This week, we’re talking about “The Benders.”
It really is a monster.
As a recent season 15 episode pointed out, Sam and Dean don’t do normal.
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They don’t get colds.
Their car doesn’t break down.
Unless, of course, God is mad at them.
Because, oh yeah, they know God.
They took out Bloody Mary, the Hook Man, a Reaper.
They took out the things that kids nightmares are made of.
But it’s not that simple.
Or rather, it’s more simple than that.
As Dean says in the episode, “Demons I get.
People are crazy.”
Building a show in its first season means laying the foundation for what viewers can expect.
That’s not to say that crazy people became a staple of the series.
They always played that card sparingly, but “The Benders” remains the best use of it.
