... Then There Were None Episode Review

Part 1: Within a few mile radius, Bobby found a ton of mysterious deaths and suspected activity of a monster near by like other hunters. Upon further inspection, Bobby meets an old friend Rufus. Sam, Dean, Bobby and Rufus put their forces together to put an end to these monster attacks. Inspecting the area at night, they run into Gwen and Samuel (their grandfather). The gooey monster resulted in insecurity of everyone’s trust after Dean shot Gwen. After Samuels, unworthiness resulted him in dying. Or we thought so. After being infected with the unknown worm he resurrected and attempted to kill Bobby and Rufus but in the struggle he killed Rufus while being electrocuted to his final death.

Part 2:  ... And Then There Were None was your normal monster of the week episodes. Or so we thought, fell short being aired right after “The French Mistake”. The episode itself along with the monster reminded me of the move “The Thing” which was about an alien that formed into the appearance of its victims. At the beginning of the episode the first assumption was that Eve was the monster. Eve is also very symbolic from the bible such as, Adam and Eve and how Even brought evil upon her garden. The monster itself, which was unknowing throughout the episode keep the audience on their toes, always wondering which character it was inside of or if it was hiding in the walls. The though of this type of monster, a parasite or microb that you couldn’t see unless you really paid attention is that worst type of monster. That really gives the scare aspect. Also since this worm was unknown to them and first time encountering also gives the audience the insight that Sam and Dean don’t always know what they ae doing and are just wigging it off of the bat, which also frightens the viewers.

One mistake or whole in the story, was why would they let their grandpa go off wondering alone by himself even if it was just accompanying him to the bathroom outside of the stall. I really thought show was going to use Samuel more and by killing him off so early on in the series, cutting him off some endless possibilities. They could have given more of a background to the character and bring him into some future episode, maybe they could bring him back to life, such as they have done with multiple characters.

The character Gwen was also unnecessary to the story and assumed as a filler character for the beginning until she was killed off. That also brings into question why was she a character in the first place because she served for no other purpose throughout the series.

A great example of acting was by Bobby or the actor Jim Beaver. At the end of the episode when he was taken over by the worm. You could see in his eyes that he was sorry and couldn’t take control over his own body. Also by Jared Padalecki, when he has to duct tape shut the mouth of the man that raised him and was essentially his father.

As for the setting and background, primarily the episode was shoot in what I assume to be a warehouse or factory of some sort. I assume the budget for this episode was cut short or wasn’t given much thought. Although, the actual background was represented very well. The props and set was done well and you couldn’t overly tell that the rust stains were fake. This was a good job from the crafting crew and how good they are at their job.

Part 3: One question I do have from this show; is why did they kill so many character within one episode. Three characters: Gwen, Samuel and Rufus, all these character had potential in adding to the story especially Rufus and Samuel. If they were alive they could franchise Supernatural and they could have had their own spin off, or they could have a spin off of the pass.  Also, Bobby said even him and Rufus were like Sam and Dean. As parallel to one another, I would like to see Bobby and Rufus together more and have a background story. One unanswered question, is what did Bobby do to Samuel to make Rufus leave and never forgive him? Also, where was Castiel during all of this?