See, I don't hang out much in SPN fandom and don't watch The Walking Dead (? I guess that TWD stands for), so I didn't get any of those reference you talk about in the first paragraph, so for me this played very much like a 'normal' MotW episode with a bit of Hell on the side, and as such, was very satisfying.
I love that the show is more aware of their own history now, and more thoughtfully references it. Giving the boys the chance to take down the 'first hell hound' provided a nice bit of symetry. Despite it not being explicitly mentioned I also felt that the case 'hit home' more than others which would explain why they took time to talk to the girl when they thought she was out of danger. Remembering Dean being chased by those invisible dogs made me uncomfortable, so how hard must it be to go after it again?? Made total sense to me that a) Dean wanted a wing-man to go looking for the dog's den, and b) the dog-owner wanted to make sure that his dog was not maiming any more humans. Not good for his rep, after all... ;)
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Date: 2017-03-12 10:38 am (UTC)I love that the show is more aware of their own history now, and more thoughtfully references it. Giving the boys the chance to take down the 'first hell hound' provided a nice bit of symetry. Despite it not being explicitly mentioned I also felt that the case 'hit home' more than others which would explain why they took time to talk to the girl when they thought she was out of danger. Remembering Dean being chased by those invisible dogs made me uncomfortable, so how hard must it be to go after it again?? Made total sense to me that a) Dean wanted a wing-man to go looking for the dog's den, and b) the dog-owner wanted to make sure that his dog was not maiming any more humans. Not good for his rep, after all... ;)