SPN: Hell House and Something Wicked
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snick_backupHell House
In which we make fun of ghost hunters, invoke Buffy, fight a ghostie who subsists on people's belief (like the Hogfather, you know, only homicidal), and employ the power of the Internet (except the server crashed, so we torched the place instead; so much for technology).
Not deep, this episode, but gleefully fun. I loved it.
Something Wicked
OH DEAN.
We've seen bits of family backstory before, but this is the first ep where I've gotten to see the family dynamic as it played out. YIKES.
I'm an eldest, and I manage to burden myself with more parental expectation than my parents probably ever knew they had. Certainly they've never told me they expect half of the things my backbrain thinks they do, and occasionally I shock my dad by casual mention of something I'm certain he thinks of me. In short: guilt guilt guilt for every minor mistake and wrong thing said.
Functioning under the directly-stated, life-or-death expectations Dean grew up functioning under, and dealing with the guilt and the what-ifs it seems John Winchester put on him? I cannot even imagine.
The bit during the stakeout, when Sam apologizes for giving Dean grief about following orders, was a very good bit. There was a thread all through this ep about how Sam didn't always know what went on between Dean and John, and how even now he's still realizing the effects of all that on Dean. Dean, meanwhile, would just as well keep Sam out of it; it was pulling teeth to get Dean to tell the story of what happened all those years ago, and Dean seals it in the episode's last exchange:
Because as far as Dean's concerned, Sammy's still the baby brother, and he still needs Dean looking after him and protecting him from the things in the dark.
In shallower things, I note that even as a kid, SAM ALREADY HAD THE PUPPY EYES. Nice directing, show. Jared Padalecki, I've noticed, is one of those people with an extremely mobile, expressive face.
Also, we have our second Sam-and-Dean-get-mistaken-for-gay joke of the season. I'm sensing a theme. This would perhaps happen less often if they looked anything alike. ANY FAMILY RESEMBLANCE AT ALL. Then again, if there were a resemblance, I suppose it'd make it a lot harder pretending to be the CDC officials or the priests or whatever.
In which we make fun of ghost hunters, invoke Buffy, fight a ghostie who subsists on people's belief (like the Hogfather, you know, only homicidal), and employ the power of the Internet (except the server crashed, so we torched the place instead; so much for technology).
Not deep, this episode, but gleefully fun. I loved it.
Something Wicked
OH DEAN.
We've seen bits of family backstory before, but this is the first ep where I've gotten to see the family dynamic as it played out. YIKES.
I'm an eldest, and I manage to burden myself with more parental expectation than my parents probably ever knew they had. Certainly they've never told me they expect half of the things my backbrain thinks they do, and occasionally I shock my dad by casual mention of something I'm certain he thinks of me. In short: guilt guilt guilt for every minor mistake and wrong thing said.
Functioning under the directly-stated, life-or-death expectations Dean grew up functioning under, and dealing with the guilt and the what-ifs it seems John Winchester put on him? I cannot even imagine.
The bit during the stakeout, when Sam apologizes for giving Dean grief about following orders, was a very good bit. There was a thread all through this ep about how Sam didn't always know what went on between Dean and John, and how even now he's still realizing the effects of all that on Dean. Dean, meanwhile, would just as well keep Sam out of it; it was pulling teeth to get Dean to tell the story of what happened all those years ago, and Dean seals it in the episode's last exchange:
SAM [referring to the kid who helped them kill the monster]: You know, sometimes I wish I could have that kind of innocence.
DEAN: Sometimes I wish you could, too.
Because as far as Dean's concerned, Sammy's still the baby brother, and he still needs Dean looking after him and protecting him from the things in the dark.
In shallower things, I note that even as a kid, SAM ALREADY HAD THE PUPPY EYES. Nice directing, show. Jared Padalecki, I've noticed, is one of those people with an extremely mobile, expressive face.
Also, we have our second Sam-and-Dean-get-mistaken-for-gay joke of the season. I'm sensing a theme. This would perhaps happen less often if they looked anything alike. ANY FAMILY RESEMBLANCE AT ALL. Then again, if there were a resemblance, I suppose it'd make it a lot harder pretending to be the CDC officials or the priests or whatever.
