The CW has sent the 100th episode (which airs April 15th, at 9/8 central on the CW) to a couple of journalists already. We’ve found a lovely, spoiler-filled review for you! Below the cut, you will find the bits that are about Jake/Adam (with some great praise for Jake), along with a link to the entire review.
Beware: Major spoilers!!!

In the pivotal 100th episode, S5.18 Point of No Return directed by John Showalter and written by Jeremy Carver, the Winchester brothers find out that unbeknownst to any of them, the angels have been coming up with a shocking and horrifying “Plan B” to bring about the final days of the apocalypse. Together with Castiel (Misha Collins) and Bobby (guest star Jim Beaver) Sam and Dean put aside the widening rift between them, as much as they can, and prepare to take on Zachariah (guest star Kurt Fuller) in a desperate attempt to prevent the beginning of the end on Earth. The episode also sees the return from the dead (in true Winchester fashion) of Dean and Sam’s half brother Adam Milligan (Jake Abel).

Without giving too many spoilers away, here’s what I have to say about the 100th episode of Supernatural.

There is no way a round addressing the fact that Dean and Sam’s younger half brother Adam Milligan is back from the dead in this episode so that’s what I’m going to talk about first.

Adam is the son of John Winchester after all and he wouldn’t be a real Winchester if he didn’t come back from the dead at least once right? So it makes sense that the writers of Supernatural would find good reason to return Adam from the dead. Without getting too spoilery about Adam’s return in S5.18 Point of No Return, I will say that he’s not the same character that we saw in S4.19 Jump the Shark.

That version of Adam Milligan was the construct of the ghoul impersonating him. The Adam Milligan that Sam and Dean and the viewers meet in S5.18 Point of No Return is the real one and he’s not the wide-eyed idealistic kid they expect him to be. He’s a lot more cynical about them, about John Winchester and his own life. He’s not the kid eager to be their brother like the ghoul portrayed him as in order to get Sam and Dean to let their guard down in Jump the Shark.

Sam: Believe it or not, but dad was trying to keep you safe.
Adam: Well I guess the monster who ate me didn’t get the memo.

Yep, Adam Milligan really is a Winchester after all and John Winchester has one more son he isn’t going to win any Father of the Year awards from.

The casting of Jake Abel in this role was, in my opinion, a brilliant choice on the part of the producers of Supernatural. Not only does Abel do an amazing job of playing a character that is a mix of both Sam and Dean, yet at the same time is his own unique person, he also looks like he could be their brother and because his facial structure is an interesting mix of both Sam and Dean. Jeremy Carver also did an excellent job of adding some new dimensions to a character originally created by another current Supernatural writer, Andrew Loflin. All of which combines together to make Adam Milligan more than just a clichéd plot device a character like this could so easily become.

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Some of the things I really enjoyed in this episode were:

* Dean in handcuffs.
* Sam getting payback by having to lock Dean in Bobby’s panic room.
* Adam is just as sarcastic as Dean is
* Adam’s discussion with Sam about John Winchester
* The ending sequence between Sam and Dean

Full review, by MR Reed .

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