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green_appleI love plots people, I do. Plots deserve an especial place in Heaven. There was a point for Samuel Colt to have been the one capable of fabricating a demon-killing gun. The guy had things very clear.
And now that the lines are broken (best idea ever, to create such a trap to block the entry to Hell, btw), shouldn’t we also fear the possibility of the demons that have already been set loose to go back to the cemetery and release a few more?
Oh, the war’s begun! Yay for finishing plot lines and not, y’know, hang onto to them and carry them until the eighth season has to see them get wrapped rather hurriedly and carelessly, thus disappointingly.
Mary’s death vengeance is done.
Now the boys have to find a way to reverse the deal (there is always fine print, peeps, always) and hunt like hunting things that hunt. Because it’s on.
And I still can’t get over that. I’ve never seen such a thing as a show providing answers before it had to. I love our show!
Of course John would climb out of Hell at the first chance. I bet he’d been waiting around the gate as soon as he found out what was happening out there. And he got a hair cut and shaved just to flirt with the Gate’s Guardian who happened to be a very fine lady-demon. Nothing happened of course, he’s too smart and she’s way too dumb, but still, it’s a funny picture in my mind. A sly smile when she asked what in the hill sam was he doing around those parts instead of being getting tortured where he was supposed to be… “well, ma’am, I’m here just to say hello. I’m going back just now, but before that, I wanted to drop by ::insert mischievous look here:: and see how you were doin’. Can’t blame a man for wonderin’, now can ya?” at which said demon-lady would cover her mouth and giggle in her hand before covering it up with a “Ahem” because she was highly suspicious of this Winchester one, but hey, if he wanted to play? She was in for it…
Ah, yeah, got carried away. Sorry. I just missed John so much.
And he didn’t say anything; he just smiled at them, so damn proud of them. Of Dean for finally offing the demon. And Sam, letting them have that moment, knowing that it meant the world for Dean to have his father look at him like that. Oh, boys.
Dean’s “don’t get mad at me. Don’t you do that” broke my heart, he was such a little boy there. All he wanted was Sam’s approval, understanding. He needed to be told he wasn’t alone, Sam was there and they were gonna see this through. I don’t think Dean would have been able to cope with Sam’s anger and rejection, even if it were just a phase for Sam, it would forever haunt Dean, no matter what Sam said, or did, that moment when Sam turned his back on him was gonna be everything Dean would ever see. I’m so glad Sam was mature about it.
Yes, Dean was ten kinds of stupid there, but he was also the one taking on the charge that someone needed to take on. As usual.
That scene with Bobby and Dean in the junkyard, pitch perfect. Bobby’s despair, mixed with anger, and this overwhelming sadness. And Dean trying to make him understand. Dean breaks me in so, so many ways I can’t even make fun of it.
“What’s dead should stay dead” huh. I knew that one was coming, but that YED said it? It adds certain ambiguity to it. I’m still working on that one.
That Dean was the one to kill the demon made my life. He deserved that, needed that.
But we still don’t know where did Mary know the demon from. I thought we’d hear something about it. That kind of made it slightly bitter for me (adding to Ash’s death) but it’s a minor detail that I’m willing to let go in favor of bigger and better things.
I heart Kim Manners. His style is impeccable; those 360 degrees shots are golden. The way he gets things to feel so personal, so private is just beautiful. You know, you can say all you want about actors and their skills, but without a good director, those skills can be meaningless because they will not be called for, or maybe they will not be exposed properly on the screen. So Kim Manners deserves kudos for this one.
Same goes to the actors, all of them. Even that guy that played Jake, I’m not so sure he’s all that great an actor, but he pulled it off convincingly, I think.
The YED in all his snarky glory “Oh, my. I’m shocked at this unforeseen turn of the events”. I love that this guy (what’s he’s name?) doesn’t over-act at all (there should be an award for the casting department of this show), it all feels so organic, and he really sends the message of what he is. Reminds me of possessed!John, just in another body, and that is great writing/acting, dudes. Just like that Meg-possessed-Sam ep.
Ellen’s devastation when she was explaining how she had escaped the fire. Her relief when she ran into Dean and Bobby. “Whisky now, if you don’t mind” Yeah, I love her a lot. We finally see her hunting, for real. The roommate used to think that she’d never done it, she just knew about it and dealt with it because of Bill, but she’d never gone out to hunt something, and here she is, providing the information about what that door was and closing it herself (plus Bobby, and Sam’s ungentlemanly handing over) and then so in control, when everything was over. Hell, even while holding a gun to her head against her will she was in control, I would have been a quivering mess, begging for my life or some such. Go Ellen. And go Samantha Ferris for playing her in all of her awesomeness (Ellen’s, don’t know about Samantha’s, though there’s gotta be some, I mean to play Ellen like that)
Bobby’s face when he saw Sammy in his doorstep, alive and sound; he was… well, I don’t have words for that. He just couldn’t believe it, the wheels in his mind were already spinning, trying to figure out what was going on, what had Dean done. While tying to roll with it, trying to understand the game before he stepped up into it.
Sam was everything I’d hoped him to be. I’ve said this before and I’ll never get tired of saying it, Jared Padalecki has improved a hell of a lot in this show. In this episode he was touching in a way he’s seldom been before, at least to my likings, anyway. That look of innocence and puzzlement when Sam woke up; I didn’t love the overreaction when Dean told him that Jake got away though, I think he sill needs to work a bit on that, but even then I liked it. When he shot Jake a grand total of seven times, there was a bit too much coldness there, which makes me wary. Of something. And that final scene, the play of changing emotions was done very skillfully, imo; suspicion mixed with the hope that he’s wrong, but at the same time knowing he’s not; his attempts at keeping his tears at bay; that moment when he realized what Dean had done, what he’d really done; when anger turned to sadness and determination to get Dean out of this jam. That was beautiful to watch.
Dean. Well, Dean deserves an entire post of his own. That application for the Emmys? Totally well-deserved. I congratulate Jensen Ackles in a standing ovation. Everything was there. The anger, the sadness, the desperation, the hope, that childish glee at the end when Sam didn’t hate him and the hunt was on, like no matter what, everything was right with the world. Well, his world anyway. I’m trying to tell which was my favorite scene and I just can’t, each one I think of, leads me to the next and so on and on. How come this man has had so little exposure so far? It’s beyond me, really.
That brainstorming scene was lovely. Hunters in their element, all of them working in team and just knowing that the other was their equal, knowing what they were up against. It makes me so happy. There’s a certain intensity to it, I don’t know how to explain it, but it sort of portrays their craft in a way that we hadn’t seen before. You know what I mean?
“Carry On My Wayward Son”… yeah ::happy sigh::
Well, I’m ending it now, because I didn’t mean to make this post so long, it just happened and if I don’t cut it off now, I might get swamped in it for much longer that I can afford.
I have knots in my stomach! This is what this show does to me, peeps. I’m so excited/crushed for next season. I mean, I’m excited because there’s gonna be a third season, and it has so much potential! But I’m crushed because it’s not gonna happen until September and we’re not there yet.
What on Earth am I gonna do with myself until then? ::fidgets::
Jesus H. Christ. That’s quality television, right there.
P.S.: Where did they forget Jo? I keep picturing her walking by some roadside, alone, cold and damn pissed at the writers that forgot to write her a ride, and to top it all up, they didn’t even give her one freaking back roads driver to hitchhike to. Poor thing. I should not be this worried about her, but then again, they did kill Ash, so… my concern is legitimate.
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Date: 5/19/07 04:49 (UTC)Aaah, but they need the gun to open the gate, and I'm thinking, the gun with an actual bullet inside (otherwise why would the Demon be stupid enough to leave it there??)
I agree with what you said 'bout Jo... Dude!! Not that many people like her, I get it! But people liked Ash, and you killed him off!!! They could at least tell us if Jo was in there or if she wasn't. I'm guessing she wasn't, otherwise Ellen would've been rabbid mad, don't you think?
Awesome Epi, huh?? *sigh* Man, I don't know what I'll do this "summer"... lol! ;P
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Date: 5/19/07 19:59 (UTC)At first it was more like she didn't rub me one way or the other, but then we had "No Exit" and I understood what was it about her, she wasn't at Dean's level, she was too young, too much on a crush, then I changed the way I saw her and found the charm of her character. BUABS was just the frosting for the cake, that "no, you won't" really made her grow up to my eyes. And now they ignore her? Yeah, there would have been no reasoning with Ellen after that.
This summer, I'm most likely to freeze my ass off. There were plans to get me to Dallas with the bro, but I don't know, it'd be for two weeks and then, the temp changes would drive me crazy. Nah, I don't think I'll go...
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Date: 5/19/07 20:59 (UTC)I don't know if it's Alona or what, but whenever I see Jo I cringe, because she's not as strong as I pictured her when they said they were going to include a female character as Dean's love interest... Now, as lon g as she gets over her crush on Dean, I think she would be an awesome character, and I've said before, I'm quite attached to On-Paper-Jo, you know? I like to read fiction about her, and I'm sort of of a Jo/Sam shipper... yeah, I'm not very Canon in any of my fandoms... XD
You should go to Dallas!! Hey, maybe your brother can get you a ticket to see A Few Good Men... You should totally go! You're from Dallas??
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Date: 5/19/07 21:11 (UTC)Yeah, it locked itself. You know the five-points star that fell into place when Dean pulled out the gun? It disarrenged itself again when they closed the doors.
Alona is good, I know this from VM. And yeah, that was my main issue, as a love interest for Dean she just didn't quite fit. But as an independent character? I think there's a lot of potential for her, unlike Dean and Sam, who we met already being what they are, she get the chance to grow before our eyes, to mature and become a great character. There are many shades that can be peeled from the boys, but with Jo, I think we could see those shades get built. And I think such a process would be just as interesting as the opposite.
Sam/Jo forever!
Yeah, I am from Dallas. The asshole is going himself! for me, but he's going!
If I went it'd be for august, for my birthday more specifically. That's why the temp change would be so meaningful, there they'll be in the middle of summer, while here I'll be in winter. And Texas' summer are something to think of...
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Date: 5/19/07 21:15 (UTC)What are you studying anyway?
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Date: 5/19/07 21:21 (UTC)Yeah, I miss home something terrible. But we're a tight bunch, so distance is not a big deal.
I only came here because I didn't feel like going to UTD, which the option in the States, and back in Vzla, well things ain't looking so pretty, so yeah. And Argentina came to be because my mom married an argentinian and he put the option on the table for me.
Psychology. I wanna specialize on the social aspect later on, but that's still just an idea.
You live in Bs As, right?
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Date: 5/19/07 21:31 (UTC)Well, I'm glad someone chose an Argentinian University with all the options Americans have back at their home...
I'm in Buenos Aires, that's right... If you even come, let me know! We can hang out! Maybe you could come with your really cool college buddies, who watch SN and DA... XD!
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Date: 5/19/07 21:39 (UTC)Actually, I am gonna be going to Baires next week. That's why I was asking, it'd be awesome to get together and squee in person!
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Date: 5/20/07 00:18 (UTC)no subject
Date: 5/20/07 18:23 (UTC)Llego en la mañana, pero no tengo idea cuando me desocupe, lo único que sé es que para las 12 ya no tengo nada que hacer porque cierra el Consulado. Y me voy a la noche, así que si tienes algún momento libre en ese período de tiempo, avísame. Quizá podamos acordar algo. :)
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Date: 5/20/07 18:43 (UTC)no subject
Date: 5/19/07 05:58 (UTC)anyway. Jo. she's off on her own hunting...uhm. i like Jo too.
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Date: 5/19/07 20:03 (UTC)In this one... words fail me.
Maybe that'll be a plot line for next season. Maybe they'll show hoW Jo handles the loss of the Roadhouse, and how she goes back with her mother but not as a child anymore, but as a grown-up. One can only hope.
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Date: 5/19/07 20:26 (UTC)we shall see about S3... only Kripke knows for sure!
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Date: 5/19/07 20:34 (UTC)I wonder if the man really knows what he does to us?
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Date: 5/19/07 20:42 (UTC)no subject
Date: 5/19/07 21:01 (UTC)I know they're all very much aware of our fandom's movements and tendencies, but then again, he supposedly had all this lined out from the beginning, so I have a split opinion there.
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Date: 5/19/07 21:10 (UTC)but then he goes and has a photoshoot, and looks deliciously hotter than the last time and my brain turns to mush...
... yeah, i'm good. *thud*
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Date: 5/19/07 21:17 (UTC)I was talking about EK. But Jensen works too, because he too seems somewhat naïve on the suject. Not too much, just a tad bit on the clueless side of it, like he doesn't really get it, y'know?
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Date: 5/19/07 21:30 (UTC)and yeah, i yanno. :D
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Date: 5/19/07 21:35 (UTC)That's why I like him so much. He comes across as this very honest, very regular guy, who nonetheless is a professional and that means he is in touch with his lot in this life he's chosen. That's mature I think...
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Date: 5/19/07 23:34 (UTC)no subject
Date: 5/19/07 21:19 (UTC)no subject
Date: 5/19/07 21:23 (UTC)Maybe for a few minutes on tha random ep...
Here's to hope!
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Date: 5/19/07 21:31 (UTC)hopefully, she'll have a guest spot?
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Date: 5/19/07 21:32 (UTC)no subject
Date: 5/19/07 23:34 (UTC)