This episode was NOT scary, it was BORING; the writing was lame (feral kids who can write cryptic messages, break into the Impala and steal all the weapons and slash tires in no time flat...sheesh, that's BAD plotting. Not to mention a bland, utterly uninteresting family that didn't have enough personality between them all to patch together even one well-rounded character...and I don't care, I STILL say any normal kid is NOT gonna be happy and welcoming if someone/thing appears from their closet; if they do, they DESERVE to be devoured or whatever the hell else might happen to them. Even in ELAC, which I liked, I was snorting in disbelief at those stupid kids wanting to let the big, scary clown inside their houses. When I was a kid, I at least had the sense to scream like a banshee and run like hell if I saw anything/anyone even remotely creepy, ha.)
And as for Sam...I'm beginning to wonder if Jared Padalecki somehow got on Kripke's shit list, as he seems to be pretty much persona non grata this season. I DO want to see Dean facing the inevitable backlash of his actions and having to deal with PTSD from his experiences in Hell; but as you so aptly stated, SHOW us, don't TELL us,and in the showing can the writers not manage to incorporate Sam into the story line, as well? After all, he IS the reason Dean sold his soul to start with, and we don't even get to really see Sam's side of the whole guilt/PTSD line alongside Dean's struggles with it all. I'm so so tired of Sam appearing onscreen as stoic wallpaper and nothing more; aside from his bits 'n pieces use of his 'power' early on, we really aren't seeing much of him at all in recent eps. It's become the all-Dean-all-the-time show, and on a series which purports to be about TWO brothers, on a journey TOGETHER,it irks me to no end to have writers who apparently can't understand that or aren't competent enough to integrate Sam into the episode in a meaningful, solid way. The season started with such promise but I am becoming so disillusioned as it goes along; most of all, I just really miss Sam, a lot a lot, sigh.
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This episode was NOT scary, it was BORING; the writing was lame (feral kids who can write cryptic messages, break into the Impala and steal all the weapons and slash tires in no time flat...sheesh, that's BAD plotting. Not to mention a bland, utterly uninteresting family that didn't have enough personality between them all to patch together even one well-rounded character...and I don't care, I STILL say any normal kid is NOT gonna be happy and welcoming if someone/thing appears from their closet; if they do, they DESERVE to be devoured or whatever the hell else might happen to them. Even in ELAC, which I liked, I was snorting in disbelief at those stupid kids wanting to let the big, scary clown inside their houses. When I was a kid, I at least had the sense to scream like a banshee and run like hell if I saw anything/anyone even remotely creepy, ha.)
And as for Sam...I'm beginning to wonder if Jared Padalecki somehow got on Kripke's shit list, as he seems to be pretty much persona non grata this season. I DO want to see Dean facing the inevitable backlash of his actions and having to deal with PTSD from his experiences in Hell; but as you so aptly stated, SHOW us, don't TELL us,and in the showing can the writers not manage to incorporate Sam into the story line, as well? After all, he IS the reason Dean sold his soul to start with, and we don't even get to really see Sam's side of the whole guilt/PTSD line alongside Dean's struggles with it all. I'm so so tired of Sam appearing onscreen as stoic wallpaper and nothing more; aside from his bits 'n pieces use of his 'power' early on, we really aren't seeing much of him at all in recent eps. It's become the all-Dean-all-the-time show, and on a series which purports to be about TWO brothers, on a journey TOGETHER,it irks me to no end to have writers who apparently can't understand that or aren't competent enough to integrate Sam into the episode in a meaningful, solid way. The season started with such promise but I am becoming so disillusioned as it goes along; most of all, I just really miss Sam, a lot a lot, sigh.