9.23 reaction

[ash48]

I had a huge reaction post written out but decided it was far too negative and started to make me cry so I decided not to post it.

I will say that I didn't mind watching the episode (made all the better because I had zebra363 with me) but in all honesty it left me feeling pretty much nothing. Empty. Blank. Perhaps a bit annoyed, frustrated and sad.

I love these characters too much to see them wasted like this. To have them at odds all season just so we can have "near" apology scenes and confessions of "I lied". :(

For a whole season to mean absolutely nothing. To have gone absolutely no where. *sobs* (and not the good *sobs* - only S8 and S9 have reduced me to tears over loss of the show I fell in love with).

I need more time to process. I'm sure I will shake these blues away and find something salvageable here.

Though I'm thinking until Carver leaves I'll never see the Sam and Dean I grew to love.

I'd say they've already created their spin off. We watched it this season.

(PS: please, if you loved it and want to squee please feel free. I need to know it's worth hanging on to. I need to know that this is just all part of a plan to build this show back to something we recognise. I need to know that they didn't make Sam say important stuff only to have it completely and utterly ignored for a reason. I need to know that this hasn't just become the worst, predictable, most boring, fan servicing pile of... )

Comments

[zubeneschamali.livejournal.com]

For me, so much of this ep was anti-climactic because they've done it before. When Sam died in AHBL, that was genuinely shocking. When Dean died in NRFTW, it was surprising that a whole season devoted to saving Dean had come up short. When Sam fell into the pit in Swan Song, it wasn't just that he was dead, it was that he was trapped in the cage with Lucifer and there was no way to bring him back. When Dean died here, the only suspense was, "Well, how are they going to bring him back?" We've been Mystery Spot-ed enough times now that it's only a matter of waiting for "Heat of the Moment" to start playing again.

[ash48.livejournal.com]

For me, so much of this ep was anti-climactic because they've done it before.

Yes, at the heart my problem with this episode is that it lacked that impact. And actually, the climax was the demon eyes. It's almost like they threw in a death scene because they wanted that high level of emotion - it wasn't the most important thing. I've seen many complaints that it was rushed - which makes sense looking back at it because the death was only a way to get to the final scene.

I dunno. I think I was really hoping that the "twist" that had been mentioned was really going to be a proper twist. No idea why I thought I could get my hopes up about that.