User blog comment:Touchinos/“Last Call” Discussion/@comment-44478361-20191208173429

Dean getting back his "mojo" was necessary I guess but that part of the episode consumed way too much time.

The other "half" of the episode was useful. Dropping the reference to the "Death Key" out of the blue seems to be the new normal for the shows writers and probably could have been accomplished more creatively than by resurrecting Sergei. It may have been necessary to loop Billie back in since she has not been seen since Jack's death. Since Dean has been in the library, he knows that everyone's potential modes of death are written there, possibly even God's, since Death has said he/she will reap God when the time is right. One of those modes might be a way for God to die and the world to still be saved, similar to when Billy told Dean there were a number of ways Michael could end with the only way that did not result in the world being torched being to imprison him in a Ma'lak box.

Sam said that "God" is weak but we still don't know his power level. It would still seem to be greater than a Nefflim so he probably could not be imprisoned in a Ma'lak box. It's possible the wound is making him weaker as time passes but we have no indication of that e.g. the sun starts flickering. Again, under the current canon, God cannot die unless there is some way for his light to be replaced to balance the darkness. Maybe Billie could reap Chuck and Jack could provide the "light" as the only being that could stop that would be Amara and she does not seem to care at all about Chuck.

It's also possible the "Death Key" is a construct of Chuck as its description and the manner in which it was introduced seem to be cheesy enough for his writing style. It's also hard to believe Chuck does not know that Sam has been accessing the link and therefore Sam's knowledge could be part of his plan.

We now know that Adam/Michael will be returning in the next episode and it will be interesting to see if he has animosity towards Chuck as alternate Michael did. If he does, teaming with the other archangels in the Empty (Lucifer, Michael and Gabriel) might be enough to subdue God in his weakened state but probably not without Amara (who probably could dispatch Chuck by herself in his weakened state). Another question is what would happen if Amara and Chuck dispatched each other, as the "balance" referenced by Chuck would remain if they were both destroyed.

We need to stick more to this primary story line and have less distracting content about the Winchesters battling common monsters. If God is "testing" the Winchesters as some believe, for what purpose? To see if they are worthy to replace him? I think Chuck is just a petty very insecure superbeing (think the Q from Star Trek NG) who is all about satisfying his writer's ego and has this thing for brothers killing brothers (Cain/Abel, Michael/Lucifer and now Sam and Dean).