Supernatural - 216 - Roadkill
Wow, there has really been crazy reactions to this one, both good and bad. Don't think I've seen the fandom so split in its reaction to an episode before. Though after some research I found that it's just the majority of my flist who didn't enjoy it.
My reaction is behind the cut, I'm doing my review a little different this time, and hopefully a little shorter than usual, but I feel it's what this episode needs.
Supernatural: Roadkill (2.16)
Firts off, I really liked it. It was different, which I guess is why a lot of people didn't like it.
I love it when the writers just dump us in the middle of the story, we've followed the show long enough now to know how the boys work. Which is also why I felt the writers were confident enough to try something new, telling the story from the viewpoint of the guest of the week. Apparantly it wasn't a popular choiche, but personally I really liked it, and I think Tricia Helfer did a really good job. I mean, just imagine being in her shoes. Just surviving a crash, finding your husband missing and getting picked up from two guys with a trunk full of weapons!? I think it was very well done.
People have complained about the lack of brotherly banter and that the boys acted out of character, I missed the banter too, but I didn't think much about it as I was enjoying seing the boys through Molly's eyes. And the way the boys acted made sense by the end of the episode. I did kind of react to Dean being so uncaring towards Molly, but we all know how he feels about ghosts and such, so it's not really that surpising. The writer of this episode was trusting us to know enough about the boys to be able to fill in the blanks ourselves.
This episode had a nice creepy feeling, it made me feel uneasy which really hasn't happened since Supernatural: Asylum (#1.10), it actually made me jump a couple of times! Very cool.
I kind of knew at once that Molly was a ghost, but
beluga asking if I was thinking what she was thinking just made me more certain. It didn't ruin anything for me, knowing. Just made the angle more interresting. As mentioned above I really liked Tricia Helfer as Molly, her reactions were real. I really enjoyed the scene between her and Sam where he explains angry spirits to her. Kind of reminded me of the conversation between Dean and the Reaper in Supernatural: In My Time of Dying (#2.1). The scene had a rather serene feel to it.
In short I really liked this episode. And I think all three main players did a good job here. It might not have been the most interesting hunt in and of itself, but I really enjoyed the story, how it was told, and how it was resolved. And the fact that we got to view how the brothers work from a different point of view was really enjoyable. I think it was a good way to return from hiatus.
QUOTES:
Dean: Did he look like he lost a fight with a lawnmower?
Molly: Yeah, how'd you know?
Dean: Lucky guess.
Molly: This is really what you do, you're like Ghostbusters.
Dean: Except without the jumpsuits.
Dean: Follow the creepy brick road.
Dean: You know, just once I would like to round the corner and see a nice house.
Molly: I don't understand how a guy like this can turn into that monster.
Sam: Well, spirits like Greely are like wounded animals. Lost in so much pain that they lash out.
Molly: Why? Why are they here?
Sam: There's some part of them that ... that's keeping them here. Like their remains, or unfinished business.
Molly: Unfinished business?
Sam: Yeah, it could be revenge. It could be love, or hate. Whatever it is, they just hold on too tight. Can't let go. So they're trapped. Caught in the same loops, replaying the same tragedies over and over.
Molly: You sound almost sorry for them.
Sam: Well, they weren't evil people, you know. A lot of them were good, just something happened to them. Something they couldn't control.
Dean: Sammy's always getting a little J. Love Hewitt when it comes to this. Me, I don't like them. And I'm sure as hell ain't makin' apologies for them.
Molly: What happens if you burn their bones?
Sam: My dad always said it's like death for spirits. But the truth is, we never know.
Sam: It's an old country custom, Dean, planting a tree as a grave marker.
(pause)
Dean: You are like a walking encyclopedia of weird.
Sam: Yeah, I know.
Molly: Oh, thank God!
Dean: Call me Dean.
Dean: (to Sam) Alright, Haley Joel, let's hit the road.
My reaction is behind the cut, I'm doing my review a little different this time, and hopefully a little shorter than usual, but I feel it's what this episode needs.
Supernatural: Roadkill (2.16)
Firts off, I really liked it. It was different, which I guess is why a lot of people didn't like it.
I love it when the writers just dump us in the middle of the story, we've followed the show long enough now to know how the boys work. Which is also why I felt the writers were confident enough to try something new, telling the story from the viewpoint of the guest of the week. Apparantly it wasn't a popular choiche, but personally I really liked it, and I think Tricia Helfer did a really good job. I mean, just imagine being in her shoes. Just surviving a crash, finding your husband missing and getting picked up from two guys with a trunk full of weapons!? I think it was very well done.
People have complained about the lack of brotherly banter and that the boys acted out of character, I missed the banter too, but I didn't think much about it as I was enjoying seing the boys through Molly's eyes. And the way the boys acted made sense by the end of the episode. I did kind of react to Dean being so uncaring towards Molly, but we all know how he feels about ghosts and such, so it's not really that surpising. The writer of this episode was trusting us to know enough about the boys to be able to fill in the blanks ourselves.
This episode had a nice creepy feeling, it made me feel uneasy which really hasn't happened since Supernatural: Asylum (#1.10), it actually made me jump a couple of times! Very cool.
I kind of knew at once that Molly was a ghost, but
beluga asking if I was thinking what she was thinking just made me more certain. It didn't ruin anything for me, knowing. Just made the angle more interresting. As mentioned above I really liked Tricia Helfer as Molly, her reactions were real. I really enjoyed the scene between her and Sam where he explains angry spirits to her. Kind of reminded me of the conversation between Dean and the Reaper in Supernatural: In My Time of Dying (#2.1). The scene had a rather serene feel to it.
In short I really liked this episode. And I think all three main players did a good job here. It might not have been the most interesting hunt in and of itself, but I really enjoyed the story, how it was told, and how it was resolved. And the fact that we got to view how the brothers work from a different point of view was really enjoyable. I think it was a good way to return from hiatus.
QUOTES:
Dean: Did he look like he lost a fight with a lawnmower?
Molly: Yeah, how'd you know?
Dean: Lucky guess.
Molly: This is really what you do, you're like Ghostbusters.
Dean: Except without the jumpsuits.
Dean: Follow the creepy brick road.
Dean: You know, just once I would like to round the corner and see a nice house.
Molly: I don't understand how a guy like this can turn into that monster.
Sam: Well, spirits like Greely are like wounded animals. Lost in so much pain that they lash out.
Molly: Why? Why are they here?
Sam: There's some part of them that ... that's keeping them here. Like their remains, or unfinished business.
Molly: Unfinished business?
Sam: Yeah, it could be revenge. It could be love, or hate. Whatever it is, they just hold on too tight. Can't let go. So they're trapped. Caught in the same loops, replaying the same tragedies over and over.
Molly: You sound almost sorry for them.
Sam: Well, they weren't evil people, you know. A lot of them were good, just something happened to them. Something they couldn't control.
Dean: Sammy's always getting a little J. Love Hewitt when it comes to this. Me, I don't like them. And I'm sure as hell ain't makin' apologies for them.
Molly: What happens if you burn their bones?
Sam: My dad always said it's like death for spirits. But the truth is, we never know.
Sam: It's an old country custom, Dean, planting a tree as a grave marker.
(pause)
Dean: You are like a walking encyclopedia of weird.
Sam: Yeah, I know.
Molly: Oh, thank God!
Dean: Call me Dean.
Dean: (to Sam) Alright, Haley Joel, let's hit the road.