Supernatural Meme!
A Supernatural Meme!
My Favourite Season Is:
I don't have a favorite, though sometimes I think I enjoyed a greater number of S2 episodes... anyway, I like Season 1 and most of 2 for what I feel is fairly consistent characterization, pacing and a sense of purpose for the mytharc. Dislike for some episodes that are real stinkers (Wendigo, ugh, least favorite episode ever, and Bugs and Hook Man).
S3 falls short in the beginning with shallow, off-putting Dean characterization and ineffectual Samage (which continues throughout much of the season and is a disservice to the character, IMO) and a general lack of cohesion/vision/purpose for the show. Mix THAT up with diamonds like "Mystery Spot," "A Very SPN Xmas," and "Bad Day at Black Rock" and you've got a wildly fluctuating season. Still, I enjoyed most episodes even while critting them to death - the actors kept growing and the brotherly moments are always da bomb.
Add missteps like semi-regulars Bela (and a complete inability to sell her as either interesting or sympathetic) and Ruby ( I liked her more as the season went on though she was pretty one-note until the last episode of 3), both of them young 'n' pretty with neither the depth or presence of an Ellen or a Pamela, and you can call time of death on that little experiment almost before it started.
Having said all that? The last episode in S3 wrung me the hell out and hung me out to dry. It was some really good crack shit.
S4 amps it all up. Couldn't get a handle on Sam's head in the beginning episodes, which made me unhappy (being all Sam!crazy like I am). It was like whatever was going on with him was being hidden from the viewer, which, huh? The angels were interesting until that crazy literal stuff involving Anna in 4.10 losing her grace and hurtling to the ground, etc. Waaa? The more angels I see, the less I like - I think because no one is measuring up even halfway to Castiel. Still, the show found its balls or something. Yeah, or something - I gotta give them credit for throwing all the cards up in the air. Loved Sam's one-man show in "I Know What You Did Last Summer." Dying to see if they make a serious attempt at dealing with his demon blood and the consequences for him and Dean. Dying to know exactly why Castiel brought our Dean back from the land of fire and brimstone. And please, can I just say how happy I was to see him *happy* in Monster Movie, before they amped his angst back up again?
My Favourite Episode Is/episodes are:
I named a few I love above. Add No Rest for the Wicked, Born Under a Bad Sign, Croatoan, Metamorphosis (yes I know some of you are going huh? Croatoan, Metamorph? but yeah), Hunted, Tall Tales, All Hell Breaks Loose, OH SHIT, there's many many more I truly love even if they aren't my very favorites and who can tell from this list anyway blabbity blab...
I Cry everytime:
Nope, I don't.
The Religious Angle In Season 4:
Wait and see sez me, but kinda not having faith in it. I hope very much that it works out.
The "Special Children" Storyline:
Once they put it in there, they should have done justice to it and gave us a logical, satisfying conclusion as to their purpose and why they had to die. They just wiped them out with an explanation thin as tissue and spit and it pisses me off. It's a cheat.
Ruby:
I liked Katie Cassidy all right and I liked her quite a bit in the S3 finale, but I never thought she was irreplacable. Until our new Ruby, which ouch, now I miss Katie MOAR. BUT...new Ruby, she's a crap actor and somehow I still kind of like Genevieve (even though she honestly makes me wince at times). I know, I know, shoot me. There's never been a nice straight ruler for my tastes. I like the bad, I like the good and even the embarrassing - who knows why?
Bela:
Bela who? She just never made much of an impression.
Lillith:
I liked that mean little girl with the gap-tooth smile. What a bitchy kid! Now where the hell did SHE GO? Show? Anybody?
The Episode(s) that Really Creeped Me Out:
I have a major eyeball phobia, as in near psychotic, so Nightmare most definitely, but only because of that. Loved the scarecrow in Scarecrow, he looked great and the orchard was spooky-ooky. Loved Simon Said for that GREAT scene with the blonde lady in the trenchcoat dousing herself with gasoline and setting herself on fire (er it was Simon Said, right?).
My Theory On How The Show Will End:
Sam's not evil. Dean's gained self-worth. They drive off into the sunset in the Impala. Sam will always be a freak to Dean (who loves him).
Okay, I like the part about driving off into the sunset in the Impala, but hope like hell they go down Angsty Road and make Sam EVIL first, make us throw up our own hearts and EAT THEM in the process of straightening it all out, show Dean he's truly the good guy and give him some healing. But how to make Sam evil and not damage him irreparably? As in how could he live with himself? No cheats allowed, but I'm sure it could be done. Couldn't it?
Hell, the show's already messed both these guys up irreparably. I don't see how they get up every day. So.
Part of me (small small part - the same part that wrote that short, unhappy story about it) wants Sam to go so evil bad that there's no going back. But then the problem is THAT I WOULD DIE OF WOEFUL-ILITY, SADNESS AND MORBIDITY. Because at heart I'm a WIMP and can't take the sad (unless I'm dishing it out, ha).
BUT BUT BUT! Better that they end it badly than that Sam and Dean settle into suburbia with house, white picket fences and 2.5 children. Because I know the show's about horror, folks, but please no. Those guys would be total strangers to me.
My Favourite Season Is:
I don't have a favorite, though sometimes I think I enjoyed a greater number of S2 episodes... anyway, I like Season 1 and most of 2 for what I feel is fairly consistent characterization, pacing and a sense of purpose for the mytharc. Dislike for some episodes that are real stinkers (Wendigo, ugh, least favorite episode ever, and Bugs and Hook Man).
S3 falls short in the beginning with shallow, off-putting Dean characterization and ineffectual Samage (which continues throughout much of the season and is a disservice to the character, IMO) and a general lack of cohesion/vision/purpose for the show. Mix THAT up with diamonds like "Mystery Spot," "A Very SPN Xmas," and "Bad Day at Black Rock" and you've got a wildly fluctuating season. Still, I enjoyed most episodes even while critting them to death - the actors kept growing and the brotherly moments are always da bomb.
Add missteps like semi-regulars Bela (and a complete inability to sell her as either interesting or sympathetic) and Ruby ( I liked her more as the season went on though she was pretty one-note until the last episode of 3), both of them young 'n' pretty with neither the depth or presence of an Ellen or a Pamela, and you can call time of death on that little experiment almost before it started.
Having said all that? The last episode in S3 wrung me the hell out and hung me out to dry. It was some really good crack shit.
S4 amps it all up. Couldn't get a handle on Sam's head in the beginning episodes, which made me unhappy (being all Sam!crazy like I am). It was like whatever was going on with him was being hidden from the viewer, which, huh? The angels were interesting until that crazy literal stuff involving Anna in 4.10 losing her grace and hurtling to the ground, etc. Waaa? The more angels I see, the less I like - I think because no one is measuring up even halfway to Castiel. Still, the show found its balls or something. Yeah, or something - I gotta give them credit for throwing all the cards up in the air. Loved Sam's one-man show in "I Know What You Did Last Summer." Dying to see if they make a serious attempt at dealing with his demon blood and the consequences for him and Dean. Dying to know exactly why Castiel brought our Dean back from the land of fire and brimstone. And please, can I just say how happy I was to see him *happy* in Monster Movie, before they amped his angst back up again?
My Favourite Episode Is/episodes are:
I named a few I love above. Add No Rest for the Wicked, Born Under a Bad Sign, Croatoan, Metamorphosis (yes I know some of you are going huh? Croatoan, Metamorph? but yeah), Hunted, Tall Tales, All Hell Breaks Loose, OH SHIT, there's many many more I truly love even if they aren't my very favorites and who can tell from this list anyway blabbity blab...
I Cry everytime:
Nope, I don't.
The Religious Angle In Season 4:
Wait and see sez me, but kinda not having faith in it. I hope very much that it works out.
The "Special Children" Storyline:
Once they put it in there, they should have done justice to it and gave us a logical, satisfying conclusion as to their purpose and why they had to die. They just wiped them out with an explanation thin as tissue and spit and it pisses me off. It's a cheat.
Ruby:
I liked Katie Cassidy all right and I liked her quite a bit in the S3 finale, but I never thought she was irreplacable. Until our new Ruby, which ouch, now I miss Katie MOAR. BUT...new Ruby, she's a crap actor and somehow I still kind of like Genevieve (even though she honestly makes me wince at times). I know, I know, shoot me. There's never been a nice straight ruler for my tastes. I like the bad, I like the good and even the embarrassing - who knows why?
Bela:
Bela who? She just never made much of an impression.
Lillith:
I liked that mean little girl with the gap-tooth smile. What a bitchy kid! Now where the hell did SHE GO? Show? Anybody?
The Episode(s) that Really Creeped Me Out:
I have a major eyeball phobia, as in near psychotic, so Nightmare most definitely, but only because of that. Loved the scarecrow in Scarecrow, he looked great and the orchard was spooky-ooky. Loved Simon Said for that GREAT scene with the blonde lady in the trenchcoat dousing herself with gasoline and setting herself on fire (er it was Simon Said, right?).
My Theory On How The Show Will End:
Sam's not evil. Dean's gained self-worth. They drive off into the sunset in the Impala. Sam will always be a freak to Dean (who loves him).
Okay, I like the part about driving off into the sunset in the Impala, but hope like hell they go down Angsty Road and make Sam EVIL first, make us throw up our own hearts and EAT THEM in the process of straightening it all out, show Dean he's truly the good guy and give him some healing. But how to make Sam evil and not damage him irreparably? As in how could he live with himself? No cheats allowed, but I'm sure it could be done. Couldn't it?
Hell, the show's already messed both these guys up irreparably. I don't see how they get up every day. So.
Part of me (small small part - the same part that wrote that short, unhappy story about it) wants Sam to go so evil bad that there's no going back. But then the problem is THAT I WOULD DIE OF WOEFUL-ILITY, SADNESS AND MORBIDITY. Because at heart I'm a WIMP and can't take the sad (unless I'm dishing it out, ha).
BUT BUT BUT! Better that they end it badly than that Sam and Dean settle into suburbia with house, white picket fences and 2.5 children. Because I know the show's about horror, folks, but please no. Those guys would be total strangers to me.