Review | 8x01 | We Need To Talk About Kevin

I guess it is fair to say that I have been dreading the S8 premiere more than any other Supernatural premiere before. The spoilers I have read over the summer lowered my expectations so drastically that I almost felt like not watching the season at all, and that is saying something. In the end, Jeremy Carver’s We Need To Talk About Kevin is not the train wreck I expected it to be, but it is not exactly an outstanding piece of writing either. All in all, the episode does its job as a season opener reasonably well, i.e. it establishes the main storylines, the character arcs and the season’s main mythology, and despite my misgivings, I enjoyed seeing my favourite brothers on TV again.

( I don’t know whether to give you a hug or take a shower! )