As far as I'm concerned, Kripke had the right idea when he refused to stick with Show after S5; no one wants to get too deeply involved with Executive Meddling. Or at least, no one should. I had a period of Obligatory Watching for most of S6, but after mid-season hiatus, I just...didn't go back. It's a sad thing, but all will be well in time. (I swear I did read the entire entry; there is just too much spot-on for me to address all of it.)
As time goes on and Show drifts further away from its center, I find I have to agree with you more and more -_-' I haven't really enjoyed Show fully since season 5. Ijust never thought I'd have to watch something I loved dearly slowly implode on itself.
What saddens me most is that Show shouldn't have imploded on itself; everyone just got so, so greedy. The intense core fanbase was rooting for S6, and so was I, a little bit, so the network went for the ratings grab, but then rather than bring in some fresh new twist, it just rehashed a bunch of old stuff in vaguely new clothes, and I could see where that was going to go in a hurry. I mean, yes, we would have missed it for a little bit, but that's better than now, where (slowly) growing numbers of us just want it to go away.
Sadly, I find myself having to agree with you in the entirety. I could have lived with season 6 (the second half of the show made the first half worth it, just to see that genuine 'return from the dead, oh, Chuck, I love you' embrace between the brothers once more), but the trajectory of Show since then has been nowhere but down (with the exception of a few episodes here and there), and ultimately, where I am at the moment has to honestly (but never happily) conclude that the extended life of Show has not really been worth the pain it has inflicted subsequently. It is going the way of the ghost that stayed behind, slowly going wrong, wrong, wrong to the core. And that is NOT how I wanted Show to end up.
Yeah hugs and cookies make all things right!! I promise my RAGE and CrazyFEELS is directed only at a very particular source and you need not be afeared! Ooooh, free ice-skating?! Wonderful! I will have to check it out (I do miss watching the ridiculous realm of competitive figure skating with you!) I love you too!
I feel your pain bb, I really do, I was so there, but somehow this episode made it a whole lot better. I think it was because Jensen directed this episode and squeezed all the Wincesty or at least bro-moments in as he possibly could. Or the mirroring Brick/Betsy Sam/Dean story. Except for the Sam not looking for Dean thing which still makes no sense to me. So I love your little explainer paragraph at the end here, I could totally see that happening, or something like it, fingers crossed that this is all a long-winded ruse on us, we're trying to figure Sam out right along with Dean, because otherwise if they've just ret-conned Sam's character like this then I don't know what I'll do. If Sam doesn't make sense like this then what's the point of the whole thing even continuing?
Sadly this episode only made it worse for me. Jensen's directing (I guess I stopped even trying to extrapolate the Wincest from this train-wreck at this point, bless you for soldiering on!) and Papa Ackles cameo aside, the monster-of-the-week plot was only so-so, it wasn't particularly well-written (Betsy sadly didn't do much for me -_-') or present a very compelling mythos (let's face it Show has already done both the haunted organ bit, and the 'immortal who has to kill' bit before), at least for me. But what really made me HATE it was that fucking car scene...as I am sure I have already ranted enough on above. I guess I didn't make matters any better for myself by reading comment sections on reviews...which I KNOW better than to do. I just, IDEK, Show isn't the only thing that sent me in to an unpleasant time-warp, based on some of the comments I really have to wonder what year some of the fans are frickin' living in! People bitching about the characters and how "Dean needs to just *get over it*, and accept that Sam deserves to
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there is free ice skating on ice network this saturday?
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