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Supernatural: Oh Castiel…

May 19th, 2011 | by | supernatural, the cw, tv shows

May
19

I am generally not amused by a show suddenly adding an episode that is hampered by narration, but it’s Castiel, who is the sweetest little angel on earth, so I’ll let it slide, because that voice could melt.. well… stuff.

A good chunk of this episode is really just a narrated clip show, which is vaguely annoying, but we do get a few insights into Castiel’s side of things. This is nice, seeing as we have spent the ENTIRE season hearing about this epic, heavenly battle going on, but have seen nary a bit of it.

And what it all boils down to, really, is that Castiel made a deal with the Devil – a marvelous, as usual, Mark Sheppard – also known as Crowley. A deal that seemed like a good idea to a desperate, Raphael threatened Castiel, but as with most Devil inspired deals, has gone awry in a most unfortunate way.

The real zinger in this episode was Dean’s journey from suspecting Cas, his defending of Cas, and then the terrible realization that his New Best Friend had betrayed them. Those two in Bobby’s living room, with Dean asking him to not do it because that’s what family does for each other? Heartbreaking! I knew Dean loved Cas like family, and Cas so wanted Dean to love him that way, to see those two split like that was gutting. The thing is, Castiel is being just as stubborn as Dean can be. How many times have we seen Dean insist on doing a job his way, even when everyone else was sure it was doomed? Oh, those two crazy kids…

Favorite moments:

  • Crowley was hilarious with his torturing of the poor vamp, and his utter disdain for the Winchesters (“denim-wrapped nightmares”). But, he was also incredibly irritating, so when Castiel finally grabs him and slams him so hard against the wall he puts a Crowley shaped dent into it? I totally cheered.
  • Once again, Dean and Cas have amazeballs chemistry, and every scene together was riveting, heartbreaking, and made me want more more more of those two together.
  • The demon version of Bobby, et.al.! I especially enjoyed the two blood phones alongside the FBI/CIA, etc. phones. A very Ben Edlund-like touch.
  • Crowley’s new version of Hell was amusing, but I swear I’ve seen that done somewhere before. Can’t figure out where though.

So this week we have the two hour season finale (which is awesome, and I know it’s really two episodes tacked together because Smallville took up all the space last week, but I have been wanting a two hour finale for this show for years, so now I get what I want! YAY!). I am wondering  how they will go with Castiel. I love him, so I want him to make the right decision, but if he falls further it would set up a nice story for next season: The Redemption of Castiel!

 

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Supernatural: Season Six So Far

January 26th, 2011 | by | supernatural, the cw, tv shows

Jan
26

We are about to start the second half of Supernatural‘s sixth season and so far, it has been quite the uneven year. As you may recall, I was excited about Sera Gamble and her promise of more monsters for our beautiful boys to fight back at the beginning of the season, but I fear her promises were not kept. Not really.

First of all, I am not here to rip apart Sera. She obviously loves working on the show, and when Kripke decided he didn’t want to continue, I am sure she happily stepped up to continue the story of The Winchesters, both for her career, and for the joy of this little family she has helped create. Unfortunately, I think that maybe she has been too close to the show for too long to see through the weeds. Read full story

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Supernatural: Weekend at Bobby’s

October 20th, 2010 | by | supernatural, the cw, tv shows

Oct
20

Y’all know I watch this show first and foremost for The Pretty, so I was a little miffed at the beginning of this episode when I realized it was gonna be a Bobby episode. Don’t get me wrong, I love Bobby, but a whole episode? Turns out it was one of the best episodes of this show is a very, very long time.

Those pretty, pretty Winchester brothers are relegated to the background this week as we get to see a couple days in the life of Bobby Singer. Bobby, you see, sold his soul to Crowley (played once again by the ever awesome Mark Sheppard) back in the wheelchair days of last season. Now that Bobby and the boys put the kibosh on The Apocalypse by shutting Lucifer up in a box in hell, Crowley has taken over as the Big Bad down there. Bobby decides to take matters into his own hands to get his soul back, and we get an episode that veers swimmingly from frustration to potential romance to straight-up slapstick and back to frustration. There is just enough of all the supporting players to keep Bobby on his toes for the entire thing, and by god, by the end of the episode all I wanted was Bobby to get a bite of that damn cobbler! Poor guy.

I also enjoyed: Bobby putting the smack-down on Sam and Dean’s whiny ways; the Crowley/Fergus twisty-ness; Marcy – the sweet new neighbor; the freakin’ woodchipper gag; and an assist from that kook Rufus (honestly, I forgot he was still alive).

Haven’t had that much fun watching Supernatural in a long time. Here’s to hoping we get more solid, but free flowing episodes like that.

Extra added bonus: This episode was directed by the lovely Jensen Ackles!! Well done, sir.

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Supernatural: Mr. Crowley

May 3rd, 2010 | by | supernatural, tv shows

May
03

I love Mark Sheppard. He has shown up on every single one of the shows I love, starting with The X-Files way back in the way back, and including shows like 24, BSG, Dollhouse, Firefly, White Collar, Chuck, and on and on. I think the only one he has missed is Lost. I suppose the island was just to much for him, eh?

Regardless of my love for the man, and his character of Crowley here in Supernatural is fun, I found this last episode a little… unnecessary? I mean, we are going back to Sam’s college life, and flogging that dead girlfriend Jessica yet again? Really show? We get it, Sam has been in the pipeline for a while.

I am sick of the show giving us a reason to worry about Sam and Dean’s relationship. I was very happy to have those delicious boys back in each others good graces, and that look Dean gave Sam after he killed Brady (or whatever his stupid name was), made me worry for those boys all over again.

Plus, after that wondrous introduction to Pestilence the week before, we get nothing of him. A totally Matt Frewer free episode! How unfair…

So, it took a whole episode for us to get to anything worthwhile and relevant to the coming apocalypse. Crowley talks Bobby into selling his soul (Oh boy, I DO NOT want Bobby to die, Kripke!!), and that nasty Croatoan virus may be the death of us all. Two episodes to wrap up the apocalypse? We shall see how that goes (do you sense a little bitterness this week? Sorry about that).

Also, if you saw the promo for the penultimate episode, you now know that you don’t want to be walking down the street and brush up against Death. Because that would be bad.

eta: I forgot to mention that Misha Collins will be tweeting during this week’s episode of Supernatural. He will be tweeting like mad from 9-10pm EST. Thanks to Lisi for the heads up!

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