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Jul. 2nd, 2009 05:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
feliciakwI'm up to "Crossroad Blues" in S2. There's been much to comment on in the previous eps, but I just haven't had the wherewithal to post 'em. But "Crossroad Blues" has some things that take on another facet in light of what's to come.
I won't go into uber-detail, but the first time I saw this ep, I was completely freaked that Dean would even consider making a deal. Huge sigh of relief when he didn't. (Because, in Dean's words, "that always turns out well.") I called Izhilzha and freaked out at her, and she, having seen the end of S2, of course breathed not a word of what was to come.
But it's interesting how things echo through, whether in role reversal or foreshadowing.
When Sam tells Dean that John's legacy was teaching them to save people, I couldn't help but think of Dean's admonition to Sam: "Remember what Dad taught you."
When George Darrow tells the Boys that he wants to die, he's tired, I couldn't help but think of when Dean told Sam the same thing at the end of "Magnificent Seven."
There's just so much pain on both their parts--Dean, feeling that he shouldn't even be alive, and Sam, watching his brother implode.
Now, working backwards a little bit (and to end on a lighter note): I know "The Usual Suspects" tends to get a bad rap, but it's one of the best Smart!Dean/Boys-working-together-cleverly eps, and I love it. I also wish there had been a line added in when Sam and the cop are breaking down the wall to find Claire's body . . . when Sam says, "Something's bothering me," and the cop says, "You are digging up a corpse," and Sam says with an amused smile, "That's par for the course, actually," I wish he'd added, "Hence all the grave desecrations on Dean's rap sheet."
I won't go into the long, drawn-out impressions of the Roadhouse and Ellen, Jo, and Ash other than to say: Ellen is awesome. I actually like Jo a lot now--which I didn't when I first saw her, not at all, until I realized they weren't going to make her into a love interest for Dean. But I always felt she was too young for Dean. And Ash cracks me up.
Proceeding backwards, I'll also say that in "Simon Says," I love that Sam doesn't want Dean to get within range of Andy once they figure out what Andy can do. And he doesn't want Dean in the vicinity when they go after Anson/Weber, and Dean is 100% cool with that.
S2 is a really good with the humor, and hard-hitting with the angst. The tone has definitely changed from S1, mainly, I think, because the introductions are over and we're starting to get into the heavy duty stuff that will propel us through the rest of the series.
And for some reason, I've had phrases of "Luckenbach, Texas" running through my head all day. I can't imagine why.
I won't go into uber-detail, but the first time I saw this ep, I was completely freaked that Dean would even consider making a deal. Huge sigh of relief when he didn't. (Because, in Dean's words, "that always turns out well.") I called Izhilzha and freaked out at her, and she, having seen the end of S2, of course breathed not a word of what was to come.
But it's interesting how things echo through, whether in role reversal or foreshadowing.
When Sam tells Dean that John's legacy was teaching them to save people, I couldn't help but think of Dean's admonition to Sam: "Remember what Dad taught you."
When George Darrow tells the Boys that he wants to die, he's tired, I couldn't help but think of when Dean told Sam the same thing at the end of "Magnificent Seven."
There's just so much pain on both their parts--Dean, feeling that he shouldn't even be alive, and Sam, watching his brother implode.
Now, working backwards a little bit (and to end on a lighter note): I know "The Usual Suspects" tends to get a bad rap, but it's one of the best Smart!Dean/Boys-working-together-cleverly eps, and I love it. I also wish there had been a line added in when Sam and the cop are breaking down the wall to find Claire's body . . . when Sam says, "Something's bothering me," and the cop says, "You are digging up a corpse," and Sam says with an amused smile, "That's par for the course, actually," I wish he'd added, "Hence all the grave desecrations on Dean's rap sheet."
I won't go into the long, drawn-out impressions of the Roadhouse and Ellen, Jo, and Ash other than to say: Ellen is awesome. I actually like Jo a lot now--which I didn't when I first saw her, not at all, until I realized they weren't going to make her into a love interest for Dean. But I always felt she was too young for Dean. And Ash cracks me up.
Proceeding backwards, I'll also say that in "Simon Says," I love that Sam doesn't want Dean to get within range of Andy once they figure out what Andy can do. And he doesn't want Dean in the vicinity when they go after Anson/Weber, and Dean is 100% cool with that.
S2 is a really good with the humor, and hard-hitting with the angst. The tone has definitely changed from S1, mainly, I think, because the introductions are over and we're starting to get into the heavy duty stuff that will propel us through the rest of the series.
And for some reason, I've had phrases of "Luckenbach, Texas" running through my head all day. I can't imagine why.
