Supernatural "The Hunter Games": We All Have Our Issues

Nothing welcomes you back to Supernatural in the new year with a healthy dose of angst for everyone. Everyone seemed to be having some sort of issue to deal with this week. Castiel dealing with Claire being rebellious. Sam dealing with Dean having killed all those people. Dean dealing with the effects of the Mark of Cain. Crowley dealing with his mother. Claire dealing with everything she loves being gone and the angel wearing her dad won't leave her alone. Metatron, oh ya hes back, dealing with being a prisoner. Yup, problems all around for The Hunter Games. Though I could live without Crowley's mom being around.

The Hunter Games was a unique episode as there really was no monster of the week case as the episode focused getting rid of the Mark of Cain that is slowly revealing Dean's dark side and very well sending him back on his way to becoming a demon again. Considering the events of the previous episode where Dean murdered everyone in a room. I like that the Winchesters are admitting they have a problem and aren't lying to anyone about it. I mean usually one of our heroes is in the dark about a problem, but this is not the case this time. Both Sam and Castiel team up in order to figure out how to remove the mark. Which brings Castiel to his brilliant idea of asking the scribe of god, aka our favorite douche, Metatron. Back again, Metatron takes the opportunity to stick it to the Winchesters. Although we all knew that it was going to end up with Dean beating the crap out of Metatron.

On the side story part of The Hunter Games, Castiel is still dealing with an angry teenager who is very angry that Dean murdered her "friends". To be fair, Claire should be upset that people she knew got murdered by a man, who was involved in her father's disappearance. To his credit, Castiel does point out that her friend was just using her. We all know that when you are on your own, you want someone to care about you and notice that you exist. This could have been Claire's case, and at least by the end of The Hunter Games, Claire realized that she needed to change something.

The weakest part by far is Crowley and his mother, Rowena. I mean we all know she is up to no good, but I honestly just hate her. I wish she would become the big bad already and not tip toeing around everyone. So annoying. That storyline is by far the dullest. This is Supernatural, not another drama. We have bro angst and family issues. If we have to get into why Crowley trusts her (or maybe/ hopefully playing along) due to the whole human blood ordeal he went through last season. Ugh that storyline needs to stop.

So I liked how The Hunter Games finished everything up giving everyone but Crowley and his mommy issues a solution. Sam told Dean he needs to fight his own demons since Cain seemed fine. In addition to looking on the lead Metatron slipped. As for Claire, at least Castiel got closure on his human host's problems. Although Castiel seems to have a lot of people leaving him this season. First Hannah, and now Claire. At least he can text one of them since he likes texting (I think your Misha is showing there). The Hunter Games was an okay start for Supernatural in 2015. Which reminds me, Supernatural got renewed for a season 11. Not sure how I feel about that since I think Supernatural needs to end at some point. Go out gracefully, instead of getting your butt handed to you.

Do you think the Crowley/Rowena storyline needs to stop? Do you think Dean can handle the mark?