There are plenty of things wrong with this episode and most of them have been pointed out by other reviews.
In my opinion, there are 3 major faults to this episode:
1) Eileen's death: The biggest problem with this isn't the fact that her death was unnecessary. The problem is the way they did it. It was worse than the way they killed of Charlie. Eileen got 3 minutes in the beginning of the episode; no build up, a VERY small fight, and they barely talked about it after that. It made her seem insignificant and defenseless. That hell hound took her down like it was nothing. It's like they forgot that she's been hunting all her life and that she can defend herself. (On a side note, they also only mentioned Mick's death, and it basically got no reaction from Sam and Dean)
2) Crowley's "death": I feel this one is an insult to both the character's AND the viewers' intelligence. Crowley is one of the smartest characters on the show and not only his "death" but also the whole "Revenge on Lucifer" arc is so out of character for him. Now, if they really HAD to do this, had to "kill" him off, at least give the viewers some doubt that he really died. It felt like they thought that showing the rat next to Crowley was a subtle move and that viewers were too stupid to connect the dots.
This could have been a great way of getting viewers. If they had let us believe that Crowley was actually dead, this episode could have been both emotional and it could have stood out.
3) BMoL: Again, they were COMPLETELY out of character. We have seen the BMoL kill many times, we have seen them "doing business" many times. Every time, it has been done quick and clean. BUT instead of just shooting Sam and Dean in the head like they usually do, they thought "hey, let's give the guys who beat fri***ng Lucifer a chance to escape with their lives"!
As Crowley said in season 7 (?): "Don't worry about -- what, like Lucifer didn't worry? Or Michael? Or Lilith or Alastair or Azazel didn't worry?! Am I the only game piece on the board who doesn't underestimate those denim-wrapped nightmares?!"
But, I think giving this episode one star is pretty... harsh. This episode is not the worst episode of SPN. The two lowest rated episodes of SPN (besides this one) is Bugs and Bloodlines, both of which are much worse than this one. Bugs has a rating of around 7, so I'll give this one the same.
A thing I actually liked about this episode was Samantha Smith's acting and Mary's breakdown. It was very emotional to see that the worst thing she could imagine was happening to her. I also liked the Crowley-knows-Dr. Hess-thing.
All in all; an action-filled episode with emotional moments - and no regard for canon or the characters
In my opinion, there are 3 major faults to this episode:
1) Eileen's death: The biggest problem with this isn't the fact that her death was unnecessary. The problem is the way they did it. It was worse than the way they killed of Charlie. Eileen got 3 minutes in the beginning of the episode; no build up, a VERY small fight, and they barely talked about it after that. It made her seem insignificant and defenseless. That hell hound took her down like it was nothing. It's like they forgot that she's been hunting all her life and that she can defend herself. (On a side note, they also only mentioned Mick's death, and it basically got no reaction from Sam and Dean)
2) Crowley's "death": I feel this one is an insult to both the character's AND the viewers' intelligence. Crowley is one of the smartest characters on the show and not only his "death" but also the whole "Revenge on Lucifer" arc is so out of character for him. Now, if they really HAD to do this, had to "kill" him off, at least give the viewers some doubt that he really died. It felt like they thought that showing the rat next to Crowley was a subtle move and that viewers were too stupid to connect the dots.
This could have been a great way of getting viewers. If they had let us believe that Crowley was actually dead, this episode could have been both emotional and it could have stood out.
3) BMoL: Again, they were COMPLETELY out of character. We have seen the BMoL kill many times, we have seen them "doing business" many times. Every time, it has been done quick and clean. BUT instead of just shooting Sam and Dean in the head like they usually do, they thought "hey, let's give the guys who beat fri***ng Lucifer a chance to escape with their lives"!
As Crowley said in season 7 (?): "Don't worry about -- what, like Lucifer didn't worry? Or Michael? Or Lilith or Alastair or Azazel didn't worry?! Am I the only game piece on the board who doesn't underestimate those denim-wrapped nightmares?!"
But, I think giving this episode one star is pretty... harsh. This episode is not the worst episode of SPN. The two lowest rated episodes of SPN (besides this one) is Bugs and Bloodlines, both of which are much worse than this one. Bugs has a rating of around 7, so I'll give this one the same.
A thing I actually liked about this episode was Samantha Smith's acting and Mary's breakdown. It was very emotional to see that the worst thing she could imagine was happening to her. I also liked the Crowley-knows-Dr. Hess-thing.
All in all; an action-filled episode with emotional moments - and no regard for canon or the characters