Supernatural 1.03 - Dead in the Water
My incredibly incoherent, capslock-y thoughts:
OH YAY, WE HAVE TO REPEAT ALL OF THAT ALL OVER AGAIN? DAMMIT.
=_= Show. Did you seriously just try to paint Sam dragging Dean into a motel room as an oh-so-intense-and-suspenseful moment?
Yep, a happy, functional family...something's gonna go wrong. Especially when she SWIMS OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE AND IT IS UTTERLY QUIET. Seriously, guys. When the atmosphere is ominous like that, you play completely inappropriate music like the Monty Python theme or something before you do anything. The right music can save your life.
Yeah, especially when there's creepy whispering going on.
*Face palm* Yep, just go right on swimming. And I bet it's not even towards the shore.
And that is why I hate swimming. Boy, this show is validating a lot of my hate.
*checks title of episode* DUDE. DUDE. YOU ARE IN AN EPISODE CALLED "DEAD IN THE WATER". ARE YOU AN IDIOT. Also, this episode is clearly about a tentacle monster. AND NOTHING YOU CAN DO WILL CONVINCE ME OTHERWISE.
HEE. I love how Dean immediately perks up at the sight of boobies.
"People don't just disappear, Dean. Other people just stop looking for them." Sammy. Just because you loathe the idea of just giving up, because that'd imply the right thing for you to do is just move on from Jessica's murder and get on with your life, doesn't mean you say stuff like THAT. That's just plain mean! How do you know if they're not still keeping hope and waiting for her to just show up one day? Hope is hard to extinguish, darling. Even after a funeral.
Oh dear god. I thought this was resolved in the last chapter? Sure, you're going to keep trying to find John, but WHEN YOU NOTICE SOMETHING CLEARLY WRONG AND YOU MIGHT BE THE ONLY PEOPLE AROUND WHO CAN DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT, YOU HELP, DAMMIT. But it's not like I can actually blame him for this, because...Dean and John have been searching for years. They know how to deal with cold trails and leads that go nowhere a lot better. Sam's need for revenge is a lot fresher, and I bet John was exactly like this at the start too...but still!
Pft, Dean. He keeps getting distracted by the pretty.
...He has ID from the US Wildlife Service? Seriously, SO well-prepared.
See? See the way his father is just sitting there, staring out at the lake? HE HASN'T GIVEN UP. He CAN'T give up.
"His name is Lucas." I love the Power Glove. It's so bad.
Awww, the little mute, traumatised kid. He should totally get together with little!Misato.
I OFFICIALLY LOVE ANDREA NOW. *worships*
Awwww, Sammy. Dean DOES love kids. He has a huge soft spot for them.
:( *Hugs Lucas*
"Watching one of your parents die just isn't something you get over." *SQUISHES DEAN* DAMMIT. You know, even though so far, all the episodes have been "Monster of the Day" style, they all manage to link back to the brothers' psyches. The victims of the monsters always kind of...reflect Dean and Sam? Last chapter, we have a protective older-sibling that would go through hell to bring her brother back to safety. And this chapter, we have a child who's seen his parent murdered in inexplicable ways. *intrigued*
*SQUEE* Dean is being SO sweet. (Also, I wish I could make sound effects like that.)
:( And now he's being all...all OPEN about it and TALKING and I just want to hug him to death. :( This is so sad.
DEAN. STOP MAKING THAT FACE. I SWEAR TO GOD, I WILL HUG YOU TO DEATH.
!! DAMMIT. DAMMIT. OW. The show just punched me in the stomach, and I think it broke a rib. You're not a sucky artist, Dean. That's the most poignant picture I've seen in YEARS.
Awwwww, he gave Dean a drawing! Well, I guess they don't get their lead from a grizzled old man in this episode.
:( Watching this family is the Saddest Thing Ever. He's trying so hard to look out for him, and his father isn't even responding. :( Unless you count turning around to look straight at the camera, I mean. Gah, that was kinda creepy.
HOLY SHIT. WHAT IS HAPPENING. WHAT. IT'S NOT A MONSTER, BUT THE ACTUAL WATER ITSELF? OR SOME SORT OF DEMENTED WATER-BENDER? WHAT IS GOING ON?
NO WHY WOULD YOU REACH YOUR HAND IN THERE IT IS SO OBVIOUSLY EVIL WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT. RUN!!!
NO YOU GOT AWAY WITH IT THE FIRST TIME AROUND WHY WOULD YOU REACH IN AGAIN WHY DO YOU SERIOUSLY THINK BLACK WATER COMING UP FROM THE DRAIN IS NORMAL IT COULD BE RADIOACTIVE FOR ALL YOU KNOW WHY.
GODDAMMIT. Now his father is all alone! Why would you do that???
Dammit. Two people have been killed since the episode started, and Dean and Sam have almost no leads or any way to get to the monster. I'm so nervous. I don't see how they're going to get their big break from.
Holy shit. What did Carlton do? Call the lake names? Cheat on her? Forget their anniversary?
Well, what'd you know. They still have to ask for leads from a grizzled old man. And yep, he's making me wibble too. This is definitely a theme.
...Really, Dean? You didn't think that drawing was significant until now, even though you ASKED for him to draw any hints down?
What DOES Lucas have to do with this? Is he somehow tied to the lake or something? Is he, like, soul mates with the lake, and the lake's killing all the connections he has so he'd, like, belong to it forever? ...I watch way too many anime.
:( I want to wibble whenever Dean's with Lucas. OH YAY, SAMMY'S LISTENING. THIS IS FANTASTIC.
:( This is so incredibly sad i don't even *SQUISHES EVERYONE* I love this. In the last episode, Sam talked to Dean and he understood, and in this one, Dean's talking, and Sam's listening and he understands.
Aww, and Lucas is responding too! See, Dean? Talking about things makes EVERYTHING better!
YES! YES!! GOOD!!! THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT IT! AND SAM'S STARTING TO SEE THAT DEAN'S GOT A WHOLE LOT OF ANGST THAT HE DOESN'T KNOW ABOUT!! YES!!
YEEEEEEEEEEEES!!!! HUUUUUUUUUUG!!! HUGHUGHUGHUGHUG!!!!!
And...hints from an old woman. That's an interesting twist. ...And she repeats the exact same thing as Carlton. That's definitely not just a coincidence.
SWEENEY? ...I hope to god they don't have a barber in the family.
Oh, no. Oh, no, you are NOT. YOU ARE NOT, CARLTON, YOU HEAR ME? Putting yourself in its hands is just LETTING IT WIN. What is handing it what it wants going to do? It wasn't just coming after you. It was dragging all sorts of innocent people in! Even after you've died, who can say that it won't keep hurting people that it imagines might be connected to it, no matter how tangentially? THIS IS NOT THE SOLUTION.
...Yeah, precisely. It wants revenge, but not just on YOU. It's killing all sorts of people only marginally related to the original crime. And it's probably going to keep on killing people who drowned others, people who didn't save drowning people, people who happened to be within fifty miles of a drowning, people who have read about drowning...YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHERE IT'S GONNA STOP.
D: SEE WHAT I MEAN? SEE? Lucas's reaction...this SO totally isn't over. It's not going to STOP.
Well, Mr. Officer, do YOU have any theories? He DID randomly disappear, and you probably found the wreckage of his fucking boat! What the fuck could be happening? If your sonar sweep didn't bring up anything, then it's OBVIOUSLY DEFECTIVE and you need to try ANOTHER METHOD. Because there is OBVIOUSLY something going on here!
What they're describing is not fucking impossible! How do you fucking know if there's not some creature in that lake who attacks people? HAVE YOU PERSONALLY ACCOUNTED FOR EVERY LIVING CREATURE IN THERE? FUCK YOU.
PRECISELY. YOU KNOW HE DROVE A BOAT OUT TO THE LAKE. WHY IS IT SO IMPOSSIBLE THAT SOMETHING ATTACKED IT? IT DOESN'T EVEN HAVE TO BE A CREATURE. MAYBE THE DRAINING DAM IS CREATING A REALLY WEIRD CURRENT IN THERE OR SOMETHING. INVESTIGATE, FUCKER. THAT'S YOUR JOB.
Seriously. What is up with this dude. He's pretty much actively refusing to get to the bottom of this matter now.
DDDDD: OH NO. OH NONONONONO. SOMETHING IS GONNA HAPPEN TO ANDREA OR LUCAS. I JUST KNOW. OH NO.
WHY. WHY WOULD YOU GET IN WATER LIKE THAT. WHY. YOU KNOW IT CAN DROWN YOU FROM A SINK. WHY WOULD YOU NOT JUST GET A SPONGE BATH.
Awwww, Dean's being sweet again. *Squishes him*
"Who are you, and what have you done with my brother?" GAH. AIRHEAD FLASHBACKS. Also, is it just me or is Sam's voice really weird in this scene?
OOOOOH, BATHING SCENE.
Oooooh. OOOOH. OOOOOOOOOH~ She has pretty hands.
SEE. SEE. I TOLD YOU THAT WOULD HAPPEN. WHY DOES NO ONE EVER LISTEN TO ME.
DEEEEEAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNN!!!!! SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM!!!!!
:( *Hugs Andrea* And there's only about 10 minutes until the end of the episode, and Dean and Sam STILL have no idea how to put an end to this. I'm SO worried.
“Come play with me.” I is...disappoint. That was...such a cliched line that I can't muster up any reaction to it. It's kind of like, "...So...that's it?"
I FUCKING KNEW THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE POLICE OFFICER.
OH GOD, LUCAS, WHAT ARE YOU DOING. NO. JUST NO. Oh, thank god. It was just showing them the bike. I thought he was going down to the lake.
>: ( Jake is starting to piss me the fuck off. WHAT DO YOU MEAN THEY ARE INSANE. IT TRIED TO DROWN YOUR FUCKING DAUGHTER IN THE FUCKING BATHTUB. IT DROWNED CARLTON'S SON IN THE SINK. YOU'RE JUST WILFULLY STAYING IN DENIAL NOW.
Though I'm kinda...worried. I...have no idea what Sam and Dean's plan is. Are they going to let the lake take Jake and hope that appeases Peter? Because...I really don't see another solution to this.
NO. LUCAS. YOU IDIOT. YOU OF ALL PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING. WHY WOULD YOU FOLLOW IT. WHY.
Huh. This case got solved based on leads from TWO grizzled old men. *is trying to find pattern*
LUCAS. WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING. YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT.
!! There's an arm. So this thing isn't completely incorporeal. SHOOT IT!!!!!
So...it doesn't actually drown Sam and Dean...even though I figure it would be pissed at them for saving Andrea. Huh...
Oh. Oh dear. ...Now I kinda feel bad for hating on Jake so much.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT WHY.
DEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNN I LOVE YOU FOREVER
Hmm...this is very interesting. In both episodes before this, Dean and Sam have always managed to kill the monster...but here, all they could do was let it run its course. If Peter had insisted on killing more people after this, I can't imagine what they'd have to do. They were essentially powerless in this case, even when they had all the leads and clues. This is a very nice look at the life of a hunter -- sometimes, everything ends on the monster's terms.
:( *Huuuuuuugs Dean* Hey, at least you DID save some people! If it weren't for you, Andrea and Lucas would have been dead too. It's not like you were completely powerless. Your coming here did do a great deal of good.
YAAAAAAAAAAAY. Lucas is talking! So...the muteness wasn't PTSD? It was something to do with Peter? Because, you know, I imagine almost drowning couldn't have been very healing. Also, did he lose his psychic abilities? Were those linked to Peter as well?
I love Andrea. It takes a lot to stay optimistic like that after what happened. *squishes her*
HEE. DEAN. YOU ARE THE BEST WITH KIDS.
PFT. I love how flustered he is by the kiss. *SQUISHES DEAN*
Well...this episode ended on a rather...oddly cheerful note.
Slightly more coherent thoughts:
This show is keeping up the trend of VERY good episodes. We saw in the first episode how hard the life of a hunter can be - you're not only putting yourself at risk from attacks from supernatural creatures, but also constantly getting in trouble with law enforcement. The job doesn't pay, so you have to resort to fraud to keep yourself alive, you have no home, and you can die at any time. The only friends you can make are in the same industry, and they can die at any time. And half the time, you won't even know what you're walking into. And here we see that even if you did, sometimes, there's just nothing you can do. You just have to stand aside and watch it kill person after person. I really understand why Sam wanted out of it.
Sam's angst was pretty clear in this show - he's being forced into a life he doesn't want, the future he planned destroyed, and the most important person to him killed, and he has no clue how to even begin coping. But Dean's angst has always been more subdued. I think that's why most of his internal problems are shown to us via parallels with other characters - like Haley. And here we see that despite it happening so long ago, when he was just a child, Dean's every bit as traumatised by his mother's death as Sam was by Jess's.
Also, I thought after Dean's little speech in the last episode, Sam would be more accepting of stopping to help people, but he was still arguing against it at the beginning. I'm very worried about that, because it means he still hasn't come to terms with things. And honestly, I don't think he will. So even though he's cutting back on the ranting, he's still stewing, and all that tension he's keeping bottled up because there's nowhere for him to vent it is going to come pouring out one day, and it's not going to be pretty.
Pretty much the only minor complaint I have is that I wish the episode showed us Dean and Sam getting upset over not being able to save anyone. Sure, they prevented it from killing Lucas, but only by sacrificing Jake. And I'm not very comfortable with the idea that they're perfectly fine with that. It'd be better even if we just saw a glimpse of how upset they are that they couldn't help at all.
OH YAY, WE HAVE TO REPEAT ALL OF THAT ALL OVER AGAIN? DAMMIT.
=_= Show. Did you seriously just try to paint Sam dragging Dean into a motel room as an oh-so-intense-and-suspenseful moment?
Yep, a happy, functional family...something's gonna go wrong. Especially when she SWIMS OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE AND IT IS UTTERLY QUIET. Seriously, guys. When the atmosphere is ominous like that, you play completely inappropriate music like the Monty Python theme or something before you do anything. The right music can save your life.
Yeah, especially when there's creepy whispering going on.
*Face palm* Yep, just go right on swimming. And I bet it's not even towards the shore.
And that is why I hate swimming. Boy, this show is validating a lot of my hate.
*checks title of episode* DUDE. DUDE. YOU ARE IN AN EPISODE CALLED "DEAD IN THE WATER". ARE YOU AN IDIOT. Also, this episode is clearly about a tentacle monster. AND NOTHING YOU CAN DO WILL CONVINCE ME OTHERWISE.
HEE. I love how Dean immediately perks up at the sight of boobies.
"People don't just disappear, Dean. Other people just stop looking for them." Sammy. Just because you loathe the idea of just giving up, because that'd imply the right thing for you to do is just move on from Jessica's murder and get on with your life, doesn't mean you say stuff like THAT. That's just plain mean! How do you know if they're not still keeping hope and waiting for her to just show up one day? Hope is hard to extinguish, darling. Even after a funeral.
Oh dear god. I thought this was resolved in the last chapter? Sure, you're going to keep trying to find John, but WHEN YOU NOTICE SOMETHING CLEARLY WRONG AND YOU MIGHT BE THE ONLY PEOPLE AROUND WHO CAN DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT, YOU HELP, DAMMIT. But it's not like I can actually blame him for this, because...Dean and John have been searching for years. They know how to deal with cold trails and leads that go nowhere a lot better. Sam's need for revenge is a lot fresher, and I bet John was exactly like this at the start too...but still!
Pft, Dean. He keeps getting distracted by the pretty.
...He has ID from the US Wildlife Service? Seriously, SO well-prepared.
See? See the way his father is just sitting there, staring out at the lake? HE HASN'T GIVEN UP. He CAN'T give up.
"His name is Lucas." I love the Power Glove. It's so bad.
Awww, the little mute, traumatised kid. He should totally get together with little!Misato.
I OFFICIALLY LOVE ANDREA NOW. *worships*
Awwww, Sammy. Dean DOES love kids. He has a huge soft spot for them.
:( *Hugs Lucas*
"Watching one of your parents die just isn't something you get over." *SQUISHES DEAN* DAMMIT. You know, even though so far, all the episodes have been "Monster of the Day" style, they all manage to link back to the brothers' psyches. The victims of the monsters always kind of...reflect Dean and Sam? Last chapter, we have a protective older-sibling that would go through hell to bring her brother back to safety. And this chapter, we have a child who's seen his parent murdered in inexplicable ways. *intrigued*
*SQUEE* Dean is being SO sweet. (Also, I wish I could make sound effects like that.)
:( And now he's being all...all OPEN about it and TALKING and I just want to hug him to death. :( This is so sad.
DEAN. STOP MAKING THAT FACE. I SWEAR TO GOD, I WILL HUG YOU TO DEATH.
!! DAMMIT. DAMMIT. OW. The show just punched me in the stomach, and I think it broke a rib. You're not a sucky artist, Dean. That's the most poignant picture I've seen in YEARS.
Awwwww, he gave Dean a drawing! Well, I guess they don't get their lead from a grizzled old man in this episode.
:( Watching this family is the Saddest Thing Ever. He's trying so hard to look out for him, and his father isn't even responding. :( Unless you count turning around to look straight at the camera, I mean. Gah, that was kinda creepy.
HOLY SHIT. WHAT IS HAPPENING. WHAT. IT'S NOT A MONSTER, BUT THE ACTUAL WATER ITSELF? OR SOME SORT OF DEMENTED WATER-BENDER? WHAT IS GOING ON?
NO WHY WOULD YOU REACH YOUR HAND IN THERE IT IS SO OBVIOUSLY EVIL WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT. RUN!!!
NO YOU GOT AWAY WITH IT THE FIRST TIME AROUND WHY WOULD YOU REACH IN AGAIN WHY DO YOU SERIOUSLY THINK BLACK WATER COMING UP FROM THE DRAIN IS NORMAL IT COULD BE RADIOACTIVE FOR ALL YOU KNOW WHY.
GODDAMMIT. Now his father is all alone! Why would you do that???
Dammit. Two people have been killed since the episode started, and Dean and Sam have almost no leads or any way to get to the monster. I'm so nervous. I don't see how they're going to get their big break from.
Holy shit. What did Carlton do? Call the lake names? Cheat on her? Forget their anniversary?
Well, what'd you know. They still have to ask for leads from a grizzled old man. And yep, he's making me wibble too. This is definitely a theme.
...Really, Dean? You didn't think that drawing was significant until now, even though you ASKED for him to draw any hints down?
What DOES Lucas have to do with this? Is he somehow tied to the lake or something? Is he, like, soul mates with the lake, and the lake's killing all the connections he has so he'd, like, belong to it forever? ...I watch way too many anime.
:( I want to wibble whenever Dean's with Lucas. OH YAY, SAMMY'S LISTENING. THIS IS FANTASTIC.
:( This is so incredibly sad i don't even *SQUISHES EVERYONE* I love this. In the last episode, Sam talked to Dean and he understood, and in this one, Dean's talking, and Sam's listening and he understands.
Aww, and Lucas is responding too! See, Dean? Talking about things makes EVERYTHING better!
YES! YES!! GOOD!!! THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT IT! AND SAM'S STARTING TO SEE THAT DEAN'S GOT A WHOLE LOT OF ANGST THAT HE DOESN'T KNOW ABOUT!! YES!!
YEEEEEEEEEEEES!!!! HUUUUUUUUUUG!!! HUGHUGHUGHUGHUG!!!!!
And...hints from an old woman. That's an interesting twist. ...And she repeats the exact same thing as Carlton. That's definitely not just a coincidence.
SWEENEY? ...I hope to god they don't have a barber in the family.
Oh, no. Oh, no, you are NOT. YOU ARE NOT, CARLTON, YOU HEAR ME? Putting yourself in its hands is just LETTING IT WIN. What is handing it what it wants going to do? It wasn't just coming after you. It was dragging all sorts of innocent people in! Even after you've died, who can say that it won't keep hurting people that it imagines might be connected to it, no matter how tangentially? THIS IS NOT THE SOLUTION.
...Yeah, precisely. It wants revenge, but not just on YOU. It's killing all sorts of people only marginally related to the original crime. And it's probably going to keep on killing people who drowned others, people who didn't save drowning people, people who happened to be within fifty miles of a drowning, people who have read about drowning...YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHERE IT'S GONNA STOP.
D: SEE WHAT I MEAN? SEE? Lucas's reaction...this SO totally isn't over. It's not going to STOP.
Well, Mr. Officer, do YOU have any theories? He DID randomly disappear, and you probably found the wreckage of his fucking boat! What the fuck could be happening? If your sonar sweep didn't bring up anything, then it's OBVIOUSLY DEFECTIVE and you need to try ANOTHER METHOD. Because there is OBVIOUSLY something going on here!
What they're describing is not fucking impossible! How do you fucking know if there's not some creature in that lake who attacks people? HAVE YOU PERSONALLY ACCOUNTED FOR EVERY LIVING CREATURE IN THERE? FUCK YOU.
PRECISELY. YOU KNOW HE DROVE A BOAT OUT TO THE LAKE. WHY IS IT SO IMPOSSIBLE THAT SOMETHING ATTACKED IT? IT DOESN'T EVEN HAVE TO BE A CREATURE. MAYBE THE DRAINING DAM IS CREATING A REALLY WEIRD CURRENT IN THERE OR SOMETHING. INVESTIGATE, FUCKER. THAT'S YOUR JOB.
Seriously. What is up with this dude. He's pretty much actively refusing to get to the bottom of this matter now.
DDDDD: OH NO. OH NONONONONO. SOMETHING IS GONNA HAPPEN TO ANDREA OR LUCAS. I JUST KNOW. OH NO.
WHY. WHY WOULD YOU GET IN WATER LIKE THAT. WHY. YOU KNOW IT CAN DROWN YOU FROM A SINK. WHY WOULD YOU NOT JUST GET A SPONGE BATH.
Awwww, Dean's being sweet again. *Squishes him*
"Who are you, and what have you done with my brother?" GAH. AIRHEAD FLASHBACKS. Also, is it just me or is Sam's voice really weird in this scene?
OOOOOH, BATHING SCENE.
Oooooh. OOOOH. OOOOOOOOOH~ She has pretty hands.
SEE. SEE. I TOLD YOU THAT WOULD HAPPEN. WHY DOES NO ONE EVER LISTEN TO ME.
DEEEEEAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNN!!!!! SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM!!!!!
:( *Hugs Andrea* And there's only about 10 minutes until the end of the episode, and Dean and Sam STILL have no idea how to put an end to this. I'm SO worried.
“Come play with me.” I is...disappoint. That was...such a cliched line that I can't muster up any reaction to it. It's kind of like, "...So...that's it?"
I FUCKING KNEW THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE POLICE OFFICER.
OH GOD, LUCAS, WHAT ARE YOU DOING. NO. JUST NO. Oh, thank god. It was just showing them the bike. I thought he was going down to the lake.
>: ( Jake is starting to piss me the fuck off. WHAT DO YOU MEAN THEY ARE INSANE. IT TRIED TO DROWN YOUR FUCKING DAUGHTER IN THE FUCKING BATHTUB. IT DROWNED CARLTON'S SON IN THE SINK. YOU'RE JUST WILFULLY STAYING IN DENIAL NOW.
Though I'm kinda...worried. I...have no idea what Sam and Dean's plan is. Are they going to let the lake take Jake and hope that appeases Peter? Because...I really don't see another solution to this.
NO. LUCAS. YOU IDIOT. YOU OF ALL PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING. WHY WOULD YOU FOLLOW IT. WHY.
Huh. This case got solved based on leads from TWO grizzled old men. *is trying to find pattern*
LUCAS. WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING. YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT.
!! There's an arm. So this thing isn't completely incorporeal. SHOOT IT!!!!!
So...it doesn't actually drown Sam and Dean...even though I figure it would be pissed at them for saving Andrea. Huh...
Oh. Oh dear. ...Now I kinda feel bad for hating on Jake so much.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT WHY.
DEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNN I LOVE YOU FOREVER
Hmm...this is very interesting. In both episodes before this, Dean and Sam have always managed to kill the monster...but here, all they could do was let it run its course. If Peter had insisted on killing more people after this, I can't imagine what they'd have to do. They were essentially powerless in this case, even when they had all the leads and clues. This is a very nice look at the life of a hunter -- sometimes, everything ends on the monster's terms.
:( *Huuuuuuugs Dean* Hey, at least you DID save some people! If it weren't for you, Andrea and Lucas would have been dead too. It's not like you were completely powerless. Your coming here did do a great deal of good.
YAAAAAAAAAAAY. Lucas is talking! So...the muteness wasn't PTSD? It was something to do with Peter? Because, you know, I imagine almost drowning couldn't have been very healing. Also, did he lose his psychic abilities? Were those linked to Peter as well?
I love Andrea. It takes a lot to stay optimistic like that after what happened. *squishes her*
HEE. DEAN. YOU ARE THE BEST WITH KIDS.
PFT. I love how flustered he is by the kiss. *SQUISHES DEAN*
Well...this episode ended on a rather...oddly cheerful note.
Slightly more coherent thoughts:
This show is keeping up the trend of VERY good episodes. We saw in the first episode how hard the life of a hunter can be - you're not only putting yourself at risk from attacks from supernatural creatures, but also constantly getting in trouble with law enforcement. The job doesn't pay, so you have to resort to fraud to keep yourself alive, you have no home, and you can die at any time. The only friends you can make are in the same industry, and they can die at any time. And half the time, you won't even know what you're walking into. And here we see that even if you did, sometimes, there's just nothing you can do. You just have to stand aside and watch it kill person after person. I really understand why Sam wanted out of it.
Sam's angst was pretty clear in this show - he's being forced into a life he doesn't want, the future he planned destroyed, and the most important person to him killed, and he has no clue how to even begin coping. But Dean's angst has always been more subdued. I think that's why most of his internal problems are shown to us via parallels with other characters - like Haley. And here we see that despite it happening so long ago, when he was just a child, Dean's every bit as traumatised by his mother's death as Sam was by Jess's.
Also, I thought after Dean's little speech in the last episode, Sam would be more accepting of stopping to help people, but he was still arguing against it at the beginning. I'm very worried about that, because it means he still hasn't come to terms with things. And honestly, I don't think he will. So even though he's cutting back on the ranting, he's still stewing, and all that tension he's keeping bottled up because there's nowhere for him to vent it is going to come pouring out one day, and it's not going to be pretty.
Pretty much the only minor complaint I have is that I wish the episode showed us Dean and Sam getting upset over not being able to save anyone. Sure, they prevented it from killing Lucas, but only by sacrificing Jake. And I'm not very comfortable with the idea that they're perfectly fine with that. It'd be better even if we just saw a glimpse of how upset they are that they couldn't help at all.