SPN 6: Both good and original....

[themonkeytwin]

... but the part that is good is not original and the part that is original is not good.
- Samuel Johnson (attributed)

Hooookay. Season 6.

Lemme say a few things upfront: I didn't hate it. And as far as hand-over wobbles go, both story-arc- and management-wise, it could have been worse. A lot worse. It's still Show, individual episodes were still

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[bitterlimetwist]

"I even enjoyed Red Sky, and have never quite managed to pinpoint what everyone found so awful about it."

I don't hate Red Sky, but I'm pretty sure what everyone hated (and it's what I find least enjoyable about the ep.) is the old lady hitting on Sam. It kind of smacks of laughing at women once they're of a certain age. Although I wouldn't have found it funny if it had been an old man groping Bella, so there you go. Mileage and all that.

"Because everything WAS off, along with Sam and especially Dean, and I felt like the season tonally reflected that really well."

This is exactly why I came around to it; thematically it's very strong.

"And that's what I liked about it. :)"

Interesting! I'm going to keep all this in mind if I ever get the urge to rewatch.

[themonkeytwin]

Oh, yes. Spn's version of the "cougar". I didn't find that as funny as the writers obviously did, and I can see why some people would be outraged by it, but I didn't mind it much myself. I don't expect everyone to see it my way, but for me, it wasn't a problem

[bitterlimetwist]

All this talk about Red Sky meant that I had to go watch it, and I was surprised by how little there actually was of Gert groping Sam. It's one of those tricks of the mind, where the part you liked the least is the part you remember the best. And when she grabbed his ass, and told him he was firm all over? I laughed. So I'm full of shit. Also, I really like this

[themonkeytwin]

Hey, sorry, got distracted by this last class thing. Blech.

Yay for redeeming episodes! That's one of the best things about meta, is that both your own and others', is how it brings out things you never saw before and can make you appreciate genuinely good-quality things much more.

I mean, they really made his choices so much worse - but I like that.

Oh, me too, and I love what you point out about the shift in timing (and thus motive) for his selling his soul. I hadn't really thought about that before. I mean, ALL the most sympathetic aspects of that occurred inter-season - and we had to learn about them all all at once when he told Dean, rather than take each agonizing step with him. Gah! *hugs Sammy*

[bitterlimetwist]

"That's one of the best things about meta, is that both your own and others', is how it brings out things you never saw before and can make you appreciate genuinely good-quality things much more."

That's why I'm obsessed with meta. But in a totally healthy way, of course. *shifty eyes*

"the shift in timing (and thus motive) for his selling his soul."

We lost episodes because of the strike, but gained a more complex and interesting story. Win, I'd say.

"ALL the most sympathetic aspects of that occurred inter-season - and we had to learn about them all all at once when he told Dean, rather than take each agonizing step with him."

I never had a problem with that, although I've just recently come across a fair number who do. So much of S4 was Sam struggling to decide what he should do, so that was inherently sympathetic to me. 4.09, for me, was about showing his devastation after Dean's death, and how Ruby got him to trust her.