Tonight’s Supernatural episode, “The Werther Project,” takes its name from a French opera. Composed by Jules Massenet in 1887, it tells the story of a lonely suitor and his attempts to woo the love of his life away from the man she is engaged to marry. The suitor (the titular Werther) succeeds in his task, but finds out too late, and dies from self-inflicted wounds as he lays in his love’s arms. The story is all about codependency, but it’s all more or less one-sided. Yes, the woman eventually falls in love with Werther, but she gets to live with Albert, the man she was happily married to. So, Werther got to prove his point about his love being worthwhile, but in the end, it’s the woman who is left on Earth, and who still has someone to return to. Who does that sound like to you? Werther, in his dying breath, asks…
Supernatural Season 10 Episode 19 Review: “The Werther Project”
