Rewatch S6: Two And A Half Men (6.02)

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Good news! I got my DVDs in the mail! This means that on TOP of doing my rewatch posts, I can start working on the clothing catalogue! Yay!

Just a note though: The clothing catalogue updates won't appear for a while. As you MIGHT be able to guess, documenting that many clothes actually takes me a while. I'll be sure to let you know my progress as I

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[katsheswims]

I think Dean was upset at yelling at Ben because he saw it as another aspect of his father. I know John yelled at Sam a lot and he probably did at Dean too when he got in the middle. Also, of all the random kids around he meets Dean treats them very nice and like they're fragile. (Except that one kid in a spacesuit-but Dean spoke to him in a nice, if mocking voice. And didn't yell until the kid egged his car, and that was deserved.) I don't he he wants to be the type of person to ever yell at them. (Even though sometimes it's needed.) But of course he could have others reasons.

[hells_half_acre]

Very good point about why Dean might have been upset at yelling at Ben. I guess I need to be a bit more sensitive to that - rather than "so what? You can't yell at kids now?!" Haha.

But yes, Dean has always handled children very delicately and with care...so I think he must have been upset that he forgot to be that way for a second with Ben.

[mymuseandi]

The scene where Dean was putting the shifter-baby to sleep is one of those scenes where I really really melt... I think I might need to have a talk with my biological clock LOL

I don't like how the Campbell family is written, in that I feel there was so much more that they can explore in terms of dynamics but it was cut off abruptly, plus they killed off the only one Campbell that I like :p But other than that I think this episode laid down the foundation of what the theme of the season was, and although it was slow to get there, it eventually did.

I don't think the scene of the baby looking over at Dean and Dean jumping slightly was scripted, because I did read somewhere that they have to improvise a lot when they were working with the babies, but yes, it was brilliant! Kinda shows what power a little person has over a much bigger one. "Whatcha looking at me for?" "Whoah, he's looking at me, and it's scary!"

[hells_half_acre]

Haha, I know...Dean and Baby is a potent mix for any heterosexual female, I believe.

I agree about the Campbells. I feel like this season suffered a bit with SO much thrown at us (and Dean) at the very beginning and then having everything stripped away so quickly - there was a lot of room to explore there, but either the writers could forsee that we wouldn't have the patience, or THEY just didn't have the patience. What I'm saying is, I think Kripke's pacing was always a bit slow, and I think Sera tried to make up for it, but ended up being a bit too fast.

Haha, yeah, I guess whenever you are filming with a baby, the baby becomes the prima-donna of the set - if the baby wants a scene to go a certain way, it will. :P

[missyjack]

only a fwe weeks after this episode rivers_bend and I drove from Chicago to LA in a little red car we called Ruby. THAT line got used a bit :D

I still find it interesting how suspicious Dean remained of the Campbells, and I wonder how different things might've been if he'd meet them while he was hunting. I feel that time away (ina world where yelling at a kid is harsh!) gave him a different perspective on the lifestyle.

Also I rememebr Jensen saying the finger in the whiskey thing was his own ad lib!

And yay for the clothing catalogue!

[hells_half_acre]

Haha, excellent use of the line ;)

It's true about Dean and the Campbells, when Dean first met Gordon, he accepted and trusted him right away - now, at the time he was desperate for an ersatz-John Winchester and one could argue that Gordon TAUGHT him to be distrustful...but it is an interesting reversal.

I think it might come down to something as simple as trusting someone because you want to give them the benefit of the doubt, and not trusting someone because their standing there saying "come on, why don't you trust me? You should just be automatically trusting me, you know?"

Dean is giving Sam the benefit of the doubt, but the Campbells are being too presumptuous for Dean to do anything BUT distrust them.

Jensen is brilliant!

I wish there were more hours in the day! I'm not sure how the hell I'm going to get everything done.

[borgmama1of5]

A fine read right before bed :)

And this observation is spot-on:
"Dean is giving Sam the benefit of the doubt, but the Campbells are being too presumptuous for Dean to do anything BUT distrust them."

I think the Campbell plotline got the shortest shrift (and most lost potential) of all the plots they wove in this season.

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I think the Campbell plotline got the shortest shrift (and most lost potential) of all the plots they wove in this season.

Agreed!

Have a good sleep! :)

[fannishliss]

your rewatches rule. s6 is this brilliant longgame. sure there were a few loose threads (primarily the non-existent arcs for Gwen and Rachel?) but overall, really brilliant. It was all there the whole time. :D

[hells_half_acre]

Thanks! And yes, I agree...this is a very interesting longgame unlike anything Supernatural has done before. There were bound to be a few rough spots attempting something like this, but overall it's rather impressive and bold.