My Thoughts On Last Night's Episode
Spoilers!!! But for last night's episode only.
Interesting…
You know, I started out with no expectations here, simply because I had no clue on how they could go on. For me the story was finished; Kripke did a great job with his 5 year plan, and I admit, while I’m happy for more SPN, I was a bit skeptic about going beyond the original story line.
The lack of cool season opener with awesome music to refresh our memory was the first sign that this was not just another season opener. And it really wasn’t.
The episode was more like a pilot; not great but interesting enough to want to watch the next episode and good enough to build that new ‘red story line’.
Yeah, I hate the fact that we start one year later… but I think the time was needed to make Sam trust their ‘new’ family. Obviously they’re up to no good, and if Sam hadn’t been working with them for a long time Sam and Dean would have been on to them within seconds, which I’m assuming would ruin this season’s story line.
Anyone else wanted Dean to punch Sam for leaving him behind for a whole year? Love the hug though! Hell, they even filmed ‘the hug’ the same as they have done previous ones.
Did hell kill Sam’s humanity?!? (With him not caring anymore). That reminds me of one of the horse men telling Dean that there is nothing left inside of him, that he’s numb, and Dean not being motivated anymore last season to fight the fight. Seems like the year with Lisa did him some good; brought back that sense of ‘we first and foremost do this to help people.’
Talking about this being like a pilot… It really was, but then with roles reversed. At the end of the real pilot, six years ago (really, we’ve been obsessing about this show for that long already?!?), Sam wanted to go back to Jess after they hunted down the woman in white. The only difference then was that the episode ended with Jess on the ceiling, and Lisa is at the moment still alive. But I’m sure that won’t last long; not that she’ll necessarily die, but that Dean leaves and it will be back to Sam and Dean against the world soon enough.
I liked their choice of ‘monster of thee week’, making Dean see the YED and Lisa burning on the ceiling. That was a real nice touch.
And it felt like Supernatural. The story needs setting up again, but the Boys Are Back! And I’m sure everything else will fall into place.
Bring on the next episode!!!
P.S. The boys looked really good! And I was really happy that they included Bobby in this one; his role wasn’t huge, but he was part of their family… the one Dean still turns to when he needs someone he trusts.
Interesting…
You know, I started out with no expectations here, simply because I had no clue on how they could go on. For me the story was finished; Kripke did a great job with his 5 year plan, and I admit, while I’m happy for more SPN, I was a bit skeptic about going beyond the original story line.
The lack of cool season opener with awesome music to refresh our memory was the first sign that this was not just another season opener. And it really wasn’t.
The episode was more like a pilot; not great but interesting enough to want to watch the next episode and good enough to build that new ‘red story line’.
Yeah, I hate the fact that we start one year later… but I think the time was needed to make Sam trust their ‘new’ family. Obviously they’re up to no good, and if Sam hadn’t been working with them for a long time Sam and Dean would have been on to them within seconds, which I’m assuming would ruin this season’s story line.
Anyone else wanted Dean to punch Sam for leaving him behind for a whole year? Love the hug though! Hell, they even filmed ‘the hug’ the same as they have done previous ones.
Did hell kill Sam’s humanity?!? (With him not caring anymore). That reminds me of one of the horse men telling Dean that there is nothing left inside of him, that he’s numb, and Dean not being motivated anymore last season to fight the fight. Seems like the year with Lisa did him some good; brought back that sense of ‘we first and foremost do this to help people.’
Talking about this being like a pilot… It really was, but then with roles reversed. At the end of the real pilot, six years ago (really, we’ve been obsessing about this show for that long already?!?), Sam wanted to go back to Jess after they hunted down the woman in white. The only difference then was that the episode ended with Jess on the ceiling, and Lisa is at the moment still alive. But I’m sure that won’t last long; not that she’ll necessarily die, but that Dean leaves and it will be back to Sam and Dean against the world soon enough.
I liked their choice of ‘monster of thee week’, making Dean see the YED and Lisa burning on the ceiling. That was a real nice touch.
And it felt like Supernatural. The story needs setting up again, but the Boys Are Back! And I’m sure everything else will fall into place.
Bring on the next episode!!!
P.S. The boys looked really good! And I was really happy that they included Bobby in this one; his role wasn’t huge, but he was part of their family… the one Dean still turns to when he needs someone he trusts.