SPN finale thoughts
So, completely incoherently....
Excellent job, IMAO. I thought everyone was just amazing, from JP and JA to Jim Beaver and the little girl playing Lilith. Wow, was she creepy!
I've gotta talk about Bobby a bit here. Oh, Bobby. I love Bobby. He's just so perfectly what the boys need and he fills it so perfectly. A ditchable prom date indeed! Hee!
If you'll excuse a tangent, I was reflecting earlier today about Bobby and how I write him (in fics that haven't actually seen the light of day). I write him as someone starved for family. In Four Weddings and a Funeral, I had Bobby surrounded by family during the first parts. Cousins and aunts and uncles and Mama and so on. But by the end, he was alone, not even wanting to share in someone else's joy until he was pushed into it.
I see Bobby as someone who's isolated himself, but that's not what he really wants or who he really is. And, God, in the finale. "Family doesn't stop with blood." Bobby. Is. Made. Of. Win.
Anyway, back to the finale. The sense of time wasting was just so aggravating. I mean that in a good way, I kept gesturing to my watch (well, wrist, but where a watch would have been) when they were taking their time going. It's like, it's already going to take soooo long to get to Indiana, let's get a move on, kthx.
Ruby. I have to say, I kinda like Ruby. I said before that I figured Ruby honestly considers herself on their side, but as a demon, her moral compass is definitely skewed, so she while she's not really trying to do anything wrong, they shouldn't trust her. If that makes sense. And I can definitely buy that Sam could save Dean if he used his powers and the idea that they're dormant rather than gone makes much more sense to me. (That the powers would be tied to the specific demon just doesn't gel with me. Maybe to get them started, but that they'd just somehow disappear when YED died? Nope.) But I can see Ruby's logic in waiting until things were desperate to let Sam in on that part of it. Ruby's on their side, but she doesn't consider them equals, and she does have her own plans, for sure. I'm guessing, since Bobby shot Ruby way back in "Sin City," if Ruby does come back, Katie Cassidy won't? I kinda grew to like her.
Anyway, the fight was great, and I love that Dean got the knife. Perfect. Although, really, going in with one knife? Things have come together when they've flown by the seat of the pants before, but. Yikes.
They sang. Together. In the car. Bon Jovi. "Dead or Alive." I mean, you knew that they had to do that sometimes, just like you knew how they had routines in motels, but it was so great to see it, like it was great to see it in "Mystery Spot." Oh, the singing. Oh, God. It was sweet and wonderful and jeez. Singing together. Sam doing the Wanted! I just. BOYS!!!!
Lilith? CREEPY. That actress was really good. I can totally see a demon having fun with that. Yeah. Nice job showing a "demon's holiday." Eek. It sucks that a whole town all got possessed, but there you go. I am so surprised that Lilith didn't kill the little girl. I mean, I see where the girl needed to be ok for plot purposes, but I thought demons could be hard on their hosts and stuff? I didn't think Lilith would be the sort to be gentle. And I could see her doing things to the girl's body to convince the family to cooperate. You know, slash her own wrists or something. Oh, well, whatever, still loved it.
The Hellhounds. I don't--I can't--God, it just hurt. JA did a great job of being torn up and JP's desperation as Sam, it was all perfect.
SO WHAT HAPPENED DURING THAT WHITE LIGHT? DUDE. DUDE. DUDE.
Seriously, was Lilith trying to kill Sam but couldn't? Did Sam's powers come back? ARGH KRIPKE.
Dean in Hell. DAMMIT. I was mostly unspoiled and my sister asked me how I thought the episode would end and I was like, "Well, Sam realizing he's alone and Dean in Hell."
I DIDN'T WANT TO BE RIGHT DAMN IT! I mean, don't get me wrong, this wasn't any sort of real creative or intuitive leap. Before I watched it, I was hoping for a cliffhanger of Sam being evil or not, like the clock strikes 12 and Dean looks over, hearing the Hellhounds, and Sam says, "No" and then his eyes flash yellow. Or something. I don't want Dean in Hell.
Dean in Hell was just awful. Calling for help and for Sam and no. No nononono. Oh, Dean!
This is going to be a long summer. Is it September yet?
Excellent job, IMAO. I thought everyone was just amazing, from JP and JA to Jim Beaver and the little girl playing Lilith. Wow, was she creepy!
I've gotta talk about Bobby a bit here. Oh, Bobby. I love Bobby. He's just so perfectly what the boys need and he fills it so perfectly. A ditchable prom date indeed! Hee!
If you'll excuse a tangent, I was reflecting earlier today about Bobby and how I write him (in fics that haven't actually seen the light of day). I write him as someone starved for family. In Four Weddings and a Funeral, I had Bobby surrounded by family during the first parts. Cousins and aunts and uncles and Mama and so on. But by the end, he was alone, not even wanting to share in someone else's joy until he was pushed into it.
I see Bobby as someone who's isolated himself, but that's not what he really wants or who he really is. And, God, in the finale. "Family doesn't stop with blood." Bobby. Is. Made. Of. Win.
Anyway, back to the finale. The sense of time wasting was just so aggravating. I mean that in a good way, I kept gesturing to my watch (well, wrist, but where a watch would have been) when they were taking their time going. It's like, it's already going to take soooo long to get to Indiana, let's get a move on, kthx.
Ruby. I have to say, I kinda like Ruby. I said before that I figured Ruby honestly considers herself on their side, but as a demon, her moral compass is definitely skewed, so she while she's not really trying to do anything wrong, they shouldn't trust her. If that makes sense. And I can definitely buy that Sam could save Dean if he used his powers and the idea that they're dormant rather than gone makes much more sense to me. (That the powers would be tied to the specific demon just doesn't gel with me. Maybe to get them started, but that they'd just somehow disappear when YED died? Nope.) But I can see Ruby's logic in waiting until things were desperate to let Sam in on that part of it. Ruby's on their side, but she doesn't consider them equals, and she does have her own plans, for sure. I'm guessing, since Bobby shot Ruby way back in "Sin City," if Ruby does come back, Katie Cassidy won't? I kinda grew to like her.
Anyway, the fight was great, and I love that Dean got the knife. Perfect. Although, really, going in with one knife? Things have come together when they've flown by the seat of the pants before, but. Yikes.
They sang. Together. In the car. Bon Jovi. "Dead or Alive." I mean, you knew that they had to do that sometimes, just like you knew how they had routines in motels, but it was so great to see it, like it was great to see it in "Mystery Spot." Oh, the singing. Oh, God. It was sweet and wonderful and jeez. Singing together. Sam doing the Wanted! I just. BOYS!!!!
Lilith? CREEPY. That actress was really good. I can totally see a demon having fun with that. Yeah. Nice job showing a "demon's holiday." Eek. It sucks that a whole town all got possessed, but there you go. I am so surprised that Lilith didn't kill the little girl. I mean, I see where the girl needed to be ok for plot purposes, but I thought demons could be hard on their hosts and stuff? I didn't think Lilith would be the sort to be gentle. And I could see her doing things to the girl's body to convince the family to cooperate. You know, slash her own wrists or something. Oh, well, whatever, still loved it.
The Hellhounds. I don't--I can't--God, it just hurt. JA did a great job of being torn up and JP's desperation as Sam, it was all perfect.
SO WHAT HAPPENED DURING THAT WHITE LIGHT? DUDE. DUDE. DUDE.
Seriously, was Lilith trying to kill Sam but couldn't? Did Sam's powers come back? ARGH KRIPKE.
Dean in Hell. DAMMIT. I was mostly unspoiled and my sister asked me how I thought the episode would end and I was like, "Well, Sam realizing he's alone and Dean in Hell."
I DIDN'T WANT TO BE RIGHT DAMN IT! I mean, don't get me wrong, this wasn't any sort of real creative or intuitive leap. Before I watched it, I was hoping for a cliffhanger of Sam being evil or not, like the clock strikes 12 and Dean looks over, hearing the Hellhounds, and Sam says, "No" and then his eyes flash yellow. Or something. I don't want Dean in Hell.
Dean in Hell was just awful. Calling for help and for Sam and no. No nononono. Oh, Dean!
This is going to be a long summer. Is it September yet?