Having your rewatches in pdf form would be awesome :)
So the end of a season with a lot of good stuff, but also with some coherency issues...'Death's Door' was amazing, Charlie's episode rocked, 'Repo Man' was creepy...those episodes come immediately to mind as standouts. 'Time for a Wedding' was an awful premise. There were many moments in other episodes that were good. The season loses, however, for inconsistancies in handling Sam & Lucifer and Bobby's ghost, and what makes it painful is that it would have been so easy to write little moments into the show that carried the emotional arc along.
Sigh for what could have been...but then, we still got 23 episodes of watching Jared and Jensen, and that's better than not getting to watch the boys!!!
I agree completely with your assessment. It was a lot of wasted potential, and that was what was most painful about it. I'm thankful for the gems of episodes, but overall it was an unsatisfying season.
The boys certainly did a good job of making it enjoyable on some level though! ;)
I started making an outline of a season rewrite to fix all the problems, but I haven't updated it since Born-Again Identity (7x17), because I can't figure out how to resolve the Ghost!Bobby issues, besides just cutting him out entirely. My version of 'Time for a Wedding' would also end up being horribly dark and triggery... as the premise demands it. :P
I didn't get a chance to comment on all of the rewatches, but I want to say that I read them all and you did an excellent job! I love seeing how someone else thinks about stuff...it always makes me consider things in a different way.
Hey! It's over... I don't know why I'm sad, I can watch Season 8 on my new BlueRay disk, but it was nice to sit down and watch it as a TV program with my hubby (who hates it but indulges me
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Crowley knows where the demon tablet is - You mentioned this before but I could not understand how you came to that conclusion. I guess that's changed since you've watched Season 8 where he actually tortures Meg to get info?
I came to that conclusion because he has it in 8x01 right after he kidnaps Kevin. He tortures Meg for the info on the angel tablet.
Contract partitioning off Canada and the USA - Do you think that is why Crowley screwed Dick? Because it wasn'T a fair deal? :D
I think Crowley screwed Dick because he knew it was only a matter of time before Dick screwed him - just like he had the vampires.
Sam's "Shut up" (I don'T think I've ever heard him say that to Dean before.
He says it to Dean in Mystery Spot. That's the first one that springs to mind. "I get all tingly when you take control like that."
Bobby loves Sam - this is kind of interesting because Sam just tried to kill him a while back when he was soulless.Yeah, and the reason Sam did that was because Bobby loves him as though Bobby were his father, and Sam
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I assume you're talking about the "clothes by episode" list, right? Unfortunately, that one is kind of a bit of a bitch to do... but I'll definitely put it back on the to-do list. We'll see though.
If you just mean updating for S8, then you'll probably have to wait until Christmas for that to get finished.
I remembered those words by Dean but I didn't remember Sam's! :D
I just finished rewatching season 7 tonight, and I've been reading your recaps after each episode. (I started doing a complete rewatch from year 1 back in October
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So the end of a season with a lot of good stuff, but also with some coherency issues...'Death's Door' was amazing, Charlie's episode rocked, 'Repo Man' was creepy...those episodes come immediately to mind as standouts. 'Time for a Wedding' was an awful premise. There were many moments in other episodes that were good. The season loses, however, for inconsistancies in handling Sam & Lucifer and Bobby's ghost, and what makes it painful is that it would have been so easy to write little moments into the show that carried the emotional arc along.
Sigh for what could have been...but then, we still got 23 episodes of watching Jared and Jensen, and that's better than not getting to watch the boys!!!
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The boys certainly did a good job of making it enjoyable on some level though! ;)
I started making an outline of a season rewrite to fix all the problems, but I haven't updated it since Born-Again Identity (7x17), because I can't figure out how to resolve the Ghost!Bobby issues, besides just cutting him out entirely. My version of 'Time for a Wedding' would also end up being horribly dark and triggery... as the premise demands it. :P
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I'd love to see the rewatches available in PDF.
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And your vote for PDFs is noted! ;)
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I came to that conclusion because he has it in 8x01 right after he kidnaps Kevin. He tortures Meg for the info on the angel tablet.
Contract partitioning off Canada and the USA - Do you think that is why Crowley screwed Dick? Because it wasn'T a fair deal? :D
I think Crowley screwed Dick because he knew it was only a matter of time before Dick screwed him - just like he had the vampires.
Sam's "Shut up" (I don'T think I've ever heard him say that to Dean before.
He says it to Dean in Mystery Spot. That's the first one that springs to mind. "I get all tingly when you take control like that."
Bobby loves Sam - this is kind of interesting because Sam just tried to kill him a while back when he was soulless.Yeah, and the reason Sam did that was because Bobby loves him as though Bobby were his father, and Sam ( ... )
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He says it to Dean in Mystery Spot. That's the first one that springs to mind. "I get all tingly when you take control like that."
I remembered those words by Dean but I didn't remember Sam's! :D
Good job on finishing up! I get my S8 DVDs in a week, and then I'll be starting my own rewatch.
Then I guess I will see you back here then ;)
By the way, is there any way you can continue your clothes per season list? It would also be nice to have a link for each episode :)
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If you just mean updating for S8, then you'll probably have to wait until Christmas for that to get finished.
I remembered those words by Dean but I didn't remember Sam's! :D
"Shut-up and eat your breakfast." ;)
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