SPN
Bleah. I knew I wasn't going to like this episode from the get go. Child actors, especially ones forced to play uber-powerful beings? Kinda suck. A lot. I also never feel as though they ever manage to get the motivation of these sorts of characters down. Bah. and it turned out for the best, for one, we don't have to deal with Jesse again until it's time to kill the devil.
I'm also a little annoyed that the brat got the title of anti-christ. That's Sammy! C'mon, guys, you should have brought that up! Something like this:
Castiel: ...also known as the anti-christ.
Sammy: *brow wrinkle* I thought I was the anti-christ.
Dean: *facepalm* Oh god, here we go again.
Sammy: I'm just saying, you know, I thought that would be my title. I started the apocalypse, I was Azazel's favorite, you know. Hell, I've been called the anti-christ, boy king, demon messiah for three years, now. And now it turns out that I'm not the anti-christ after all? I mean, are we mixing up our mythologies, because it doesn't quite track.
Castiel: *beat* ...AN anti-christ.
Dean: *to Sammy* Are you happy?
Sammy: Yes.
Anyway. That aside, the things I liked about this episode were the random funny bits towards the beginning. The kid scared shitless of Dean, Dean eating that leg of ham, the masturbation joke. Hee, I love it when this show makes reference to masturbation. Because I'm twelve.
(Dean: Uh, shoulda cleaned the pipes...
Jo: *dirty look*)
I did think that Dean zapping Sammy with the joy buzzer was out of character. What if it hadn't worked? Dude, Dean would either go to Hell again, or Lucifer would have to resurrect Sammy. Either way? Not in character. Bleah again.
I'm just looking forward to that upcoming Trickster episode. I think that's going to be awesome, and stretch Jared Padalecki's impersonation skills to the limit.