Initial reaction: 1.13 - yes, it's the racist truck!
Yes, this is an initial reaction post for an episode from season 1, because I've never watched it, and never felt the need to. But out of all the people who answered my "should I watch Route 666" poll, only one person voted no, and she said that was a mistake. So, this was my lunch date yesterday!
Cas, are you ready? Then let's begin!
(Hey, look, The Benders is on this disc too. Wanna watch that instead, Cas? It's got awesome Deputy Kathleen. And Sam in a cage. No? You sure? It's got the boys in ranger uniforms. And Sam in a cage.)
Sigh. Okay. Here we go.
So, here's the infamous racist truck. Damn, that's a big ass truck. (No, Cas, it doesn't mean the truck has an actual big ass. It's just a colorful figure of speech.) I've climbed into and out of a truck like that before and it is not fun.
Baby Sam and Baby Dean! \o/ Oh boys, boys, boys. You are so damn pretty. Young Dean in particular. I know it's not exactly politically correct to say this, but I think Sam has aged better than Dean has. (I'm not going to say Jared has aged better than Jensen, because they both look just as marvelous outside of Show as they always have, but as characters go, Dean's best years were the early seasons.)
(Well, Cas, since you asked, I think you're maintaining your level of hotness quite nicely. But I really loved your S4 hair. Especially your first episode. That was magnificent.)
What's a old friend? A friend that's not new. Hee.
Oh, Dean and Cassie, you two are already breaking my heart. You are kind of adorable together.
And now the boys are putting on suits, and I don't care how much the rest of the episode sucks, this scene is worth it. Dressing, saying things like "observationally interesting," God help me, this scene is cute.
(Yes, Cas, we do have to watch it one more time. Suck it up.)
And now the pre-coital argument. Dean, you kind of jumped to conclusions about why Cassie was so interested in where Sam was. Maybe she was hoping for a three-way. Did you ever think of that? No, because you're selfish.
(Seriously, Cas? Okay. Sometimes, when a man and a woman love each other very much, and the man has a smoking hot brother... you know what? Never mind, we'll talk about it later.)
Cassie's comment about "you aways do this" is interesting, because how long could these two possibly have been dating? How were they together long enough for him to "always" do anything? We know they occasionally settled in one place long enough for them to put down very shallow roots, but there's no reason to think they did that after the boys were out of school, is there?
So, the bow chicka wow wow. It's funny that some of you thought it was very hot while others thought it was very awkward. It's not really either to me. Also, does Dean ever have sex without Bad Company in the background?
(Cas, what do you think?)
(No, that's okay. I know it's a lot to process. You can tell me later.)
(No, you and I watching Dean and Cassie is not a four-way.)
(Because it's just not. Can we move on now?)
And here's the mayor, making that classic mistake when being chased by a vehicle - running down the road. Get off the freaking road, mayor. Run to a tree. For God's sake.
This home office, or whatever it is that Cassie uses, seems awfully big to be in that house. Uh oh, here comes the racist truck. Yes, Cassie, close the blinds, that will keep the racist truck away
Also, Cassie, you are cute as hell, but you really could dress a little bit more professionally.
As someone pointed out, Mrs. Robinson's long tale is really kind of awkward and I could have done without it. But! Moving along!
And now Sam and Dean are towing the old truck out of the pond. How did they find the truck and get it hooked up without even getting wet? And why is it pointed away from the water - shouldn't it be nosing into the pond instead of facing out? Also, I missed something. Where did the racist truck come from in the first place? It's not the original racist's truck. Whose was it?
Yay for smart Sam figuring out how to stop the racist truck. Boo for "the thought never occurred to me." That thought would have occurred to him.
"I'm gonna kill him." <- adorable
Sad goodbye scene. Oh no! This song! The same song they played as Sam put Dean's corpse to bed!
So, what's with Dean's weird smile when Sam asks if meeting a girl like that makes him want to give up the job? What is that smile supposed to mean? It seems really... affectionate? Like, why would I give this up, Sam, because I love you so much there's nothing I'd rather do... I don't know. It's just weird.
Also, have we ever seen Dean in sunglasses, before or since this episode, other than the douchey ones in Changing Channels?
(What did you think, Cas? Yes, you're right, the name is a funny coincidence.)
Final opinion? Eh. Not a total waste of 42 minutes of my life, but nothing I'm itching to rewatch either. Except that one scene.