I can't bring myself to review 10.09 at the moment

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I can't recall the last time I was so angry after a mid-season finale. Oh wait. Yes I can. After the season 8 mid-season finale.

Dear Show,

If I wanted to watch soapy drama about teenage angst and family dramas there are a gazzillion other shows I could watch. In fact, I'm currently watching The Originals - full of family strife and drama but I'm watching that KNOWING THAT THAT IS WHAT IT'S ABOUT. The last time I checked Supernatural was not ONLY about that stuff.

Yours so fucking faithfully that I need my head checked.


I'll stop because all I'll do is rant. I'm sure there were some wonderful moments but I'm too pissed that the mid-season finale was not only Winchester-lite but boring as bat shit (though actually batshit is likely to be more interesting).

And yes I know, I'm probably offending every person that follows me because that's all I seem to be able to do lately.

(though really I am sorry. I had a crappy start to the day, followed by a crappy day and I went into the episode in a craptastic mood and I had hoped it might have taken me out of it. Instead I ended up pissed off with it - which is very likely because of the mood I was in. Sadly. I just wasn't the slightest bit interested in any of it (which BOO because I was looking forward to Cas and Claire actually AND juicy MoC stuff).

I will take some time, read some reviews, adjust my mood/view and review this properly (with a poll) later.

Comments

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I honestly think my mood made me "hate" it. I'm pretty sure if I watched it again (which I will do) I'll just be "meh" about it rather than so angry.

Not only was it absolutely ridiculous, it seemed utterly pointless. It wasn't funny, it wasn't moving, it wasn't a moral lesson.

I agree. It was kind of weird. I kept waiting for the punch line and then nothing happened. I always like hearing about John but I felt like it was a bit of retcon. John was established as a pretty bad dad and this felt like they were smoothing it all over and saying "it's ok to be neglected and put in danger because he did his best". I don't know. I'll have to think more on this bit.

The Crowley and Rowena story, once again was interesting,

Yeah.../o\ I'm going to have to actually watch those scenes. I was not in the least bit interested at the time. I liked Rowena before so I'll have to give her another go.

What came out was 10.09. It felt like a Frankenstein episode with all the bolts and stitches showing.

Yes. I'm sure it was ok but as a mid season ender I suppose I was just hoping for something grittier and more S&D focussed.