Quick Reaction: 15x09 The Trap

[hells_half_acre]

Just when I thought I was out....

...not that I really was. It's just that with things being so chaotic IRL at the moment, I found myself noticeably less enthused about the show. Case and point, I didn't bother going to my friend's place tonight for our usual Supernatural night - just because it seemed like too much effort (granted, we've also had a

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[missyjack]

I thought it was a rockstar ep - one that felt it had so much in it but without feeling rushed. It was like all the best bits of SPN woven into a great narrative. And damn Dean's prayer to Cas!!! Damn you Jensen! What really broke me though was Sam losing hope.

[hells_half_acre]

Agreed agreed! Sam losing hope is definitely a huge panic button - because hope is Sam's whole schtick... but for some reason, I'm not worried about it in the long-run.

Definitely a rock-star episode and well done by everyone involved.

[borgmama1of5]

My first thought after the episode was why couldn't the season premiere trilogy have been this compact and intense

[borgmama1of5]

One last thing--I thought it was a little weird that Dean and Cas would hash out their personal feelings while walking with the Leviathan--so many times in the past Dean has pulled Sam to the side to hash out an issue in private, not in front of strangers. True, this was Cas, not Sam, but it still felt a bit off that they were discussing this with a monster listening...

This line, though:
I don't know why I get so angry. I know that it's always been there. When things go bad, it comes out. And I can't stop it. No matter how bad I want to, I can't stop it.

What an incredible summary of a big part of Dean's psyche.

I do think Dean's realizations during that scene allowed him to be so calm with Sam at the end, just accepting Sam's on-the-surface terrible choice without raging at him. I do hope that was real acceptance and that we're not going to get Dean throwing it in Sam's face 2 episodes from now!

[hells_half_acre]

From my perspective, I felt that the Leviathan was walking far enough ahead that Dean and Cas felt they had a little bit of privacy to have a gravelly conversation. So, I didn't think it was odd that they'd talk in front of a stranger/monster.

I also hope that Dean doesn't add this to the list of things he tends to throw in Sam's face when he gets angry! :P But I have hope - I think nearly losing Cas again really did scare him a lot and that he really came to a realization that he has to curtail his anger/grudge-holding in these uncertain times or else he'll be filled with regret.

[hells_half_acre]

His decision could be looked at that Sam once again sacrifices being with his brother (to Chuck's promise of a Cain and Abel ending) for the sake of the world.

It took me a bit to decipher this - but I think I just read it backwards - in that yes, Sam is choosing to save the world rather than ensure that he and Dean are together.

But, I also think that although Sam loses hope that defeating Chuck with the spell is the right plan (or that they can defeat Chuck at all), I don't think he loses hope that they can stop the Cain and Abel ending.

I think Chuck's insinuation that he inspired Eileen and Sam's romance was just thrown in there to be petty, not because he really had anything to do with it.Yeah, I took it more that Chuck's hand was in having Eileen resurrected so that she could be his spy, because he knew they already had feelings for each other so she was the best bet... but it was to his benefit in demoralizing Sam if he insinuated that their relationship was based on manipulation

[khek]

I am hoping that Jack and Billie might be able to turn a tide against Chuck. Remember, old Death said that eventually he would reap God.

I wonder if Amaara is still lurking around, and if she might have reached out to Billie?

This was an amazing episode. I so want someone to slap Chuck's face.

[hells_half_acre]

Yes, that's what I'm hoping too!

I wonder if Amaara is still lurking around, and if she might have reached out to Billie?

Remember that Billie and the Entity had already pulled Jack aside immediately after he died at the end of last season - so, I think Amara doesn't have a hand in THAT particular plot. Still, it'd be cool if Amara came back in some capacity as an ally.

[kailita]

It's rare that I get to be so unabashedly positive about an episode in the later seasons, but for me this one was easily the best of the season so far. (Which is saying something, considering that I don't like when the brothers are separated and I don't ship Destiel

[hells_half_acre]

Agreed agreed