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

[fanspired]

Supernatural, Season 1
Episode 9, “Home”
Written by Eric Kripke
Directed by Ken Girotti

Warning: image heavy post
Some brief reference to mental health issues
If I could pinpoint exactly when I ceased to be a casual viewer of Supernatural and became a full-on fan, “Home” would certainly be one of the major contributing episodes. The first Demon

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[roxymissrose]

I watched this today just as I opened my email and saw this! I've got thoughts that I want to share, but I must wait until my tiny overlord is in bed!

I'm rewatching more or less and I'm constantly stunned at how much the camera loved them in those days. Ah, it was all down to the WB and the pretty young things they pushed then, plus a truly atmospheric way of shooting and lighting scenes--down to Kim Manners? Anyhoo, gorgeous, and yeah, about when I started falling for Dean too., Poor Sammy. He took a while to snag me, but I still felt for him in these eps.

[fanspired]

It took me a while to fall for Sam like I did Dean, but I fell for Sam/Dean as a gestalt entity much sooner. I think I started to become a Sam girl from writing Dean's pov in the serial, and seeing Sam through his eyes.

[roxymissrose]

For me, it was writing Sam looking at Dean, and realizing just how much Dean meant to him, just how much the world screwed him over again and again. I mean, Sam was a bit self-centered, sure, and took Dean for granted, but that was the little sib/big sib dynamic. Sometimes it takes years and years before you let your sibling grow up--ask Dean about that. ;D

Anyhoo, I tend to view eps in terms of fanfic, and this one was a*goldmine!* There was so much backstory hinted at, and the kind of relationship that they had for seasons started to get laid down here, I think, what with Dean going behind Sam's back. I might be wrong, but Sam seems more open here than he does in subsequent years. But that might be me looking at it now through Sam-tinted glasses.

[fanspired]

I think the trouble is, when the brothers do open up to each other, their worst fears of what'll happen if they do tend to be confirmed more often that not. It doesn't exactly encourage an open and honest relationship! :(

[bratfarrar]

Fabulous recap! You caught some details I missed. If you're up for it, this would definitely be worth linking to over on positively-spn.livejournal.com. (I wouldn't normally suggest this kind of thing on someone's personal LJ, but fandom has gotten so quiet on this site, I want to share things when I find them.)

[fanspired]

Thanks for reading and commenting! I usually post links on positively and on all_spn whenever I post a new review. I'll be posting links to this one shortly. I saw your Dead in the Water post! I'm looking forward to reading that later today :)

[bratfarrar]

Oh good! I've probably seen your positively_spn posts before and just not realized they were posted to the community and not just your personal blog. Though as you've probably been able to tell from the flurry of activity on my own blog, I've been away from LJ for a while and am still catching up with everything again.

[fanspired]

It's great to see you back on LJ! I'm enjoying your recaps, and I'm impressed by the way you promote them on Positively. I've emulated you a little for my own promo, if you'll forgive me :)

[casey28]

Great recap!

The deleted scene with Guenther is new to me. I wish they'd kept it in the ep, especially for Dean's reaction, with him having a hard time keeping up his cop persona. It felt a lot more personal.

[fanspired]

Thanks! :)

The early seasons DVDs were a mine of extra scenes and interviews that were full of insights about the creators' intentions. The later DVDs dropped the deleted scenes, which I think was a pity :(

[galatera_grass]

"the casting director had a type" - this is very correctly noticed))

"Daughter Sari appears in her jammies and complains there’s something in her closet, and we recall that, in the pilot, Sam revealed he was afraid of the thing in his closet when he was nine". - I don’t see any parallels at all until I read it from someone))

"As for Sam, he just looks so young in this scene". - this is the best illustration of Sam's puppy eyes))

Thank you for posting about the deleted scene with Gunther. It's really very interesting. I didn't know about it before. Thanks for the review

[fanspired]

The early seasons DVD box sets had a wealth of special features like deleted scenes and interviews with the cast and crew. The deleted scenes were dropped in later seasons though, sadly. I don't know why.

Thanks so much for reading and commenting :)))

[dragonardhill]

Great recap. So many wonderful tidbits in this episode!

[fanspired]

It's definitely one of my all time favourites :) Thanks for reading and commenting!