Okay, so I confess to loving the tv series, Supernatural. I'm not all big into the whole angel/demon/armageddon theme (and yes, I recognize the irony that the past two seasons has mainly been about this theme). I love the show because I love to watch the humor and the dynamics in the relationship between the brothers. (totally trying to justify what amounts to a secret love of this show)
Anyway...
I totally loved the last episode. It was all about the development of cults.
Quick summary (don't read if you watch the show/spoilers) :
Armageddon is coming. A preacher's daughter starts to prophecy; gets the townsfolk to trust her - all innocent and love-like. She then turns up the heat and starts to promise paradise and the return of their dead loved ones, IF they can follow the rules on good/moral behavior that she proceeds to give them. Most of the townsfolk conform... but they're never quite good enough.
She then starts to name people that they must get rid of in order to keep the townsfolk pure, or they would not enter the promised paradise. (an earthly paradise, by the way - I wonder if this episode wasn't directed exactly at the JW's)
Sam and Dean of course have to save the day from these quacky fundies. Eventually, the girl is revealed as the personified 'whore of babylon', whose task is to get ordinarily good people to spill innocent blood in God's name.
I will repeat that I loved this episode... obviously enough to post about it. Probably because it had the ring of truth to it. (Not the personified 'whore of babylon' part, but the symbolic nature of the whore of babylon getting people to spill innocent blood in God's name and thinking it is good)
Thanks for reading, and please forgive my silly post about Supernatural.
Tammy