Supernatural: “Plush” Review

Two parts of this case in particular were standout. Investigating a series of sort of hack and slash kills meant they could embrace the blood splatter and gore to an extent we haven’t seen in a while, and it was a blast. Secondly, Briana Buckmaster reprised her role as Sheriff Donna. Some of her Minnesota jargon fell into the eh dialogue category, but overall, she proved to be quite capable and quite amazing. She’s come into her own and was more confident, and I like the way she worked with the Winchesters — she understood their expertise but also stood up for her value and what she brought to the table (this includes her compassion for all the victims). In short, Donna rocks.

Back to the idea of ghost possession. Having the killer jump from mask to mask and person to person was smart and made the threat more disturbing. I won’t look at an Easter bunny mask the same way again. A few points didn’t make sense and seemed to be present for the sake of advancing the plot though. Why would Donna and Doug both turn their back on the first killer? Sam closing his eyes with the clown made sense because of his fear of them (and how great was it to see a callback to his phobia?). But Donna and Doug aren’t dumb. Also, why did Max put the deer mask on at the end?

Solving the problem of Amara wasn’t a focus of this episode, but the Winchesters didn’t completely ignore the matter either. They mentioned her, and sometimes an acknowledgment of the existing problem is all I need. So many times last season, the Mark of Cain wasn’t addressed; it was weird. Here, they discussed Sam’s futile research and Sam told Dean about seeing the Cage. I didn’t like Dean’s reaction. He was so dismissive you can practically guess how Sam will have to lie and go around his brother because Dean doesn’t approve of messing with the Cage. I hope I’m wrong.