Episode reaction
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astri13Saw my clip of 2.02.
- OMG, an honest to God "Return of the Jedi" funeral pyre. I don`t really know how I feel about that. On one hand it was well acted with Sam in tears and Dean in stone practically, but for one tear. On the other hand with all the Star Wars allusions constantly being made by Kripke I don`t know if I feel comfortable about ripping off whole scenes. Hopefully not plotlines too.
I love SW but SPN should do its own thing.
- Confrontation the First: Dean is trying to be his typical "I`m always okay" snarky self. And it`s obvious to me he is like a missile, counting T-10 till launch.
And Sam is trying so hard to be helpful but you can already see they`re gonna come to blows
- Roadhouse introduction: Is this thing in the middle of nowhere? I`m having "From Dusk till Dawn" flashbacks here.
Only thing I saw off Ash was him sleeping on the pool table, so I can`t comment.
Hated the punch, sorry it`s a terrible meet cute cliché and it made a ridiculous noise like she really had superpowers. And sorry again but she doesn`t look like she can pack a punch at all. Well, neiter do I but the matter is: I can`t.
The whole set-up were they get the drop on the guys is also one of these scenarios I would be clicking away if it was a fanfic. I thought the whole point of these people is that they`re in fact NOT out in the field. To use a military allegory they more or less have a desk job. It would be like they got the drop on some Marines freshly from the field. I don`t buy it and I felt like it forcibly showed how awesome they are. Something I always react badly to.
Ellen? Didn`t see much of her either but I hope she doesn`t become InstaFamily. That`s a title that has to be earned through years of BEING there for somebody. Don`t care if she boinked John. They`re all strangers here. That said, she seemed okay in the little I saw of her. Kind of bland really, didn`t elicit a strong reaction either way.
And for the record, why did John never mention the bar and everything to his sons? Why did he never bring them? Makes me think there is something about all of that that he didn`t want his kids to be part of.
Jo and Dean. Like her mother Jo didn`t elicit much of a reaction from me either and I think I caught everything about her. She was so obviously set up as love interest and not much of a character as much as I could see. Just simply bland. *shrug*
And no, they didn`t have chemistry at all. The casting department seems to take an unholy glee in casting the potential love interest like that. With the exception of Sarah I didn`t buy a single one and thought the boys did have awesome chem with some of the chick of the weeks.
Acting-wise? It felt flat to me. Okay, wasn`t much of character in the first place but some actors manage to still bring sparkle to such small parts. I didn`t feel it here. Not horrible like the Cassie-actress but nothing to write home about.
Have to say something about dialogue though. Her line about how all the hunters always try to get in her pants and she is just so much cooler than that? Maybe in reaction to full-on Horndog!Dean but boy that was so half-assed, painful flirting if I ever saw one. Needless to point out how you`re not interested, honey as he doesn`t really seem to be either. :)
And the ending felt ten kinds of forced. "Quick, lets have a connection, even though we`ve spoken like 20 words and the guy obviously is otherwise occupied for the time being."
I love that they show Dean as not interested in romance right now because hello, anything else would be character assassination but unless they can drum up some serious sparkage in future episodes, any realtionship will fall flat on its face.
Okay, onto the juice stuff.
Confrontation the second on the road. Wow, Dean spectacularly lashed out here. No problem admitting that. He is a flawed human being after all and the response was realistic and in character.
Didn`t make it any less painful to watch. He really layed it on Sam. It WAS hurtful. It was also truthful and there is nothing that can hurt like the truth.
I felt for Sam here with his: "Why are you saying this to me?" He was crushed and I think unused to have Dean be like this to him. And he did act out of good intentions, it was just again with the projecting and pushing. It`s their old problem of non-communication. Pretty much like Shadow, only this time Dean went for the jugular in response.
Dean-missile is now at T-5 till launch. :)
Confrontation the third:
Poor Sam tries to apologize and blames himself and generally nearly bawls. And Dean does NOTHING. He just looks at him, doesn`t try to comfort him, doesn`t try to alleviate his guilt, nothing. Anywhere in Season 1 I would have screamed OOC at the top of my lungs but not now because that is burn-out extra-ordinaire. He is incapable of consoling Sam here, heck he is incapable of dealing with himself.
Dean-missile. 3-2-1-0-and BOOM. Goes off on the poor defenseless Metallicar. Wow, that was a powerful scene. And it`s exactly what happens when somebody always internalizes everything like Dean did for x freaking years. Sooner or later a meltdown happens and it will be worse because suddenly everything comes out.
I`m guessing Dean is angry here at Dad mostly. At himself for lying? Scared because of the secret? Man, I hope they won`t dredge it out too long. *frets*
Kudos to the acting by JA and JP who continues to amaze me this Season.
Overall impression of the episode from what I`ve seen: nowhere near as good as the Premiere but rock-solid.
- OMG, an honest to God "Return of the Jedi" funeral pyre. I don`t really know how I feel about that. On one hand it was well acted with Sam in tears and Dean in stone practically, but for one tear. On the other hand with all the Star Wars allusions constantly being made by Kripke I don`t know if I feel comfortable about ripping off whole scenes. Hopefully not plotlines too.
I love SW but SPN should do its own thing.
- Confrontation the First: Dean is trying to be his typical "I`m always okay" snarky self. And it`s obvious to me he is like a missile, counting T-10 till launch.
And Sam is trying so hard to be helpful but you can already see they`re gonna come to blows
- Roadhouse introduction: Is this thing in the middle of nowhere? I`m having "From Dusk till Dawn" flashbacks here.
Only thing I saw off Ash was him sleeping on the pool table, so I can`t comment.
Hated the punch, sorry it`s a terrible meet cute cliché and it made a ridiculous noise like she really had superpowers. And sorry again but she doesn`t look like she can pack a punch at all. Well, neiter do I but the matter is: I can`t.
The whole set-up were they get the drop on the guys is also one of these scenarios I would be clicking away if it was a fanfic. I thought the whole point of these people is that they`re in fact NOT out in the field. To use a military allegory they more or less have a desk job. It would be like they got the drop on some Marines freshly from the field. I don`t buy it and I felt like it forcibly showed how awesome they are. Something I always react badly to.
Ellen? Didn`t see much of her either but I hope she doesn`t become InstaFamily. That`s a title that has to be earned through years of BEING there for somebody. Don`t care if she boinked John. They`re all strangers here. That said, she seemed okay in the little I saw of her. Kind of bland really, didn`t elicit a strong reaction either way.
And for the record, why did John never mention the bar and everything to his sons? Why did he never bring them? Makes me think there is something about all of that that he didn`t want his kids to be part of.
Jo and Dean. Like her mother Jo didn`t elicit much of a reaction from me either and I think I caught everything about her. She was so obviously set up as love interest and not much of a character as much as I could see. Just simply bland. *shrug*
And no, they didn`t have chemistry at all. The casting department seems to take an unholy glee in casting the potential love interest like that. With the exception of Sarah I didn`t buy a single one and thought the boys did have awesome chem with some of the chick of the weeks.
Acting-wise? It felt flat to me. Okay, wasn`t much of character in the first place but some actors manage to still bring sparkle to such small parts. I didn`t feel it here. Not horrible like the Cassie-actress but nothing to write home about.
Have to say something about dialogue though. Her line about how all the hunters always try to get in her pants and she is just so much cooler than that? Maybe in reaction to full-on Horndog!Dean but boy that was so half-assed, painful flirting if I ever saw one. Needless to point out how you`re not interested, honey as he doesn`t really seem to be either. :)
And the ending felt ten kinds of forced. "Quick, lets have a connection, even though we`ve spoken like 20 words and the guy obviously is otherwise occupied for the time being."
I love that they show Dean as not interested in romance right now because hello, anything else would be character assassination but unless they can drum up some serious sparkage in future episodes, any realtionship will fall flat on its face.
Okay, onto the juice stuff.
Confrontation the second on the road. Wow, Dean spectacularly lashed out here. No problem admitting that. He is a flawed human being after all and the response was realistic and in character.
Didn`t make it any less painful to watch. He really layed it on Sam. It WAS hurtful. It was also truthful and there is nothing that can hurt like the truth.
I felt for Sam here with his: "Why are you saying this to me?" He was crushed and I think unused to have Dean be like this to him. And he did act out of good intentions, it was just again with the projecting and pushing. It`s their old problem of non-communication. Pretty much like Shadow, only this time Dean went for the jugular in response.
Dean-missile is now at T-5 till launch. :)
Confrontation the third:
Poor Sam tries to apologize and blames himself and generally nearly bawls. And Dean does NOTHING. He just looks at him, doesn`t try to comfort him, doesn`t try to alleviate his guilt, nothing. Anywhere in Season 1 I would have screamed OOC at the top of my lungs but not now because that is burn-out extra-ordinaire. He is incapable of consoling Sam here, heck he is incapable of dealing with himself.
Dean-missile. 3-2-1-0-and BOOM. Goes off on the poor defenseless Metallicar. Wow, that was a powerful scene. And it`s exactly what happens when somebody always internalizes everything like Dean did for x freaking years. Sooner or later a meltdown happens and it will be worse because suddenly everything comes out.
I`m guessing Dean is angry here at Dad mostly. At himself for lying? Scared because of the secret? Man, I hope they won`t dredge it out too long. *frets*
Kudos to the acting by JA and JP who continues to amaze me this Season.
Overall impression of the episode from what I`ve seen: nowhere near as good as the Premiere but rock-solid.
