WARNING: The following contains spoilers forSupernatural, Season 15, Episode 12, "Galaxy Brain."
After a month's hiatus,Supernatural's return brings with it catastrophic scenes far beyond Sam and Dean Winchester's world. God/Chuck's last confrontation with the Winchesters left him in a very strong position. Having fully recovered from the Equalizer wound that had given Sam a window into his inner thoughts and inhibited his powers, Chuck is now free to pursue his endgame for his two favorite protagonists.
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In Episode 12, we discover that despite this positive turn of events for the vengeful deity, Chuck isstillfinding reasons to procrastinate. (He is a writer, after all.) This time, it's all of his rough drafts that are distracting him from the task at hand: crafting the perfect ending for Sam and Dean. And by "rough drafts," we mean entire alternate worlds. So, Chuck decides to screw up and throw all of his past attempts in the bin -- setting off an apocalyptic chain reaction that rips throughSupernatural's multiverse. For those who watched The CW's recent "Crisis on Infinite Earths" event that took place across the Arrowverse, this storyline will feel (and look) very familiar.
"Galaxy Brain" opens four weeks in the past on Earth 2 -- an Earth with two moons, reminiscent of the two suns that orbitStar Wars' Tatooine. If that cosmic clue wasn't enough, Chuck strolls into a RadioShed where a radio broadcast tells us that President Hillary Clinton is seeking re-election. We're definitely not in Kansas, Toto. With only a startled store attendant for an audience, Chuck announces that "it's monologue time!" and, in front of a wall of TV screens, lays out exactly why he's decided to go all fire and brimstone on his past creations."Ive got what I want from a hundred Sam and Deans Those other toys, they dont spark joy. But therealSam and Dean, they do -- they challenge me, disappoint me, surprise me. They're the ones. [...] Its time to clear the board. All the worlds, alternate realities, the subplots, failed spinoffs... it's time to start canceling shows."
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Though their motives are very different, we witnessed the Anti-Monitor blaze a path of god-like destruction in his quest to wipe out reality during the DCTV universe on the same network just a few weeks ago. We also get a similar, personal viewpoint from which to experience it, too. "Crisis On Infinite Earths" showed us multiversal characters likeBirds of Prey's Huntress watching on in helpless terror as her home was uprooted by a strange and all-powerful force. InSupernatural's "Bad Place," Kaia can also do little else but stand solemnly by as everything is turned to dust around her.
"Some take a snap," Chuck remarks on his individual world-ending methods as he watches it all unfold in the Radio Shed, "but others are more complex. They'll need more time and attention." Though Sam and Dean are able to save the Kaia from their world -- who has been trapped in the Bad Place since Season 13 -- an unexpected visit from Billie/Death sobers their victory. Kaia's life may have been saved, she informs them, but Chuck's wrath has ended billions of others. This, more than anything else we've seen onSupernaturalso far,crystallizes how urgent it is that Chuck is stopped.
Airing every Monday at 8 p.m. ET/PT on The CW, the final season of Supernatural stars Jensen Ackles, Jared Padalecki, Misha Collins and Alexander Calvert.
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