Supernatural 4.19
Apr. 24th, 2009 03:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
maychorianKris Kringle, but my little ratty sure is smart. And sneaky. And occasionally annoying.
Bartleby has completely settled in with me, now, has lost all vestiges of nervousness around me. In fact, he can be very demanding when he wants attention. And he's obviously figured out that when I put my headphones on and start staring at my computer screen, he's not going to get any attention for a little while, because I am absolutely focused on SamnDean and their current travails. And he's started chewing on my computer to make me stop. Not even kidding! Yesterday he actually bit through the cord of the headphones, so I bought some sturdier ones. Also, I finally figured out that he just wants some lovin', so I held him in my hands and scratched his belly for the majority of the time I was watching this episode.
It was a comfort, let me tell ya. WOW.
Okay, so I got spoiled on the premise for this a LONG time ago. (Though I know absolutely nothing about the rest of the season and would like to keep it that way!) I did not allow myself either to squee or to rage about it, choosing to remain as apathetic as possible, with a touch of cautious optimism. After all, the writers have done great stuff with some pretty cracked-out premises this season. Maybe this one would be the same.
And first! I SQUEED LIKE THE DICKENS AT BOYS SLEEPING IN THE CAR. Yeah, I know. It's totally a fanon thing, now confirmed. And Dean is so KY00T when he's all bedhead-y and hungry and stiff and annoyed.
And yeah, I did manage to find it believable. John was human, after all. The boys are shown occasionally getting the girl after a hunt--why not John? I know some of us fans like to imagine that he was loyal only to Mary until his death, but how realistic is that? I thought the guy that played Adam did a pretty good job, too. I could see him potentially fitting in with the brothers, though like Dean, I didn't WANT him to. I wanted him to go back to his little life and never bother our boys again. (Unless they needed some doctoring and went to him for patching up, of course.)
But yeah.
What I thought was most interesting about the whole thing was Sam and Dean's reactions to him. First Dean's complete suspicion and utter certainty that it was a trap--like many fans, I think he was trying to keep the image he had of his father the way it was, a tall-standing superhero with no flaws, loyal to Mary to his death. And then, yes, the longing, the jealousy, even. Oh, Dean.
And oh, Sam. Oh Sam, Sam, Sam. :( The brothers' views on the hunting life have completely reversed since the first season. I think we fans have known that for quite some time, but now it's crystal-clear. The talk of the Winchester curse and the desire for revenge and how easily, how simply, Sam accepted that Adam was stuck with this now... It was truly heartbreaking to me.
And Dean, so angry, floundering with it all. But also, that big-brother protectiveness, I think, even for Adam. He wanted the boy to have the chance to escape, to live free of the darkness. Once he accepted that Adam was his brother, that was all he wanted--to do as John attempted to do, to keep him safe.
Oh, man, and that wandering through the crypt stuff? I was SOOOO creeped out. Wow. Show can still scare me half to death, even now. I had to pause it and play with Bartleby for awhile. So intense!
Ugh, and speaking of intense... Yeah, all that knife-twisting. Both physically and verbally. Poor, poor Sam. The MotW was AWESOME this week.
So much love, too, for Dean bursting onto the scene all badass and protective, and his gentle tone when he was wrapping up Sam's wounds. Awwww. See? They still care about each other more than anything else in the world. ♥ We saw that with Sam in 4.16 and we saw it with Dean here. I dunno about you, but I found that very heartening.
I can't help but think that the writers took the easy way out in killing Adam off, though. They made a ballsy choice, adding another Winchester brother this late in the game. But now it can just be dismissed, passed-off. It was a self-contained episode, not part of the myth-arc, and if people wish to they can choose to act like it never happened. I dunno, that just seems a little...wishy-washy. If you're going to do something that bold, have the guts to follow through, y'know?
So yeah. There are my random, useless thoughts for this week.
PS: COUSIN OLIVER'S! Oh, Show, I see you tipping us the wink. ;)
Bartleby has completely settled in with me, now, has lost all vestiges of nervousness around me. In fact, he can be very demanding when he wants attention. And he's obviously figured out that when I put my headphones on and start staring at my computer screen, he's not going to get any attention for a little while, because I am absolutely focused on SamnDean and their current travails. And he's started chewing on my computer to make me stop. Not even kidding! Yesterday he actually bit through the cord of the headphones, so I bought some sturdier ones. Also, I finally figured out that he just wants some lovin', so I held him in my hands and scratched his belly for the majority of the time I was watching this episode.
It was a comfort, let me tell ya. WOW.
Okay, so I got spoiled on the premise for this a LONG time ago. (Though I know absolutely nothing about the rest of the season and would like to keep it that way!) I did not allow myself either to squee or to rage about it, choosing to remain as apathetic as possible, with a touch of cautious optimism. After all, the writers have done great stuff with some pretty cracked-out premises this season. Maybe this one would be the same.
And first! I SQUEED LIKE THE DICKENS AT BOYS SLEEPING IN THE CAR. Yeah, I know. It's totally a fanon thing, now confirmed. And Dean is so KY00T when he's all bedhead-y and hungry and stiff and annoyed.
And yeah, I did manage to find it believable. John was human, after all. The boys are shown occasionally getting the girl after a hunt--why not John? I know some of us fans like to imagine that he was loyal only to Mary until his death, but how realistic is that? I thought the guy that played Adam did a pretty good job, too. I could see him potentially fitting in with the brothers, though like Dean, I didn't WANT him to. I wanted him to go back to his little life and never bother our boys again. (Unless they needed some doctoring and went to him for patching up, of course.)
But yeah.
What I thought was most interesting about the whole thing was Sam and Dean's reactions to him. First Dean's complete suspicion and utter certainty that it was a trap--like many fans, I think he was trying to keep the image he had of his father the way it was, a tall-standing superhero with no flaws, loyal to Mary to his death. And then, yes, the longing, the jealousy, even. Oh, Dean.
And oh, Sam. Oh Sam, Sam, Sam. :( The brothers' views on the hunting life have completely reversed since the first season. I think we fans have known that for quite some time, but now it's crystal-clear. The talk of the Winchester curse and the desire for revenge and how easily, how simply, Sam accepted that Adam was stuck with this now... It was truly heartbreaking to me.
And Dean, so angry, floundering with it all. But also, that big-brother protectiveness, I think, even for Adam. He wanted the boy to have the chance to escape, to live free of the darkness. Once he accepted that Adam was his brother, that was all he wanted--to do as John attempted to do, to keep him safe.
Oh, man, and that wandering through the crypt stuff? I was SOOOO creeped out. Wow. Show can still scare me half to death, even now. I had to pause it and play with Bartleby for awhile. So intense!
Ugh, and speaking of intense... Yeah, all that knife-twisting. Both physically and verbally. Poor, poor Sam. The MotW was AWESOME this week.
So much love, too, for Dean bursting onto the scene all badass and protective, and his gentle tone when he was wrapping up Sam's wounds. Awwww. See? They still care about each other more than anything else in the world. ♥ We saw that with Sam in 4.16 and we saw it with Dean here. I dunno about you, but I found that very heartening.
I can't help but think that the writers took the easy way out in killing Adam off, though. They made a ballsy choice, adding another Winchester brother this late in the game. But now it can just be dismissed, passed-off. It was a self-contained episode, not part of the myth-arc, and if people wish to they can choose to act like it never happened. I dunno, that just seems a little...wishy-washy. If you're going to do something that bold, have the guts to follow through, y'know?
So yeah. There are my random, useless thoughts for this week.
PS: COUSIN OLIVER'S! Oh, Show, I see you tipping us the wink. ;)
