10.13 Poll

[ash48]

What did ya think of that one?

[Poll #1998747]



I felt like I had been transported back in time (it reminded me of Hookman and Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things). Aside from the lol!canon with them talking about what Dean would do if he died and Sam drove the car (because - um, he's actually already done that. Twice I think), it was the kind of episode that reminded me of why I fell in love with this show in the first place. Clever Sam, food loving!Dean, brothers working seamlessly together, a MoTW that subtly reflected the boys situation, LOTS of SamnDean, heaven and hell free and a fun (and rather modern!) twist on a ghost. Damn you SPN! Stop dragging me back in! (or not. I love it when I love it...*g*).

Comments

[citrusjava.livejournal.com]

Oh, man, it was one of my least favorite episodes ever, though I did appreciate the brotherss together and that. Glad you liked it, though!

[tebtosca.livejournal.com]

It's pretty funny(sad) that Charmelo & Snyder are the only writers that give us truly awesome Sam lol

[sandycub.livejournal.com]

I really enjoyed the episode! It was great to see the boys being themselves and doing what they do. Nice take on the MoTW having him on the internet (although I really wanted the first girl (Janet?) to tell them that the gps actually told her to get out of the truck! Kind of important yet no one mentioned it after. Loved the brother moments, Dean eating and enjoying the "local scenery". Dean's talk in the basement about living with mistakea was great and so classic Dean!! As for their talk of not lookung for a cure and focusing on doing what they do did bot sound like Dean giving up to me. I tgought it was very in character for both of them. And we know Sam isn't going to stop researching. Can't wait for next week with Cain!!

[quickreaver.livejournal.com]

It was kinda nice to have an ep without anvils dropping, yeah. We've been clamoring for old school SPN for a while and welp, this was pretty much it!

I think the discontent felt by some over the characterization of millennials was due to fact they were caricatures and not believable, which is something the show has done previously this season. (See 'Ask Jeeves'.) But because none of us are wealthy slackers, no one took offense, heh. I have a soft spot in my heart for Towel dude, brah.

Overall, I liked it! Smart Sammy, gruff Dean, a few nice scary ghost moments, and I think if there had been better attention paid to the details--the aforementioned lol canon, pretty sure college students would know who Groll and Cobain are, did Dean forget everything Frank taught him?--this would have felt even more classic. Dean's earnest and heart-melting speech and the way the sunset backlit Sam's hair in the last scene was really lovely.

[cassiopeia7.livejournal.com]

LOVED it!! Drop by to see how much. ;D

[frozen_delight]

I loved nearly all of the episodes this season, but this one failed to make much of an impression. It wasn't bad enough to make me angry, but I didn't really like it either.

All the interactions between the brothers were very cute and I always like it when Sam gets something to do apart from standing around with a worried frown on his face, but the whole ghost thing seemed pretty boring two me and those four self-centered, unempathetic, plain stupid college kids were horrible characters. The acting might have been fake and cheesy, but I dare say most of that was still the writers' fault, who also managed to create those totally over the top cougars back in 10x06. I'm starting to believe it was an accident that the same people introduced the lovely, three-dimensional Sheriff Donna. Or maybe Briana Buckmaster is just beyond awesome.

The main problem I have with Snyder & Charmelo is that they usually get the humorous episodes but fail to write something genuinely funny. In that respect this episode wasn't as terrible as Dog Dean Afternoon with the talking animals, but a lot of the jokes felt pretty flat to me. And some of them cringeworthy - especially Dean obsessively ogling female students. That was cute back in S2, it was still okay back in S4, but now where he's at least 36 depending on how you count it's just creepy and completely out of place.

But I'm really glad you had such fun with the episode since you've grown so frustrated with the show and obviously you deserved a treat!

[amypond45.livejournal.com]

I LOVED this episode, for all the reasons mentioned, plus the little reference to Gen X and Dean being too old to understand social media and the stuff about not being able to delete anything from the Internet just makes me laugh! His "Christine" reference going right over Janet's head -- touche, young'ns!

Oh, and Dean mentioned Stanford. I don't know why, but that always gets me, his acknowledging that he took Sam away from all that.

[sam-dean-lover.livejournal.com]

my grade is an A for the brother moments, Sam being written correctly, his hair, saving Dean, great ending scene, unlike last week

[greyowl88.livejournal.com]

I ticked "other". And this is why: I enjoyed it without feeling anything. I've stopped being on board with this show. I still watch it, but I feel very distant now, like looking through a telescope. It's a rather strange sensation.
Though I did find it rather funny that the ghost used wifi. Unexpected challenges of modern hunting times, eh? :P

[runedgirl.livejournal.com]

Really enjoyed the old school vibe without loving every single minute of it. And was extremely relieved to see Sam being smart and competent again! He's going to have to be if he's going to save Dean this time.

[madebyme-x.livejournal.com]

I really enjoyed the episode because I liked and appreciated what they were aiming for - an old school ghost vibe. We got smart!Sam, food!Dean, girl obsessed!Dean, some bantering brothers, some boys-in-the-car drama, and a solid hunt with an interesting twist.

This is the kind of thing that I love and miss; the Winchester boys - saving people, hunting things. ♥

[pocochina.livejournal.com]

Aside from the lol!canon with them talking about what Dean would do if he died and Sam drove the car

Is that lol!canon? I think it's quite similar to the kind of crack that Dean made way back in S1 or 2. It's just less cute to Sam so soon after Dean tried to bludgeon him to death. Which I think is a great representation of the canon relationship now? All the stuff that used to come across as in-bounds ribbing is jarring after the Mark and everything it represents, because you're like "wait, is he saying that as a joke or for real?"

[casey28.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you enjoyed it. I loved that they gave us smart!Sam, and he wasn't knocked out or tied up or anything. The brother moments were great, and it felt like an old school ep.

Aside from the lol!canon with them talking about what Dean would do if he died and Sam drove the car

Maybe they were joking? Cause man, how can they forget something like this?

[jessm78.livejournal.com]

I felt like I had been transported back in time (it reminded me of Hookman and Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things).

Oh, goodness. YES. This one kind of reminded me a tiny bit of Bloody Mary (the way they were trying to destroy the computers and phones especially), and it made me so nostalgic. The way the stupid teens acted (especially the blonde girl) made me roll my eyes a little, but still, it was so nice to see an episode more in the classic vein. I'd love to see more episodes like this.

[milly-gal.livejournal.com]

I really enjoyed this one, for the good honest toe curling jump they gave me at the beginning of the episode, to the Dean eating moments ;) It felt as though I'd hopped back a few years and was watching an old fashioned episode, it didn't completely ignore the mark and yeah. I liked it :)

[missyjack.livejournal.com]

re: the "loL!canon" - Dean hasn't ever been dead when Sam has driven the Impala. The first time he was in Hell, the second in Purgatory. neither time was he a ghost hanging around for haunting purposes.

[ladykorana.livejournal.com]

"I felt like I had been transported back in time (it reminded me of Hookman and Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things)."

I felt like I was watching something that desperately wanted to be like the old school eps, but was trying too hard and overdid the jokes and fell flat. I'll take it over angel eps and Crowley family drama, but it didn't have nearly the heart or writing skills or character development of the episodes it wants to emulate, IMHO.

[aletheiafelinea.livejournal.com]

We're all lucky Dean didn't spare more than a fleeting thought to ganking the Internet... I appreciate the peaceful solution, and it didn't watch bad, but overall it was rather dull, for me. And the main story arc not only doesn't progress, but reverses. Repeatedly.

[batgurl10.livejournal.com]

here is my disclaimer :
at least there weren't any angels or demons!

having said that I didn't really like this episode. I really had a WTF moment at the end it was such a stupid episode I was comparing it to the racist truck episode in season 1. I agree that it was trying to be old school but the jokes were terrible the acting was bad and they turned my boys into caricatures of themselves. Yes we know Dean loves food and women although these were barely legal.
i love episodes where I ts just the brothers so this should have been a win but they were so...idk strange. like the episode where they went into another dimension and everything was shallow and perfect and fake that's exactly what I feel like watching supernatural these days....