6.03 Episode reaction

[ash48]

The worse thing about NOT posting a reaction immediately after watching is having a whole night to think about it. Made for a restless night. Damn show! (must try not to do that again).

Anyway..

Insta!reaction would have been: 90% Squeeeeeeeeee!! and Loooooooveeee!! with 10% Hurty..

Counting the ways....

1. Ewwwwwww. Love it when show does GROSS, even if I might have had to turn my head away a couple of times. :) I really didn't expect that guys face to peel off.

2. Do I even need to scream SHIRTLESS boys??!! I know I don't. But I will...ARGHHHHHHHHHH... I was damn close to licking the screen. Just sayin'.

3. Sam paying for sex. Ok. Gonna get serious here for a minute because I really loved how this spoke so much about Sam at the moment. A word that comes to mind about Sam at the moment is efficient. Just something about the way he goes about things (everything in fact) and it struck me that it's the same for sex. He wants it, be buys it, he moves on. Having to go and "pick up" up sex would require an energy I feel he just doesn't want to use. Emotion he would have to fake. I think it also shows us that some off the "old" Sam is there. I've always got the feeling that Sam cares deeply in relationships. Passionately. Sam can't give that to anyone at the moment so I felt that he was sparing someone some heartache. He's cold... but not that cold. Though I adored that OF COURSE she'd do it for nothing. I mean, MY GOD!! You are damn fine Jared!!

4. Castiel!!!! I can't believe that one of my fav things about this episode was Castiel (I'm usually pretty *meh* about Cas, not sure why but I never really knew where he stood and mostly his character just confused me). But this! Not only did Misha bring a wonderful new energy to the screen he also brought a very solid feeling Castiel. I clicked with him from the very first appearance and stayed with him until the end. I think the thing I'm loving the most is that he is ALL ANGEL! He still has the lovely dorky side, but he just seemed more confident in his role (role on earth that is..) and that, in turn, set me at ease. Love the zipping all over the place.

5. "Dean and I have a special bond". Hee! Aside from the shout out to Dean/Cas shippers I kinda love that this was said out loud. OF COURSE they have a special bond!! He rescued him from hell after all! But it was Sam's good old fashioned bitch!face that was a gem to see AND Dean's gorgeous puzzlement. Great moment.

6. Almost every line that came out of Cas's mouth. :D

7. Torturing the kid. Er, no... I didn't love that they did that but I thought the scene was very interesting. I think it was there for many reasons but mostly to show how detached and different Sam was. But I came away not really seeing such a different Sam. Sure... different from Season 1 and 2, but this was the Sam we saw when he was willing to sacrifice Nancy. Certainly the Sam we saw when Dean had died for the last time in Mystery Spot. It's not such a leap to see Sam like this.

We're back to efficient Sam. I'm sure he wasn't happy that they had to torture a child but Sam sees beyond that now. They need info. This is how to get it. It's certainly more evidence that he has lost his empathy but I think Dean probably needed to see this to start his thinking that something is wrong with Sam.

8. Dueling cars!!! My absolute fav moment! I commented or maybe posted somewhere that I really wanted the two cars to be around for a while because I thought it would provide a lot of opportunity to have some fun. I'm sad that it's the end of the 2 cars but I LOVE that they had the kind of fun I imagined before we saw the death of Sam's car. Dean racing ahead of Sam?!! Priceless!! Oh boys... it was so nice to see that (close to) friendly rivalry between you again. And seeing them getting out of their respective cars at the same time?!! DID THINGS TO ME!!! <333 (oh and Sam's car was very efficient - so suited the Sam we have at the moment).

9. Dean in dad mode to Ben and Dean dreaming of Lisa = *hearts* (glad there was a little link back to them instead of an instant "they're gone now").

10. EVERYTHING ELSE!


And....

Just how "wrong" is Sam?! I suppose some part of me wishes we didn't have to have the boys so at odds with each other (still). It just plain hurts. The moments I enjoyed most in the episode were when they were just getting on with things. Researching, trading banter, fighting side by side AND did you notice Sam gave Dean a little concerned look when Cas cut his hand? It was very slight... but I'm sure it was there. I was looking for it (I always do) and I was rewarded with a little look. (I will take ANYTHING at the moment!).

More and more I am seeing purely survivor Sam. And I'm not sure if it's only from what he went through in hell or from his time being a full-on hunter without Dean. Probably both. This is who Sam needs to be to get through it all. I don't mind him actually. Sam kicking in that door...?? *guh* Sure, I want to see empathetic, caring Sammy back but I'm finding this side of Sam interesting to watch. And I am DYING to know what happened to him (and damn I hope there's a really cool payoff!). They keep hinting at something so there's got to be a reveal at some point.

I was more engaged in this episode that the past ones. Not exactly sure why. I think probably because it was pretty tight and well paced and Team Free Will brought a gleeful energy that was contagious. The boys talked (wheeeee over the hood of the Impala) a bit, they're back in the Impala together, they're hitting the road.... life goes on. Of course there has to be some brotherly angst. There's ALWAYS been brotherly angst. It's a major component to the story arc. I just hope they don't take tooooo long to get back into step and start discovering that they can be more than just family. They can be friends also.

Comments

[el1ie.livejournal.com]

There was a lot here I did like, have to admit I'm liking Sam more and more, yeah, I know he's *wrong* somewhere, but there's far more layers of him now on screen and more reactions to look for - hope he dials up the snark too, Dean and Sam are such a matched pair when it comes to bitching. Please can we keep more Sam on screen and let us watch and see how things are going for him and stop everyone else telling us how wrong he is.

Enjoyed Castiel in this one too, kind of think an angel of the lord should be a pretty much arrogant, efficient SOBs so that was all on the plus side for me. Pity we lost Rafael's meat suit - shame, for a ruthless archangel he had the perfect pitch. Not sure about Balthazar - hmmm - nothing really new there for me, kind of like Crowley really.

Most on the plus side was Dean telling Castiel to remember about the sacrifice Sam made - yeah, go Dean, at least someone acknowledges it, funnily enough Dean was the one right through the end of last season to say that Sam did what he had to do and deserved his place in heaven, so I really liked hearing that.

However, that very same thing is the great big minus in this, that we now seem to have a NEW apocalypse - or rather the continuation of the old one - and that somehow makes me very sad. I really was hoping for a new direction, but in going back and rehashing this with better more powerful angels it's feeling to me as though the writers will draw a line under what Sam did to save the world - *sigh* - I know, I think I'm getting ahead of myself and I'll wait and see, but right now I'm really not happy about this development. It was a huge thing Sam did - took on and defeated the very Devil himself and although I wondered about Lucifer really being gone or Sam being without his soul, surely those are all things Castiel would have seen, so I'm edgy about where they're taking this now that the apocalypse is back on the table.

Other thing that annoyed me was the hooker *date* line - if you liked it then fine, but that sort of thing pisses me off in the extreme. But hey, no biggie, wouldn't be SPN without a few things pissing me off regularly!

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Hey Ellie! I always love hearing your thoughts. :)

Please can we keep more Sam on screen and let us watch and see how things are going for him and stop everyone else telling us how wrong he is.

Yeah, we just haven't had much Sam POV have we?!. I remember at the beginning of S4 just not getting any sense of where Sam was and then we had I Know What You Did.. it took us that long to know what was going on with him. I'm wondering if we'll get the same this season. I'm thinking yes. I hoping we get something soon.

was Dean telling Castiel to remember about the sacrifice Sam made -

Oh yes. And Dean telling Cas to answer Sam if he calls was a great moment. <3 It would be nice if that sacrifice was indeed acknowledged more, but I think the sheer fact that Dean has rejoined him (and very quickly) shows the depth of his respect and love for Sam. Good for him for calling it too!

that very same thing is the great big minus in this, that we now seem to have a NEW apocalypse

Yes. (Hee! and I did see that on your post on that)...I was under the impression that we were done with the apocalypse story line. I'm not entirely sure why we need to go into another full on myth arc. Surely killing monsters and trying to get the brothers on the same page would be enough. It would be enough for me. I'm curious to see where they go with this one.

And yeah! What about the acknowledgement of what Sam did?! Good call! I have a feeling though that that will never really be acknowledged. Just knowing the way the show goes. I hope that both Sam and Dean recognise what they've achieved - and we see that at some point. (I remember that sense of achievement after they killed the YED for example. They actually saved the world this time... they need to kick back and enjoy that HUGE achievement as some stage).

Other thing that annoyed me was the hooker *date* line

Yeah. I thought that might peeve a few people. After being thoroughly distract by Sam's bod, I was looking more at the whole connotation of where Sam is at mentally. It was so telling about his state of mind. But you're right. There has to be something that gets us going otherwise it would be Supernatural!

Thanks babe! Love your thinky thoughts...