or host, or whatever the technical term for an individual possessed is. Dean’s role is to kill Lucifer, so what it seems like we have here is the set up for a fairly epic season opening for Season 5. (Remember that Sam’s role as the Anti-Christ has been indicated by others.)

    I think my biggest disappointment is less that they didn’t fight, and more that we didn’t get a look at the Big Bad Evil Guy of ALL Big Bad Evil Guys.

    I do note two things, the apparently Dadaist approach to the war between Heaven and Hell: “God made the two factions then left to let them fight”, and on a lesser scale the parallelism between the opening of the season: “Lazarus Rising” and the closer: “Lucifer Rising”.

  • cooper

    This had to be one of the best cliffhangers in a long time, I expected an epic showdown but to actually have lucifer rising was not what I expected. As far as ruby since the season started she kept getting more sketchy as it went on and you couldn’t help but think that dean was right all along, but as for the showdown between sam and dean I don’t see much happening there. I think in season five they will be closer and stronger than ever, I personally can’t wait to see what happens to sam or what he has become I mean, because he couldn’t be any closer to being an actuall demon. But is that a good or a bad thing?

  • Martin

    I always knew ruby was playing sam, I think it’s a pity the story never allowed something as obvious as this to be shown until it was. I also don’t think Sam is a demon per se, just influenced by the blood. But I like to think, he can perhaps do the same actions without the extra blood vampirism.

    As for any showdown between the brothers, I never expected it, if you don’t have a brother, maybe you’d never understand. But I’d rather die for my brother than fight against him. I think this aspect is well shown within the story. I think it will be a good first episode for season five, with dean taking lucifer down and sending him back. Hopefully they’ll get to send a few of the angels down with him.

    The storyline of the angels loosing hope, this is I think the worst part of it, it just doesn’t sit well, that angel’s could loose hope or believe that god has left the building. I think it would have been better to have the lower ranked angels being tricked by demons in disguise, than to believe that beings of pure good could be evil. Which is something only a human can be. Angels and Demons are White and Black. Only demons can be grey as well. Sometimes even White. Angels can only be White. To believe otherwise, isn’t logical.

  • nick

    First off I am a huge fan of Supernatural. I thought that this episode was great, and I was on the edge of my seat the whole time. I also thoght it was really cool how they brought Azazle back and tied all of this to season one. I wasn’t sure what was going to happen but I knew that Ruby couldnt be trusted. For a while though I did trust her, but the last couple of episodes I started suspecting her. I’m excited for season five and we’ll see what the winchester bros. will do next!

  • amy

    It was a fantastic episode but i excepted more. But one thing is sure the brothers are back and they will be closer then ever. And send lucifer back where he came from.

  • Beulah323

    Holy Crap! Unbelievable finale! I literally had all emotions going for me! Epic!
    I had a feeling Ruby could not be trusted but I thought yeah maybe a demon can help out seeing that the all the angels are psychotic, except for Castiel and Anna of course! Turns out Ruby’s a bitch! I’m glad Dean knifed her! Well played!
    I feel sorry for both Sam and Dean but I reckon they will definitely get closer than ever in season 5!! I hope Castiel stays through to the end of the show considering he disobeyed ‘Gods Will’. Right!

    Uum does anyone know what month Season 5 is coming out? I can’t wait. I’m hoping it comes out next month, maybe? hopefully! I love supernatural.. It’s my number 1 TV series!

  • Larry

    I hate it when you wait so long for the final show and it leaves you like that. It should at least be two hours long. As for Ruby she was what I thought all along. And Lilith that suprised me. But one question. What happened to Bobby?

  • Sean

    I think that this episode was truely epic. And as much as it sucked to see Angels behaving the way they did it put it into perspective about how Lucifer turned in the first place.

    In a way I’m hoping that next season we get to see some more demon vs angel combat and some epic things like that. But I hate that we have to wait so long!

  • AJ

    I’m very surprised at the fan reaction to this episode. It’s almost universally praised on every website I’ve visited. Dean and Sam have turned out to be two of the biggest dupes in recorded history. Dean started the apocolypse and now Sam has finished it. They were both used by the Angels and the Demons and essentially tricked (for lack of a better word) into causing armageddon. Am I the only one bothered by this? Though I really doubted it, I had hoped Ruby would have turned out to be not evil. Well, she was one of the worst of them. The Angels turned out to be not much better. Very dark ending to a very dark season. That’s not to say I didn’t find the episode extremely exciting, but now I want to see the brothers getting a pound of Demon flesh AND a pound of Angel flesh each.

  • Sue

    I agree with AJ on this. Everyone seems to think that Sam is going to become Lucifer’s “meat suit” and all of Season 5 is going to be Dean and Castiel chasing down Sam to kill him and send Lucifer back downstairs. After watching the episode last night, focusing especially on the moments after Sam killed Lilith, my take is that when Ruby told Sam he “blew his payload on the boss” when he tried to use his demon powers to kill her, she meant that he used up all his demon mojo and how he’s just plain old Sammy again. When Dean finally breaks into the room and together, he and Sam kill Ruby, I think Dean realizes that Sam may now know about the deception. Sure, there is still going to be a lot of emotional fallout between the two, and hopefully it will take place at Bobby’s house since 1: they have to go there to get the Impala and 2: Bobby is the only one to get them to pull their heads out of their asses.

    Don’t forget too that even though Misha is going to be back next season, we still don’t know what the repercussions of his and Chuck’s encounter with the Archangel will be.

    I think Season 5 will show us Lucifer’s “presence” (as dictated by Kripke) trying to catch up with Sam to take possession. Sam, Dean and Castiel will be fighting together to keep that from happening, while at the same time going back to hunting to repair the seals so they can send Lucifer back. If the show does indeed end at Season 5, we may see the guys (or maybe just Sam) realizing that the only way to send Lucifer back is to let him take possession of Sam, Dean has to kill him to send him back, and Dean ends up dying himself from the fight.

    It seems like Kripke answered the prayers of quite a few fans in Lucifer Rising by having Ruby killed, Bobby kept alive, and Sam and Dean back together. Let’s just hope he continues to answer prayers by not doing a whole season of Sam possession.

  • Shaula

    LOVED the episode! *Sighs happily*

    I don’t really understand why some people are disappointed with the brothers not fighting again. They being TOGETHER at the end of the episode was the BEST part for me.

    Thanks, Kripke! :)

  • Khang

    Hmm… with this new cliffhanger, there’s a lot to think about… like the new ending? It might all end with the brothers sealing up/killing Lucifer, then Sam becoming Lucifer and having Dean be God since he has “left the building”. I mean, if Lucifer was dead, there’d be no evil. BORING! Which is why Sam is Lucifer.

  • Mike

    Who else thought ( for that split second ) that Castiel was going to feed Dean angels blood before sending him after Sam?

    I have a feeling Sam is going to be the vessel of Lucifer, but will that mean that Dean will have to become a vessel as well ( Castiel or Anna ) in order to stop him? Could the angels have brought about the end, in order to spark gods return and eventual victory?

    It should go without saying that since Lucifer was once an angel, he will be able to go toe to toe ( and most likely be stronger ) with most of the angels, snuffing quite a few before he end.

    I cant wait to see what they come up with for the next season.

  • http://rcn.com Mike

    Yes I have to agree with everyone about how amazing this episode was! But i really did think Lilith was the best character when it came to the plot and all so I was upset that they killed her off but she fufilled her purpose and succeed in releasing her Daddy onto the world and he screams Lilith Lilith but I am crazy Like i am the odd ball who follows the villians whether Darth Vader in star wars or Voldemort but let me sum it all up lol great episode!and gonna miss Lilith…

  • Beulah323

    Mike, I’m with you, I too thought Castiel was giving Dean angel blood! Most intense 2 seconds of my life!

  • KeKe

    Idk wut i think about Lucifer Rising… I hated the cliff hanger though… It was too much of a cliff hanger, and how the heck are they going to make a season 5?! Lucifer is out! Isn’t he supposed to bring the apocolypse? And since he’s already released how long do they (Dean, Sam, and possibly Castiel) have to stop him? And wut about wut Dean and Sam’s father said, “If you can’t save Sam, u’re going 2 have to kill him?” That still applies right? plus, it was probably, the most boring supernatural episode i hav ever seen! Hardly any insane action scenes, and hardly any blood! I feel that it kind of lost its touch… i just hope that next season will be better…

    but just so u know, i am not just a fan… u probably dont care, but wut ev. I am a fully commited, devoted, passionate fan. (I even have Dean’s pendant and never watch a Supernatural episode w/o it.) When a supernatural episode doesn’t please me, there must’ve been something terribaly wrong. But im still just as devoted, im just disappointed thats all…

  • Melinda

    Castiel is the dullest character this show’s ever had. Forget Ruby. I wanted him killed off this finale and it’s wrecking me inside that he’s still there and probably going to be a regular now.

    BORING. This is not ‘Touched By An Angel’ it’s about two brothers, that’s IT. I don’t care at all about Castiel or his motivations he needs to be gone, now.

    Other than that I enjoyed the finale, Sam and Dean being equally responsible for the apocalypse is awesomely bad.

  • R

    “(P.S. Who else loves the recaps Supernatural style with music? Tonight’s song was Kansas’ “Carry On Wayward Son.”)”

    It has been a tradition since the season one finale to do a recap of the whole season to that song.

    Loved the ep, glad ruby is dead and glad sam and dean are together again. Hope we get to see alot more of Cas next season now that he’s disobeyed heaven and will probably be on the run with sam+dean

  • abdul

    how come no one knew that ruby was just playing sam from the beginning itself?
    i mean …….it was right there in front of you !!!……from the very beginning ruby has been against dean and whatever he says to sam…….and also the way she was encouraging sam to drink demon blood……..
    well , if u guys dint find out frm that then lets come back to SPN basics :-
    1) DEMONS ARE BAD
    2) DEMONS ARE NOT GOOD
    3) BAD IS NOT GOOD, BAD IS BAD.
    i mean ………come on !!!…….to think that a good-hearted demon exists is right away stupid………and that demon would be on the side of our hero sam is a trap right there !!!
    since the first episode ruby appeared and expressed her intentions of taking sam’s side in the forthcoming apocalypse, i knew she was lying & later when she started retorting to dean & made sam drink demon blood , it was clear she was playing him !!

    P.S : i did not read any of the above comments,
    so i’m jus sayin that my comment was in reference to the main review ( “Who would’ve have thought that Ruby had been bad all along. And to think that I actually liked her… ” )

  • Tash

    Come on, man!! Carry on Wayward Son has been Supernatural’s finale theme song since Season One, any longtime SN fan knows that.

    Anyway… the finale was awesome. The entire season, while not my fave (it’s my second fave after S02) was incredible as well. After a few stinky finales from a few other shows this week – I KNEW that I could depend on Supernatural (one of my all time favourite tv shows) not to disappoint and they didn’t. They totally delivered the goods and then some!

    As for that cow, Ruby… I never trusted the character. When she first appeared last season, I just knew she was bad news because of all the fights she caused between the brothers. She drove them further and further apart and after Dean died, she made darned sure she was there to be his rock. Insidious – with everything else going on after Lilith died, I still found the time to squeal happily when Dean took her out.

    It’s going to be a loooooooooong three months :(

  • http://daemonstv.com Sandie

    @abdul – Good for you for figuring out Ruby was bad all along. Apparently you’re smarter than I am. :-)

    @Tash – Not everyone that watches Supernatural is a devoted fan and so might not know what the song for the recap was, that’s why I noted it.

  • Mike

    Abdul, i thought ruby might have been an ally up until the point they revealed Sam was drinking her blood. Once i saw that i knew she was all bad.

    And yeah wayward son has been used a few times before, i still dont get tired of that song though.

  • Kate

    I have to say, I was pretty disappointed with the episode. It just seemed kinds boring. There was no real surprise or twist, and hardly any action. Of course, I don’t think any of the finales can compare with All Hell Breaks Loose Pt.2 , where we got to see the epic end of azazel, the demon who started it all. In order to have good finale, u need a good villain. Lillith and lucifer just don’t cut it for me. Lillith seemed too easy to deal with after two seasons of her, and lucifer is just a tad predictable. I mean he is the ultimate evil, I suppose, but i think I would have rathered Sam being the new big bad. I feel like I’ve been waiting this whole series for Sam to become this villain, but when he finally does show his dark side he is such a wuss about it, and has absolutley no evil intentions. Its not that I dislike Sam, I just think that a truly evil Sam would be a kickass villain. So I’m hoping that lucifer will use Sam as a vessel next season at least. And in reguard to azazel plan for Sam, I thought it was to be a supersoldier and lead a demon army? Does that not apply anymore? I was kinds confused about that. However, my favorite part of the episode was when bobby mentioned John. I think it kind showed how torn dean is. I mean,he loves his dad. He’s always wanted john to be proud of him, but then theres also the reality that john was never the best father to dean. It was definitely another scene of jensen’s great acting skills.

  • Cam

    I seriously thought that Ruby was good. I guess I was wrong. I wonder what else I’m wrong about…
    It’s great that she was killed of though. But I really don’t think she’s gone for good. I mean, if Lucifer is free now (if he is) then Ruby technically cannot die. Hell is on Earth now, so shouldn’t she go to Earth?

  • Chris

    Man this was by far my favorite episode. Once again, Eric Kripke gets you on the edge of the seat, unless your me and you fall off your seat, anticipating what will happen. I was thinking that the angels would play a bigger part in this episode, but they didn’t. So I’m hoping that next season, Lucifer gets his ass handed to him by the good guys. The angels do the main fighting but Sam and Dean are the ones to put him back in his place. Thats what I’m thinking. Unfortunately, we have to wait a few months.

  • Chris

    P.S. Castiel rocks. He’s like the only angel who actually cares for humans other than God and Anna. Maybe God will have a role in the next season…

  • Brian

    For once i would like to see a series end properly (ie an ending that proves it could have gone either way all along), everyone knows the good guys are going to win but you have to admit the demons have more personality, my own favourite was Alastair when he was in the demented bearded person – the best scene in the whole series was when he and Sam were verbally jousting, before Sam puts him away. Let Lucifer win, kill off the annoying Zakariah, Castiel etc characters and get rid of the whole ‘this was prophesised and we know how it ends’ aspect to the series… let the brothers win too – let Lucifer make them an offer, in the battle let him bring back Azaziel, Lilith, Ruby etc too.

  • http://facebook.com Matt

    Don’t want to do anything with Lucifer, he’s got all the power, yet he’s the smartest chestmaster there is. One person I do NOT, want to run into in life. Don’t know what form he’ll be in, but get behind me!

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