As soon as it started I thought "Ash is gonna love this with all the Sam whump". This is an ep that I watched and enjoyed while I was watching it and then at the end was all "hold on a sec, what?" It probably should have been a two-parter. I'm going to have to watch again, for sure. Not only was there all the Sam stuff, the Cas with a wife, the Meg, the hospital, the demons, the Dean, the trenchcoat still in the trunk with blood stains, and the haunted girl, we had more of what I'm guessing must be Bobby's ghost? Part of it seems like now they've only got a few episodes left and with renewal still up in the air, the big Leviathan plot has to go somewhere so lets wrap up all the plot lines at once.
Jared rocked it though. Wow Sam, just wow.
I'm baffled about the Lucifer thing now. If he's just hallucination, how does Cas take that and why does it cause red lightning under the skin? If he's physically part of Sam, how did part of him get out of the cage or is it like how angels can get to you in dreams? What does that do to Dean's claim that he's not real? How come sedatives weren't working if this is in Sam's head?
The other part that bugs me is that they spent the whole season breaking these boys down by taking everything. We had to go through Bobby dying, for heaven's sake. Why do that to them (and us) if Cas can get Sam functional in two minutes and then is available along with a demon to add extra fire power for the Leviathan battle?
I can be patient and give them an episode or two to get it together but I have admit to not having missed angels or demons this season. I really like the human as prey dealing with a predator and having to solve it as humans. I liked real life stuff like mental illness, drinking, and bad driving as the stuff that was getting these guys. None of us get the easy angel fix on that stuff and it made it cool to be battling the same crap as these guys for a change. That stuff can be scary as hell.
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Date: 2012-03-25 03:20 am (UTC)Jared rocked it though. Wow Sam, just wow.
I'm baffled about the Lucifer thing now. If he's just hallucination, how does Cas take that and why does it cause red lightning under the skin? If he's physically part of Sam, how did part of him get out of the cage or is it like how angels can get to you in dreams? What does that do to Dean's claim that he's not real? How come sedatives weren't working if this is in Sam's head?
The other part that bugs me is that they spent the whole season breaking these boys down by taking everything. We had to go through Bobby dying, for heaven's sake. Why do that to them (and us) if Cas can get Sam functional in two minutes and then is available along with a demon to add extra fire power for the Leviathan battle?
I can be patient and give them an episode or two to get it together but I have admit to not having missed angels or demons this season. I really like the human as prey dealing with a predator and having to solve it as humans. I liked real life stuff like mental illness, drinking, and bad driving as the stuff that was getting these guys. None of us get the easy angel fix on that stuff and it made it cool to be battling the same crap as these guys for a change. That stuff can be scary as hell.
But Sam, wow Sam. He's grown up so much.