supernatural season 6 (2011). created by eric kripke.

i haven't write this past couple of days in my attempt to finish supernatural season 6. i did it, with less satisfaction compared to previous seasons. i would go as far as saying that only hard core supernatural fans would have the patience of waiting 19 episodes before the theme of the season is established. the writers decided to dangle hybrid monsters and introduce characters only to be killed conveniently later instead of taking the tried and tested format of showing the growth and decay of dean and sam's relationship, which in this case i feel not enough time was spent on dean and the angel castiel's dwindling friendship. my biggest criticism of season 6 would be the delay of introducing the season's theme in episode 20 (the man who would be king) which should have been shown much earlier in the beginning of the season. it was as if the writers  had planned a big surprise which then ceased to surprise, due to:

1) not enough clue is given other than castiel's contant reference of a bigger war in heaven in his oft repeated line "there is a bigger picture to look at". what big picture? 

2) sudden change in castiel's character which was pretty much established in season 4 and 5. this could have been tackled by introducing castiel's dilemma in the first few episodes and show the increasing drift between him and his human friends.  

3) issue in sequence and time line. the most obvious would be sam's being reincarnated without his soul. is this due to castiel's inability to bring it back or is it intentional? if this is intentional, it would conflict with his deal with crowley which happened after he brought sam back. 

i get it that castiel had too much to carry on his own and failed in his attempt to emulate dean's unwavering conscience in the face of difficult choices. he is at best ill prepared to be in the position of making decisions simply due to the fact he never had to make a choice all this while. he finds the act of making choices heroic and suffer from self delusion of how important he is as the choice-maker compared to the impact of the choice that he is making.  

this season is all about the road to hell is paved with good intentions. well i guess that's what supernatural has been about all this while. i just wished they had sequenced the episodes in a way that would help the plot to grow instead of being stagnant at times, and more importantly, to invest in the human bonds and friendships between the characters which honestly is the only reason for me to keep coming back. i am a sucker for stories about loyalty and all that crap...whether or not it exists in the real world it's nice to see a bunch of twisted people actually care about each other more than they care about themselves.