This is not my usual self...

[ash48]

Please turn back now if you don't want negative response (and I really mean that!) . I usually like to cool down after an episode that I don't like before I post but I NEED to rant and let off some steam. I figure this is the place to do it because, well, it's my journal and I have it because of this show. And at the moment I am so, SO pissed that I have to let it out...


So turn away now. This ain't pretty.


I HATED that episode. With a passion. And yes "passion" because that's how I feel about my show and I honestly cannot remember the last time I was this disappointed and distressed over an episode. I have not actually "hated" an episode before. Disliked... yes. Was kinda bored... yes. Hated.. no. Until now.

To me, that episode made NO SENSE! And honestly..turn back now because here is where I rant... (and please do because I do not want to lose friends over this).

Dean leaving Sam to trust a demon MAKES NO SENSE!! This is where I began to lose it. I thought. Ok. Dean has a plan. This could be really clever... but NO! It wasn't. Dean didn't have a plan. He acted like a stupid, unprepared idiot and I hated the writers for that. Because really? With ALL of Dean's experience he should know better than that. And why. Why did Dean trust the demon that quintessentially got Jo and Ellen killed??!!! He's the one that kept telling Sam "demons lie" and yet he was prepared to trust and FOLLOW a demon. Over Sam!! I thought we'd got past that already. We were suppose to be back to them working TOGETHER... god damnit!

And I hated Crowley. And not in the "love to hate" category that Gordon, Alistair, Zach, Ruby occupy. It was a ... "you are so obviously a sleezy, un-trust worthy, fingers down a blackboard irritating baddy" that I just...No. I just couldn't. (And to think I really liked him in the other episode. Maybe that's because he wasn't in it much. Or something...)

And I'm sorry. But the acting was... let's just say they've done better. They were both back to their narrow-eyes "I'm angry now", looks. I adore Jared to little tiny pieces as you know, but this felt so forced from him. All the .."I'm angry" stuff was...sorry, but I didn't believe it. Jensen did the best with what he had. But really? What did he have? "Oh, I have to act like an idiot now". *sheesh*

And... *grrrrr*... Sam shutting Dean in the bathroom to.... what?? Look all angry at the demon?! Stand there and be taunted by a demon that really he shouldn't even be LISTENING to! Give me a break! See this (I think) was about us seeing that Sam had control. He could control his anger. I don't know why but I kinda never doubted that. He's Sam. He will control it when he needs to. Sam shutting Dean out just didn't make sense at this point in time. It only served to piss me off even more.

Oh.... *sigh*.. was I just not in the right sort of mood to watch this one tonight?

And the straw. The STRAW I tell you, was the final scene with Bobby considering that arse-hole's proposal. I actually rose out of my seat at one point and shouted at the screen "You've got to be KIDDING me!" And then Bobby shot him and I was like "AT LAST! Go Bobby! Finally, something that makes sense in this stupid episode and then... fuck me if the ep didn't end with the idea that Bobby might actually be considering "lending" is soul! FUCK THAT!

Why the fuck are they even LISTENING to demons?! I just don't get that! Surely, they've learned... :((((

I don't know. It just seemed hollow and a "filler" (we are 2 eps out from the finale for christ sake!). Fundamentally it came down to how stupid they made Dean. How pointless, and to be quite frank, boring all that stuff with Sam seemed. (though I did love the back story I will grant it that).

Tell me I missed something. Please. Tell me there was something actually relevant about that episode. I just loved the end of the last episode and I was all excited about seeing Pestilence again. But alas. It was all about finding him. They usually find their foe in the first 10 minutes and it goes from there. This took a whole episode to get no where.

And it didn't even seem to have the wonderful colour meta it had going on in previous episodes. It kinda looked ugly. But maybe that was the point.

It seems to me that with 2 episodes to go they are going to cram getting Pest's and Death's ring to lock Lu up. And that will be the main focus. If that's the case that will make me sad and quite possibly very angry.

But.

I am going to trust show. I always have. Though I admit to being scared now. I so desperately want the finale to be clever. I want the boys to be clever and together. If the Winchesters are on the outskirts of all this (which they seem to have been in these last 2 eps), then.... Well, let's just not think about that. I'm sure they won't be. *nods vigorously*

Positives: Sam's chat to Bobby. The end when Dean and Sam stood side by side behind the salt line. Dean almost seeming proud of the way Sam dispatched the demon- It was almost like he was thinking "he can do that without the demon blood". The actor who played Crowley did a good job, even though I hated the fact that he played Dean so friggin' easily). I would say bloodied Dean (yep, I'm a sucker for my hurt boys), but why would a demon kick a human when he crush him with a flick of his hand. No sense.

So um.. you're still here? Do you hate me? *meep* I'm sorry. I almost never negatively rant. Forgive me this one time.

*sniffs* and *hugs* I love my show. I wouldn't care this much if I didn't.

<3

Comments

[redteekal.livejournal.com]

Nah I don't hate you :) *hugs*

I can see why you feel this way - for me it did echo (and not in a good way at all since I was NOT a fan of this episode) Swap Meat with the OOCness of Dean.

I seriously thought Dean was being all sneaky telling Crowley fine we leave Sam but in actual fact Sam was gonna be there the whole time. Not sure how he was going to finagle it but I just assumed this is what Dean was doing because to do what he did just seemed incredibly UN-Dean and totally OOC. So yeah that was bizarre. I did like Sam's reaction to Crowley initially though - all "I'm fucking gonna kill him" type behaviour - fair enough too.

Crowley amused me in a bizarre, detached clinical way - he's really just a cockroach and his lines are as slick as the snakeoil Bobby referred to.

I thought the whole scene with the chair jammed under the door handle was really just a set up so that they could balance out the proof of trust/faith Sam showed in Point Of No Return. Dean insisted they returned to Sam even after he knew their (Sam and Brady's) past history and Sam's reaction. Like Sam insisted they take Dean to go get Adam. Sam is incapacitated there leaving the entire choice on Dean's shoulders. Dean was locked up leaving the entire choice on Sam's shoulders. Although it was extra for the viewers I think it served it's purpose in validating Dean's faith in Sam.

And as much as I hate to admit it - Jared didn't do the best there at the end. I loved the SamnDean united front/togetherness of that scene and Dean utterly on Sam's side here but as Sam just moves in on Brady Jared didn't quite pull it off. I was waiting for something a little Jensen-style a la On The Head of a Pin when he was torturing Alistair. He was some cold blooded mean mother fucker there. That's the level I was watching for. I loved his fierce Sam at the beginning when Crowley shows up and also when he finds out about Brady for the first time...but the final scene...well meh.

Not as bad as Swap Meat for me frustration wise but certainly it felt distinctly incongruous with the way the episodes have been running lately and that had an impact on my enjoyment for sure.

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Nah I don't hate you

*phew* I had visions of everyone jumping ship because I'm blasting my beloved show.

And yes, it did echo the OOCness of Swap Meat and (for me) Yellow Fever.

I seriously thought Dean was being all sneaky telling Crowley fine we leave Sam

See. I would have loved this. If they put up the front that they would split up but in fact Sam would be there all the time, watching Dean's back. I just COULDN'T BELIEVE Dean would confront that demon with out some sort of back up. And then to be dupped about the rings... I just. That's really were it started to unravel for me. Grrr...

And Crowley really is a cockroach (I did like the actor's portrayal if him) so why, oh lordy WHY are they believing him. Surely they can see that. (I think I must be missing something with this character...)

And the whole scene with Dean locked away was there exactly for the reasons you pointed out I reckon. But it just, I don't know, seemed so clunky and heavy handed. But maybe we did need to see that they trust each other (even AFTER Dean leaves Sam to follow a stupid demon!).

Can't you tell I'm still reeling. It's the next day and I'm still steaming.

Sam just moves in on Brady Jared didn't quite pull it off.

Yeah. Didn't do it for me either. In fact, I have reservations about that scene too. For Dean to stand back and "unleash" Sam seemed more like he was using Sam as a weapon. I don't know. I'm still at odds about that scene.

I think by the end, I was so over it I wasn't into anything. Especially Bobby actually listening to Crowley... I fear for the future of this idea. If Bobby sells his soul I think that might be my undoing.

*hugs* Thanks for popping in.

Any news on the Jaffa Room?

[redteekal.livejournal.com]

Jaffa room news - still waiting to hear from the guy - he responded very promptly initially but then I started to narrow it down to TV show viewings and he said that they had copyright for some shows and then asked me what show I was wanting to use - I told him Spn and haven't heard back yet. I'll email him again tonight.

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Hee! Why does is not surprise me he's not heard of SPN? Whenever I mention to anyone, most people say they don't know it.

*fingers crossed* it's ok.

Thanks.