Supernatural 4.20 Review
Dear Kripke,
STOP USING BIBLICAL WORDS WHEN I KNOW WHAT THEY MEAN AND YOU DON’T. BECAUSE THEN I GET REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY SCARED.
PISSED,
Kelly
P.S. Thank you SO SO SO SO SO SO SO much for not letting this be what I thought it was. I never would have recovered.
Dear Jeremy Carver,
What the hell happened?! You used to be good at this! You wrote In the Beginning for God’s sake!
Have you been spending too much time with Julie Siege?
Flabbergasted,
Kelly
Yeah, if you like Castiel or Misha's acting this is...not the review for you. Just sayin'.
So, um, let’s start with fishing meta, shall we? BIBLICAL fishing meta. Now, I mostly only know this because my best friend has a shirt that has the scripture on it, but Matthew 4:18-20 says:
18 And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.
19 And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.
20 And they straightway left their nets, and followed him.
KJV
And there is a lot more stuff on fishing than just that. So I think this was actually a pretty cool choice for an opening scene and probably the most well done in this entire episode.
I don’t really think Dean wants to go fishing, though.
Is it wrong that I kind of like the idea of bored angels hanging out in people’s dreams, just being entertained by what we think about it? It’s probably wrong.
CASTIEL. THREE SYLLABLES. Dammit, if you didn’t want to use the whole name, you could have named him something else!
Mmmm, yes, this was…about the part where I stopped caring.
Jimmy, don’t say that Castiel is gone! You’ll get my hopes up!
Jimmy’s suit looks remarkably clean and in tact, considering Dean once stabbed it through the chest.
Dean, did you remember to at least get the man cupcakes?
Jimmy, did you know that you’re the most boring person anyone will ever meet? True story.
I didn’t notice it the first time because I had already fallen asleep from boredom, but Jimmy mentions fear in his prayer. I am mostly a Baptist Christian, I don’t know much about any other sects, but I’m pretty sure the fear of God is mostly a Catholic thing, right? My God is loving and welcoming, someone to have a relationship with, not someone to be scared of. It’s interesting that someone chosen as a vessel is actively and openly scared about the wrath of God.
What is he watching? The Bible channel?
If the savior can’t hear angels and their vessels can’t hear them without having a sad excuse for a seizure, who can listen to them for fun? Prophets? That don’t include Luke BECAUSE HE’S NOT A PROPHET, CASTIEL.
Seriously, Dean, there’s a difference between helping the guy and dropping him into the pit of voles to let the demons go all over him. Which, um, happens. So yeah, Sam was right.
Overacting 101, led by Misha Collins…
Dear Jimmy,
You asked and agreed to be part of the angels, to do what your God needed to do. You don’t get to complain about this after the fact. STAND BY YOUR DECISIONS AND QUIT WHINING.
Screw you,
Kelly
Haha, try to get past Sam, I dare you. That’d be quick fight.
No, no, Jimmy, a prisoner is when the people you love LOCK YOU IN CAGES. That’s a prisoner.
Hey, SamnDean? If you were worried about Jimmy escaping, letting him sleep fully clothed, including his shoes, is not the best way to prevent that.
The demon blood? Looks exactly like chocolate syrup. Jared probably loved that scene. Take after take…
How the hell did Jimmy get a bus ticket? Those things aren’t cheap! How could he possibly have any money for that? What was he doing, turning tricks?
He’s not Jimmy! He’s Wolverine!
But seriously, Castiel is a sick son of a bitch. Making the guy boil his arm? Yeah, that’d be a no.
HEE RANDOM ANNA! LOVE IT. And she’s already in the backseat. I guess Dean thought she was getting ready for round two?
Dean, you don’t have to feel bad because Sam is bigger than you in every way, really. Some girls like their guys travel-sized for their convenience.
First of all, I like the whole confirmation of Heaven here because I thought some people still doubted it’s existence and…yeah. It’s there.
Anna, c’mon, Zack is awesome. He can do whatever he wants. But yeah, I wouldn’t piss him off either.
I do think that they’ve shown an interesting thing this season with Anna and Jimmy: when you’re talking to God, it’s called faith. When God talks to you, you’re a crazy psycho nutjob who needs to be locked up.
Also, his wife is so young looking. It’s kind of creepy. She looks like she’s fifteen. She’s also kind of a bitch.
Um, Jimmy, you don’t exactly get to bargain with angels. That’s what the FAITH part is about.
Angelic possession looks like you’re about to get abducted. Lady in red… Also, the shots from above? Make him look kind of like a drag queen…
CUPCAKE FACE! BATMAN VOICE! THE LULZ RETURN!
Man, that kid is gonna need so much therapy just for Castiel saying he’s not her father. Let alone everything else that goes on in this episode. Especially her bitchy mother. Her dad just practically came back from the dead, of course she wants to see him.
I feel like I should let the bitchy wife know that most inpatient psychotherapy clinics do not let you make phone calls whenever you want. There are a few certain people that you can call when they say that it’s alright for you to call and not a minute sooner, whether you check yourself in or not. Calling you and listening to you nag would probably have fucked up his treatment.
Huh, you know, at first I really didn’t care about Jimmy and now I’m really sort of hating him. I feel like every thing that he does kind of…destroy’s his wife’s faith a little more. All he’s doing is lying to her. God did call him for something, it was important, and he ASKED to serve Him in anyway he can. Faith isn’t about picking and choosing how you love God. If you’re gonna say, let me be of service, then fucking be of service and don’t cry about it afterwards! Boo fucking hoo for him. Oh, let me play Jimmy the world’s saddest song on the world’s smallest violin. I’m so fucking sick of the people on this show not owning up to their decisions! The only person who seems to say, “I did this and I admit it and I’m gonna deal with the consequences” is Sam and maybe Mary and Bobby. Everyone else needs to shut the fuck up.
It interests me that Sam had some blood what…two days ago at most and he already needs some more? Before he was going weeks at a time without it. So his dependence on it has gotten stronger.
Wait, Jimmy was crying? *totally would not have realized that if the daughter hadn’t said so*
Was anyone surprised that the best friend was possessed? Anyone?
Oh, look, Misha’s getting beat up again. Shocker.
Okay, so Sam just had some demon blood and he can’t exorcise at all. This leads me back to my theory that his exorcising? Has really nothing to do with being the Antichrist. None of the other psychic kids could exorcise. They had useful thinks like TK (which Sam also has, so WHY DOESN’T HE USE IT?) and they could control demons, but not exorcise them. And really, exactly why would the Antichrist need to exorcise demons? That seems more than a little counterproductive.
I think he’s getting all this power just from the blood sucking. Which makes me wonder if anyone could get powers from sucking demon blood. Ruby either doesn’t know how to train the other abilities or won’t teach him or won’t let him learn those. Seriously, it took Jake almost no time at all to get working on his powers and Ava did quite a good job at hers, though it did take her a few months. This whole time Sam could have not been drinking demon blood and having useful shit. Not that the exorcising isn’t useful when it works because it’s saved all of their asses a few times, but not if it’s going to be tied to something. Sam really needs to focus on his YED-given talent rather than his Ruby-given talent because I do not think the two are one and the same.
And the moral of our story is to stop agreeing to things if you’re just going to go back and regret it or bitch about it later. Accept what you did and move on. The End.
OMG Dean. “Waah, Sam’s using powers!” “Waah, Sam, why aren’t you using your powers?” For fuck’s sake, make up your damn mind!! Here’s an idea of a nice dialogue, Dean, “Hey, Sammy, are you okay? You looked a little sick back there and I wanted to check on you, not berate you for something that you didn’t do. I care about you and I love you. Here’s a hug.” THAT is how you show that you care, not, “Hey, why didn’t you kill that demon?”
I am mildly concerned about how the demons are getting Sam’s cell phone number unless Ruby is handing it out on business cards.
Jimmy is an ungrateful little bastard… Sam and Dean could have just said, “Nope, sorry, they can die.” But instead they’re going out of their way to save a bitchy wife and all he does is bitch more. God, those two are so made for each other.
Excuse you, Jimmy, Castiel released you from your contract as soon as he left your body. Therefore, his side of the contract was also null and void. He doesn’t have to watch over your family as long as he’s not in your body. Done and done. Go cry moar.
Sam should totally be Wonder Girl. Or, no, Sam should be Nightwing and Sophia can be Wonder Girl/Donna Troy. Yep. OTP.
Thank you, demon who is possessing bitchy mom! You have no idea how much I’ve wanted to shoot him all season.
Dear Little Girl Castiel,
You are a MUCH better actress than Misha. Please stay!!!!!
So…I know the blood thing is a big metaphor for Sam and all that, but…angelic possession is GENETIC?!
I actually disagree with Castiel. Or at least whoever told him that he doesn’t serve man. Of course he serves man. At least mankind. His job is to make sure that people are safe and protected. That’s what angels do.
God, I hate that Sam is just waiting for his brother to yell at him. That’s been his mindset all season. Dean is going to hate him, going to punch him, going to tell him how horrible he is. That’s what Sam EXPECTS now. And that is so sad.
Dear Dean,
OMG WTF WE DO NOT LOCK OUR BROTHERS IN CAGES.
MOMMY IS GOING TO BE VERY UPSET WITH YOU.
Dear Bobby,
STOP LISTENING TO DEAN!
Dear Sera Gamble,
THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE NEXT EPISODE NOT AS LAME AS THIS ONE.
ILU.
Quotes!
Dean: What were you doing, anyway?
Sam: I was getting a Coke.
Dean: Was it a refreshing Coke?
Anna: You let Jimmy get away?
Dean: Talk to ginormo here.
STOP USING BIBLICAL WORDS WHEN I KNOW WHAT THEY MEAN AND YOU DON’T. BECAUSE THEN I GET REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY SCARED.
PISSED,
Kelly
P.S. Thank you SO SO SO SO SO SO SO much for not letting this be what I thought it was. I never would have recovered.
Dear Jeremy Carver,
What the hell happened?! You used to be good at this! You wrote In the Beginning for God’s sake!
Have you been spending too much time with Julie Siege?
Flabbergasted,
Kelly
Yeah, if you like Castiel or Misha's acting this is...not the review for you. Just sayin'.
So, um, let’s start with fishing meta, shall we? BIBLICAL fishing meta. Now, I mostly only know this because my best friend has a shirt that has the scripture on it, but Matthew 4:18-20 says:
18 And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.
19 And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.
20 And they straightway left their nets, and followed him.
KJV
And there is a lot more stuff on fishing than just that. So I think this was actually a pretty cool choice for an opening scene and probably the most well done in this entire episode.
I don’t really think Dean wants to go fishing, though.
Is it wrong that I kind of like the idea of bored angels hanging out in people’s dreams, just being entertained by what we think about it? It’s probably wrong.
CASTIEL. THREE SYLLABLES. Dammit, if you didn’t want to use the whole name, you could have named him something else!
Mmmm, yes, this was…about the part where I stopped caring.
Jimmy, don’t say that Castiel is gone! You’ll get my hopes up!
Jimmy’s suit looks remarkably clean and in tact, considering Dean once stabbed it through the chest.
Dean, did you remember to at least get the man cupcakes?
Jimmy, did you know that you’re the most boring person anyone will ever meet? True story.
I didn’t notice it the first time because I had already fallen asleep from boredom, but Jimmy mentions fear in his prayer. I am mostly a Baptist Christian, I don’t know much about any other sects, but I’m pretty sure the fear of God is mostly a Catholic thing, right? My God is loving and welcoming, someone to have a relationship with, not someone to be scared of. It’s interesting that someone chosen as a vessel is actively and openly scared about the wrath of God.
What is he watching? The Bible channel?
If the savior can’t hear angels and their vessels can’t hear them without having a sad excuse for a seizure, who can listen to them for fun? Prophets? That don’t include Luke BECAUSE HE’S NOT A PROPHET, CASTIEL.
Seriously, Dean, there’s a difference between helping the guy and dropping him into the pit of voles to let the demons go all over him. Which, um, happens. So yeah, Sam was right.
Overacting 101, led by Misha Collins…
Dear Jimmy,
You asked and agreed to be part of the angels, to do what your God needed to do. You don’t get to complain about this after the fact. STAND BY YOUR DECISIONS AND QUIT WHINING.
Screw you,
Kelly
Haha, try to get past Sam, I dare you. That’d be quick fight.
No, no, Jimmy, a prisoner is when the people you love LOCK YOU IN CAGES. That’s a prisoner.
Hey, SamnDean? If you were worried about Jimmy escaping, letting him sleep fully clothed, including his shoes, is not the best way to prevent that.
The demon blood? Looks exactly like chocolate syrup. Jared probably loved that scene. Take after take…
How the hell did Jimmy get a bus ticket? Those things aren’t cheap! How could he possibly have any money for that? What was he doing, turning tricks?
He’s not Jimmy! He’s Wolverine!
But seriously, Castiel is a sick son of a bitch. Making the guy boil his arm? Yeah, that’d be a no.
HEE RANDOM ANNA! LOVE IT. And she’s already in the backseat. I guess Dean thought she was getting ready for round two?
Dean, you don’t have to feel bad because Sam is bigger than you in every way, really. Some girls like their guys travel-sized for their convenience.
First of all, I like the whole confirmation of Heaven here because I thought some people still doubted it’s existence and…yeah. It’s there.
Anna, c’mon, Zack is awesome. He can do whatever he wants. But yeah, I wouldn’t piss him off either.
I do think that they’ve shown an interesting thing this season with Anna and Jimmy: when you’re talking to God, it’s called faith. When God talks to you, you’re a crazy psycho nutjob who needs to be locked up.
Also, his wife is so young looking. It’s kind of creepy. She looks like she’s fifteen. She’s also kind of a bitch.
Um, Jimmy, you don’t exactly get to bargain with angels. That’s what the FAITH part is about.
Angelic possession looks like you’re about to get abducted. Lady in red… Also, the shots from above? Make him look kind of like a drag queen…
CUPCAKE FACE! BATMAN VOICE! THE LULZ RETURN!
Man, that kid is gonna need so much therapy just for Castiel saying he’s not her father. Let alone everything else that goes on in this episode. Especially her bitchy mother. Her dad just practically came back from the dead, of course she wants to see him.
I feel like I should let the bitchy wife know that most inpatient psychotherapy clinics do not let you make phone calls whenever you want. There are a few certain people that you can call when they say that it’s alright for you to call and not a minute sooner, whether you check yourself in or not. Calling you and listening to you nag would probably have fucked up his treatment.
Huh, you know, at first I really didn’t care about Jimmy and now I’m really sort of hating him. I feel like every thing that he does kind of…destroy’s his wife’s faith a little more. All he’s doing is lying to her. God did call him for something, it was important, and he ASKED to serve Him in anyway he can. Faith isn’t about picking and choosing how you love God. If you’re gonna say, let me be of service, then fucking be of service and don’t cry about it afterwards! Boo fucking hoo for him. Oh, let me play Jimmy the world’s saddest song on the world’s smallest violin. I’m so fucking sick of the people on this show not owning up to their decisions! The only person who seems to say, “I did this and I admit it and I’m gonna deal with the consequences” is Sam and maybe Mary and Bobby. Everyone else needs to shut the fuck up.
It interests me that Sam had some blood what…two days ago at most and he already needs some more? Before he was going weeks at a time without it. So his dependence on it has gotten stronger.
Wait, Jimmy was crying? *totally would not have realized that if the daughter hadn’t said so*
Was anyone surprised that the best friend was possessed? Anyone?
Oh, look, Misha’s getting beat up again. Shocker.
Okay, so Sam just had some demon blood and he can’t exorcise at all. This leads me back to my theory that his exorcising? Has really nothing to do with being the Antichrist. None of the other psychic kids could exorcise. They had useful thinks like TK (which Sam also has, so WHY DOESN’T HE USE IT?) and they could control demons, but not exorcise them. And really, exactly why would the Antichrist need to exorcise demons? That seems more than a little counterproductive.
I think he’s getting all this power just from the blood sucking. Which makes me wonder if anyone could get powers from sucking demon blood. Ruby either doesn’t know how to train the other abilities or won’t teach him or won’t let him learn those. Seriously, it took Jake almost no time at all to get working on his powers and Ava did quite a good job at hers, though it did take her a few months. This whole time Sam could have not been drinking demon blood and having useful shit. Not that the exorcising isn’t useful when it works because it’s saved all of their asses a few times, but not if it’s going to be tied to something. Sam really needs to focus on his YED-given talent rather than his Ruby-given talent because I do not think the two are one and the same.
And the moral of our story is to stop agreeing to things if you’re just going to go back and regret it or bitch about it later. Accept what you did and move on. The End.
OMG Dean. “Waah, Sam’s using powers!” “Waah, Sam, why aren’t you using your powers?” For fuck’s sake, make up your damn mind!! Here’s an idea of a nice dialogue, Dean, “Hey, Sammy, are you okay? You looked a little sick back there and I wanted to check on you, not berate you for something that you didn’t do. I care about you and I love you. Here’s a hug.” THAT is how you show that you care, not, “Hey, why didn’t you kill that demon?”
I am mildly concerned about how the demons are getting Sam’s cell phone number unless Ruby is handing it out on business cards.
Jimmy is an ungrateful little bastard… Sam and Dean could have just said, “Nope, sorry, they can die.” But instead they’re going out of their way to save a bitchy wife and all he does is bitch more. God, those two are so made for each other.
Excuse you, Jimmy, Castiel released you from your contract as soon as he left your body. Therefore, his side of the contract was also null and void. He doesn’t have to watch over your family as long as he’s not in your body. Done and done. Go cry moar.
Sam should totally be Wonder Girl. Or, no, Sam should be Nightwing and Sophia can be Wonder Girl/Donna Troy. Yep. OTP.
Thank you, demon who is possessing bitchy mom! You have no idea how much I’ve wanted to shoot him all season.
Dear Little Girl Castiel,
You are a MUCH better actress than Misha. Please stay!!!!!
So…I know the blood thing is a big metaphor for Sam and all that, but…angelic possession is GENETIC?!
I actually disagree with Castiel. Or at least whoever told him that he doesn’t serve man. Of course he serves man. At least mankind. His job is to make sure that people are safe and protected. That’s what angels do.
God, I hate that Sam is just waiting for his brother to yell at him. That’s been his mindset all season. Dean is going to hate him, going to punch him, going to tell him how horrible he is. That’s what Sam EXPECTS now. And that is so sad.
Dear Dean,
OMG WTF WE DO NOT LOCK OUR BROTHERS IN CAGES.
MOMMY IS GOING TO BE VERY UPSET WITH YOU.
Dear Bobby,
STOP LISTENING TO DEAN!
Dear Sera Gamble,
THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE NEXT EPISODE NOT AS LAME AS THIS ONE.
ILU.
Quotes!
Dean: What were you doing, anyway?
Sam: I was getting a Coke.
Dean: Was it a refreshing Coke?
Anna: You let Jimmy get away?
Dean: Talk to ginormo here.