Supernatural
Wow, I haven't talked about a TV episode in forever. Good job, Supernatural.
I loved many parts of this episode. The multiple deaths of Dean were both gruesome and hysterical. LOVED the simultaneous talking. Overall the episode had a good mix of both horror and humor.
And yet, something about the tone didn't entirely work for me. The abrupt shift midway through the episode when it stopped being funny and started being very, very serious was too much of a shift, I think. The last half of the episode simultaneously didn't have enough happening in it and yet wasn't long enough to really hold that much character development for Sam. Jared was selling the hell out of it, but I felt there were too many scenes of Sam being sad and not enough emphasizing how very screwed up he was. Also, I'll admit that my first thought during the bullet scene was, "Since when can Sam stop bullets?" Yeah, I know, not the point. I think that pulling a bullet out of his chest (as opposed to, say, a leg) was a little too distracting. (No, not in that way. Okay, maybe a little in that way.)
The other issue is one of my recurring problems with Supernatural, which is that I don't think that the motivations of the bad guys are always well thought out. When did the Trickster become Q? Granted, Q is awesome, but again, it was a little distracting. I guess, I can understand the whole screwing with Sam's head (that's what the Trickster does), but then piling on the whole "I'm trying to teach you a lesson" schtick ... eh. First Ruby, then the Trickster ... Maybe part of my problem is that we all know that there's no way Dean is actually dying and going bye-bye at the end of this season so I find all of the preparation for Sam's solo act kind of pointless.
I did love this episode, despite all my whinging.
I loved many parts of this episode. The multiple deaths of Dean were both gruesome and hysterical. LOVED the simultaneous talking. Overall the episode had a good mix of both horror and humor.
And yet, something about the tone didn't entirely work for me. The abrupt shift midway through the episode when it stopped being funny and started being very, very serious was too much of a shift, I think. The last half of the episode simultaneously didn't have enough happening in it and yet wasn't long enough to really hold that much character development for Sam. Jared was selling the hell out of it, but I felt there were too many scenes of Sam being sad and not enough emphasizing how very screwed up he was. Also, I'll admit that my first thought during the bullet scene was, "Since when can Sam stop bullets?" Yeah, I know, not the point. I think that pulling a bullet out of his chest (as opposed to, say, a leg) was a little too distracting. (No, not in that way. Okay, maybe a little in that way.)
The other issue is one of my recurring problems with Supernatural, which is that I don't think that the motivations of the bad guys are always well thought out. When did the Trickster become Q? Granted, Q is awesome, but again, it was a little distracting. I guess, I can understand the whole screwing with Sam's head (that's what the Trickster does), but then piling on the whole "I'm trying to teach you a lesson" schtick ... eh. First Ruby, then the Trickster ... Maybe part of my problem is that we all know that there's no way Dean is actually dying and going bye-bye at the end of this season so I find all of the preparation for Sam's solo act kind of pointless.
I did love this episode, despite all my whinging.