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Supernatural 1.18
I watched this with E (not FRE) who I'm staying with for this trip, and I didn't do the liveblog thing becuase it's kind of a faux pas to chat with online people while there's a friend sitting right next to you watching the same thing.
Overall thoughts: I thought this was by far the weakest episode I've seen. Even worse than "Route 666". The anvils are back in play on *multiple* points and the family drama and flashbacks read like they were scripted by a middle-schooler.
Edit: okay, I want to clarify so I don't get turned into Mean Mr. Drew, Eater Of Puppies. I know this show drops anvils. That's part of its charm. But most of, if not all of, the anvils we've seen to this point have been kind of moralizing -- making points that have are usually unrelated to the Winchesters and the plot (the child-abuse anvils in "Nightmare" are a different story, because of how the two families link up). When the anvils become about the Winchesters? That's just sloppy writing. And I'm not letting the boys (or JDM) off the hook here -- there's more than a little overacting going on -- but the main culprit is the writing. The moments in this show that were not all "DEAN HAS AN EMO PAST" were actually quite nice -- the banter was wonderful, as usual, especially Dean's bit about being older so always being right. I've been in that situation and occasionally won with that argument! /Edit
That said, Jared can wear that tight black t-shirt anytime he wants. HOT DAMN, ARMS. Also, I don't think I quite noticed how *broad* Jared is (he's built in proportion, so you don't notice things like that unless you have something to compare him to) until I saw him and Jensen in suits in the hospital. In his normal Sam-wear he just looks rumpled, but in his suit he looked about six feet wide and *dwarfing* everyone around him.
Edit OH! And I just remembered. The kid? Looked like Sandra Bernhardt (or however you spell that). A LOT. It freaked me out. /Edit
Dean had some line that I heard and said "that's the most Dean thing I've ever heard", but since it's been two and a half hours, I can't remember what it was. Drat. Maybe someone else will remember it?
I watched this with E (not FRE) who I'm staying with for this trip, and I didn't do the liveblog thing becuase it's kind of a faux pas to chat with online people while there's a friend sitting right next to you watching the same thing.
Overall thoughts: I thought this was by far the weakest episode I've seen. Even worse than "Route 666". The anvils are back in play on *multiple* points and the family drama and flashbacks read like they were scripted by a middle-schooler.
Edit: okay, I want to clarify so I don't get turned into Mean Mr. Drew, Eater Of Puppies. I know this show drops anvils. That's part of its charm. But most of, if not all of, the anvils we've seen to this point have been kind of moralizing -- making points that have are usually unrelated to the Winchesters and the plot (the child-abuse anvils in "Nightmare" are a different story, because of how the two families link up). When the anvils become about the Winchesters? That's just sloppy writing. And I'm not letting the boys (or JDM) off the hook here -- there's more than a little overacting going on -- but the main culprit is the writing. The moments in this show that were not all "DEAN HAS AN EMO PAST" were actually quite nice -- the banter was wonderful, as usual, especially Dean's bit about being older so always being right. I've been in that situation and occasionally won with that argument! /Edit
That said, Jared can wear that tight black t-shirt anytime he wants. HOT DAMN, ARMS. Also, I don't think I quite noticed how *broad* Jared is (he's built in proportion, so you don't notice things like that unless you have something to compare him to) until I saw him and Jensen in suits in the hospital. In his normal Sam-wear he just looks rumpled, but in his suit he looked about six feet wide and *dwarfing* everyone around him.
Edit OH! And I just remembered. The kid? Looked like Sandra Bernhardt (or however you spell that). A LOT. It freaked me out. /Edit
Dean had some line that I heard and said "that's the most Dean thing I've ever heard", but since it's been two and a half hours, I can't remember what it was. Drat. Maybe someone else will remember it?
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