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"THEN! Sam (Jared Padalecki) let Lucifer inside his mind, and now he&amp;#039;s having trouble getting rid of him. Meanwhile, Dean (Jensen Ackles) is still determined to take down Leviathan leader - and Bobby&amp;#039;s killer - Dick Roman (James Patrick Stuart). NOW! After a ballerina is found dead from dancing herself to death, Sam and Dean look into the case and discover the ballet slippers she wore were cursed. Soon, more cursed objects emerge, revealing a Leviathan plot... Carry On, My Wayward Son... Following a month&amp;#039;s break, Supernatural returns, opening with an egotistical ballerina dancing herself to death, leaving bloody stumps in place of her feet. It&amp;#039;s a memorably grim sequence, but this writer had to wonder... cursed ballet shoes? Is Supernatural scraping the barrel? Fears were not assuaged as the young daughter of a cop put on the cursed shoes, leading to a strained &amp;#039;comedy&amp;#039; scene in which the Winchesters wrestle the small girl, Dean repeatedly being kicked in the face. Dean himself also falls briefly under the power of the curse, though thankfully this writer&amp;#039;s worst fears weren&amp;#039;t realised - we were spared Jensen Ackles doing ballet.  As the brothers investigate, it transpires that one Scott Freeman has been selling his mother&amp;#039;s old (cursed) possessions, and thankfully at this point the episode takes a darker turn...  As the cursed items work their magic, there&amp;#039;s a nasty scene in which a woman is compelled to pour boiling water down her throat, and - in a sequence vaguely reminiscent of the opening to classic 1978 horror flick Halloween - a young boy&amp;#039;s compelled to kill by the whisperings of a gramophone. But &amp;#039;Out with the Old&amp;#039; dips again once we meet this week&amp;#039;s chief villains - a pair of Leviathans, Joyce Bicklebee (Mary Page Keller) and her bumbling assistant George (Bryan Cuprill). This irritating pair grate rather than unsettle and it&amp;#039;s genuinely a relief when Sam lops off Joyce&amp;#039;s head with a sword. This writer&amp;#039;s never been the biggest fan of the Leviathan arc, but at least the storyline is finally gathering pace - we know what Dick Roman is up to, even if his motivation is still unclear. And we&amp;#039;re treated to a decent final twist, as Sam and Dean discover Frank&amp;#039;s wrecked, blood-soaked trailer...  One final word in this episode&amp;#039;s defence - both plot and character arcs develop in a satisfactory fashion. Sam&amp;#039;s new state of mind isn&amp;#039;t just brushed under the carpet, as he struggles with sleep deprivation in an attempt to shut out Lucifer. It&amp;#039;s also refreshing to have Sam admit his problem to Dean straight away - sparing us any more scenes of the Winchesters hiding secrets from one another. And Dean - who has at times wallowed in deeply uninteresting self-pity this season - finally seems to be over his issues, at least if his advice to Scott (&amp;quot;Feelin&amp;#039; guilty ain&amp;#039;t gonna bring &amp;#039;em back.&amp;quot;) is anything to go by. Let&amp;#039;s hope that mopey Dean has been banished for good. Overall, &amp;#039;Out with the Old&amp;#039; is a bit of a mixed bag. What at first appears to be a rather silly premise gradually develops into something far more interesting, but the episode is lacking in several departments - most obviously, a decent villain. Once again, the Leviathans fail to spark any excitement - thankfully next week&amp;#039;s episode looks very exciting indeed. Yep, Cas is back... Let us know what you thought of this week&amp;#039;s Supernatural below! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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