"The French Mistake" Mistake

It seems that my lack of blogging this past year may be caused by the fact that I have less time to devote to TV watching and, as a result, limit my TV watching to shows that I actually think are "good" and satisfy my unique TV needs. If my blogging histories of Heroes and Lost should have taught me anything, it's that I use this blog as a place to snark and complain about the kind of crap a show is pulling. Maybe I should have spent the past 6 months watching The Cape.

But what I'm really getting at with this is "Thanks Supernatural, for giving me a reason to blog again!" And I'm feeling like it's a good time to return to the 5 things structure so I don't rant too much.

6.15 "The French Mistake"

1. There was a time last spring when I suggested that the show should leave the meta to Ben Edlund. After watching this episode I've amended that suggestion to "FOR GOD'S SAKE, LEAVE THE META TO BEN EDLUND!"
2. Other than them being stuck someplace they didn't want to be and Virgil the Powerless trying to kill them, this show didn't have much plot. It was basically filler with only two relevant pieces of information. Raphael is trying to kill pretty much everyone and Castiel now has an arsenal (which I assume will come in handy when they finally meet Mother). So with the exception of those two minutes, it was pretty boring. (It was also basically RPF, but I won't get into that.)
   
3. I guess, since Virgil followed them, this was supposed to be an actual alternate universe that they went to and not just an angel constructed world like Fake Future Detroit and everything Gabriel ever did. I'm not sure how I feel about that.
4. Also, because there was no magic in the alternate universe, wouldn't the wall in Sam's brain have ceased to exist? Or did it mean that the soul crushing hell coma affects of his memories didn't exist there either so he didn't need the brain wall?
5. Jared's house. The paintings of Jared and Genevieve, the painting of Jared as a cowboy, the picture of the alpaca on the mantel next to the Padalecki's wedding picture. That stuff was all pretty funny. Well done, set designers!