All Along the Watchtower
- Episode aired May 18, 2017
- TV-14
- 42m
IMDb RATING
8.8/10
3.6K
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Lucifer battles Sam, Dean and Castiel for control of his unborn son.Lucifer battles Sam, Dean and Castiel for control of his unborn son.Lucifer battles Sam, Dean and Castiel for control of his unborn son.
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaCastiel uses the name James Novak (the name of his vessel) to rent the house where he and Kelly are hiding out.
- Quotes
Sam Winchester: So why are you here?
Crowley: Whenever there's a world-ending crisis at hand, I know where to place my bets. It's on you, you big, beautiful, lumbering piles of flannel.
Dean Winchester: Which means?
Crowley: After we put Lucifer back in his cage- together- I'll seal the gates of Hell. You'll never see another demon again, apart from, of course, yours truly.
- ConnectionsReferences Mad Max (1979)
Featured review
Brings the worst season to a merciful close but Crowley deserved better
The episode itself is pretty good and it plays better than much of season 12. But it is clear that the writers were trying to clear the board to move onto season 13. Most of their choices-i.e. Jack being fully "grown" alternative realities-make sense in context and help season 13 be a lot more engaging. But I do not like Cas' "fate"-we know it is not gonna stick and it distracts from the other hero moments. I especially do not like how Crowley ends up. Crowley was a huge part of the show for 7 years; while I understand both the actor and the writers didn't know what to do with the character anymore there was no reason to couple his big hero moment with both Cas and Mary doing something similar. The character should have ended as the only star. I would have preferred if Crowley ended a few episodes earlier. The plot complications that required a further way to remove the character could have been easily avoided as well. If Crowley wasn't gonna to get a solo hero moment he might as well have died when his machinations finally failed.
Season on the whole:
Average episode score: 6.8261
Best 3 episodes:
1. "Regarding Dean" 2. "The Future" 3. "The Memory Remains"
Worst 3 episodes
21. "First Blood" 22. "Who We Are" 23. "Twigs & Twine & Tasha Banes"
Season 12 is the worst season in the show's run. Had season 13 not course corrected as rapidly as it did I doubt I would have finished the show. As it is my fondness for the other 14 seasons are the only reason why I sat through this stuff twice (once when it first came out and once while watching it to review it) I highly doubt I will ever watch the season again and only "Regarding Dean" is going to be in my viewing rotation. The season is utterly tedious.
I don't think it is coincidence that the showrunner changed again this season to Dabb; the 3 worst seasons up to this point (season 1, season 6, and season 12) all had new show runners for their respective years. The main problems in season 12 are 1) the British Men of Letters are too high tech, spy to fit in with blue collar, on the road vibe the show has in every other season, 2) the plot developments around the BMOL are tedious as they are rote, 3) Ketch aside literally no BMOL character is interesting and 4) the Lucifer-Kline storyline is not given enough time to fully develop.
Like both season 6 and season 1, the show is unsure of its footing in season 12. There is way to much throw whatever you can think of and see if it sticks coupled with too much we *know* this works because we did it in the past. But unlike season 1 and season 6, season 12 has no real high points or novelty. It also has the longest stretch with flat out bad episodes in the middle of the season. I am not entirely sure how "Regarding Dean" got made because so many episodes around it are terrible.
Season on the whole:
Average episode score: 6.8261
Best 3 episodes:
1. "Regarding Dean" 2. "The Future" 3. "The Memory Remains"
Worst 3 episodes
21. "First Blood" 22. "Who We Are" 23. "Twigs & Twine & Tasha Banes"
Season 12 is the worst season in the show's run. Had season 13 not course corrected as rapidly as it did I doubt I would have finished the show. As it is my fondness for the other 14 seasons are the only reason why I sat through this stuff twice (once when it first came out and once while watching it to review it) I highly doubt I will ever watch the season again and only "Regarding Dean" is going to be in my viewing rotation. The season is utterly tedious.
I don't think it is coincidence that the showrunner changed again this season to Dabb; the 3 worst seasons up to this point (season 1, season 6, and season 12) all had new show runners for their respective years. The main problems in season 12 are 1) the British Men of Letters are too high tech, spy to fit in with blue collar, on the road vibe the show has in every other season, 2) the plot developments around the BMOL are tedious as they are rote, 3) Ketch aside literally no BMOL character is interesting and 4) the Lucifer-Kline storyline is not given enough time to fully develop.
Like both season 6 and season 1, the show is unsure of its footing in season 12. There is way to much throw whatever you can think of and see if it sticks coupled with too much we *know* this works because we did it in the past. But unlike season 1 and season 6, season 12 has no real high points or novelty. It also has the longest stretch with flat out bad episodes in the middle of the season. I am not entirely sure how "Regarding Dean" got made because so many episodes around it are terrible.
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