I think the big bad might be "The Old Men" of the BMOL which I see as slightly different from the BMOL in general. I'm also keenly aware that we have another Prince of Hell named Asmodeus who suddenly got a name and a title, which I think means he has to show up eventually.
My baseless spec is that the "old men" aren't Men of Letters in any proper sense, but are usurpers who took over behind the scenes, and now they're using the BMoL as a front for some sinister operation. Maybe their extermination program is about clearing away competition/potential resistance so they can remake the world to their specifications. Maybe they're all power-mad rogues, like Cuthbert Sinclair.
Although a fascinating idea, we already tried Lovecraftian evil in season 7 with the Leviathans, and it did not go well. I've heard that part of the issue was that they didn't have the budget to make Sera Gamble's ideas come to life and I doubt the budget has gotten bigger since then. I'm not opposed to eldritch horrors, just concerned they can't be pulled off properly.
I was going to put Gwen hugging Crowley on my list of things I hated in the comments, but you got to it in the questions. (I REALLY hate that. Second only to Charlie telling Dean thanks for saving the world and telling Sam sorry about his bad luck with ladies.)
I think Mick is Frodo because he's British and lives in a hole in the ground and thinks that Sam should be like Sam in LOTR and heroically do whatever Mick says because Mick is a hero and the Winchesters are grunts. Sam knows irony.
I did not love Dean apparently having no sense of personal hygiene or cleanliness in general. Whatever happened to "I just cleaned in here?" *grumbles*
I wondered that too?! Maybe he was trying to annoy Sam for fun? In my headcanon I see the library as more Sam's domain but the kitchen being more Dean's, so Dean was maybe doing it just to play games with his brother maybe?
> Is it significant that the 'alpha hellhound' was killed a week after the alpha vampire?
Between that sort of thing, the return of Mary and the Colt and the encore appearances from a bunch fan favourites, don't you get the feeling they're gearing up for a series finale? o_O
I've seen transfigured-humanoid Impala fancast as a few beautiful women (mostly Gina Torres) so now, yes, I am picturing Sam and the Impala up against the wall. And Dean's epic rending betrayal upon walking in on them. Or voyeuristic ecstacy, if you'd rather.
OMG there's a candle that smells like Chris Evans!!! How did I not know that?
Oh, the glasses. As soon as I got a hint of a hell hound I started to squee over the return of the glasses. Who doesn't love hot 1950's pharmacist Sam?
As far as this season's big bad, it's all so confusing. There are way too many candidates.
I was surprisingly upset that Ramsay got out and was hunted down essentially for nothing.
Hellhounds aren't "evil" in the way that most of the things the Winchesters hunt are. They've never been shown as having the capacity for moral agency. They're animals: big, scary, vicious, invisible animals, but still animals.
Honestly, this whole episode felt like "well, we need to move the Angel, Demon, and BMoL plots forward, and oh yeah, probably should have Sam and Dean do SOMETHING."
Big Bad? Don't know, don't care--do we have any grenades?
And thank you for Gwen hugging Crowley! I thought I missed something. Enjoyable episode, but a tad too much fanservice (i.e. Cas holding the FBI card upside down).
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I think Mick is Frodo because he's British and lives in a hole in the ground and thinks that Sam should be like Sam in LOTR and heroically do whatever Mick says because Mick is a hero and the Winchesters are grunts. Sam knows irony.
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Between that sort of thing, the return of Mary and the Colt and the encore appearances from a bunch fan favourites, don't you get the feeling they're gearing up for a series finale? o_O
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(Not that I mind Sam being a badass...)
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Oh, the glasses. As soon as I got a hint of a hell hound I started to squee over the return of the glasses. Who doesn't love hot 1950's pharmacist Sam?
As far as this season's big bad, it's all so confusing. There are way too many candidates.
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Hellhounds aren't "evil" in the way that most of the things the Winchesters hunt are. They've never been shown as having the capacity for moral agency. They're animals: big, scary, vicious, invisible animals, but still animals.
Honestly, this whole episode felt like "well, we need to move the Angel, Demon, and BMoL plots forward, and oh yeah, probably should have Sam and Dean do SOMETHING."
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*snrrrk*
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And thank you for Gwen hugging Crowley! I thought I missed something. Enjoyable episode, but a tad too much fanservice (i.e. Cas holding the FBI card upside down).