Baby Don't You Break My Heart Slow - Supernatural S8E03 Review
Because this week's theme is hearts. Ripping them off, eating them, and more importantly, breaking them. That's the worst of them all. The boys are going to break my heart someday, if they don't already have.
I'm sitting outside al-fresco, and it's raining. Weather is cool, and I would like to snuggle up to someone but I can't. Anyway, back into the review.
I'm doing this differently, as per the previous reviews. So I'm typing this in the Open Office and copy/pasting the entire thing as soon as I get Internet access. And I think this way I get my reviews done faster!
Jensen directed the episode. I was spoilt for that. But honestly I really should pay attention to other episodes to see how the direction differs. But more of that later.
[The title is a song taken from Vonda Shepard. It's a nice one.]
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA
Minn, Minn. LOL That sounds like a name of a candy.
I'm ambivalent about jogging at night. It's cooler, but it's more isolated, and less people around.
Ooh, someone's following him.
Is the older guy racing the younger guy, or is he running away from something?
Yuck, his hand goes through the chest! And there he ripped off the heart.
There's the name Alan Ackles in the credits. Papa Ackles! I know he's starring in an episode, but I didn't know which one.
“... and look at us, we're in... where the hell are we?”
“Farmer's market. Organic.”
I find it hilarious and slightly concerned that Dean is so into the hunt he doesn't know where he is. And Sam's very adorable, buying healthy vegetables.
That's Papa Ackles! Their voices are rather similar. And their faces too. The crows' feet, and the nose.
Stare-off!
Ew. Is the heart that he's ripped off among the ingredients in that drink?
The guy, Paul, is a good liar. We know you did it, Paul, confess!
“Thanks... er, too much fibre.”
“No such thing.” Yes there is. Everything should be in moderation.
“Now your body's a temple huh?”
“Where I worship every day.”
Oookay. That's religious.
Dean's researching. That's adorkable. And I like where they're seated in the shop. That's a very nice place.
AMES, IOWA
What is the guy mumbling about? It sounds like a word. Or a string of words. Sounds like a chant, more like.
His eyes!
OMG he killed himself by stabbing out his eyes. Ew.
“I bought a translation app.” And he looks like a kid about it too. Sam just looks amused.
Agent Sambora? Back to those rock-star names are we, boys?
Oh, so the guy's not dead. I'm not sure that's much better.
I like the doctor. She looks competent, without resorting to barely-veiled insults while talking to Dean. Yes, I'm talking about the vet. I really don't like her.
Organ transplant. The donor's the culprit. There, case solved.
Wait, there's a pattern? I missed it. What is it?
BOULDER, COLORADO
Bunny hole. Heh. That sounds dirty.
She ripped out the heart. Yuck.
Oh Dean, you speak too soon.
“... I want my time to count for something.”
“So what we do doesn't count?”
Sam really really wants to go, huh? Sigh.
I think you're too late for the Boulder victim, Dean.
Brick Holmes? It reminds me of the Holmes guy, the one that repairs houses, in the reality show Holmes on Homes.
8 organs, so that means 8 victims and 8 killers. Yikes.
She's doing a ritual? And she's eating a raw organ. That's gross.
Red glaring eyes. Maybe a possession of some kind?
Erm, there must be some secret that Brick's harbouring. He can't be pure as snow if this is all happening and he's at the centre of it.
The mum's in on it. The signs are all there. Oooh, there's that girl that did the ritual.
“The FBI thanks you... yes, I'm totally looking into having you as a technical advisor.” Well, don't let it be said that Dr. Morrison isn't opportunistic.
Mayan God of Sports. Kakau? Cacao? Cocoa? :)
Admissions for college. Sam's leaving for school again. Oh Sam, are you sure about that?
Haha, eBay's good for some cash, I suppose.
OH GROSS. You have a dirty mind Dean.
A secret door within the closet. It's like Narnia! I almost expected to find snow.
Wow, they all look the same. So what, is it a possession? An Immortal?
“At least he wasn't sleeping with his mother.”
“Good Sam. Find a silver lining.” Well, there's that.
So his Mayan name is Innuit? Inneau? All these Mayan names are tripping my spelling OCD.
900 years as a warrior. That must be weighing down on him. There's only so much that you can do before you get tired of it all. Plus he loves Eleanor, so yeah, it must be killing him that she might be gone and you'll be left there alone.
“You must think that I'm a monster.”
“No, no. Just that you married one.” Your hatred towards monsters is showing Dean.
The Bunny Hole. It still sounds dirty the second time round.
“Really? Our king-daddy monster is a stripper?” Even monsters need to earn a living, I say.
I don't really want to know what Dean is smelling.
Dean, you can fight monsters in Purgatory. You can survive Purgatory for a year. But you can't fight a couple of humans? And Sam, you're a giant. Throw your weight over him!
It's always Dean's heart that's targeted, doesn't it? That's very telling.
Oh, the same old argument again. Just let him go, Dean. If it's meant to be, he'll return. Possibly after discovering that Amelia the vet is a Leviathan in disguise. Yeah, that'll do it.
Flashback: Look at the colours in that scene. It's so bright it's almost unreal. Maybe it IS unreal. Artificial. That's a clue! Everything that Sam has been going through the last year is a lie.
I didn't catch the dog's name. R something.
A birthday picnic. Sorry Amelia. Lisa did it a few seasons ago. Granted, it's not a birthday picnic, and it's in his mind, but I like that one better than this.
So there it ends. Sam is still acting like everything he's doing is temporary, and that he's going back to his 'normal' after all this ends. It might work in season 1, but it definitely doesn't work in season 8. Just, I think there's another angle to the whole normal that Sam's gagging for, because I cannot believe, or refuse to believe, that one year of sunshine and dogs and romancing a terrible vet will make him forget about the past 7 years of struggling to save the world from monsters. I hope my patience doesn't run out before the other angle is revealed.
Dean is really setting himself for heartbreak in this episode. He knows it, and he doesn't want to acknowledge it. Maybe you should. Then it will be easier for Sam, and you, to let go once the time comes. And I think it will come. And Dean should just send him off with a pat on his back and a smile on his face, and his blessing.
Yeah, and then I wake up from my dream. Or is it a nightmare?
I still dislike Amelia. I think my level of dislike for her is on par with my dislike for Ruby 2.0. Maybe it's even higher than that, because I really feel that they should kill her. NOW.
Jensen's direction for this episode is rather well done I think. I think it's about the same with the other episodes, but this feels fresher than the first two season 8 episodes, I feel. The first two is rather gritty, while this one plays with more light, rather than shadows. But what do I know about directing? I just think that it's great. :)
Alright, that's it. Stay tuned for the next episode's review!
I'm sitting outside al-fresco, and it's raining. Weather is cool, and I would like to snuggle up to someone but I can't. Anyway, back into the review.
I'm doing this differently, as per the previous reviews. So I'm typing this in the Open Office and copy/pasting the entire thing as soon as I get Internet access. And I think this way I get my reviews done faster!
Jensen directed the episode. I was spoilt for that. But honestly I really should pay attention to other episodes to see how the direction differs. But more of that later.
[The title is a song taken from Vonda Shepard. It's a nice one.]
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA
Minn, Minn. LOL That sounds like a name of a candy.
I'm ambivalent about jogging at night. It's cooler, but it's more isolated, and less people around.
Ooh, someone's following him.
Is the older guy racing the younger guy, or is he running away from something?
Yuck, his hand goes through the chest! And there he ripped off the heart.
There's the name Alan Ackles in the credits. Papa Ackles! I know he's starring in an episode, but I didn't know which one.
“... and look at us, we're in... where the hell are we?”
“Farmer's market. Organic.”
I find it hilarious and slightly concerned that Dean is so into the hunt he doesn't know where he is. And Sam's very adorable, buying healthy vegetables.
That's Papa Ackles! Their voices are rather similar. And their faces too. The crows' feet, and the nose.
Stare-off!
Ew. Is the heart that he's ripped off among the ingredients in that drink?
The guy, Paul, is a good liar. We know you did it, Paul, confess!
“Thanks... er, too much fibre.”
“No such thing.” Yes there is. Everything should be in moderation.
“Now your body's a temple huh?”
“Where I worship every day.”
Oookay. That's religious.
Dean's researching. That's adorkable. And I like where they're seated in the shop. That's a very nice place.
AMES, IOWA
What is the guy mumbling about? It sounds like a word. Or a string of words. Sounds like a chant, more like.
His eyes!
OMG he killed himself by stabbing out his eyes. Ew.
“I bought a translation app.” And he looks like a kid about it too. Sam just looks amused.
Agent Sambora? Back to those rock-star names are we, boys?
Oh, so the guy's not dead. I'm not sure that's much better.
I like the doctor. She looks competent, without resorting to barely-veiled insults while talking to Dean. Yes, I'm talking about the vet. I really don't like her.
Organ transplant. The donor's the culprit. There, case solved.
Wait, there's a pattern? I missed it. What is it?
BOULDER, COLORADO
Bunny hole. Heh. That sounds dirty.
She ripped out the heart. Yuck.
Oh Dean, you speak too soon.
“... I want my time to count for something.”
“So what we do doesn't count?”
Sam really really wants to go, huh? Sigh.
I think you're too late for the Boulder victim, Dean.
Brick Holmes? It reminds me of the Holmes guy, the one that repairs houses, in the reality show Holmes on Homes.
8 organs, so that means 8 victims and 8 killers. Yikes.
She's doing a ritual? And she's eating a raw organ. That's gross.
Red glaring eyes. Maybe a possession of some kind?
Erm, there must be some secret that Brick's harbouring. He can't be pure as snow if this is all happening and he's at the centre of it.
The mum's in on it. The signs are all there. Oooh, there's that girl that did the ritual.
“The FBI thanks you... yes, I'm totally looking into having you as a technical advisor.” Well, don't let it be said that Dr. Morrison isn't opportunistic.
Mayan God of Sports. Kakau? Cacao? Cocoa? :)
Admissions for college. Sam's leaving for school again. Oh Sam, are you sure about that?
Haha, eBay's good for some cash, I suppose.
OH GROSS. You have a dirty mind Dean.
A secret door within the closet. It's like Narnia! I almost expected to find snow.
Wow, they all look the same. So what, is it a possession? An Immortal?
“At least he wasn't sleeping with his mother.”
“Good Sam. Find a silver lining.” Well, there's that.
So his Mayan name is Innuit? Inneau? All these Mayan names are tripping my spelling OCD.
900 years as a warrior. That must be weighing down on him. There's only so much that you can do before you get tired of it all. Plus he loves Eleanor, so yeah, it must be killing him that she might be gone and you'll be left there alone.
“You must think that I'm a monster.”
“No, no. Just that you married one.” Your hatred towards monsters is showing Dean.
The Bunny Hole. It still sounds dirty the second time round.
“Really? Our king-daddy monster is a stripper?” Even monsters need to earn a living, I say.
I don't really want to know what Dean is smelling.
Dean, you can fight monsters in Purgatory. You can survive Purgatory for a year. But you can't fight a couple of humans? And Sam, you're a giant. Throw your weight over him!
It's always Dean's heart that's targeted, doesn't it? That's very telling.
Oh, the same old argument again. Just let him go, Dean. If it's meant to be, he'll return. Possibly after discovering that Amelia the vet is a Leviathan in disguise. Yeah, that'll do it.
Flashback: Look at the colours in that scene. It's so bright it's almost unreal. Maybe it IS unreal. Artificial. That's a clue! Everything that Sam has been going through the last year is a lie.
I didn't catch the dog's name. R something.
A birthday picnic. Sorry Amelia. Lisa did it a few seasons ago. Granted, it's not a birthday picnic, and it's in his mind, but I like that one better than this.
So there it ends. Sam is still acting like everything he's doing is temporary, and that he's going back to his 'normal' after all this ends. It might work in season 1, but it definitely doesn't work in season 8. Just, I think there's another angle to the whole normal that Sam's gagging for, because I cannot believe, or refuse to believe, that one year of sunshine and dogs and romancing a terrible vet will make him forget about the past 7 years of struggling to save the world from monsters. I hope my patience doesn't run out before the other angle is revealed.
Dean is really setting himself for heartbreak in this episode. He knows it, and he doesn't want to acknowledge it. Maybe you should. Then it will be easier for Sam, and you, to let go once the time comes. And I think it will come. And Dean should just send him off with a pat on his back and a smile on his face, and his blessing.
Yeah, and then I wake up from my dream. Or is it a nightmare?
I still dislike Amelia. I think my level of dislike for her is on par with my dislike for Ruby 2.0. Maybe it's even higher than that, because I really feel that they should kill her. NOW.
Jensen's direction for this episode is rather well done I think. I think it's about the same with the other episodes, but this feels fresher than the first two season 8 episodes, I feel. The first two is rather gritty, while this one plays with more light, rather than shadows. But what do I know about directing? I just think that it's great. :)
Alright, that's it. Stay tuned for the next episode's review!