SPN: No Exit, The Usual Suspects
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snick_backupNo Exit
Was I totally geeking out about the RPF in my show? Yes. Yes, I was. I read Devil in the White City (Erik Larsen) less than six months ago, which is half about the 1896 Chicago World's Fair and half about the serial killer this episode references. The guy was creepier than any modern-day serial killer I've heard of, most especially because of his hotel that the episode talks about, which was designed and built with murder in mind: a sound-proof vault for keeping captives, gas jets installed in bedrooms so he could kill people in their sleep, and a people-sized furnace suitable for cremation (though just as often he had a guy clean the bones, articulate the skeleton, and sell it to someone who supplied medical schools). No amount of ectoplasm and blackened fingers could be scarier than what the guy did while he was still alive.
In other things, it seems John Winchester screwed up on a hunt, and Jo's dad ended up dead. I suspect that'll be an episode of its own, sooner or later. Still not sure how I feel about Jo; I think I'm hung up on the actress being Meg Manning in Veronica Mars. However, I appreciate that Dean's keeping his usual predatory charm in check; this is shaping up to be more of a sibling relationship, and seems to me a relationship with a female that doesn't involve sex or rescuing might do Dean some good. (Ditto the relationship with Ellen, assuming he and Sam ever get another chance to have one with her.)
The Usual Suspects
Turns out, it was sheer luck that the deaths turned out to be the boys' kind of problem, seeing as the murderer was human. "Either the tapes have been tampered with, or we have an invisible killer." Heh. Occam's Razor, y'all. Only sometimes what counts as "the simplest explanation" depends entirely on context.
I liked the Linda Blair character quite a bit. Unlike so many of these Hollywood faces, she came across as a real live person with idiosyncracies. Of course, I had no idea who Linda Blair was until Dean made his crack at the end about pea soup, and I went and looked her up on IMDB. Oh, you silly show.
This was something of a "as others see us" episode, which I'm always a sucker for, and it let us see some more of just how well Sam and Dean work together. They manage to tell exactly the same story without ever discussing it beforehand; they have a plan for how to find each other when they get split up. (Although, Dean told the gal all about that while staring at a sign that said, "All information in this room will be recorded." Um.) Nifty.
On one hand, this ep was a lot of fun. On the other, the boys are particularly cavalier in this ep about bending rules and breaking laws, and the casual arrogance grates. Yeah, Dean's not worried about murder charges, because why? Because he's just that sure he can get himself out of his difficulties. Sam isn't even sheepish about handing the lady cop the crime scene photos. And when all's said and done, she gives them her blessing and lets them go without even a hint of a lecture about obeying the law. Grump.
Was I totally geeking out about the RPF in my show? Yes. Yes, I was. I read Devil in the White City (Erik Larsen) less than six months ago, which is half about the 1896 Chicago World's Fair and half about the serial killer this episode references. The guy was creepier than any modern-day serial killer I've heard of, most especially because of his hotel that the episode talks about, which was designed and built with murder in mind: a sound-proof vault for keeping captives, gas jets installed in bedrooms so he could kill people in their sleep, and a people-sized furnace suitable for cremation (though just as often he had a guy clean the bones, articulate the skeleton, and sell it to someone who supplied medical schools). No amount of ectoplasm and blackened fingers could be scarier than what the guy did while he was still alive.
In other things, it seems John Winchester screwed up on a hunt, and Jo's dad ended up dead. I suspect that'll be an episode of its own, sooner or later. Still not sure how I feel about Jo; I think I'm hung up on the actress being Meg Manning in Veronica Mars. However, I appreciate that Dean's keeping his usual predatory charm in check; this is shaping up to be more of a sibling relationship, and seems to me a relationship with a female that doesn't involve sex or rescuing might do Dean some good. (Ditto the relationship with Ellen, assuming he and Sam ever get another chance to have one with her.)
The Usual Suspects
Turns out, it was sheer luck that the deaths turned out to be the boys' kind of problem, seeing as the murderer was human. "Either the tapes have been tampered with, or we have an invisible killer." Heh. Occam's Razor, y'all. Only sometimes what counts as "the simplest explanation" depends entirely on context.
I liked the Linda Blair character quite a bit. Unlike so many of these Hollywood faces, she came across as a real live person with idiosyncracies. Of course, I had no idea who Linda Blair was until Dean made his crack at the end about pea soup, and I went and looked her up on IMDB. Oh, you silly show.
This was something of a "as others see us" episode, which I'm always a sucker for, and it let us see some more of just how well Sam and Dean work together. They manage to tell exactly the same story without ever discussing it beforehand; they have a plan for how to find each other when they get split up. (Although, Dean told the gal all about that while staring at a sign that said, "All information in this room will be recorded." Um.) Nifty.
On one hand, this ep was a lot of fun. On the other, the boys are particularly cavalier in this ep about bending rules and breaking laws, and the casual arrogance grates. Yeah, Dean's not worried about murder charges, because why? Because he's just that sure he can get himself out of his difficulties. Sam isn't even sheepish about handing the lady cop the crime scene photos. And when all's said and done, she gives them her blessing and lets them go without even a hint of a lecture about obeying the law. Grump.
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Date: 2011-03-30 07:10 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-03-30 09:35 pm (UTC)I enjoyed their scenes together in this episode much more than in the first episode Jo had, where they were obviously trying to set her up as a love interest to Dean. Their previous interaction felt forced, IMO.
They manage to tell exactly the same story without ever discussing it beforehand; they have a plan for how to find each other when they get split up.
I do love this. They've got it down to a science.
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Date: 2011-03-30 11:58 pm (UTC)Agreed. I do definitely like her better here, alone and with Dean, than in that other episode.
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Date: 2011-03-31 12:19 am (UTC)