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... )

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[ash48.livejournal.com]

Hi. Some great thoughts here.

I think the death scene was cut short because it wasn't the climax of the show. I mean, it should have been given the same weight as a climax, but as they were basically heading for demon eyed Dean they weren't too interested in lingering on how Sam was feeling about Dean's death. I mean...why would they? None of the season has been about what Sam feels about anything so giving him any extra time to mourn his lost brother wouldn't be on the cards. I think Jared did the best he could with that short time though. And there was that gorgeous shot in the bunk with him drinking at least. It's weird though because Sam has grieved before - he had a whole year of it when Dean disappeared. And then when Dean went to hell. He's had to grieve his dead brother A LOT (and all those Mystery Spot deaths...). I would have loved some reference to that actually.

I love the idea that we are leading up to a proper Sam save - but I'm not holding on to much hope on anything next season. I hung on too long this season.

I am completely puzzled about how they are going create a long story line around demon!dean, unless he tries to let it go unnoticed. It seems like it will have to be resolved pretty quickly if they want to remain a MoTW type show. If they really are changing the landscape of the show then we might see the whole storyline take off in a new direction and no longer have the brothers hunting side by side. If that happens...well, I have no idea how I'll react to that.

The first few eps of next season will be the key to knowing how this will play out. I do hope that when they finally finish that they go out together. There has to finally be "peace" when they are done.
xx