5.08 Changing Channels: As It Is In Heaven, So It Must Be On Earth

[bardicvoice]

5.08 Changing Channels: As It Is In Heaven, So It Must Be On Earth

Trickster’s TV hell
Is Gabriel’s arm-twisting:
Play your roles to live.

Comments

[historylover29]

First! I've never been first

[bardicvoice]

Congrats on being first, Kat!

I don't think we've seen the last of Gabriel, and I do hope Dean's slam resonates with him. The guys could use another angel ally, particularly one whose power conduit hasn't been filtered.

Yeah, the whole thing about the brothers having been fated always to mirror Michael and Lucifer didn't scan for me, either. Given the billions of humans who've lived in the interim, they can't be the first to match the emotional parameters.

[isaacsapphire]

The absence of Dean's ring and bracelet might have been deliberate; the Trickster is costuming them and controlling everything here and he's trying to force them into certain roles. If the ring and bracelet don't fit those roles, or even worse, reinforce ones he doesn't want Dean playing, then of course he's going to take them off.

[bardicvoice]

I might have written it off as Trickster meddling, except that Dean had a naked hand even before they met the Trickster. Makes me wonder! :)

Changing Channels

[janiebee64]

Enjoyed your review once again. You never disappoint and I always look forward to it. I agree with as far as the over the top humor in this episode. It was a little much, but given the content of this episode I'm o.k. with it. Your right though, it is not typical Supernatural and I definately wouldn't want to see it every week. Give me angst and slight humor anyday. That's Winchester at its best. I didn't notice the wall, as you mentioned, outside the door of the motel being the same as in Mystery Spot. I will have to go back and look. I guess I was to involved in what the boys were doing to notice. I'm surprised since Mystery Spot is one of my favorites and I have watch it many times. I also loved Sam repeating what Dean said in the beginning about needing a bigger mouth. I thought that was funny, and Jared's timing and voice were perfect. He says he doesn't do comedy well, but so far I have not been disappointed. He needs to try it when Supernatural is over. I think he would do well. Richard Speight, Jr. was superb as the Trickster/

Re: Changing Channels

[bardicvoice]

Thank you, and glad you enjoy the fun! I love writing these, even when stealing the time gets tricky ...

I agree with you that Jared does comedy better than he thinks he does. He's got good timing, and his delivery is so often spot-on. One of my favorite moments will always be his "I lost my shoe!" in Bad Day At Black Rock. The voice, the face, the dejected shoulders, the stockinged foot - priceless!

I loved Richard Speight, Jr. as Trickster Gabriel. Dang, knew I forgot to mention something in the review! He rocked the role. The moment when he dropped the Trickster persona and pulled on Gabriel? Wow.

Michael's continued absence becomes more and more curious and interesting. Why hasn't he tried to contact Dean? We know angels can touch dreams even when they can't physically find the human, so why not Michael making his own case for Dean to say yes to him? Inquiring minds want to know!

Re: Changing Channels

[immie_8]

Richard Speight, Jr. shift from the Trickster to Gabriel was fabulous. I swear, even his voice changed!

And you've definately asked the million dollar question regarding Michael. It'll be interesting to see what the why is behind his absence when he finally does appear. (I'm assuming that he will at one point.)

[chiiyo86]

Hey, I'm glad to see you! Sorry to hear that you've been so busy (nothing too bad, I hope).

I loved everything you said about free will vs fate, because it echoes a lot of my onw thoughts. This quote, "We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are." is spot on. The angels see the world in a biased way, and we shouldn't take everything they say at face value.

About the Trickster as Gabriel, I wasn't sure how I was feeling about it when I was watching the episode, but the actor really sold it to me, and the more I think about it, the more I like it. To me, Gabriel has been trying to stop the prophecy when we saw it before - it makes more sense, because if he really thought fate was inevitable, why intervene? As it didn't work, he's desillusioned, but like you I'm not convinced that's what he really thinks. And I hope he'll become an ally in the future!

[bardicvoice]

Thanks, Elsa! Nothing too bad - just work being nuts, and the never-ending remodeling on my house continuing to be never-ending. I had hopes it would finally wrap up this week, but no luck. There were days I had exactly one chair to sit on, in one room - not conducive to writing! But when I go home tonight (hanging out in an internet cafe at the moment, to give the guys a little more time to work), I should finally find the place put together enough that I'll be able to start unpacking the boxes that I filled back in June. Sixty boxes just of books ... and I finally have most of the bookshelves in place to receive them. Yay

[yourlibrarian]

Sam being cast as infected in the genital herpes commercial while Dean was assigned the off-camera role of narrating all the undesirable side effects of the treatment could have been yet another reflection of Sam literally having been infected by and having had sex with a demon, while Dean’s warnings about consequences went unheeded. Sam being turned into the Impala put him literally in the position of being dominated and driven by Dean - exactly what Sam most resents - even as it made Sam an integral part of something Dean loves and cherishes.

I really like your take on those, yes.

I’ll be interested to see eventually if God chose to disappear in order to give his creation the full sense of its ability to choose, independent of his presence arguing that here was one who already knew how everything would happen and thus must happen

Hmm! Well, that certainly puts a new spin on John's disappearance in S1.