Review for 7x03 'The Girl Next Door'

The Girl Next Door, written by Andew Dabb and Daniel Loflin and directed by one Jensen Ackles, is not quite as well drafted as the episodes that preceded it, and it takes the characters – well, mostly Dean – into a darker territory than I anticipated after last week’s episode, but it is still in keeping with the characterisation that has been set up for the season so far. The episode continues to explore Sam and Dean’s current psychological damage first and foremost, but it also further cements that, on a larger scale, the brothers are in a very precarious situation at the moment. And then there are the flashbacks, of course, which are always a sure-fire way for the show to make me happy. Overall, The Girl Next Door may not leave me with quite the same joyous contentment as Hello, Cruel World did, but there is still a lot to enjoy about the episode.

( Eventually the other shoe will drop. It always does. )