SPN - 8.19
This one made my heart hurt. And made me queasy from the hurty-heart.
I figured long ago that Benny would want to go back to Purgatory, and that Dean would be the one to kill him, so that Benny could go back. I didn't figure on the context, but this is the end I figured for Benny. It made me queasy-hurty. It almost brought tears to my eyes, which is something this show hasn't done in quite a while. They left the door open, and I'd be glad if they brought him back, but ow.
(This must have been the scene Jensen was talking about at the meet-and-greet, where both he and Ty went to a place emotionally that they didn't expect, and were playing off each other, and when they got done, one of them asked, basically, did you go there on purpose, and the other was like, no, dude, did you? And he was like, no, wt??? that was awesome. So they apparently were really jazzed about the way that scene ended up going.
Huh. I was going to post the part of the M&G where Jensen talks about this, but apparently Creation Entertainment has asked the folks at Fangasm to take down their detailed reports and not post M&G reports in the future. That's very distressing.)
Also? Sam finally catches a clue about Benny, and Bobby scolds Sam about leaving Dean. Yay.
Now, about Bobby. Interesting to see him back. Would have liked it better if I hadn't been spoiled for it. And glad it was just a guest appearance and not a permanent thing. Nice ending that he got (even if it was a 3rd ending and not quite as moving as the first one).
Also, I figure the coyote-reaper was not Bobby's original reaper. That guy was by the book, had a schedule to keep. This guy was a renegade and free-lancer, and, oddly enough, on the corporeal plane.
Naomi is certainly a piece of work.
I'm a little queasy about Kevin's fate, too.
I rather hope Sam now has a better understanding of what Dean went through for that year. Even though we'll never hear Sam confessing to Dean anything about it. I also noticed that things were strangely quiet enough that he and Bobby can stop for a chat. I am glad that Sam at least gets it about Benny, though. (But I said that already, didn't I.)
Interesting the holding cells in Hell, I guess. Hell is more horrific than anyone can imagine, and in a way, they tried to show it, but not really. (It reminded me of a chamber of horrors in a wax museum.)
The girl who had "prayed forever" to be rescued looks so freakin' familiar to both Geo and me, but we can't place her. Help?
All in all, a fairly tense ep. Wish they wouldn't break their momentum with another hiatus and what looks to be another LARPing ep. Because really?
And as an aside, have we ever seen Dean actually get to enjoy his pie? He's asked for pie. Pie has been forgotten. Pie has been served. He almost got to eat a whole pie all by himself once. Almost. Be have we ever actually seen Dean able to enjoy his pie? I don't think so. :-O