SPN 2x10, "Hunted" / Lucero
Like everyone else, capslock abuse within:
Very pleased by the use of "White Rabbit," though it seemed a bit weird to be using throughout the whole scene. I kept expecting a montage of more of the psychic kids.
Oh, oh, the breaking in Dean's voice -- WHY DO YOU THINK he didn't tell you, Sam? Just saying out loud that John told him he might have to kill you is killing him. And when he REACHES for Sam.... How many times have we seen Dean instigate physical contact that wasn't checking for injuries or brotherly smacking? Bless Jensen's physical acting, that moment was perfect -- an emotional half-lunge checked and barely turned into a casual tap. (This was when I started reaching for the Scotch, for the record.)
Ava is very awesome, and gets to stay, for babbling a little in her nervousness but still having a big dose of self-posession. Of course now I have to hope that she survives whatever the hell it is happened to her. (Her ring! Sam's face looking at her ring!)
Enraged!Dean is fantastically hot. I'd forgotten this, somehow. Probably blocked it out for self-preservatory purposes.
Gordon is a chilling-ass motherfucker. Even though he as a character is definitely very very dark grey, he's so consumed by what he knows is right, he doesn't have any shades of grey in his worldview.
I love the boys' codewords. LOVE.
The LOOK on Dean's face when Gordon tells him "for what it's worth, it'll be quick." There's looks that can kill, and then there's looks that can slowly tear you in to little itty bitty shreds and boil you alive AT THE SAME TIME. Yikes.
And then comes the moment of real flailing:
Dean's head whipping around when he hears Sam's voice, Sam's hand on Dean's shoulder like he knows Dean's going to need to feel that he's still alive, NOW, the tight camera shot of Sam's hand on top of Dean's as he unties him, and Dean ripping the ropes off to get his paws all over Sam and make sure he was OK.
I was LIGHTHEADED with GIDDY PAINFUL JOY, guys. No shit. The boys do so well at physical tension it KILLS me.
"You're a fine, upstanding citizen, Sam." *LOVES*
And then comes the conversation that feeds back into the characterization question I was chewing on yesterday. I feel more confident that the writers are leaning toward option #2, because -- Amsterdam? Dean Winchester just volunteered to take a 7+ hour long FLIGHT over the OCEAN? Winchesters repress and rarely say outright what they mean -- Dean is begging here, again, the same way he did at the beginning of the episode, only his heart is just less obviously spilling out of his mouth. He's that desperate to just throw Sam over his shoulder and haul him out of danger the way he's always done. And Sam just won't let him.
Sam's SO MUCH his father's son here -- driven to the point of obsession and dragging those he loves into the fight. It's a little scary, because if this wasn't a TV show, I'd say for sure he was going to be the death of Dean.
*cough* And on that happy note, some music:
I promised musesfool more Lucero last week, and I'm just now delivering. It's sadly still not any more than I've gotten from ethrosdemon and zeplum, but I have a couple CDs on the way. (See, file-sharing leading directly to CD purchases, stupid RIAA people!)
She's Just that Kind of Girl - another from their latest, "Rebels, Rogues & Sworn Brothers"
Ain't so Lonely - from "Tennessee", their 2002 album
Dodging Bullets - the file I have says it's from "The Coldwater Sessions," which apparently was a demo tape of their first self-titled album.
You can listen to some more songs on their website here: www.luceromusic.com and order CDs, LPs, and t-shirts straight from them.
Lucero on YouTube -- footage from four live acts.
Couple other songs that came on rotation last night:
the Corb Lund band - It's Time to Switch to Whiskey (We've been drinking beer all night)
Two Gallants - Las Cruces Jail
ETA:
somersaulter made the very good point that John's obsession with the Demon takes on some additional layers when seen in light of the very direct threat posed to Sam. Killing the Demon before it can start influencing Sam means not having to worry bout Sam going dark side. Means neither John nor Dean will ever have to face the awful, terrifying possibility of having to turn their guns on Sam. Makes the scene of John begging Sam to shoot him in "Devil's Trap" that much more horrible. GAH.
There's some additional bad feeling about John going around -- viewing him telling Dean he'd have to kill Sam as a kind of cop out, an "I'm bugging out in a way guaranteed to fuck with your head, and oh, by the way youmighthavetokillyourbrotherkthxbye" exeunt. Passing the buck and the dirty job. But I think he sees it more as a necessary hardship -- telling Dean the awful truth so that he'll a) know what to look for and b) maybe hopefully with enough time be able to harden himself enough to do the job. In that case it does suggest that maybe John doesn't know Dean very well, to think that he would ever be capable of hurting Sam....on the other hand, maybe he thinks that telling him one day he may have to completely violate his core identity principle (protect Sammy) may be just the thing Dean needs to find a way to do the impossible -- kill the demon without benefit of the Colt.
Very pleased by the use of "White Rabbit," though it seemed a bit weird to be using throughout the whole scene. I kept expecting a montage of more of the psychic kids.
Oh, oh, the breaking in Dean's voice -- WHY DO YOU THINK he didn't tell you, Sam? Just saying out loud that John told him he might have to kill you is killing him. And when he REACHES for Sam.... How many times have we seen Dean instigate physical contact that wasn't checking for injuries or brotherly smacking? Bless Jensen's physical acting, that moment was perfect -- an emotional half-lunge checked and barely turned into a casual tap. (This was when I started reaching for the Scotch, for the record.)
Ava is very awesome, and gets to stay, for babbling a little in her nervousness but still having a big dose of self-posession. Of course now I have to hope that she survives whatever the hell it is happened to her. (Her ring! Sam's face looking at her ring!)
Enraged!Dean is fantastically hot. I'd forgotten this, somehow. Probably blocked it out for self-preservatory purposes.
Gordon is a chilling-ass motherfucker. Even though he as a character is definitely very very dark grey, he's so consumed by what he knows is right, he doesn't have any shades of grey in his worldview.
I love the boys' codewords. LOVE.
The LOOK on Dean's face when Gordon tells him "for what it's worth, it'll be quick." There's looks that can kill, and then there's looks that can slowly tear you in to little itty bitty shreds and boil you alive AT THE SAME TIME. Yikes.
And then comes the moment of real flailing:
Dean's head whipping around when he hears Sam's voice, Sam's hand on Dean's shoulder like he knows Dean's going to need to feel that he's still alive, NOW, the tight camera shot of Sam's hand on top of Dean's as he unties him, and Dean ripping the ropes off to get his paws all over Sam and make sure he was OK.
I was LIGHTHEADED with GIDDY PAINFUL JOY, guys. No shit. The boys do so well at physical tension it KILLS me.
"You're a fine, upstanding citizen, Sam." *LOVES*
And then comes the conversation that feeds back into the characterization question I was chewing on yesterday. I feel more confident that the writers are leaning toward option #2, because -- Amsterdam? Dean Winchester just volunteered to take a 7+ hour long FLIGHT over the OCEAN? Winchesters repress and rarely say outright what they mean -- Dean is begging here, again, the same way he did at the beginning of the episode, only his heart is just less obviously spilling out of his mouth. He's that desperate to just throw Sam over his shoulder and haul him out of danger the way he's always done. And Sam just won't let him.
Sam's SO MUCH his father's son here -- driven to the point of obsession and dragging those he loves into the fight. It's a little scary, because if this wasn't a TV show, I'd say for sure he was going to be the death of Dean.
*cough* And on that happy note, some music:
I promised musesfool more Lucero last week, and I'm just now delivering. It's sadly still not any more than I've gotten from ethrosdemon and zeplum, but I have a couple CDs on the way. (See, file-sharing leading directly to CD purchases, stupid RIAA people!)
She's Just that Kind of Girl - another from their latest, "Rebels, Rogues & Sworn Brothers"
Ain't so Lonely - from "Tennessee", their 2002 album
Dodging Bullets - the file I have says it's from "The Coldwater Sessions," which apparently was a demo tape of their first self-titled album.
You can listen to some more songs on their website here: www.luceromusic.com and order CDs, LPs, and t-shirts straight from them.
Lucero on YouTube -- footage from four live acts.
Couple other songs that came on rotation last night:
the Corb Lund band - It's Time to Switch to Whiskey (We've been drinking beer all night)
Two Gallants - Las Cruces Jail
ETA:
somersaulter made the very good point that John's obsession with the Demon takes on some additional layers when seen in light of the very direct threat posed to Sam. Killing the Demon before it can start influencing Sam means not having to worry bout Sam going dark side. Means neither John nor Dean will ever have to face the awful, terrifying possibility of having to turn their guns on Sam. Makes the scene of John begging Sam to shoot him in "Devil's Trap" that much more horrible. GAH.
There's some additional bad feeling about John going around -- viewing him telling Dean he'd have to kill Sam as a kind of cop out, an "I'm bugging out in a way guaranteed to fuck with your head, and oh, by the way youmighthavetokillyourbrotherkthxbye" exeunt. Passing the buck and the dirty job. But I think he sees it more as a necessary hardship -- telling Dean the awful truth so that he'll a) know what to look for and b) maybe hopefully with enough time be able to harden himself enough to do the job. In that case it does suggest that maybe John doesn't know Dean very well, to think that he would ever be capable of hurting Sam....on the other hand, maybe he thinks that telling him one day he may have to completely violate his core identity principle (protect Sammy) may be just the thing Dean needs to find a way to do the impossible -- kill the demon without benefit of the Colt.