SPN 4x02: "Are You There, God? It's Me, Dean Winchester"
This episode was not so much a squee as a deep, satisfied sigh. :) I thought I could not love my show any more. I can love my show a heck of a lot more. In bullet point, too. *big grin*
1. Okay, it is awesome and totally a contrast between the two brothers that Dean is utterly upfront and honest about his Castiel/angel experience. (Also, the "groped by an angel" line did get a snigger and a squeal out of me. I've never seen "Touched By An Angel", but I'm not above glorying in my show taking cheap shots at things like sickeningly sweet drama serials and reality tv. Hell yes, I loved "Ghostfacers". Sue me.) Whereas Sam is still hiding Ruby.
2. PIE!! :) 'nuff said.
3. Ruby turned tail and ran. Thank you, Castiel, for scaring the bejesus out of her (more on this later) so that all I had to do was listen to her whine about her sad demon self being afraid of the angels for maybe thirty seconds. With an extended stare@Sam moment. And then I had to watch Sam's face while I was literally saying, "Please, Sam, don't tell me you're emotionally attached to the black smoke bodysnatching some poor girl." More on this later, too. :) But my point being, I thought I might escape and watch the entire episode without being visually assaulted by the Bubblegum Princess (her new title courtesy
keeperofqkeys ), but if they had to give her an appearance to excuse her disappearance for this episode and the next, I can deal with that. Especially as the actress somehow managed to do the "blank face/ambiguous silence" moment Kate Cassidy could give us with Ruby. I'm thinking that was just luck though, blank faces are kinda easy to do.
Also, this is the point where I lose all sense of "going in chronological order", and just make happy little grunting noises about things that caught my attention. Not even in order of importance.
4. Every time I think Bobby has reached the pinnacle of his coolness factor, Kripke shows me up. :) YAY BOBBY"S HOUSE! I am not surprised he has a supernatural bomb shelter in his basement; it's totally cool. But his upstairs was way too . . . new-looking. I'm anticipating faded wallpaper, dusty books, creaky floorboards, etc. in Bobby's house. Not stained-glass windows and that weirdly polished-looking corridor. And he has a room that has iron candle-holder chandelier-type things in it (with what looked like a cement floor but I'm not totally sure about that)? Upstairs? [see the Meg-beats-Dean-up scene] *is confused* I totally got lost in Bobby's house. I also find it endlessly amusing that he has hex boxes in his linen closet, and hides the opium under the silverware in the kitchen. I've sortof got the logic there, but the hex box is eluding me a bit.
5. Meg totally called Sam on not exorcising Ruby and collaborating with the bodysnatching blacksmoke, which is totally my new name for the demons; it's got symmetry. I like it. THANK YOU KRIPKE FOR THAT! Fandom wank is apparently occuring, or something, blahblah women badly treated by SPN, blahblah - don't care. My faith in the Kripkeeper is not misplaced. Meg slammed it into Sam's face. (and then he blew her head off . . . ghost, smoke, meh.)
6(66). APOCALYPSE NOW!!! . . . Or no, wait, apocalypse later, a few seasons from now. *big grin* Ok, here it comes, brace yourselves . . . . SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! Sam is totally the Antichrist, I call it now, that's why Dean got pulled from Hell; to persuade baby bro to find another calling. The Seals, and Lucifer, and . . . wow. I am just . . . I squee. I am squee. This was the point where I was giddily going, "I love my show more. I love my show morest. Bestest. Superlative!!!"
7. I already thought that Castiel was cool, and kickass besides - but now I'm actually a bit freaked by him. I like the image of him being one of many of God's warriors - another soldier on the field, if you will. It was easier to relate to, and humanizing. Until he was all, "You should respect me. I yanked your ass out of hell, I can toss it back." Because it . . . was scary. Whoever is playing Castiel, some guy whose name I should look up just because it's in no way fair that exposure has "gifted" me with the appelation of the toxic blonde (also known as Ruby 1), is doing a freakin' awesome job. I was all like, "Angel? I need to rethink this. . . " after that line. Though, y'know, he might have a point. I can't tell, I'm too busy hiding in a corner being freaked. I think I love this character. I mean, I yaddayadda'd a lot before about how angels are supposed to be scary; and it's only the second appearance and I AM SCARED. Also - appearing in a dream? Hello, Bible! ( . . . waitaminnit, Azazel totally pulled that on Jake too . . . )
8. Lillith is behind it all. Heh. I need more information about the apocryphal first wife of Adam (um, right? *scratches head* At least, that's what I thought . . . ) 66 seals, huh? Okay, why is she afraid of Sam? I NEED TO KNOW THIS. She's going to release Lucifer, for God's sake, but she's afraid of Sam. I'm rethinking the whole anti-Christ thing in light of the revelation I had as I typed this. But, I think I'm confused.
10. And the previews for next episode! It seems that we're in for a Dean-heavy time. Which makes me feel like there's a lot of sub-plot setup going on with Sam. So I'm keeping my eyes peeled. :) And - well, I guess that answers the time-travel question. Only via angels. Got it.
*huggles the episode* God, I love TiVo. Seriously. Invest. Now, I can PAUSE IT when people insist on bothering me during my show. And I can record in HD.