Continuing my series examining the themes, tropes and meta of Supernatural season one, here is a link to part 2 of my rewatch review of "Bugs" at my journal, in case anyone here is interested in sharing my celebration of the early episodes with me. And also to a masterpost I've created for the collection. I welcome comments and discussion:

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Continuing my series examining the themes, tropes and meta of Supernatural season one, here is a link to part 1 of my rewatch review of "Bugs" at my journal, in case anyone here is interested in sharing my celebration of the early episodes with me. And also to a masterpost I've created for the collection. I welcome comments and discussion:

Things ( Read more... )

Some thoughts on season one's Bugs.

Bugs pt 1
Bugs pt 2

A few things I noticed and some that bugged me about Bugs can be found in Those Tiny Trifles: 1x08, Bugs

This is very odd, since I also wrote the meta for Dean in “Bugs”. Of course, you can’t understand one side of the equation without the other, so I’m going to borrow from my meta for Dean and use it for Sam.

There is an element of law vs. lawless for Sam in this episode. He asks Dean if they could get real jobs once in awhile, and Dean replies that ( Read more... )

( Dean, Bugs, and the Importance of Towels )

( I like 'Bugs' )

Dean hustling pool is canon in this episode. Obviously good enough, too, to come out with that much money and no bloody nose. Dean shows no remorse for hustling, or for the credit card scams, stating their “day job” is hunting, the pay is crap, and he’d rather get money the “fun and easy” way than honestly. He even states it was the way they were ( Read more... )

1x08 Bugs
Boring Production Crap Original Air Date: 11/08/05 
Writer: Rachel Nave, Bill Coakley 
Director: Kim Manners

Guest Players 
Joanie: Anne Marie Loder 
Travis Wheeler: Ryan Robbins 
Joe White Tree: Jimmy Herman 
Newscaster: Mi-Jung Lee 
Anthropology Professor: Jim Byrnes 
Lynda ( Read more... )