RIGHT???? I CAN'T EVEN BEGIN TO START, I'M JUST GONNA GUSH LIKE A MADWOMAN.
Seriously though, the love of the show and the characters that everyone involved in this showed here, it's really somewhat remarkable. I'll probably never get over that we got a level of an episode of this caliber in the seventh year of the show. It's kind of unheard of, no?
It had my heart in my throat numerous times, the "I adopted two boys and they grew up great" was close. Somehow, I knew the "idgits" was coming as his last words, so that didn't get me quite hard enough. But them ending on that last memory had me by the throat, and then they had the boys disappear mid-memory and I just LOST it. Such a unique way to hit the final note, it totally blindsided me. Just killer.
I have so many words for Serge, but they can all basically be wrapped up in that Reaper entrance. Just DAMN, what a way to pull an episode together. It's been a while since I truly felt that "Movie a week" feel they used to shoot for. But this, damn, in spades. Classy is right.
No way they are chickening out after that. We basically had a two episode magnum opus to Bobby. They fired all cylinders for this. That doesn't happen in this show unless you are dead as a doornail. Not like we won't ever see Bobby again. But what matters is for Sam and Dean and to them, I'm pretty damn sure they just lost their great mentor for good. Guy Bee retweeted THIS, saying he couldn't agree more, so I think that was the prevailing set wisdom as well. He was given a hero's exit, indeed. *sniff, sniff*
Yaya! Glad to hear you can enjoy them, so much brainspace wasted on melody patterns if I don't share! :D
I loved it too -- thought it was the best episode in a long time hands down. It had great resonances, not to mention all the switching from red to blue bathed scenes -- and the final scene of the two boys watching the crash team work on a dead Bobby with the blue framed cage imagery caging them in.
thought it was the best episode in a long time hands down.
Yea, I started doing the backwards episode walk in my head and landed on Swan Song as the last time we got something so consciously emotionally effecting. Which was kinda surprising, but this episode earned its worth in spades.
not to mention all the switching from red to blue bathed scenes
Mmm, yes. There was multiple moments that had me rubbing my hands in delight. Everyone was firing all cylinders in this (and the stuff the script did practically had me offering Sera my first born) but the imagery created here was particularly something to behold. :)
And Serge posted on Twitter that he considered submitting this episode for Emmy consideration, but it was two days too late. :(
OH MAN, SERIOUSLY? That's a goddamn CRIME. Stupid Emmies. What kind of deadline is that, not even allowing for December midseason episode submission?
Whatever, the fans appreciated it, and this was by far one of his best works in a long time. To have something like that come out in the seventh season of a show, is kinda remarkable. For all parties involved really.
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Seriously though, the love of the show and the characters that everyone involved in this showed here, it's really somewhat remarkable. I'll probably never get over that we got a level of an episode of this caliber in the seventh year of the show. It's kind of unheard of, no?
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SERGE IS MY HERO!!! And Sera and Robert are right up there also. Plus the actors. Jim hit it out the park but the OCs in this were awesome too.
Classy ep. I loved it.
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I have so many words for Serge, but they can all basically be wrapped up in that Reaper entrance. Just DAMN, what a way to pull an episode together. It's been a while since I truly felt that "Movie a week" feel they used to shoot for. But this, damn, in spades. Classy is right.
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I adore your little notes about the music scores, always. *g*
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Yaya! Glad to hear you can enjoy them, so much brainspace wasted on melody patterns if I don't share! :D
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Yea, I started doing the backwards episode walk in my head and landed on Swan Song as the last time we got something so consciously emotionally effecting. Which was kinda surprising, but this episode earned its worth in spades.
not to mention all the switching from red to blue bathed scenes
Mmm, yes. There was multiple moments that had me rubbing my hands in delight. Everyone was firing all cylinders in this (and the stuff the script did practically had me offering Sera my first born) but the imagery created here was particularly something to behold. :)
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THIS.
And Serge posted on Twitter that he considered submitting this episode for Emmy consideration, but it was two days too late. :(
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OH MAN, SERIOUSLY? That's a goddamn CRIME. Stupid Emmies. What kind of deadline is that, not even allowing for December midseason episode submission?
Whatever, the fans appreciated it, and this was by far one of his best works in a long time. To have something like that come out in the seventh season of a show, is kinda remarkable. For all parties involved really.
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