‘Supernatural’ Recap: ‘Unity’

11/5/2020

Written by Juanita ‘Obi-Juan’ Bonner

Caution: This article contains spoilers for Episode 1517 of ‘Supernatural’. Also, to revisit Episode 1516, ‘Drag Me Away (From You)’, click here.

The various definitions offered by Merriam-Webster for the word unity include phrases like “a totality of related parts” and descriptive words like “oneness” and “undivided.” All revealing that no individual thing is greater than the sum of its parts. In the Supernaturalverse, unity carries an immeasurable weight. Feeling heavier and heavier as we near the end. There are no more monsters of the week. We are only left with Team Free Will versus God (Rob Benedict) and things are about to get cosmic!! Thankfully, writer Meredith Glynn lays down some much-needed truths while also giving us a peek at what’s to come. Taking an approach not typically seen in this verse, Glynn separates the far from solidified sum into three titles – Amara (Emily Swallow); Dean; and Sam. Keeping with this trend, before you can blink, let’s spark the Divine, shall we?

Prologue

At its start, ‘Unity’ is anything but as Sam and Dean argue about Jack (Alexander Calvert) and Amara’s fate. Dean delivers a tearful moving speech on how they care for Jack, but that “Jack’s not family.” WHOA!! Jack hears the whole thing too… YIKES!! I mean. We love Jack. We REALLY do!! We especially love his warm childlike nature. But… I can’t be the only one that feels Dean is right… even just a little, no? **SIGH** Moving into our three parts, Amara sets off to intervene with Chuck. But not before telling Dean, “Like I told you when we first met. You and I will always help each other.” Um… yeah, betraying the Darkness isn’t going to end well!

Amara

God’s sister doesn’t want to betray him! She offers balance. To merge again, as she says, “Creation and Destruction. Light and Dark. Brother and Sister united again.” And for that. I love this Goddess character all the more. Same?? God, however, wants a “hard reset” and needs Amara’s help to do it. Obviously!! He never visits his sister unless he wants something, right? Sadly, Amara’s efforts to change Chuck’s mind are fruitless, but to watch it all unfold is the doom and gloom I didn’t even know I wanted. Topped off with the average brother and sister vibe… making it more human-like is a nice touch as well. As usual, Chuck’s ego precedes him in both comedy and seriousness. Though, I do love how his jealousy for Amara’s connection with Dean is on full display as he admits he didn’t write “that part – gross!!” LOL!! This eludes to the fact that he doesn’t have COMPLETE control over his creations. Fascinating!!

She calls him on wanting to destroy everything simply because he can’t make the Winchesters’ do what he wants. HAHAHA!! He denies it, but whatevs Chuck (eyeroll!!). This is so on brand for his “glorified fanboy,” ass, am I right? Amara’s on Earth’s side (YES!!) and uses a beautifully simple wooded area to make her plea. When that doesn’t work, she snaps them to Heaven to entice him with Angelic devotion. This has even less effect as Chuck annoyingly snaps away the pawing Angels and says, “I guess… ’don’t meet your idols’ goes both ways.” Am I right? As if on cue, I’m compelled to say, “Dammit Chuck!!” LOL!! Finally giving up on her megalomaniacal brother, Amara snaps them to The Bunker where, to Chuck’s surprise, he cannot willingly leave. “You B-word,” he says to Amara as she intends to keep Chuck trapped until “it’s time.”

Dean

Dean and Jack hit the road to Santa Fe to meet a man who can help with Jack’s final order to become the much needed “cosmic TNT.” Dean tries to say something to Jack to break the awkward silence, but Jack says he understands, and they drive on. See, even Jack himself seems to know! **SIGH**

Reaching a southwestern shop called Jim’s Gems, things feel very much like a traditional Supernaturalverse hunt. Though, it all changes rather quickly as they’re greeted at the door by an ostensibly flighty hippie couple. Turns out. The guy is THE Adam… as in Adam and Eve! YES… THAT ONE!! And, in neither appearance nor behavior, I so love that he isn’t the traditional Judeo-Christian Adam. Rather, he’s a brown toned laid-back, Zen fellow. Which makes so much sense after – how he puts it – “going on 300,000 years.” The girl is the Angel Serafina (Cameron Moore) who also played a Doctor in 5.20: ‘The Devil You Know’ and Sgt. Miranda Bates in 9.02: ‘Devil May Care’. Hmm, I wonder – where’s Eve? And could this be the same Eve (Julia Maxwell) that’s the Mother of All Monsters, having turned evil after parting with Adam eons ago? Just a thought! Regardless, Adam and Serafina’s peace vibe and exaggerated affection towards one another are both hilarious and uncomfortable. Yet, oddly right on track for two ancient beings in human personification… LOL!! They have been waiting for Jack for ages after Serafina had a psychedelic mushroom tea dream (OF COURSE… LOL!!) predicting Jack as the key to God’s destruction.

We then learn that Billie’s (Lisa Barry) final orders are for Jack to pass a test regarding which crystal out of a group contains the “Spark of the Divine.” As he deciphers, they all do! Because God is in everything. Solving this moral riddle, Adam gifts Jack with a piece of his own rib. How Biblical, am I right? This, only after a surprising and deliciously gruesome scene of Serafina shanking Adam then reaching in with her bare hand and snapping the rib off from the inside. WHOA!! Apparently, fusing this rib with Jack’s strengthened body and renewed soul will cause an elemental chain reaction leading to “a metaphysical supernova.” Jack will then collapse into a living black hole for Divine energy, that nothing can escape. HOLY COW!! Now that’s what I’m talking about!! On the drive home, there is a touching scene where Dean finally thanks Jack for EVERYTHING, but the moment passes quickly when a text from Cas (Misha Collins) reveals that “It’s time.”

Sam

Sam, staying behind at the Bunker to research another way to defeat God, is joined by Cas. After nearly giving up, they realize that finding the key to Death’s Library might get Sam a face to face with Billie. As they dig, pulling out artifact after artifact, the whole thing seems very Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) like, right? Including the moment Cas alerts Sam he’s found the key as Sam appears to be fiddling with a very grail like stone goblet. NICE!! Reading the Latin incantation on the key’s box causes an outline illumination of a door and keyhole on the Bunker’s brick interior giving me all the Beetlejuice (1988; Warner Bros.) vibes. You?? Of note, Sam telling Cas to stay behind to buy him some time if Dean beats him back to the Bunker, adds emphasis to their separation. Leaving me thinking… Chuck WANTS it this way!!

Sam opens the door and enters the cold sleek office-like archives of Death’s Library smack in the middle of the W’s, of course! It’s here we get the joy of seeing Rachael Miner reprise her role as the Meg-a-fied Cosmic Entity – which we SOOO LOVE!!! She hasn’t heard from Billie and she’s definitely not happy about it… LOL!! And here’s where things get rather interesting. Come to find out, ’Ol Billie wants to take over and promised that all beings would go back to where they came from. Angels to Heaven. Demons to Hell. And the Empty back where she’s always been – asleep. It makes so much sense it’s almost laughable. OF COURSE, Billie wants to take over! She always has!! The Empty points out, the Winchesters’ are in God’s Death Book which means Billie needs Sam. Using this, the Empty decides to hurt Sam to get Billie’s attention. NOOOO!! But, in one AWESOMELY played scene, Sam fools the Empty into believing that Billie sent him to retrieve Chuck’s book. NICE!! Returning to the bunker at the eleventh hour, Cas tells Sam… ”it’s time.”

Epilogue

Converging in the common room the pace quickens. Dean leads Jack through the Bunker hallways as Sam pleads with him to stop. Sam wants to wait, but Jack, having merged with Adam’s rib, is activated and not doing so well. HOLY COW!! Making things more intense, Sam explains that if Billie takes over, everyone will go back to where they came. Apocalypse Bobby (Jim Beaver) and Charlie (Felicia Day) will go back to a place that doesn’t exist anymore!! Eileen (Shoshanna Stern) and others like her will just die… AGAIN!! Wait… what?? That wasn’t mentioned back in Death’s Library. It’s all happening so fast!! Cas, trying to look after Jack who has now dropped to the ground, looks on in fear. And to hear Dean rage that he’d trade all of it for Chuck is just… WOW!! Man, it’s hard not to agree with him on so many levels!! But pointing a gun at Sam!? WTF DEAN??? Finally, when posed with trading Sam, Dean actually shows a sliver of slowing down. Sam’s heartfelt speech about how Dean’s always protected him is EPIC, as Sam says it’s the one thing he could always count on. I’m not crying. You’re crying!! Dean finally ceases. But it’s too late…

Simultaneously, preaching to Amara, Chuck unravels Sam’s persistence and Dean’s lies. Amara, becoming discombobulated, can’t believe what she’s hearing. Dean’s betrayal is devastating. As it should be, no?? THEN… the biggest reveal of all. The whole thing – Dean with his anger and Sam with his questions – brother against brother – is Chuck’s REAL ending. He’s been manipulating the story the whole time as he states, “What part of omniscient do you people not understand?” WHOA!! Amara is so devastated; she falls for yet another manipulation – Chuck asking her to merge so they can be at peace. When really, he just wants her power. DAMMIT CHUCK!! The post-merge solid white and black eyes are a nice touch though!!

Back in the hallway, the door ahead shatters into a million pieces. Chuck appears with a sort of a "Daddy’s home and he’s angry" swagger. The whole thing is tense AF!!! He gives his “I’m over you” speech and as the boys stand their ground, he then turns his wrath towards Jack who collapses to the floor in pain. Sam, Dean and Cas rally around Jack calling his name – end scene!!

WOW those final scenes were powerful, right?!? Especially since the majority of the episode ran at a fairly calm stride. With only three episodes left, where will we go from here? Jack’s now a time bomb and Chuck’s more self-righteous than ever before! Will Amara fight back? Can she? What about some of the other notably absent characters? Someone or something has to intervene, right?? Let me know in the comments below or reach out to me @obi_juanita on Twitter and until next time… GO TEAM FREE WILL!!

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