Supernatural Season 14, Episode 20 review: Moriah

Last night was Supernatural’s 14th Season finale. Team Freewill scrambled to solve the Jack problem, a fan favorite returned, and the final season was set up.

Caution: There are spoilers from the Supernatural Season 14 finale. If you haven’t watched yet, proceed with caution.

Well. So. As Chuck said, “Welcome to the End.” All season long I had thought I knew how Supernatural would end Season 14 and go into Season 15. And I guess I was kinda right, but really the opposite of what I expected.

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I was adamant the season was going to end with heaven falling and all the souls falling to Earth. Apparently instead, God becomes a villain and all the souls Sam and Dean have spent 14 years damning to Hell are back.

But let’s circle back around to God as the villain, by starting with Jack. Poor, Jack. He’s leveled up in his powers, and he does this really cool thing where he tells Sam, Dean and Cas to stop, and they float there. He ghosts (or angels) out and starts walking down a street, noticing all the lies people tell. So he tells people to stop lying. And what we get is the funniest part of the episode.

No one can lie, and it’s pretty hilarious. However, chaos soon reigns. And that’s where Chuck comes in. He’s answered Cas’s prayer, and he’s here, and he’s going to…kinda fix everything?

One thing is for certain: he agrees with Dean that Jack must die, and he even gives them a magical weapon to do it. Except, if you kill Jack, you kill yourself. So of course Dean is going to sacrifice himself, because he’s Dean.

We get a really nice heart to heart with Cas and Jack. Jack is scared, he doesn’t feel anything and that terrifies him. He knows what he did was bad, but he can’t seem to get himself to care.  Cas is just telling him they need to run and hide when Dean comes, and gets ready to shoot Jack.

In an emotionally gut-wrenching scene, Jack gets down on his knees and accepts that this is the only solution. And then Dean can’t kill him. Because he’s family.

And then the unexpected happens. Everything we know about Chuck gets thrown out, and the show sets up what will definitely be an epic final season. Chuck gets angry that Dean won’t kill Jack. And at first, it seems like it’s supposed to be a test, but then the truth is revealed: Sam and Dean are Chuck’s favorite show, and he’s angry that it’s not going the way he wants.

So he kills Jack! Which already is totally not okay. And then Sam shoots Chuck and that just makes him angry. He declares that the story is over. The end is here, snaps his fingers, and the world goes dark.

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And then the most epic scene of the season, probably in several seasons, the souls from Hell come out of the ground, with the lyrics, “God was never on your side” in the background. All the souls that Sam and Dean have worked tirelessly to get rid of, rising again. Does this mean we’re going to see the show return to basics next season?

In a season where everyone thought that Michael and then Jack would be the Big Bad, no one predicted the Big Bad would actually be God himself. And I’m kinda into it. The final Big Bad of the series is God? How awesome is this storytelling going to be?

Overall, this was a very satisfying season finale. It had humor, it resolved the Jack storyline (even though not quite the way I would have hoped. But since he’s in The Empty with a shadowy blob (Lucifer? Gabriel? Someone else?) and Billie, I’m sure this is not the last we are going to see of him, which is why his death didn’t make me cry. And it completely set up the next season, which just makes me very excited.

Performer of the Week

Giving POW to Misha this week. He had to exhibit so much range, and he had the most complex storyline. He had to deal with Dean and his murderous revenge rampage and comforting a soul-less Jack. The scene that really clinched the win for him was when he drove to the cemetery, got out of his truck, and then just slammed his hands down on the hood in frustration.

Misha doesn’t often get a lot of heavy material to work with on the show. He is usually just there. This season he was able to show a lot of his acting chops, especially when it came to Jack. The look he has when he kneels down next to the deceased Jack before the souls come out of Hell is just heartbreaking.

Good job this week, Misha. Can’t wait to see what you do next year!

So, SPNFamily, what did you think of the finale? Love it? Hate it? Did you see it coming? Let us know in the comments below.

Supernatural will return for it’s 15th and final season in fall 2019 on The CW