SPN Ep: I Believe the Children Are Our Future
I believe the show needs shorter episode titles. ;-)
This episode turned out very different than I thought it would. I was expecting Jesse to be more like Todd ("Kneel before Todd!") in "Wishful Thinking." After all, that's a lot of power for someone that young to wield. Who wouldn't be tempted to use it to avoid doing their homework or eating their vegetables at that age? But Jesse turned out to be more like a mini Winchester. He was very mature for his age, and basically just a regular kid dragged into the supernatural world through circumstances beyond his control. No wonder Sam empathized with him so much. But if Jesse is the Antichrist instead of Sam, does that mean I have to give up my two Antichrist Sam icons? I love my Antichrist Sam icons!
It was nice to see that there's still a little bit of the pre-demon blood Sam left. He was terrific with Jesse, explaining his options and giving him choices. Of course, it could all come back to bite them in the butt later, but I come down on the free will end of the destiny vs. free will debate, so I think Jesse should definitely have been given a choice and shouldn't have been killed because of what he might become. Too bad they don't know where he went though. If anyone can teach Jesse valuable life lessons about making bad choices with good intentions, it's Sam.
I also loved the "Hit it, Mister Wizard" line. I miss Sam's sense of humor.
The babysitter at the beginning of the episode was watching Cujo on TV. That remains one of only two movies I've ever walked out on in the theater. Bad movie. No cookie.
This episode turned out very different than I thought it would. I was expecting Jesse to be more like Todd ("Kneel before Todd!") in "Wishful Thinking." After all, that's a lot of power for someone that young to wield. Who wouldn't be tempted to use it to avoid doing their homework or eating their vegetables at that age? But Jesse turned out to be more like a mini Winchester. He was very mature for his age, and basically just a regular kid dragged into the supernatural world through circumstances beyond his control. No wonder Sam empathized with him so much. But if Jesse is the Antichrist instead of Sam, does that mean I have to give up my two Antichrist Sam icons? I love my Antichrist Sam icons!
It was nice to see that there's still a little bit of the pre-demon blood Sam left. He was terrific with Jesse, explaining his options and giving him choices. Of course, it could all come back to bite them in the butt later, but I come down on the free will end of the destiny vs. free will debate, so I think Jesse should definitely have been given a choice and shouldn't have been killed because of what he might become. Too bad they don't know where he went though. If anyone can teach Jesse valuable life lessons about making bad choices with good intentions, it's Sam.
I also loved the "Hit it, Mister Wizard" line. I miss Sam's sense of humor.
The babysitter at the beginning of the episode was watching Cujo on TV. That remains one of only two movies I've ever walked out on in the theater. Bad movie. No cookie.