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Things I Love About Season 1: Skin (Part 1)

Jul 25, 2021 15:23

Supernatural, Season 1
Episode 6, “Skin”
Written by John Shiban
Directed by Robert Duncan McNeill.

WARNING: This is a very dark and confronting episode. It contains images of sexualized violence and deals with overt themes of misogyny and violence against women.
My review does the same.

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Comments 17

kazluvsbooks July 25 2021, 13:22:22 UTC

Very interesting, as always!
Love the comparisons to other seasons!
And yes, when I first watched the episode, I had no idea it was Dean at the beginning. I remember being so shocked!

fanspired July 27 2021, 02:08:22 UTC

Totally! Glad you enjoyed it. I'll be posting part 2 next weekend :)

borgmama1of5 July 25 2021, 17:06:44 UTC

Fascinating (and deep) analysis.

What hooked me on Supernatural was the underlying psychology to the boys that made pretty consistent sense.

fanspired July 27 2021, 02:07:18 UTC

Absolutely. The early writers really knew their stuff. Every episode built and developed the boys' characters completely convincingly.

Thanks for reading and commenting :)

amberdreams July 30 2021, 07:39:54 UTC

Interesting - both the analysis, and that I still want to read it after all this time and so many viewings! You'd have thought we'd have got bored with it by now, but here we are...! 😁👍

Good point about John Shiban's writing - we lost so many great writers along the way, sadly.

fanspired July 30 2021, 09:42:58 UTC

Indeed. And here I am, still unpacking these episodes after all this time.

At least in Shiban's place we got Ben Edlund, but he was the last of the greats. Once Edlund left, we were left with the also-rans :(

dragonardhill July 31 2021, 17:10:01 UTC

First read through and so many thoughts. Coming back to write detailed comment later!

fanspired August 1 2021, 08:12:39 UTC

Thank you. And thanks so much for the repost!

dragonardhill July 31 2021, 22:26:05 UTC

God bless Kripke and his fascination with dark, twisted sexualization O.O. It’s disturbingly delightful ( ... )

fanspired August 1 2021, 08:23:11 UTC

It's just the first season where the streaming services didn't get the right music. Some sort of copyright problem, I believe, but I don't know the details. From season 2 onwards, I believe the music is the same as the original.

Yes, the opening scene is marvelous, and I haven't finished talking about it. The most telling and disturbing image is yet to come.

I think what we see in Sam as the seasons progress is a dramatization, in Jungian terms, of the primary consciousness being overwhelmed by the shadow

A lot happens in episode 6 that we've been waiting for, consciously or otherwise! :D

Thanks so much for reading and commenting. I really appreciate it.

Btw, just a heads up: I've posted part 2 or this rewatch now :)