User blog comment:Rafe Adler/"Various & Sundry Villains" Discussion/@comment-24.93.246.85-20180203173651

I enjoyed the episode, but--full disclosure--I like Rowena. She, like Crowley did, creates an uncertainty whenever she appears. I like having a strong female villain who, like Crowley, sometimes does good things. Plus, Ruth Connell just seems to enjoy this character so much. Her resurrection, although I agree it smells of deux ex machina in the worst way, is as plausible to me as any of the other ones on the show. I didn't buy Ketch, who hunts things for a calling/career, using the same spell. I didn't buy Mary's return, either. (Why give a gift to Dean, who was intent on destroying her?)  Her return is on the same level.

The witch sisters seemed unnecessary in the end. The book could have simply been lost or hidden and the Winchesters and Rowena teamed up to find it. I understand the parallelism between the sisters trying to bring back their mom and the Winchesters trying to bring back/rescue Mary. It did provide for some comedic moments, but I am glad that the love spell didn't last long.

I have to agree with a FANDOM user that a magic-proof zombie seemed a bit much--as if someone recognized a hole in the plot and just tossed that in.

Totally pleased with Lucifer and Cas being released. I'll have to rewatch it to see how Lucifer actually managed that--I missed it the first time. I still want to know if that is Cas or the cosmic Entity.