.spn 6.01: or, boys are back!
The following are my real-time thoughts about SPN 6.01. I was going to Tweet all this originally, but it would be derivative and maybe unoriginal, and I have friends who probably wouldn't appreciate the spoilers. So here's everything I would have Tweeted, plus some extra rambling.
Oh Dean. I have the feeling I'm going to be saying this a lot.
I don't know why, but the truck with the Indiana plates pleases me. It's like my state is temporarily cool by association.
Great opening sequence.
"Really! Pest control?"
Okay, I will admit my excitement levels were kind of (oh-ho, DJ Sam?) "meh-ish" about the premiere. Pretty much all of S5 was an exercise in angst and terror, and despite my issues with the finale--and knowing it was going to set up for S6--it did have that "end-of-series" cathartic feeling. So part of me was all "Yay! S6! More Cas!" but another part was all "But... but it's over, why are you excited?"
Now, though, I am all sorts of excited. I can't wait to see where this episode and the rest of the season is going.
Oh, Dean, you can't stay away from the hunt :(
It feels weird to have bright, saturated colors in SPN. My world has suddenly become strange.
The Bleekman's dog looks an awful lot like the Hellhound from "Yellow Fever."
Oh, Impala you poor girl. Stowed under a tarp like that.
"Did you almost shoot a Yorkie?" You know, I'm sure the Lisa-haters will detest me, but I really like her. I mean, how the hell do you put up with living with someone who is as obviously fucked-up and habituated to a fucked-up lifestyle as Dean Winchester? And none of this is the type of stuff you can bring up in therapy, or with your friends. Like, what the hell do you say? "My partner traveled the country killing cockroaches and silverfish his entire life and this really messed him up"?
Thought: Holy fuck, Sam is responsible for the sulfur? Maybe?
Waiting for something scary and alarming to happen.
HOLY SHIT AZAZEL?!
God, you are a twisted, twisted fuck. I'm happy you brought Cas back and all, but SERIOUSLY?!
Oh, Dean. Again :(
Back from break
Hey look, it's Sam.
Wait, poisoned? Hallucinating? That makes no sense. (Note from future-aesc: Okay, djinn-poisoning, interesting.)
Hmmm, mystery tiems. How did Sam get out of the box? And Cas, ignoring him! Maybe Cas only pays attention to Dean.
Jesus Christ, Sam! What kills me is that Sam really does not get it. He imagines Dean would react the way Sam would have, i.e. avoiding the hunting life when confronted with the possibility of returning to it. I wonder if it ever occurred to him to say "Oh hey, I'm back, but you keep doing your thing," even if there's no chance Dean would have taken him up on that offer. Goddammit, Sam!
"My god, you have delicate features for a hunter."
Thank you, Sera, for remembering that all the Campbells are supposed to be dead. Hurray for third cousins x-times removed!
I have the feeling I should totally not have said I liked Lisa.
Now I may have to use the commercial break to prepare a rant about -- OH MY GOD DEATHLY HALLOWS PART ONE TRAILER -- how I will be really annoyed if Lisa and Ben end up being Dean's Mary.
Back from break
Oh thank god. *deletes half-finished rant*
Jesus christ, Ben is cute as a button.
"Tv's broken, but there's plenty of Reader's Digest." Oh, Bobby <3333333
OH DEAN OH DEAN OH DEAN I can't say it enough :(
Dammit, I want to hug Lisa, too. Also, I'd like Sera Gamble to marry me. PLEASE MARRY ME SERA. I don't care if Indiana doesn't allow same-sex marriage.
I was onboard with Grandpa Campbell, but I don't entirely know about multiple third cousins.
"It's a sport." Oh, Dean.
"I'll have to look that up on the Intranet." Oh, Grandpa Campbell.
I've rambled a lot in various venues about how awesome it is that Dean's associated with the feminine. And it's so fucking true: Dean is a lot more like Mary than he ever was like John. Thank you, Grandpa Campbell, for pointing that out. And OMG GENEALOGY! But if Dean had ancestors on the Mayflower... I wonder how many of them ended up having a bit too much fun up at the witch trials.
Interesting that Sam, back in S4, was all "OMG DEAN WHY WON'T YOU OPEN UP TO ME ABOUT THE MOST TRAUMATIC AND HORRIBLE THING THAT COULD EVER HAPPEN TO A HUMAN BEING????" and now he's all "Dude, don't wanna talk about it." I hope this means that we won't be subjected to more of Sam's soulful "tell me all your secrets or God kills a puppy" looks and micro-lectures on the importance of being open about sensitive things. At least Sam is still monotone and quasi-emotional.
Oh my god this is like Inception. I made you a dream in a dream in a dream in a dream in a dream. STOP MESSING WITH MY HEAAAAAD.
Whoa! Grandpa Campbell is up to something sneaky.
Back from break
The last commercial break is always the most frustrating.
SAM JESUS F. Do you want Dean to go with you or do you want him to stay with Lisa and Ben? I'm sensing a lot of uncertainty, which I can appreciate, but on the other hand... Maybe I'm so fed up with post-S4 Sam, even if he did eventually come around, that I automatically put the worst possible spin on things. So I couldn't help but hear some of that speech as emotional blackmail.
Sam totally has a douchey iPod jack in his car. You know it.
Very odd ending. I was pretty much ready for Dean to hop in that car with Sam and go off to figure out what the hell is going on (and yeah, I was hoping for it), so Dean's decision to stay with Lisa and Ben was kind of "whoa, hey, switcheroo!" And I felt inclined to dislike that at first, but now, after reflecting on it for a few seconds, I like that decision. I know the season is supposed to follow the earlier S1/S2 format, with the MOTW and so on. And some of that probably means roadtrip. I really hope they get back to that, because dammit, that's SPN. But it's also Dean, in some sense, to hold out; he has pretty pressing reasons to stay home, and I can't see him reacting like Sam did back in S1, just pulling stakes like that and going out to look for blood.
Final thoughts: It looks like some of the conflict this season might come out of Dean wanting to be out of the hunt. His desire to stay out seems to come from that same responsibility that kept him hunting in the first place. Dammit, Dean, put down the cross. Someone needs the wood.
Also: NEEDS MORE CAS.
Next week: Oh god, babies. SCARIEST MONSTERS EVER.
Oh Dean. I have the feeling I'm going to be saying this a lot.
I don't know why, but the truck with the Indiana plates pleases me. It's like my state is temporarily cool by association.
Great opening sequence.
"Really! Pest control?"
Okay, I will admit my excitement levels were kind of (oh-ho, DJ Sam?) "meh-ish" about the premiere. Pretty much all of S5 was an exercise in angst and terror, and despite my issues with the finale--and knowing it was going to set up for S6--it did have that "end-of-series" cathartic feeling. So part of me was all "Yay! S6! More Cas!" but another part was all "But... but it's over, why are you excited?"
Now, though, I am all sorts of excited. I can't wait to see where this episode and the rest of the season is going.
Oh, Dean, you can't stay away from the hunt :(
It feels weird to have bright, saturated colors in SPN. My world has suddenly become strange.
The Bleekman's dog looks an awful lot like the Hellhound from "Yellow Fever."
Oh, Impala you poor girl. Stowed under a tarp like that.
"Did you almost shoot a Yorkie?" You know, I'm sure the Lisa-haters will detest me, but I really like her. I mean, how the hell do you put up with living with someone who is as obviously fucked-up and habituated to a fucked-up lifestyle as Dean Winchester? And none of this is the type of stuff you can bring up in therapy, or with your friends. Like, what the hell do you say? "My partner traveled the country killing cockroaches and silverfish his entire life and this really messed him up"?
Thought: Holy fuck, Sam is responsible for the sulfur? Maybe?
Waiting for something scary and alarming to happen.
HOLY SHIT AZAZEL?!
God, you are a twisted, twisted fuck. I'm happy you brought Cas back and all, but SERIOUSLY?!
Oh, Dean. Again :(
Back from break
Hey look, it's Sam.
Wait, poisoned? Hallucinating? That makes no sense. (Note from future-aesc: Okay, djinn-poisoning, interesting.)
Hmmm, mystery tiems. How did Sam get out of the box? And Cas, ignoring him! Maybe Cas only pays attention to Dean.
Jesus Christ, Sam! What kills me is that Sam really does not get it. He imagines Dean would react the way Sam would have, i.e. avoiding the hunting life when confronted with the possibility of returning to it. I wonder if it ever occurred to him to say "Oh hey, I'm back, but you keep doing your thing," even if there's no chance Dean would have taken him up on that offer. Goddammit, Sam!
"My god, you have delicate features for a hunter."
Thank you, Sera, for remembering that all the Campbells are supposed to be dead. Hurray for third cousins x-times removed!
I have the feeling I should totally not have said I liked Lisa.
Now I may have to use the commercial break to prepare a rant about -- OH MY GOD DEATHLY HALLOWS PART ONE TRAILER -- how I will be really annoyed if Lisa and Ben end up being Dean's Mary.
Back from break
Oh thank god. *deletes half-finished rant*
Jesus christ, Ben is cute as a button.
"Tv's broken, but there's plenty of Reader's Digest." Oh, Bobby <3333333
OH DEAN OH DEAN OH DEAN I can't say it enough :(
Dammit, I want to hug Lisa, too. Also, I'd like Sera Gamble to marry me. PLEASE MARRY ME SERA. I don't care if Indiana doesn't allow same-sex marriage.
I was onboard with Grandpa Campbell, but I don't entirely know about multiple third cousins.
"It's a sport." Oh, Dean.
"I'll have to look that up on the Intranet." Oh, Grandpa Campbell.
I've rambled a lot in various venues about how awesome it is that Dean's associated with the feminine. And it's so fucking true: Dean is a lot more like Mary than he ever was like John. Thank you, Grandpa Campbell, for pointing that out. And OMG GENEALOGY! But if Dean had ancestors on the Mayflower... I wonder how many of them ended up having a bit too much fun up at the witch trials.
Interesting that Sam, back in S4, was all "OMG DEAN WHY WON'T YOU OPEN UP TO ME ABOUT THE MOST TRAUMATIC AND HORRIBLE THING THAT COULD EVER HAPPEN TO A HUMAN BEING????" and now he's all "Dude, don't wanna talk about it." I hope this means that we won't be subjected to more of Sam's soulful "tell me all your secrets or God kills a puppy" looks and micro-lectures on the importance of being open about sensitive things. At least Sam is still monotone and quasi-emotional.
Oh my god this is like Inception. I made you a dream in a dream in a dream in a dream in a dream. STOP MESSING WITH MY HEAAAAAD.
Whoa! Grandpa Campbell is up to something sneaky.
Back from break
The last commercial break is always the most frustrating.
SAM JESUS F. Do you want Dean to go with you or do you want him to stay with Lisa and Ben? I'm sensing a lot of uncertainty, which I can appreciate, but on the other hand... Maybe I'm so fed up with post-S4 Sam, even if he did eventually come around, that I automatically put the worst possible spin on things. So I couldn't help but hear some of that speech as emotional blackmail.
Sam totally has a douchey iPod jack in his car. You know it.
Very odd ending. I was pretty much ready for Dean to hop in that car with Sam and go off to figure out what the hell is going on (and yeah, I was hoping for it), so Dean's decision to stay with Lisa and Ben was kind of "whoa, hey, switcheroo!" And I felt inclined to dislike that at first, but now, after reflecting on it for a few seconds, I like that decision. I know the season is supposed to follow the earlier S1/S2 format, with the MOTW and so on. And some of that probably means roadtrip. I really hope they get back to that, because dammit, that's SPN. But it's also Dean, in some sense, to hold out; he has pretty pressing reasons to stay home, and I can't see him reacting like Sam did back in S1, just pulling stakes like that and going out to look for blood.
Final thoughts: It looks like some of the conflict this season might come out of Dean wanting to be out of the hunt. His desire to stay out seems to come from that same responsibility that kept him hunting in the first place. Dammit, Dean, put down the cross. Someone needs the wood.
Also: NEEDS MORE CAS.
Next week: Oh god, babies. SCARIEST MONSTERS EVER.