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I know what I like, but I'm curious about what you all like. Therefore: POLL.
Poll
I spoiled myself for the end of VM and am very very okay with that decision. I'd like to have the will power to stop now before my ability to fanwank is detered any further, but I haven't been able to stop watching yet, so I guess I'll have to wait and see. This show is the curiosity and I am definitely the cat.
Things I have recently watched: Gilmore Girls S2, Skins, The Deadliest Catch S1, and now Children of Dune (finally!).
Supernatural 2x16 - Roadkill:
I really lots and lots enjoyed this episode. Even though it had a lot of elements I normally bitch about (e.g. not really learning anything new about the boy, not many snappy entertaining bits, not pretty, etc). I don't know. It worked for me. I loved the abruptness of being thrown in to the deep end of the hunt and I really dug the simplisity of staying there for the entire episode. And despite the twist not being at all original I thought the episode itself was smart, and more subtle than this show usually is (even the performances were toned down a notch), though not so sublte that every point wasn't super clear.
HOWEVER, I didn't see the twist coming until Molly was literally staring at her husband, and I wouldn't be at all surprised if enjoyment of this episode was directly correlated to the length of time it took a viewer to discern the twist. The ha ha part for me is that I saw all the signs and headed all the warnings, but came to a completely other, way complicated conclusion. Inside MY head the boys were going to take care of Greeley, but during the process Molly was going to die, and essentially take up Greeley's post because she wasn't able to let go of her husband despite everything the boys told her about moving on. Which, yeah, way too dark and complicated. Though I actually wouldn't mind at all if we got something dark and complicated where the boys weren't 100% heroic in the end.
Still, this bit made me well up. It was all in Tricia's little "what do I do now". As tired as the cliche may be it's no less sad and fucked up.
You do that, we think you'll move on.
But you don't know where?
Speaking of which, I thought Helfer kicked all sorts of emotionally resonating ass without much dialogue to stand on. She really impressed the heck out of me. And I was already a fan.
Loved the switched up POV, though I wish they'd been more strict about it. LOVED Molly calling the boys on the fact that they used her as bait. Thought Sam seemed genuinely sad at times, though there was still a hefty dose of FORCEULL EMPATHY.
Okay, that's not an example of Sam being sad, but isn't it hilarious? Just when you think his face couldn't get any tighter...
Loved the directors penchant for shots from below.
Didn't even mind the expositiony bit at the end though I wish it had stopped at the point at which we joined the episode. WAS SUPER HAPPY TO HAVE THE BOYS BACK ON MY TELEVISION IN ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM.
Molly: Hunting for what?
Sam: [Speechless]
Dean: ...ghosts.
Sam: Duh... du... don't sugarcoat it for her.
LOVED DEAN SO MUCH I CAN'T EVEN.
At first his curtness threw me off. He had me feeling like a recently x-ed girlfriend faced with a barrier of defensiveness and overcompensation where there's usually charm and vulnerability. At first I thought it was just bad writing, but oh no no. Dean doesn't like things in his world to be grey so he shoves Molly in Sam's direction, and overstates his position on the matter, and only finally visably eases when she's gone for good. Dean's faltering struggle to keep everything clearly defined is one of my absolute favourite (thank god it's re-curring!) themes on this show.
Love, love, LOVED the way the entire episode had me feeling sick about the boys inevitable doom without actually putting one or more of them in physical danger. Well, beyond the norm, that is.
Right before we were having the dumbest fight.
What if that's the last thing I said to him?
I guess we'll never know. Not until we take the plunge ourselves.
And all that stuff about holding on too tight? Who do we know like that? Oh, I know, I know! Not that Sam or Dean will ever losen their grip on each other. How sad that they can't learn the lesson that's so often right in front of them. How merciful for Dean that he doesn't remember his own brush with hanging on, otherwise he'd be weighed down with the added guilt that if he'd been able to let go sooner his father might not have had time to take his place. It makes me think of that scene in Scarecrow where Dean lets Sam go. It's so sad, but it's also healthy. But the boys will only ever move further and further away from that place. They'll only hang on tighter and tighter until there's nothing left for either of them to hold.
There were things I didn't like about Roadkill. Including but not limited to the re-used Haley-Joel comment, Greely not being at all scary, the actual literal rising sun + gag worthy effects, etc. But I liked it a heck of a lot more than not.
Aaaand, so as not to end on a downer note here's some other stuff that kicked ass:
Dean kicking in the hidden door:
Dean getting beat up. AGAIN.
Dean. His scruntchy nose is my new favourite thing:
This bit:
Call me Dean.
At first I cringed at those lines, but then it occured to me that Dean has most like either A) always wanted to say that, or B) has already said it so many times it almost embarrasses him to say it again. But only almost cause he loves saying it.
THE MONEY SHOT:
And finally, Dean stroking the Impala. Which may even trump the Doctor stroking the TARDIS. Yep, yep, I think it does.
Poll
I spoiled myself for the end of VM and am very very okay with that decision. I'd like to have the will power to stop now before my ability to fanwank is detered any further, but I haven't been able to stop watching yet, so I guess I'll have to wait and see. This show is the curiosity and I am definitely the cat.
Things I have recently watched: Gilmore Girls S2, Skins, The Deadliest Catch S1, and now Children of Dune (finally!).
Supernatural 2x16 - Roadkill:
I really lots and lots enjoyed this episode. Even though it had a lot of elements I normally bitch about (e.g. not really learning anything new about the boy, not many snappy entertaining bits, not pretty, etc). I don't know. It worked for me. I loved the abruptness of being thrown in to the deep end of the hunt and I really dug the simplisity of staying there for the entire episode. And despite the twist not being at all original I thought the episode itself was smart, and more subtle than this show usually is (even the performances were toned down a notch), though not so sublte that every point wasn't super clear.
HOWEVER, I didn't see the twist coming until Molly was literally staring at her husband, and I wouldn't be at all surprised if enjoyment of this episode was directly correlated to the length of time it took a viewer to discern the twist. The ha ha part for me is that I saw all the signs and headed all the warnings, but came to a completely other, way complicated conclusion. Inside MY head the boys were going to take care of Greeley, but during the process Molly was going to die, and essentially take up Greeley's post because she wasn't able to let go of her husband despite everything the boys told her about moving on. Which, yeah, way too dark and complicated. Though I actually wouldn't mind at all if we got something dark and complicated where the boys weren't 100% heroic in the end.
Still, this bit made me well up. It was all in Tricia's little "what do I do now". As tired as the cliche may be it's no less sad and fucked up.
You do that, we think you'll move on.
But you don't know where?
Speaking of which, I thought Helfer kicked all sorts of emotionally resonating ass without much dialogue to stand on. She really impressed the heck out of me. And I was already a fan.
Loved the switched up POV, though I wish they'd been more strict about it. LOVED Molly calling the boys on the fact that they used her as bait. Thought Sam seemed genuinely sad at times, though there was still a hefty dose of FORCEULL EMPATHY.
Okay, that's not an example of Sam being sad, but isn't it hilarious? Just when you think his face couldn't get any tighter...
Loved the directors penchant for shots from below.
Didn't even mind the expositiony bit at the end though I wish it had stopped at the point at which we joined the episode. WAS SUPER HAPPY TO HAVE THE BOYS BACK ON MY TELEVISION IN ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM.
Molly: Hunting for what?
Sam: [Speechless]
Dean: ...ghosts.
Sam: Duh... du... don't sugarcoat it for her.
LOVED DEAN SO MUCH I CAN'T EVEN.
At first his curtness threw me off. He had me feeling like a recently x-ed girlfriend faced with a barrier of defensiveness and overcompensation where there's usually charm and vulnerability. At first I thought it was just bad writing, but oh no no. Dean doesn't like things in his world to be grey so he shoves Molly in Sam's direction, and overstates his position on the matter, and only finally visably eases when she's gone for good. Dean's faltering struggle to keep everything clearly defined is one of my absolute favourite (thank god it's re-curring!) themes on this show.
Love, love, LOVED the way the entire episode had me feeling sick about the boys inevitable doom without actually putting one or more of them in physical danger. Well, beyond the norm, that is.
Right before we were having the dumbest fight.
What if that's the last thing I said to him?
I guess we'll never know. Not until we take the plunge ourselves.
And all that stuff about holding on too tight? Who do we know like that? Oh, I know, I know! Not that Sam or Dean will ever losen their grip on each other. How sad that they can't learn the lesson that's so often right in front of them. How merciful for Dean that he doesn't remember his own brush with hanging on, otherwise he'd be weighed down with the added guilt that if he'd been able to let go sooner his father might not have had time to take his place. It makes me think of that scene in Scarecrow where Dean lets Sam go. It's so sad, but it's also healthy. But the boys will only ever move further and further away from that place. They'll only hang on tighter and tighter until there's nothing left for either of them to hold.
There were things I didn't like about Roadkill. Including but not limited to the re-used Haley-Joel comment, Greely not being at all scary, the actual literal rising sun + gag worthy effects, etc. But I liked it a heck of a lot more than not.
Aaaand, so as not to end on a downer note here's some other stuff that kicked ass:
Dean kicking in the hidden door:
Dean getting beat up. AGAIN.
Dean. His scruntchy nose is my new favourite thing:
This bit:
Call me Dean.
At first I cringed at those lines, but then it occured to me that Dean has most like either A) always wanted to say that, or B) has already said it so many times it almost embarrasses him to say it again. But only almost cause he loves saying it.
THE MONEY SHOT:
And finally, Dean stroking the Impala. Which may even trump the Doctor stroking the TARDIS. Yep, yep, I think it does.