Brief thoughts on 6.08
I had three main thoughts on this one:
1) Jared must’ve had a FIELD DAY filming this episode, what with all the dogs on set. Though I bet he was having a hard time with having to shoot the dogs, even if it was fake.
2) Snarky Sam is LOVELY. It’s such a refreshing change.
3) ...Dean. Jesus fucking Christ. I realize you’re having a hard time, too, but seriously. A little compassion can only do good. I don’t care if Sam is an unfeeling robot. There is the leetle detail of Sam’s SOUL BEING IN HELL, TORTURED 24/7. That is to say, Sam has effectually been in Hell for well over a hundred years. You might want to think about that, Deano.
I liked this episode, overall. It was kind of slow, even the “action” sequences, but I have a soft spot for dogs (regardless of if their skinwalkers and eating people), so I couldn’t feel too annoyed toward it. Speaking of, I know Lucky was more or less a pervy weirdo, but come on. He looked so sad. I wanted to hug him (in dog form, granted), not gonna lie. I’m also not averse to filler episodes, which this one rather was, but even for me it was a bit lagging. We know the boys are now working for Crowley. We know they hate it. We know Sam’s not “Sam” anymore. We know.
That’s not to say there weren’t wonderful parts of this episode. As mentioned above, my favorite parts of it were when Sam was all sarcastic and stuffs. In the past five seasons, Sam’s had a one-liner every once in a while, but for the vast most part, he hasn’t. That’s been Dean’s department. But this season, he’s been so delightfully witty. My favorite line? This:
“Why shack up with a family? Is it a kinky thing? Do you like to play with your food? Roll over, Lucky. Speak!” Which was followed by the equally as amusing bit where Sam whistles and throws the ball for Lucky to fetch. It was just...AWESOME. Between you and me, I do miss the Sam of old, but I have an affinity for this soulless Sam. Not only for the sarcasm and whatnot, but because it’s (at least in my opinion) the best acting Jared’s ever done. “Born Under a Bad Sign” and “When the Levee Breaks” are on par with this season, no mistake about that, but Jared is just knocking it out of the park scene after scene after scene. Whatever he’s doing different, he should definitely keep doing it. Not to mention, that last scene? The delivery was just so eerily indifferent, the truth so blunt it hurt. When Sam gets his soul back, holy shit. I’m going to need a few boxes of Kleenex, I have no doubt about it.
Next week looks...CRACKTASTIC. Under other circumstances I’d be very apprehensive, but the masterful Ben Edlund is writing it, which means it will be perfection.
I shall end this entry with a screencap that makes me stare like a creeper.
