Mary gets to call John ‘Soldier Boy’ again, which totally threw me out of the moment and into “ The Boys” universe momentarily, but not in a bad way.

Mary taunts him a bit with “monsters aren’t gonna play nice and neither should you”, and bests him what seems like too easily to me – he’s a trained fighter too, after all, and I wouldn’t mind him coming out on top once in a while to make it realistic. Mary realizes that he needs to punch something “that can punch back” to get that kind of big feelings out, so they spar for real. He laughs it off defensively, but when Mary laughs too, he admits that was Murph’s line, and the defensive laughter fades away as he remembers his friend’s violent death. John doesn’t want to stop or take a break, saying he missed fighting, even though in the service it was a 24/7 “gym class with grenades” which does not sound like fun. Cut to John and Mary sparring like the aforementioned Sam and Dean often did, Drake Rodger shirtless because, well, Drake Rodger, and Mary looking authentically seventies and I’m pretty sure I had those shorts. One of the main premises of “ Supernatural” from day one, when the monsters Sam and Dean were fighting was not just the literal ones we saw onscreen. I don’t really need it spelled out for me, but yes, true that. Blood splatter, title card, Dean Winchester, narrator.ĭean: Fighting the battle between good and evil isn’t easy, especially when the first monster you have to face is the one inside yourself. He takes refuge in an empty room only to find himself facing something that calls itself “Destiny” armed with a spear.

The opening is an older man stumbling down a psychiatric hospital corridor, walking right into a vivid flashback of his time in the midst of a war, bombs flying, warning shouts of “Incoming!” blaring.

The fourth episode of “ The Winchesters” first season is titled Monsters of War, which is a good description of what it was about – fighting your monsters, whether you’re a hunter or a veteran or anyone who’s experienced loss, grief, and trauma.

Subtitle female war lousy deal