Scenes I Love . . .
"Shadow" (cont.)
Is there something ominous in the fact that the daevas’ attack comes in the very moment that Sam and his father are reconciled?
So, we have a twist within a twist: the daevas were never free; their attack on Meg was part of the plan. Knowing that John was too smart to walk into a trap, her staged death was necessary to lull the Winchesters into a false sense of security and draw John out into the open where the real trap would finally be sprung.
And the real Meg is finally revealed too.
Now that she’s unobserved, all the charm and coy playfulness has gone. How different she looks now we begin to appreciate what she really is.
Meanwhile, Sam has a bright idea (😁) “These things are shadow demons,” he says, pulling a distress flare from his boy scout bag of goodies, “so let’s light them up!” And the daevas are consumed by the blinding light that fills the space.
It’s a nice thematic touch that he uses light to defeat darkness . . . but it strikes me there’s an irony present in this device since, without light, there can be no shadow – shadow being simply the negative reflection of objects in the presence of light. Doubtless there’s a philosophical message discernible in that fact too.
Is there something ominous in the fact that the daevas’ attack comes in the very moment that Sam and his father are reconciled?
Down in the street, Meg steps out of the shadows, still very much alive. We see her handling a talisman sporting the Zoroastrian symbol and realize that, previous appearances to the contrary, she is still controlling the daevas. It’s a nice call back to “Faith” where we were shown that destroying the dark altar wasn’t sufficient to break Sue-Ann’s control over the reaper; Sam had to break the Coptic cross she was using to direct the spirit as well. It’s pleasing in the first season to see the show paying attention to these fine continuity details.
So, we have a twist within a twist: the daevas were never free; their attack on Meg was part of the plan. Knowing that John was too smart to walk into a trap, her staged death was necessary to lull the Winchesters into a false sense of security and draw John out into the open where the real trap would finally be sprung.
And the real Meg is finally revealed too.
Now that she’s unobserved, all the charm and coy playfulness has gone. How different she looks now we begin to appreciate what she really is.
Meanwhile, Sam has a bright idea (😁) “These things are shadow demons,” he says, pulling a distress flare from his boy scout bag of goodies, “so let’s light them up!” And the daevas are consumed by the blinding light that fills the space.
It’s a nice thematic touch that he uses light to defeat darkness . . . but it strikes me there’s an irony present in this device since, without light, there can be no shadow – shadow being simply the negative reflection of objects in the presence of light. Doubtless there’s a philosophical message discernible in that fact too.
TBC.