Welcome to my very, very late review of the Supernatural fifth season finale, "Swan Song." Why was this review so late? I won’t bore you with the details, suffice it to say sickness slowed me down, and also I had to watch this epic episode not once or twice, but four freaking times to even try to get everything contained within. It also took me a while to formulate my thoughts on this episode, and even after four viewings, they’re not fully clear. With that said, onto my review…

 Buffy: Season 8 #35 brings Brad Meltzer’s “Twilight” arc to an end. But, is this the end of “Twilight” altogether? I sure hope not!

With the finale of this fifth season of Supernatural barreling down on us like a locomotive, and with only two episodes left…one realizes there’s a lot to get done. Dangling plot threads need to be tied off and resolutions need to be had. Again, with two episodes left, I was…skeptical that they could pull it off, especially after the previous week’s mediocre episode with Demon!Brady. How did Supernatural’s penultimate fare in terms of taking care of all of this wacky stuff? Read on to find out…

 Bill Willingham reminds me of George Lucas. Willingham, like Lucas, obviously knows how to craft a dramatic and epic story arc, but he seems to falter in the writing of simple character moments and interactions. Much like the Star Wars prequels, I find myself torn when reading Willingham’s arc. On one hand, he’s putting ‘Angel’ and the gang into some really interesting situations and pushing the story forward with great zeal. One the other hand, when the characters we know and love open their mouths and speak, I shudder the ‘bad fan fic dialogue’ shudder. Ugh.

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