Comments | hells_half_acre: Rewatch S6: Appointment in Samarra (6x11)

hells_half_acre

Rewatch S6: Appointment in Samarra (6x11)

Oct 19, 2011 16:59

Ok, after the controversy that was yesterday's rewatch - let's continue with something a little more light-hearted and filled with puppies!

Notes:
1)Clothes were once again easy. They both wore the exact same thing the entire episode.
2)My rewatch notes are pretty short, so I might not actually have that much to say about this one - that doesn't ( Read more... )

rewatch s6

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4422shini October 20 2011, 06:32:27 UTC

"Hm, pick one... Sam's soul or Adam's?"
- And this is the last mention we ever get of Adam, I think. Poor Adam. Worst luck of any Winchester in my book.

POOOOR ADAM!! This kid gets the shittiest bits of the stick. I really hope they'll bring him back this season. Or at least put him back in heaven ;____;

Yeah, I wish they continued on with the whole 'owing Balthazar' thing too. Kind of weird how they just dropped it. I mean, they made a point of making it a point... if you know what I mean.

One thing that bugged me about that whole save the little girl then kill her anyways thing (and this is a silly thing because I know it's not REAL, but whatever) is that the Doctor's like, 'hot damn, you're hearts fixed... huh.' Then she's dead. That doctor would sooo lose his medical license/be sued for malpractice. Way to go Dean, you screwed up the doctor's career. Fool. :P

hells_half_acre October 20 2011, 06:49:01 UTC

That doctor would sooo lose his medical license/be sued for malpractice. Way to go Dean, you screwed up the doctor's career. Fool. :P

Oh man! I had the exact same thought!! I forgot to take note of it, but YES THIS. Poor Doctor.

POOOOR ADAM!! This kid gets the shittiest bits of the stick. I really hope they'll bring him back this season. Or at least put him back in heaven

I KNOW, EH!!? They really need to stick that kid back up in heaven. The kids got a prom to go to for eternity, not being the only entertainment for two arch-angels in a cage.

galwithglasses October 20 2011, 13:01:16 UTC

Death is my favorite guest star next to Bobby. I love how they wrote the character and Julian acts him awesomely. He and Jensen knock it out of the park every time. I really like Tessa and was glad to see her again.

When Dean was looking through the panic room door at Sam, I think he was realizing that he might have to kill him. I think Sam looks back as if he knows this.

Without knowing anything about Sebastian, I never warmed up to Balthazar. I agree he was kind of a knock-off Trickster without the sense of play that Loki brought to the character. I wonder if he was always taking digs sideways at Cas by comments about the angel who loves you because he was cheesed that these humans got more of Cas's attention than he did.

hells_half_acre October 20 2011, 19:06:19 UTC

Death is my favorite guest star next to Bobby.

I think he's mine too. Probably him and Bobby are even tied for the position.

When Dean was looking through the panic room door at Sam, I think he was realizing that he might have to kill him. I think Sam looks back as if he knows this.

Yes, I think so too.

I wonder if he was always taking digs sideways at Cas by comments about the angel who loves you because he was cheesed that these humans got more of Cas's attention than he did.

Ha! Probably! It would certainly fit in with his selfish personality. Franztastisch makes a great point in the comment below about how the Gabester was a far more sympathetic character.

franztastisch October 20 2011, 16:35:08 UTC

Death and Tessa are wonderful because they have no agenda. Like Fate. They're part of the natural order and just doing their jobs. I think the reason Tessa is the only girl reaper is because the first time she appeared, she said that reapers took a form that the person who dies will find comforting/apporachable/whatever, and that's what she looked like for Dean. And then to have the continuity they kept that actress. OR because she's the one that turns up for Dean, she looks like how Dean first saw her. Maybe the other reapers look as they do because 1. most of the time they haven't turned up because someone's dying (like when Death was in Chicargo) and/or 2. that lady in Faith expected to see an old man in a suit, so that's what we got ( ... )

hells_half_acre October 20 2011, 19:02:00 UTC

Death and Tessa are wonderful because they have no agenda. Like Fate. They're part of the natural order and just doing their jobs.

Yes, this is exactly why I like them so much. They aren't a villain even though they aren't human.

OR because she's the one that turns up for Dean, she looks like how Dean first saw her.

Good option. I wonder if people get assigned a particular reaper, and Tessa has been assigned to Dean.

He was selfish and meddling. And maybe Gabriel was selfish, but he also had Daddy issues and a complex backstory and intentions and overall kept to himself or... he wanted to lay low. Balthazar wanted to have threesomes and get drunk. Gabe wanted to teach people a lesson and eat sweets. And I like Gabe's motives better.Yes, I think this is my problem with Balthazar too. I mean, once you knew Gabriel's backstory, you felt sympathy for him - but with Balthazar it's hard to feel sympathy for someone who is just eschewing his responsibilities because he wants to have sex and get drunk...and buy human souls for power. ( ... )

franztastisch October 20 2011, 19:27:34 UTC

I can't think that you'd get assigned a reaper. And I was going to explain why I think that, but then I got confused and couldn't. So I'll not, cos I can't. I just don't think you're assigned a reaper.

I actually had this think about Gabriel, Balthazar and Castiel and Free Will, and how really, Gabriel is the only one who got Free Will right. Cas was basically forced into having Free Will, through association with the Winchesters and everything they stood for. And it worked for him for a while, but mostly because he had Bobby, Sam and Dean to provide a moral compass and stuff. When they went, he degenerated. Balthazar had no one and equated Free Will with Doing What The Fuck You Want. Which it sort of is, and which it sort of isn't. And he turned out to be a bit for a fucktard. Gabriel got Free Will sort of right really, and maintained it for the longest. And I think it's cos originally, when he decided to disappear from Heaven, he created this plan of being Loki and then followed the rules of this plan. So he ws still following ( ... )

hells_half_acre October 20 2011, 19:37:27 UTC

I can't think that you'd get assigned a reaper. And I was going to explain why I think that, but then I got confused and couldn't. So I'll not, cos I can't. I just don't think you're assigned a reaper.

Haha, it's ok, you don't have to explain. You can just say "I don't think you are assigned a reaper" and that's a valid enough opinion. ;)

Re: Free Will and Angels - I think you are quite smart and correct there. It makes a lot of sense. I wish I had anything to add, but I really think you covered it well and succinctly.

It's sort of like when you go to uni and suddenly go HEY I CAN DO WHAT I WANT. And for some reason that often involves getting drunk, throwing up in a bush and passing out. Just for angels it's more... extreme. :PApparently I was the Gabriel version of a uni-student. Haha... but I knew many a Castiel and Balthazar :P ( ... )

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