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SPN 417
The dogs got me up at 3am. I'd been having a real nice dream, too...
Still waking me up and insisting on a trip to the garden is better than leaving a mess. So good dog.
On the bright side, this meant I had time to watch SPN before I left for work.
My instant reaction to the opening was Oh, cool, this must be a flashback to Dean's time in Hell! (I may have read a little too much Piers Anthony in my youth.) The the Ghostfacers came on screen and I realised, nope, it's me whose in Hell. I sincerely want to forget that episode ever existed. If I could figure out how to delete it from my DVD, I would.
Okay, so, the episode. Nice to see so much of Sam. And Sam being Sam. Sucks that the conclusion once again declared it's all about Dean.
Except...you know what I noticed? Angel-dude was talking out of his ass. Dean didn't find his way back into hunting. That was Sam. Dean was loving his corporate-fashion-victim life, saw a ghost, freaked out, and Sam gave him a way to deal with that. Dean didn't even "kill" the ghost: that was Sam. Dean was cowering in an elevator when Sam burned the glove. (Okay, maybe "cowering" is a tad unfair, but he wasn't being useful at the time.) And at the end, he was perfectly content to go back to being corporate-fashion-victim-guy, until Zachariah pushed too hard with that "eight or ten years" pitch.
So I'm thinking that, actually, the episode proved the opposite of what Zachariah claimed it proved: Dean is what he is only because that's what others have made him. It doesn't change what he's done, or the credit he deserves for it, but left to go his own way, he wouldn't be a hunter. Which is consistent, at least, with past canon re. Dean.
What's intriguing is the implication, however you interpret the Dean part of the episode, that Sam would be a hunter, regardless. His choices in the episode were unambiguous. He's the one who "found his way back" to the job, and who wanted to continue it.
And for Sam, being with Dean was still an integral part of that. For Dean it didn't seem as if Sam was a factor either way...and that's just one more nail in the coffin of the show this season.
Still waking me up and insisting on a trip to the garden is better than leaving a mess. So good dog.
On the bright side, this meant I had time to watch SPN before I left for work.
My instant reaction to the opening was Oh, cool, this must be a flashback to Dean's time in Hell! (I may have read a little too much Piers Anthony in my youth.) The the Ghostfacers came on screen and I realised, nope, it's me whose in Hell. I sincerely want to forget that episode ever existed. If I could figure out how to delete it from my DVD, I would.
Okay, so, the episode. Nice to see so much of Sam. And Sam being Sam. Sucks that the conclusion once again declared it's all about Dean.
Except...you know what I noticed? Angel-dude was talking out of his ass. Dean didn't find his way back into hunting. That was Sam. Dean was loving his corporate-fashion-victim life, saw a ghost, freaked out, and Sam gave him a way to deal with that. Dean didn't even "kill" the ghost: that was Sam. Dean was cowering in an elevator when Sam burned the glove. (Okay, maybe "cowering" is a tad unfair, but he wasn't being useful at the time.) And at the end, he was perfectly content to go back to being corporate-fashion-victim-guy, until Zachariah pushed too hard with that "eight or ten years" pitch.
So I'm thinking that, actually, the episode proved the opposite of what Zachariah claimed it proved: Dean is what he is only because that's what others have made him. It doesn't change what he's done, or the credit he deserves for it, but left to go his own way, he wouldn't be a hunter. Which is consistent, at least, with past canon re. Dean.
What's intriguing is the implication, however you interpret the Dean part of the episode, that Sam would be a hunter, regardless. His choices in the episode were unambiguous. He's the one who "found his way back" to the job, and who wanted to continue it.
And for Sam, being with Dean was still an integral part of that. For Dean it didn't seem as if Sam was a factor either way...and that's just one more nail in the coffin of the show this season.
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Heh. Yeah. And do you realize how many people are just SO in love with this episode? I'm just... Not.
The the Ghostfacers came on screen and I realised, nope, it's me whose in Hell. I sincerely want to forget that episode ever existed.
Oh but they're funny! And they're cute! And everyone WUVS them! *headdesk* Gag me.
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It was a nice change of pace, and after the last few eps, a light-relief episode was needed. And there was, I think, a lot to like in it. Sam and his dreams. I like the basic concept, of discovering who the boys are without their memories/upbringing. And I loved Sam's reaction to the guy getting killed in the elevator. Jared is really coming into his own as an actor. (Also, I've worked in tech support - so I loved him quitting at the end.)
But Dean's still a dick and I still don't do angels.
Oh but they're funny! And they're cute!
The actors are indeed both funny and cute. The Ghostfacers are neither. They're annoying little gnats in search of a windscreen.
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For this. I love you.
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Ditto.
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And then I thought about it for a little while longer and realized it was good compared to other S4 episodes. Had this episode been set in prevous seasons, this one would be mediocre.
And I also thought that the angel was spouting off a whole bunch of crap but Dean needed another higher being to validate him. The one good thing about it was that I could at least see it as manipulation on Zacariah's part where he doesn't really give a damn what happens to Dean after he does whatever it is he's going to do.
Sam smashed a phone with an iron poker. That alone makes him the best thing about the episode.
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It was after that I got all thinky and decided that, while not a particularly strong ep, there's a lot in it to like.
Sam smashed a phone with an iron poker. That alone makes him the best thing about the episode.
Oh, totally! I used to work tech support - I can't tell you how badly I wanted to do that sometimes.
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And my immediate reaction after the ep was and once again it's all about Dean - which does not make me happy.
I think I've given up entirely in this department. With five episodes left, I don't have any expectation that it's going to change.
Oh, totally! I used to work tech support - I can't tell you how badly I wanted to do that sometimes.
Maybe it's a universal need. I'm still in retail and get the urge at least once a week to destroy at least a whole section. The only thing that stops me is that I can't pick up anything heavy enough to do damage. ;)