So, Supernatural
Oct. 29th, 2011 06:13 am![[personal profile]](http://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
giandujakissThere was stuff to like, but I can't get past the stuff to dislike.
It was actually a pretty solid episode in many ways. The plot proceeded nicely; the little touches of humor were actually humorous; I enjoyed the monsters' complaints over having to impersonate the Winchesters, the end was appropriately angsty (although the preview for next week looks ... jarring ... by comparison).
But the whole Amy controversy is undermined by the fact that just last week, Dean seemed to have no problem leaving Spike and Cordelia alive despite the fact that they obviously represent more of an ongoing threat than Amy did, so that pretty much destroys the throughline.
Dean singing along to Air Supply was very cute, except for how we already saw that scene in Simon Said.
The idea of the monsters visiting S&D's old jobs is a nice bit of nostalgia, except for how absolutely nothing came of it. No one else made the connection; we didn't see any of the old characters; there was no Grand Theme revealed. It was a waste of what might otherwise have been a powerful plot point.
And if you're going to actually title your episode "Slash Fiction," and you've already established that Sam and Dean have a following of people who think they're fictional, it's awfully strange not to follow through. How come neither Becky nor any of the other fans of the books had any reaction to seeing people named Sam and Dean Winchester plastered all over the news?
So on the whole, it's like, I enjoyed the episode as I went along, but then it seemed to fall apart after I gave it more than a passing thought.
It was actually a pretty solid episode in many ways. The plot proceeded nicely; the little touches of humor were actually humorous; I enjoyed the monsters' complaints over having to impersonate the Winchesters, the end was appropriately angsty (although the preview for next week looks ... jarring ... by comparison).
But the whole Amy controversy is undermined by the fact that just last week, Dean seemed to have no problem leaving Spike and Cordelia alive despite the fact that they obviously represent more of an ongoing threat than Amy did, so that pretty much destroys the throughline.
Dean singing along to Air Supply was very cute, except for how we already saw that scene in Simon Said.
The idea of the monsters visiting S&D's old jobs is a nice bit of nostalgia, except for how absolutely nothing came of it. No one else made the connection; we didn't see any of the old characters; there was no Grand Theme revealed. It was a waste of what might otherwise have been a powerful plot point.
And if you're going to actually title your episode "Slash Fiction," and you've already established that Sam and Dean have a following of people who think they're fictional, it's awfully strange not to follow through. How come neither Becky nor any of the other fans of the books had any reaction to seeing people named Sam and Dean Winchester plastered all over the news?
So on the whole, it's like, I enjoyed the episode as I went along, but then it seemed to fall apart after I gave it more than a passing thought.
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