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SPN - "Out with the Old"
This ep, again, was pretty straight forward and self-explanatory. Not a whole lot to dig into per se, but I thought it was an enjoyable ep.
I love the ballet shoe storyline. It very much reminded me of The Red Shoes, and I actually really wanted backstory on the curse that went with them.
The scenery where they shot the dock scene was gorgeous. And I rather liked the country church in the background.
Also? Jensen is looking pretty good here, too.
Frank amuses me in an abrasive paranoid-crazy kind of way. (I've seen complaints about how Frank is supposedly replacing Bobby, but no. Can't be done. Bobby was paranoid, but he was not nutty. Also? Conspiracy theorist vs. supernatural hunter. Both are good resources, but they're not interchangeable. More on that later.)
I love that Sam isn't trying to hide his Lucifer problem. He's open about "letting him in," and he's up front about why he's trying not to sleep.
Also also? I love that Dean knows about ballet from having seen The Black Swan. I haven't seen the movie myself, as it looked only passingly interesting, but that a popular movie expands his classical knowledge . . . that's just so "Dean." (Which is why I don't buy that he didn't know who Jonathan Harker and Mina are in "Monster Movie. *deep breath* But I'm letting that go.)
Very cool that we get strains of Swan Lake when someone comes under the spell of the shoes. Nice touch.
Honey, those shoes are too big for you.
Or, um, maybe not. Yipes!
Also x3 . . . I love how little Tracy apologizes each time she accidentally kicks Dean in the face. Poor Tracy. And poor Dean.
I really like the interactions between the brothers. Nice back-and-forth. "I'm going with cursed object." "Ya think?"
Also x4 . . .I love the scene in the car with the shoes.
"Didn't we put those in the trunk?"
"How did they . . . "
"Cursed object, Sam."
"Do they look like they're your size?"
"Shut up."
This is why cursed objects freak me out. THE SHOES ARE WATCHING YOU!!!!! THE SHOES ARE FOLLOWING YOU!!!!! THE SHOES ARE OUT TO GET YOU!!!!!!!! I don't like things to have minds of their own.
"Are you--"
"Getting the strong urge to Prince Siegfried myself into oblivion?"
O.O
"Yes."
"You really did see Black Swan."
*small head nod*
So. They need curse boxes for this gig. And the first name that flits through my mind is "Bobby." My next thought was, "Frank's not going to be of any help." Because Frank? He knows nothing about curse boxes. He's a tech geek (something that Bobby was not). Frank is a conspiracy theorist. ("Zero leviathan activity in Tromso." Ha!) He is not an expert in the supernatural. He cannot "replace" Bobby. He is a different resource on different things--conspiracy and hiding-from-Dick-Roman-is-watching related things--but not on the stuff that Sam and Dean were raised knowing.
Real Estate George looks familiar. Like . . . Was he one of the detective leviathans back in "Slash Fiction"? *does imdb search. No. Huh. He seems familiar, though . . .
Also x5 . . . I love how Sam has to snatch the shoes from Dean as Dean is looking at them with casual yet intense interest. Saving Dean from himself, so to speak. It just . . . It's good to see Sam care. I don't know how else to put it.
Also x6 (at this rate, I'm gonna use up all my also's) . . . The guys are looking quite spiffy in their overcoats.
Knife, raw meat, chopping vegetables. Oh, this is going to be messy and painful. Oh, this is not good.
Cursed tea kettle. Did I mention messy and painful?
Oh! Scott's mom! Collected stuff kept in curse boxes, and the safe she kept them in is covered in hex symbols. Mom was a hunter! Specializing in cursed objects, apparently. But she was in the biz, getting the stuff out of circulation.
When Sam calls in the tea kettle incident, he identifies himself as Bruce Hornsby. To which I say, no, Sam! The leviathans will trace the name!
Next items on the list: a gramophone, and a "vintage gentlemen's magazine sold to Peter Yankit, 27 Johnson Lane." George (my George) could not believe they were able to say those lines with straight faces.
Also creepy? A gramophone that whispers to you. GRAMOPHONES ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO TALK TO YOU!!!! EEEEEEEKKKKK!!!!. Also, the high angle shot of the kid coming out of the kitchen with the knife. *shudder*
Dean's advice to Scott. Aw, Dean. *hugs* Feeling guilty ain't gonna bring her back. Best you can do is live in a way that would make her proud. Or at least not embarrass her. *hugs Dean*
I also love when he gets information that means the case is bigger than he thought. Because Dean is a smart cookie.
Also evidence that Dean is a smart cookie: he notices all the real estate sold signs. Because he observes with his eyes (reference "Shut Up, Dr. Phil").
Real estate lady is a leviathan. Well, that's not good. And we've just shifted from MotW to Big Bad mytharc.
Something very interesting about the coffee scene in the office. Leviathans (some leviathans, anyway) like human things. (Well, I guess we knew that with the cheese guy, right?) That Joyce is being so specific about her coffee orders? Leviathans like their fancy coffee.
Also x7. George-the-Assistant amuses me. As does Joyce, but George more.
You know? I really like the shot of outside of the Lampliter with Dean sitting in the window. It reminds me of Edward Hopper's Nighthawks, only warmer and cheerier. (And yet not, because Sam and Dean's job keeps them on the road and isolated from society around them and they really are "nighthawks" and now I want to see the painting done with SPN characters--Oh! The Roadhouse!--and I'd better stop there.) Or conversely, the lamp gives it a Thomas Kinkade flavor.
Sam. Seriously, dude. Pull over and catch a few winks. You're gonna get yourself killed, and where will that leave Dean?
Assistant George and the barista dude (is a guy a "baristo"? *googles* Huh. Guess not.) get in disagreement regarding the extra pump of sugar-free.
Barista: Eat me.
Me: Don't tempt him.
Assist George: Don't tempt me.
Me: See? Ha!
Okay, so, any SG-1 fans here? Do the leviathans kind of remind you of the Goa'uld? In their comedic yet disconcerting fiendishness?
Dean eyeballing the pie. Oh, Dean. Hee!
Another difference between Bobby and Frank? Frank is a lot more into the self-preservation. Doesn't seem to matter that people are dying and Sam and Dean are there to stop it. (Of course, that part's never matter to Frank, has it? He's always advised them not to go out on a limb.)
"Stairway to Heaven" fifty times in a row. Does this mean that Sam's earworms are of the devil? (As opposed to the earworm Dean had, which was a totally different kind of earworm. Reference "And Then There Were None . . . ")
I kinda love how Dean comes up short when they get to the antique store. It's a little thing, but give his entrance such a flavor. Heh.
Wait. Assistant George is helping them? I'm intrigued. Not that he could possibly be doing it out of the goodness of his heart, but a rouge leviathan? Hm . . .
You know what? I really rather like Assistant George. Of course he didn't help the Winchesters for their sakes. He wanted out from under Joyce's thumb. Heck, he wants to eat her. And honestly? I can't say that I wouldn't have indulged the guy in that regard. As he points out, it would be a way to make sure she stays dead. (Of course, the boys can't really let George go, either.)
Also x8? I love Dean's steely glare. Don't mess with him, dude.
So . . .
The leviathans are building a research center. To study disease. (Creating disease? Are we gonna see Pestilence again?). No, the leviathans are going to cure cancer.
Yeah, right. To what end? Clean food supply? Humans as a cancer on the planet the leviathans want for themselves? Maybe it's a totally fabricated line to throw the Winchesters off.
"We're only here to help." Yeah, right. Not with that attending smirk you're not.
So, does the safe full of cursed object go into John's storage locker? Or one of Bobby's many lockers? We'll never know.
"Bad Moon Rising." Oh. Oh, that can't be good. Last time we heard that, the Impala got T-boned by a demon-driven semi. Eek!
At Frank's trailer. Frank's not there, and there are remains of a serious fight. Blood and black goo. Not good indeed. Frank either got away (and is on his way to Tromso), or he's been captured, and the next time we see him, he'll be a leviathan. Eek!
Not good, indeed.
Next ep: Angels with amnesia? Meg returns? WT???
I love the ballet shoe storyline. It very much reminded me of The Red Shoes, and I actually really wanted backstory on the curse that went with them.
The scenery where they shot the dock scene was gorgeous. And I rather liked the country church in the background.
Also? Jensen is looking pretty good here, too.
Frank amuses me in an abrasive paranoid-crazy kind of way. (I've seen complaints about how Frank is supposedly replacing Bobby, but no. Can't be done. Bobby was paranoid, but he was not nutty. Also? Conspiracy theorist vs. supernatural hunter. Both are good resources, but they're not interchangeable. More on that later.)
I love that Sam isn't trying to hide his Lucifer problem. He's open about "letting him in," and he's up front about why he's trying not to sleep.
Also also? I love that Dean knows about ballet from having seen The Black Swan. I haven't seen the movie myself, as it looked only passingly interesting, but that a popular movie expands his classical knowledge . . . that's just so "Dean." (Which is why I don't buy that he didn't know who Jonathan Harker and Mina are in "Monster Movie. *deep breath* But I'm letting that go.)
Very cool that we get strains of Swan Lake when someone comes under the spell of the shoes. Nice touch.
Honey, those shoes are too big for you.
Or, um, maybe not. Yipes!
Also x3 . . . I love how little Tracy apologizes each time she accidentally kicks Dean in the face. Poor Tracy. And poor Dean.
I really like the interactions between the brothers. Nice back-and-forth. "I'm going with cursed object." "Ya think?"
Also x4 . . .I love the scene in the car with the shoes.
"Didn't we put those in the trunk?"
"How did they . . . "
"Cursed object, Sam."
"Do they look like they're your size?"
"Shut up."
This is why cursed objects freak me out. THE SHOES ARE WATCHING YOU!!!!! THE SHOES ARE FOLLOWING YOU!!!!! THE SHOES ARE OUT TO GET YOU!!!!!!!! I don't like things to have minds of their own.
"Are you--"
"Getting the strong urge to Prince Siegfried myself into oblivion?"
O.O
"Yes."
"You really did see Black Swan."
*small head nod*
So. They need curse boxes for this gig. And the first name that flits through my mind is "Bobby." My next thought was, "Frank's not going to be of any help." Because Frank? He knows nothing about curse boxes. He's a tech geek (something that Bobby was not). Frank is a conspiracy theorist. ("Zero leviathan activity in Tromso." Ha!) He is not an expert in the supernatural. He cannot "replace" Bobby. He is a different resource on different things--conspiracy and hiding-from-Dick-Roman-is-watching related things--but not on the stuff that Sam and Dean were raised knowing.
Real Estate George looks familiar. Like . . . Was he one of the detective leviathans back in "Slash Fiction"? *does imdb search. No. Huh. He seems familiar, though . . .
Also x5 . . . I love how Sam has to snatch the shoes from Dean as Dean is looking at them with casual yet intense interest. Saving Dean from himself, so to speak. It just . . . It's good to see Sam care. I don't know how else to put it.
Also x6 (at this rate, I'm gonna use up all my also's) . . . The guys are looking quite spiffy in their overcoats.
Knife, raw meat, chopping vegetables. Oh, this is going to be messy and painful. Oh, this is not good.
Cursed tea kettle. Did I mention messy and painful?
Oh! Scott's mom! Collected stuff kept in curse boxes, and the safe she kept them in is covered in hex symbols. Mom was a hunter! Specializing in cursed objects, apparently. But she was in the biz, getting the stuff out of circulation.
When Sam calls in the tea kettle incident, he identifies himself as Bruce Hornsby. To which I say, no, Sam! The leviathans will trace the name!
Next items on the list: a gramophone, and a "vintage gentlemen's magazine sold to Peter Yankit, 27 Johnson Lane." George (my George) could not believe they were able to say those lines with straight faces.
Also creepy? A gramophone that whispers to you. GRAMOPHONES ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO TALK TO YOU!!!! EEEEEEEKKKKK!!!!. Also, the high angle shot of the kid coming out of the kitchen with the knife. *shudder*
Dean's advice to Scott. Aw, Dean. *hugs* Feeling guilty ain't gonna bring her back. Best you can do is live in a way that would make her proud. Or at least not embarrass her. *hugs Dean*
I also love when he gets information that means the case is bigger than he thought. Because Dean is a smart cookie.
Also evidence that Dean is a smart cookie: he notices all the real estate sold signs. Because he observes with his eyes (reference "Shut Up, Dr. Phil").
Real estate lady is a leviathan. Well, that's not good. And we've just shifted from MotW to Big Bad mytharc.
Something very interesting about the coffee scene in the office. Leviathans (some leviathans, anyway) like human things. (Well, I guess we knew that with the cheese guy, right?) That Joyce is being so specific about her coffee orders? Leviathans like their fancy coffee.
Also x7. George-the-Assistant amuses me. As does Joyce, but George more.
You know? I really like the shot of outside of the Lampliter with Dean sitting in the window. It reminds me of Edward Hopper's Nighthawks, only warmer and cheerier. (And yet not, because Sam and Dean's job keeps them on the road and isolated from society around them and they really are "nighthawks" and now I want to see the painting done with SPN characters--Oh! The Roadhouse!--and I'd better stop there.) Or conversely, the lamp gives it a Thomas Kinkade flavor.
Sam. Seriously, dude. Pull over and catch a few winks. You're gonna get yourself killed, and where will that leave Dean?
Assistant George and the barista dude (is a guy a "baristo"? *googles* Huh. Guess not.) get in disagreement regarding the extra pump of sugar-free.
Barista: Eat me.
Me: Don't tempt him.
Assist George: Don't tempt me.
Me: See? Ha!
Okay, so, any SG-1 fans here? Do the leviathans kind of remind you of the Goa'uld? In their comedic yet disconcerting fiendishness?
Dean eyeballing the pie. Oh, Dean. Hee!
Another difference between Bobby and Frank? Frank is a lot more into the self-preservation. Doesn't seem to matter that people are dying and Sam and Dean are there to stop it. (Of course, that part's never matter to Frank, has it? He's always advised them not to go out on a limb.)
"Stairway to Heaven" fifty times in a row. Does this mean that Sam's earworms are of the devil? (As opposed to the earworm Dean had, which was a totally different kind of earworm. Reference "And Then There Were None . . . ")
I kinda love how Dean comes up short when they get to the antique store. It's a little thing, but give his entrance such a flavor. Heh.
Wait. Assistant George is helping them? I'm intrigued. Not that he could possibly be doing it out of the goodness of his heart, but a rouge leviathan? Hm . . .
You know what? I really rather like Assistant George. Of course he didn't help the Winchesters for their sakes. He wanted out from under Joyce's thumb. Heck, he wants to eat her. And honestly? I can't say that I wouldn't have indulged the guy in that regard. As he points out, it would be a way to make sure she stays dead. (Of course, the boys can't really let George go, either.)
Also x8? I love Dean's steely glare. Don't mess with him, dude.
So . . .
The leviathans are building a research center. To study disease. (Creating disease? Are we gonna see Pestilence again?). No, the leviathans are going to cure cancer.
Yeah, right. To what end? Clean food supply? Humans as a cancer on the planet the leviathans want for themselves? Maybe it's a totally fabricated line to throw the Winchesters off.
"We're only here to help." Yeah, right. Not with that attending smirk you're not.
So, does the safe full of cursed object go into John's storage locker? Or one of Bobby's many lockers? We'll never know.
"Bad Moon Rising." Oh. Oh, that can't be good. Last time we heard that, the Impala got T-boned by a demon-driven semi. Eek!
At Frank's trailer. Frank's not there, and there are remains of a serious fight. Blood and black goo. Not good indeed. Frank either got away (and is on his way to Tromso), or he's been captured, and the next time we see him, he'll be a leviathan. Eek!
Not good, indeed.
Next ep: Angels with amnesia? Meg returns? WT???