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Reaction: Supernatural 4.01 - Episode Reaction
Contains spoilers for episode. I've been staying away from other people's reactions, so I may be saying the same thing as everyone else or I may be expressing unpopular opinions. No idea. These are just my reactions. And they're long-ish.
NO SPOILERS OR REFERENCES TO PROMOS OR ADS IN COMMENTS PLEASE!! :-)
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Reaction to Supernatural 4.01 - LAZARUS RISING
Contains spoilers for episode. Also contains flail, squee and capslocking.
For example: WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!! *FLAIL* EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!! *FLAIL SOME MORE*
Sometimes when I get really excited before a new episode or a big episode, I worry that I'm getting my hopes up too high and I'm going to be disappointed if it isn't awesome enough to match my hopes.
I try to force my feet back on the ground by running through worst case scenarios, how badly things could be done wrong, or forcing rationality on myself. Couldn't manage to do that at all on the run up to 4.01. So the fear was there that I'd set myself up to get badly disappointed.
After watching it, there is no possible way I could have had my hopes high enough for "Lazarus Rising" to be a disappointment. My hope meter doesn't go that high.
I spent several minutes after watching the episode twice just grinning giddily into a glass of Coke because damn that rocked. And damn do I wish I had had Friday off, as I had originally planned.
I said something at the end of last season about needing to get a bigger notebook for use as a squee pad? I forgot about that and started one of the usual 32 page ones. It's half full. Over half. In point form. Because, seriously, WOW.
Anyways, transcribing squee notebook. Onward. Man, it has been a long hiatus!
-Yay music! "You Shook Me All Night Long" AC/DC. Funny thing, I've had that song stuck in my head all day. It's a bit of an odd choice here though as it makes hanging by meat-hooks in Hell look a bit like a carnival ride.
-"I sent her far, far away" in the opening montage (no *cr-crick* though, so maybe Lilith visited her chiropractor over the hiatus), so Ruby will be returning. Okay then. Wonder who'll be playing her? Maaaaybe Jensen? Hee. Nah.
-I WANT THAT FONT!!! The "Road So Far" and "Now" font! It's simple, but I love the embossed blood sort of look.
-Do all coffins come equipped with matches or a lighter these days? Doc Benton had matches in 3.15, but actually that was an old fridge. Ooo! Maybe Sam or Bobby or whoever buried Dean deliberately left him those for when he returned. Although a glow-stick, a crowbar and a small scuba rig may have been more useful.
-Hoarse, unused voice. Very nice touch.
-Um, Dean, not the one directly over your face- *sigh* never mind.
-Hand coming out of the grave!! That's from... some horror movie, right? They did it with Jess too, and I remember it was a reference to some movie.
-I just gotta say, I LOVE THE DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY because damn is there some awesome shot composition and lighting here! It highlights Dean's disorientation excellently. Also love the super-bright, super-saturated daylight they're using for this opening bit, because it's also Dean using eyes that have been in the dark and not in use for a while.
-Holy freaking crap! That's like a Tunguska-type blast. WOW. That's... alarming.
-Title-card. O. M. G. Title-card! Wings! Black wings! Ravens??? Naw... Hm.
-Oh cool! Whatever healed him healed his clothes too! Or, I guess maybe Sam or Bobby or whoever put different clothes on him over the Hellhound-induced mangledness before they buried him. Yeah, I think he was wearing a grey shirt in the finale. And black shirts are very forgiving of blood and ick stains. But still, that's gotta be crusty. Ew.
-Why does Traci Dinwiddie sound like a familiar name?
-Hm... Looking a little post-apocalyptic 'round here...
-*GLEE* Not only do we get a concrete date, It's today!! I love that. I floated a theory that at the start of Season 2 they'd matched up the phase of the moon to the date the episode would premiere (only didn't because of date-shifting shenanigans on the CW's part) deliberately and was ridiculed. Well I showed them! ... only not really. But whatever. Awesome cool.
-Also "Serial Arsonist Sought" is the headline. Just in case that turns out to be relevant.
-That's the most sparsely-filled gas station cooler I've ever seen. I blame the budget. Since this location is likely one frequently used for film crews (I think I recognize it from X-files) they'd have had to stock the cooler and shelves themselves, so one trip to Cost-co would about do it. Unless they just repurposed some stuff from the lunch truck. Yeah. Aw. *pats the poor budget*
-Supervising Producer Sera Gamble? That's new, isn't it? Go Sera!
-Ooo, a mirror... will Dean still have any kind of 'seeing demons' ability, and will he see himself weird if he's, a demon-like thing now? ... nope. Hm.
-Oooo! Chest tattoo! Hi tattoo!!! Yay continuity!!! Glad you're fixed after the hellhound probably shredded you! And shoulder is... oooo. OooOoooo! Handprint-shaped burn mark! WOW. That's seriously wow. And 'Ow!', I imagine. So, no shoulder tattoo, and no spider. Yet.
-Porn. Hee! Dean. It's a ludicrous thing to say, probably, but that Dean is still himself enough to want to pick up porn is oddly reassuring.
-Grabbing handful of... change? That's not exactly an efficient form of cash. Do they have dollar coins in the US- Oh, no, wait! It's for the payphone! *facepalm* I never think of payphones anymore.
-I spy a Trodat stamp by the till. Hee! I've got one on my desk at work that I use every day, so it's like seeing a very small inanimate coworker on TV.
-Um. Uh oh. TV and radio going off on their own usually mean bad things. Takes Dean an awfully long time to pick up on that though. I mean really Dean, I know you've been dead and in Hell and all that but what part of "INCOMING!!" don't you get?
-Yay, salt! Oooo! Is it Dean's presence causing the things to go nuts and has he just managed to salt himself into the building if he's some variety of newly hatched demon-thing or whatever? (I'll chase a theory down until it's dead and pounded into a fine paste sometimes.)
-Ooo, glass-shattering. What the heck? Giant invisible loud thing. Freaky.
-Hee. I love the phone conversations. Of course Bobby'd hang up, Dean. Think about it. What would you do in a reversed situation? Also, don't you have any code words or recognition phrases for "Hi, I'm back from Hell?" Not that that would matter either... Hm.
-My god, what a boat of a car Dean hotwired. Take one of those gas pumps with you Dean, you're gonna need it!
-BOBBY!!!!!! \o/ *glee*
-OOO!! Bobby has some melee combat skills! Did you see that little backhand thing after the knife block? Woo!!!
-Bobby has a middle name! It's Steven! Random character factoid! Yay! \o/
-Of course there's a second attack, Dean. You know what kind of things might explain you being there without it being you.
-Aw, hugs. With relieved sobby noises. Awwwwwwww.
-Unexpected Holy Water for the win!!! That was perfect!
-CONTINUITY OF WALLPAPER! Look! It's the same stuff from DALDOM!!
-Dean has no memory of Hell. That's probably a very good thing.
-Buried four months. Okay, so in Ghostfacers, Dean had about two months from February 29th, so early May, which matches the date given in the season 2 Companion. Four months before September 18th is... Mid-May. That's as close a dual confirmation of May 2nd as Deal Day as we're gonna get. So, The Erie hotel in 3.15 has their till date stamp really wrong, the twits. But maybe they service a clientele who isn't worried about saving their receipts for their bookkeepers. Still, bit of a difference between early and mid May, though... Did they take a couple weeks to bury Dean? Um. Ick.
-"As far as I know???" Where the hell is Sam, Bobby?? Ah, yep. He went lone wolf. Mystery Spot Sam, here we come.
-Sam insisted on burial instead of salt and burn. Not exactly keeping the body fresh, but definitely keeping it... around. O.o
-"It's what I woulda done." Dean? Sweetie? It's kinda what you did do. Actually it's exactly what you did do.
-Wedge Antilles? Really? I always thought Dean was more the Star Wars fanboy, but I guess it's a shared thing. Wedge Antilles being one of the few non "Hero" characters to survive all three original movies, and maybe the only non-"Hero" pilot to survive both Death Star attacks. A background character, but a survivor. Hm.
-...Although I'm a little boggled that the cell phone company doesn't recognize the name, but maybe original Star Wars trivia isn't as common knowledge as it once was. *feels old*
-Oh Bobby! Dean dies, Sam runs off to do idiotic world-imperiling things (no doubt) to bring him back and Bobby crawls into a bottle because.... Oh oh Bobby. Oh.
-Girl, if you are answering the door for the pizza guy, put some damn pants on! Geez!
-Oh the faces! I have no words!! Wow. Also, what the heck did Padalecki do over the summer, bench-press cars? O.O Suits the character perfectly though. Eeee...
-And of course the attack again with Sam. Dean, you did teach your brother this stuff, you should know that if you unexpectedly come back from the dead he's gonna try and kick your ass.
-HUGGING!!! EPIC HUGGING!!!! THANK YOU KRIPKE! There, see, that didn't hurt the budget at all did it?
-Idiot girl. Go away girl.
-Yeah. Sam's gotten the hang of some parts of acting like Dean. :-P Hee. He looks a little impish there, like he really did remember her name, but he called her by the wrong one because she annoyed him and he figured he'd return the favor. Maybe.
-Sam's stance is waaay more solid than before. When Dean grabs his shirt, Sam doesn't move nearly as much as he has in similar situations in earlier seasons. Small but EXCELLENT indicator of change in Sam during Dean's absence. Not only is he physically stronger, he's not let his guard down at all, even though Dean and Bobby are there. He's used to relying on himself more and not as quick to trust. Ooo. Oh Sam.
-EXCUSE ME, HE WHAT??? IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO SAVE DEAN, SAM OPENED THE GATE TO HELL AGAIN??? AND HE MENTIONS THIS IN FRONT OF DEAN AND BOBBY AND NO ONE BATS A FREAKING EYE ABOUT THAT LITTLE CASUAL STATEMENT??? O.O (Admittedly Bobby's been on a four-month bender and Dean's brain hasn't been activating any neurons at all in that time and he's likely in dire need of coffee, so maybe they aren't firing on all cylinders yet.)
-Sam is convincing and solid, but in a way that is screaming "No, really, I'm lying." to me. He's loads better at lying than he has infamously been in the past but he's just... Way too collected. Way too calm and stable. Dean just showed up alive and well. Way too calm. He's Mystery Spot Sam, only better adapted, less of a whacko. Eeek.
-Hm. When Dean says "I believe you" Sam gets some shifty-eyes happening there... Yeah, he's totally not hiding anything at all. However, it's a lot more subtle shifty-eyes than on previous occasions, so he's less transparent than he has been. But he's still hiding something.
-[AD: ...Is it just me, or do the bags lined up on the floor like that in the Macy's ad remind anyone else of tombstones lined up in a military cemetery? Not exactly an 'I must go shop now' association there...]
-Did he really raise Dean and is not telling him because of the whole "Save Dean, Let the world burn" thing? In his re-telling he 'couldn't get Dean back so he went to kick Lilith's butt for revenge' awfully fast... Hm. Maybe Lillith raised Dean to get him to slow Sam down, or distract him? Hm.
-"How do you feel?" "Hungry" Yep, that's Dean.
-PENDANT!!!! NOT ENOUGH FLAIL IN THE WORLD!!! Okay, so it didn't turn out to be a link Sam could use to get Dean out of Hell, and all that, but, but... *FLAIL* That little understated yet emphasized return was perfect. I still think it means something, even if it didn't in the first place because Dean had it in Hell, and Bobby gave it to Sam to give to John, but... and... gah.
-Dean doesn't remember Hell. Mentioned again. Hm. Makes sense for it to be mentioned, but... hm. Leeetle too emphasized for it not to be something more than a reassurance....
-Awfully long pause at the mirror, are we going to get some mirror tricks? Ooo, no. Flashback of freakiness. Yeah, that whole "I don't remember Hell" thing is gonna turn out to be integral to some arc or plot or revelation or something.
-*waves at Chevellen* Geez, she's looking roughish. I guess car maintenance kind of slipped by the wayside while Bobby was drinking.
-IMPAAAAAALAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!! *glomphs* But she's still missing her spotlights Kripke! Grr.
-HA! Ipod! *giggles* Sam music. *grins*
-Immunity to Lilith's nukey-hand thing is mentioned and Dean's still against Sam being a psychic or developing powers. So of course Sam's going to do just that. Or already has. *glee* Sam is just exuding "I am lying" vibes, which is an improvement over the jumping up and down screaming "I am lying" vibes he's given off in the past.
-Wow, they're going down that road awfully slow.
-Pamela Barnes. I kind of like her. She's a little brash and forward off the get-go, but I feel like that's a cover for something. Plus she picked Bobby up in a hug. Hee!
-"Out of the fire and into the frying pan, that makes you a rare individual." ...was that a pun?
-Heh. Sam checks out the symbols on her tablecloth, Dean checks out the tattoo above her butt. Some things don't change no matter who dies, goes to Hell, spends four months alone going insane....
-I get the feeling that the 'Jesse' of the lower back tattoo fame is perhaps not a lover. Or maybe not a man. Something other than what was assumed. There was a slight pause in her reaction there, followed by some flirting which could be covering for something. Everyone got into hunting somehow after all.
-Pam propositions Dean. Dean goes horndoggy. Pam invites Sam. Dean uninvited Sam. Now, why do I have the sense that several sections of fandom had mild fits and explosions over each stage of that conversation, for entirely different reasons? Regardless, it was very effective in making Sam and Dean drop the topic of Jesse, wasn't it? ;-)
-Oooo... Sam's little jumpy glancy thing when he sees the handprint on Dean's arm. That looked a bit like recognition. Or "What the hell why didn't I know about this?" Something, anyway.
-Castiel. Hm. Yah know, if it's warning you to turn back, maybe it isn't a threat, maybe it's actually a genuine warning.
-Gaaaaaah! Ouch! Augh! WHAT THE HECK IS IT WITH KRIPKE AND ASSAULTING PEOPLE'S FRIGGING EYEBALLS!!! Ewewewewewew! Gyah!!!
-Blinded. That sucks. I wonder though if she's going to recur, and have enhanced psychic stuff because she was blinded by a Supernatural creature. They've mentioned 'blind person hearing' etc in previous seasons, in Faith and with the Rakshasa, and given the amount of character setup she got, I think it's probable. And I wouldn't mind at all.
-Johnny Mac's Demon Diner. Do not get the "Special of the Day" because it might be you.
-There. That little hand flip that Dean gives that keeps Sam from flying off the handle in the diner? Yeah.
-Perky nipples and Godzilla. How often do those really occur in the same conversation? And Vaseline and fire-hoses. Really. Love the cat-and-mouse-ness of Dean talking with the demon.
-I also think a smack in the face is an excellent way to call a bluff conclusively. Ballsy, yes, but that's Winchesters for you. And a second smack just to be sure.
-Incidentally, my previously stated philosophy on hitting demons still stands. It's a smoke-cloud wearing a corpse, and in this case, one that just threatened (with implied intent) to remove vital organs. Eminently punchable.
-PIE! Is pie one gets served at a diner run by demons extra deadly?
-"Hooooly crap that was close!" HA!!! Love that!
-"Not anymore, the smarter brother is back in town." Heeee.
-Ceiling mirrors. Classy.
-OMG that's a hide-a-bed! Hee! That's fantastic! There should be more hide-a-beds!
-King's Lair.... Neon sign outside window said King's Lair... Why is that familiar? HEY! That's the same hotel they were in in Tall Tales! \o/ Must be a hotel chain, yes indeedy. This branch of the King's Lair chain of seedy hotels is called the Astoria. ;-D
-Sam...? Where are you going Sam? I still don't know whether you're lying about being the one to resurrect Dean, or are secretly evil or what. And youdidn't put the spotlights back on put an iPod in the Impala while Dean was dead either so you've got a severe lack of brownie points right now. Grr.
-Dean is alone. Cue nightmare, right? Okay, nightmare or invasion by invisible screamy thing. Had to be something. What the hell is it, the Metatron?
-There is way too much glass in that hotel room, especially one of such *koff* evident quality.
-Owwwwwie. Ear bleed! Owowowowowowow! Kripke's at least going for some variety in attacks on sensory organs, I guess. Yay! Bobby to the rescue!
-[AD: That melting iPod commercial is freaky. Also counter-effective. I don't want to drop a couple hundred buck on something I've seen melting.]
-Burger. Beer. Yes. There's a demonic invasion, a big invisible screaming thing and Dean's recently been resurrected. Let's go wandering off in our separate directions and flat-out lie to each other about where we actually are so when we geteaten by a grue attacked, the other person will have no clue where we are. Well, except the epi-center. Arg. Boys
-And don't you think that when Sam gets back to the room, he'll kind of notice all the broken glass, Dean?
-Also, there's something really big, loud and invisible after Dean. Hey, let's summon it and see what happens. *facepalm* Strategy is for wimps!! We got a magic knife and an arsenal in the trunk! Yee haw!! God I love this show. *smishes*
-Hm. Meanwhile back at the Demon Diner. Body on floor... Dead guy? Trap? Evacuated meat suit (which goes back to dead guy)? And it's... eyes! Gah! Kripke! Stop that!
-Oooh, demonic blind-fighting! "I can smell your soul." Oooo. Might want to fix that Sam. Can you get deodorant for a soul, or would it be certain actions that made your soul less smelly? Hm. Maybe instead of 'Chicken Soup for the Soul' there needs to be 'Deodorant for the Soul' books.
-OH YEAH!! EMPOWERED SAM!!!! FINALLY!!! *dances with glee* Been waiting for that since "Bloody Mary" dammit, it's about time! So, that's a nifty trick, getting a possessed person to barf out their demon. Hee. Like a Demonic Emetic. :-D Does he kill the demon? The loose demon kind of went a little flamey on the floor... hm. Don't think so, but maybe.
-Interesting that Sam closed his eyes to do that... I wonder if they changed color... ooo...
-Love that they showed Sam checking the recently possessed woman for signs of life. That little bit accomplished a lot. It shows that Sam still does care about human life and isn't out on a mass "Who cares about the collateral damage?" demon-barfing spree, but at the same time, he's not nearly as bothered by the woman's death as he's been by others in the past. He still cares, but this is definitely a more emotionally hardened Sam. It will be very interesting to see what happens with that and with Dean now that Dean is back.
-Ruby. Despite being sent 'far, far away *cr-crick*' Perhaps 'far, far away' is demon-slang for 'the convenience store down the block'. *sigh* Knew she was coming back, based on the montage, and the spoiler reaction, sort of. Not Katie Cassidy. Fine and dandy. New person playing Ruby seems very much younger and less polished in tone and manner of speaking than Katie did, which considering I don't think much of Katie Cassidy is saying a whole lot. I get a sense that everything she's saying is a dry, lifeless line, which could be the actress, or could be the actress' take on Ruby, using Ms. Cassidy's previous work as a reference. Right now all I'm seeing is someone running lines, and it is distracting me beyond belief. I feel like I'm watching Jared practice the scene with a PA standing in for the actual actress.
-Now, as to the character's return? Let's see. She's a proven liar, manipulative, only out for her own self-interest, turned her back on Sam when the chips were down and the odds where against them, deserting under fire essentially, but then returned to shout orders when it was safe, probably tipped Lilith to their sneaking up on her just by being there if it wasn't deliberate, and is generally bad news. Even though she seems to be toeing the line of knowing who's in charge now, that's just for show. She's being a kingmaker, telling you what you want to hear in order to get you to do what she wants, and ride in your wake to a position of power. Sam, you are a dumbass. However, I love Machiavellian plotting, so bring it on.
-Attempting to incorporate the stilted portrayal into the character now. Hmm. Maybe it was a brand new possession and not a native English-speaking body and Ruby was having to fight with the language settings to get the mouth to speak for her? Hm. Maybe Sam makes Ruby change bodies frequently so she doesn't burn out people. (Please?) Or... I don't know. The portrayal is really really jarring, and I'm not sure whether that's a choice in emulating the character as seen before, or the actress. Meh. Enough about Ruby. Moving on.
-Coolest. Barn. Ever. I think maybe Kripke and company have this page bookmarked.
-Stake, iron, silver, salt, knife. It's like a buffet table of death.
-Every faith? Cool. Let's see. I see a crapload of stuff from the Key of Solomon... Also an Eye of Ra, Star of David, infinity symbol thing that might be the alchemical symbol for sulfur, pentacles, mandalas, trident-thingy, Jesus fish variant, medicine wheel (or a Sign of the Light, though I don't know how much validity Bobby and Dean might assign lore from "The Dark is Rising" sequence by Susan Cooper), scarab, trefoil, Greek Orthodox cross, an aum, Russian Orthodox cross, sun symbol... hey, is that an Elder Sign? Lots of stuff.
-Ruby. Sigh. See above. Her delivery is starting to remind me of Darlene from the old Rosanne sitcom. :-P Also her diction's really mushy, words kind of squashing together like oatmeal. Kind of wish the actress who did the former waitress-demon could've got the part of Ruby, but I don't know if that was even an option. Anyway, wishful thinking. Deal with the now.
-Nice homey little chat in a Diner full of eyeless formerly possessed corpses. "I'm not gonna come between you and your brother." Yeah. Riiiiiight. Sam, you're an idiot if you believe this line of crap.
-"I don't even know if I trust you." OF COURSE NOT!!! I do believe I have a rider to my previous statement about Machiavellian plotting. I love it, as long as it doesn't require the main character to be a moron. Act like a trusting moron to fool the adversary character, fine. Anyway, we'll see.
-Very slick though, on Ruby's part, to get Sam to dance to her tune for the sake of 'Saving People,Hunting Things Stopping Demons' and in the process tapping right into the ingrained reflexes and mental reward-system of the Winchester Family Business. That's frigging shrewd. And evil.
-Whoops. No wards on the ceiling. Come on, guys! Yeesh! Dean and Bobby are usually the kings of drawing anti-demon crap on ceilings! Four months of Hell and drinking have not been kind to you two.
-Oooooooooo! Trenchcoat! Hi guy in trenchcoat with the nifty entrance! Can we keep you? Even if you're the new big bad or Lucifer, or some random guy who stopped by the barn to get directions to town although I get the feeling you aren't.
-And Bobby and Dean shoot first and ask questions later. Of course. Well, maybe in this case it's understandable since things are exploding.
-"Gripped you tight and raised you from perdition." So either he's evil and sarcastic, like YED, or... oh! Oh! An angel? Maybe? Or maybe Lucifer, he's a fallen angel... back to evil and sarcastic... but why would Lucifer raise Dean? To reign in or distract Sam?
-Also his voice sounds familiar. I think the actor may have played a doctor on Nicorette commercials not too long ago? No! Wait! I think he was on 24, the first one, as someone creepy and possibly dead.
-I want this guy to stay! Pleeeeease??? I don't care, whoever or whatever he is. Oh wow. Please! Some light-side balance would be cool, but I'd heard Kripke's thing about why there are no angels in the Supernatural universe, and I can follow that too, light-side warriors would be awesome, even though it goes against prior statements. Gnah! *flail*
-Yay! He's immune to Ruby's stupid magic knife! And since the over-powered magic item didn't work, here comes Bobby with a crowbar! \o/
-Ooo. Oh wow. He is an angel isn't he, this guy? That 'finger on the forehead thing... Or he's an evil s.o.b. who's very good at faking. Wow. Please don't have just killed Bobby!
-"We need to talk, alone." Well, Bobby's down (Eeeeeek! O.O), and you're in a building liberally coated in warding symbols. I think you're as alone as you're gonna get.
-[AD: Red Bull! Hee!]
-[Another frickin' ad: I AM SO SICK OF LOOKING AT TOILET PAPER HANGING OFF THE REAR ENDS OF CARTOON BEARS!!! Every single damned commercial break! Blech!]
-ANGEL! YAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!! OR EVIL AND FAKING, BUT STILL YAAAAAAAAAAAH!
-Wing-time, because Dean only believes what he perceives? AWESOME!!! Whoa. They look like they could be demonic... hard to say. I love that, and that's probably very deliberate. I don't care how much of the budget was used for that shadow-wing effect, it was totally worth it.
-Castiel is missing from most angel listings I looked at but there was one dubious one with (twinkling stars and spinning moons as the background) listed as... the Angel of Thursday. BWAHahahahhaahahahh!!!! Hahah! Hahah! Hee! Yay! *snerk* That's fantastic! I love the writers!
-"Certain people, special people can perceive my true visage. I thought you would be one of them.' O.O OH HOLY CRAP!!! Hear that thunderclap? That was a whole pile of fanfic suddenly going canon. Including a great deal oftigriswolf's if I'm not mistaken. :-D
-You'd think this Castiel guy would pick a place to try and chat where there wasn't a crapload of glass around to get shattered.
-Angelic possession. Hm. And the guy's been stabbed now. But hey, if the guy can yank Dean from Hell and repair his fubared and four months buried corpse, he can patch up the guy he's riding in when he leaves. Though I really hope he keeps the guy for the whole tenure of the character because I really like the portrayal and energy the actor is bringing to the role here, and I love the energy between him and Jensen. We need to keep this guy!
-Oooo. Dean still with the disbelief / grudge against angels for Mary's death. Ooo. We're gonna find out about Mary this year, aren't we?
-"You don't think you deserve to be saved." Nailed in one there, Castiel!
-"Because we have work for you." OH WOW!!! AND MASSIVE FLAIL!!! I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR A CALLBACK TO THAT LINE IN FAITH EVER SINCE IT FRIGGING AIRED!!!! Possibilities. A) it's true, and fate and Dean and eeeeeeeeee! , B) it's a really high level demon (Lucifer) faking being an angel as part of an evil plot, c) It's.... *flail* I DON'T CARE!!! IT'S AWESOME!!!!
-And Dean with the face of 'I've heard that crap before.... What the hell?'
-Not enough squee in the world, dudes! I may have shrieked. I think I strained my shoulder literally flailing.
WHAT A PREMIERE EPISODE!!! THIS SEASON!!! GAAHAHAHAAAAA!!! *FLAIL!*
*koff* I can see though that I'm going to need to curtail my squee note-taking or organize better because this thing's waaaay too long and took too long to post. If you actually read the whole thing, I applaud your persistance and hope you found it entertaining.
NO SPOILERS OR REFERENCES TO PROMOS OR ADS IN COMMENTS PLEASE!! :-)
NO SPOILERS OR REFERENCES TO PROMOS OR ADS IN COMMENTS PLEASE!! :-)
(Spoiler Timeline)
Reaction to Supernatural 4.01 - LAZARUS RISING
Contains spoilers for episode. Also contains flail, squee and capslocking.
For example: WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!! *FLAIL* EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!! *FLAIL SOME MORE*
Sometimes when I get really excited before a new episode or a big episode, I worry that I'm getting my hopes up too high and I'm going to be disappointed if it isn't awesome enough to match my hopes.
I try to force my feet back on the ground by running through worst case scenarios, how badly things could be done wrong, or forcing rationality on myself. Couldn't manage to do that at all on the run up to 4.01. So the fear was there that I'd set myself up to get badly disappointed.
After watching it, there is no possible way I could have had my hopes high enough for "Lazarus Rising" to be a disappointment. My hope meter doesn't go that high.
I spent several minutes after watching the episode twice just grinning giddily into a glass of Coke because damn that rocked. And damn do I wish I had had Friday off, as I had originally planned.
I said something at the end of last season about needing to get a bigger notebook for use as a squee pad? I forgot about that and started one of the usual 32 page ones. It's half full. Over half. In point form. Because, seriously, WOW.
Anyways, transcribing squee notebook. Onward. Man, it has been a long hiatus!
-Yay music! "You Shook Me All Night Long" AC/DC. Funny thing, I've had that song stuck in my head all day. It's a bit of an odd choice here though as it makes hanging by meat-hooks in Hell look a bit like a carnival ride.
-"I sent her far, far away" in the opening montage (no *cr-crick* though, so maybe Lilith visited her chiropractor over the hiatus), so Ruby will be returning. Okay then. Wonder who'll be playing her? Maaaaybe Jensen? Hee. Nah.
-I WANT THAT FONT!!! The "Road So Far" and "Now" font! It's simple, but I love the embossed blood sort of look.
-Do all coffins come equipped with matches or a lighter these days? Doc Benton had matches in 3.15, but actually that was an old fridge. Ooo! Maybe Sam or Bobby or whoever buried Dean deliberately left him those for when he returned. Although a glow-stick, a crowbar and a small scuba rig may have been more useful.
-Hoarse, unused voice. Very nice touch.
-Um, Dean, not the one directly over your face- *sigh* never mind.
-Hand coming out of the grave!! That's from... some horror movie, right? They did it with Jess too, and I remember it was a reference to some movie.
-I just gotta say, I LOVE THE DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY because damn is there some awesome shot composition and lighting here! It highlights Dean's disorientation excellently. Also love the super-bright, super-saturated daylight they're using for this opening bit, because it's also Dean using eyes that have been in the dark and not in use for a while.
-Holy freaking crap! That's like a Tunguska-type blast. WOW. That's... alarming.
-Title-card. O. M. G. Title-card! Wings! Black wings! Ravens??? Naw... Hm.
-Oh cool! Whatever healed him healed his clothes too! Or, I guess maybe Sam or Bobby or whoever put different clothes on him over the Hellhound-induced mangledness before they buried him. Yeah, I think he was wearing a grey shirt in the finale. And black shirts are very forgiving of blood and ick stains. But still, that's gotta be crusty. Ew.
-Why does Traci Dinwiddie sound like a familiar name?
-Hm... Looking a little post-apocalyptic 'round here...
-*GLEE* Not only do we get a concrete date, It's today!! I love that. I floated a theory that at the start of Season 2 they'd matched up the phase of the moon to the date the episode would premiere (only didn't because of date-shifting shenanigans on the CW's part) deliberately and was ridiculed. Well I showed them! ... only not really. But whatever. Awesome cool.
-Also "Serial Arsonist Sought" is the headline. Just in case that turns out to be relevant.
-That's the most sparsely-filled gas station cooler I've ever seen. I blame the budget. Since this location is likely one frequently used for film crews (I think I recognize it from X-files) they'd have had to stock the cooler and shelves themselves, so one trip to Cost-co would about do it. Unless they just repurposed some stuff from the lunch truck. Yeah. Aw. *pats the poor budget*
-Supervising Producer Sera Gamble? That's new, isn't it? Go Sera!
-Ooo, a mirror... will Dean still have any kind of 'seeing demons' ability, and will he see himself weird if he's, a demon-like thing now? ... nope. Hm.
-Oooo! Chest tattoo! Hi tattoo!!! Yay continuity!!! Glad you're fixed after the hellhound probably shredded you! And shoulder is... oooo. OooOoooo! Handprint-shaped burn mark! WOW. That's seriously wow. And 'Ow!', I imagine. So, no shoulder tattoo, and no spider. Yet.
-Porn. Hee! Dean. It's a ludicrous thing to say, probably, but that Dean is still himself enough to want to pick up porn is oddly reassuring.
-Grabbing handful of... change? That's not exactly an efficient form of cash. Do they have dollar coins in the US- Oh, no, wait! It's for the payphone! *facepalm* I never think of payphones anymore.
-I spy a Trodat stamp by the till. Hee! I've got one on my desk at work that I use every day, so it's like seeing a very small inanimate coworker on TV.
-Um. Uh oh. TV and radio going off on their own usually mean bad things. Takes Dean an awfully long time to pick up on that though. I mean really Dean, I know you've been dead and in Hell and all that but what part of "INCOMING!!" don't you get?
-Yay, salt! Oooo! Is it Dean's presence causing the things to go nuts and has he just managed to salt himself into the building if he's some variety of newly hatched demon-thing or whatever? (I'll chase a theory down until it's dead and pounded into a fine paste sometimes.)
-Ooo, glass-shattering. What the heck? Giant invisible loud thing. Freaky.
-Hee. I love the phone conversations. Of course Bobby'd hang up, Dean. Think about it. What would you do in a reversed situation? Also, don't you have any code words or recognition phrases for "Hi, I'm back from Hell?" Not that that would matter either... Hm.
-My god, what a boat of a car Dean hotwired. Take one of those gas pumps with you Dean, you're gonna need it!
-BOBBY!!!!!! \o/ *glee*
-OOO!! Bobby has some melee combat skills! Did you see that little backhand thing after the knife block? Woo!!!
-Bobby has a middle name! It's Steven! Random character factoid! Yay! \o/
-Of course there's a second attack, Dean. You know what kind of things might explain you being there without it being you.
-Aw, hugs. With relieved sobby noises. Awwwwwwww.
-Unexpected Holy Water for the win!!! That was perfect!
-CONTINUITY OF WALLPAPER! Look! It's the same stuff from DALDOM!!
-Dean has no memory of Hell. That's probably a very good thing.
-Buried four months. Okay, so in Ghostfacers, Dean had about two months from February 29th, so early May, which matches the date given in the season 2 Companion. Four months before September 18th is... Mid-May. That's as close a dual confirmation of May 2nd as Deal Day as we're gonna get. So, The Erie hotel in 3.15 has their till date stamp really wrong, the twits. But maybe they service a clientele who isn't worried about saving their receipts for their bookkeepers. Still, bit of a difference between early and mid May, though... Did they take a couple weeks to bury Dean? Um. Ick.
-"As far as I know???" Where the hell is Sam, Bobby?? Ah, yep. He went lone wolf. Mystery Spot Sam, here we come.
-Sam insisted on burial instead of salt and burn. Not exactly keeping the body fresh, but definitely keeping it... around. O.o
-"It's what I woulda done." Dean? Sweetie? It's kinda what you did do. Actually it's exactly what you did do.
-Wedge Antilles? Really? I always thought Dean was more the Star Wars fanboy, but I guess it's a shared thing. Wedge Antilles being one of the few non "Hero" characters to survive all three original movies, and maybe the only non-"Hero" pilot to survive both Death Star attacks. A background character, but a survivor. Hm.
-...Although I'm a little boggled that the cell phone company doesn't recognize the name, but maybe original Star Wars trivia isn't as common knowledge as it once was. *feels old*
-Oh Bobby! Dean dies, Sam runs off to do idiotic world-imperiling things (no doubt) to bring him back and Bobby crawls into a bottle because.... Oh oh Bobby. Oh.
-Girl, if you are answering the door for the pizza guy, put some damn pants on! Geez!
-Oh the faces! I have no words!! Wow. Also, what the heck did Padalecki do over the summer, bench-press cars? O.O Suits the character perfectly though. Eeee...
-And of course the attack again with Sam. Dean, you did teach your brother this stuff, you should know that if you unexpectedly come back from the dead he's gonna try and kick your ass.
-HUGGING!!! EPIC HUGGING!!!! THANK YOU KRIPKE! There, see, that didn't hurt the budget at all did it?
-Idiot girl. Go away girl.
-Yeah. Sam's gotten the hang of some parts of acting like Dean. :-P Hee. He looks a little impish there, like he really did remember her name, but he called her by the wrong one because she annoyed him and he figured he'd return the favor. Maybe.
-Sam's stance is waaay more solid than before. When Dean grabs his shirt, Sam doesn't move nearly as much as he has in similar situations in earlier seasons. Small but EXCELLENT indicator of change in Sam during Dean's absence. Not only is he physically stronger, he's not let his guard down at all, even though Dean and Bobby are there. He's used to relying on himself more and not as quick to trust. Ooo. Oh Sam.
-EXCUSE ME, HE WHAT??? IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO SAVE DEAN, SAM OPENED THE GATE TO HELL AGAIN??? AND HE MENTIONS THIS IN FRONT OF DEAN AND BOBBY AND NO ONE BATS A FREAKING EYE ABOUT THAT LITTLE CASUAL STATEMENT??? O.O (Admittedly Bobby's been on a four-month bender and Dean's brain hasn't been activating any neurons at all in that time and he's likely in dire need of coffee, so maybe they aren't firing on all cylinders yet.)
-Sam is convincing and solid, but in a way that is screaming "No, really, I'm lying." to me. He's loads better at lying than he has infamously been in the past but he's just... Way too collected. Way too calm and stable. Dean just showed up alive and well. Way too calm. He's Mystery Spot Sam, only better adapted, less of a whacko. Eeek.
-Hm. When Dean says "I believe you" Sam gets some shifty-eyes happening there... Yeah, he's totally not hiding anything at all. However, it's a lot more subtle shifty-eyes than on previous occasions, so he's less transparent than he has been. But he's still hiding something.
-[AD: ...Is it just me, or do the bags lined up on the floor like that in the Macy's ad remind anyone else of tombstones lined up in a military cemetery? Not exactly an 'I must go shop now' association there...]
-Did he really raise Dean and is not telling him because of the whole "Save Dean, Let the world burn" thing? In his re-telling he 'couldn't get Dean back so he went to kick Lilith's butt for revenge' awfully fast... Hm. Maybe Lillith raised Dean to get him to slow Sam down, or distract him? Hm.
-"How do you feel?" "Hungry" Yep, that's Dean.
-PENDANT!!!! NOT ENOUGH FLAIL IN THE WORLD!!! Okay, so it didn't turn out to be a link Sam could use to get Dean out of Hell, and all that, but, but... *FLAIL* That little understated yet emphasized return was perfect. I still think it means something, even if it didn't in the first place because Dean had it in Hell, and Bobby gave it to Sam to give to John, but... and... gah.
-Dean doesn't remember Hell. Mentioned again. Hm. Makes sense for it to be mentioned, but... hm. Leeetle too emphasized for it not to be something more than a reassurance....
-Awfully long pause at the mirror, are we going to get some mirror tricks? Ooo, no. Flashback of freakiness. Yeah, that whole "I don't remember Hell" thing is gonna turn out to be integral to some arc or plot or revelation or something.
-*waves at Chevellen* Geez, she's looking roughish. I guess car maintenance kind of slipped by the wayside while Bobby was drinking.
-IMPAAAAAALAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!! *glomphs* But she's still missing her spotlights Kripke! Grr.
-HA! Ipod! *giggles* Sam music. *grins*
-Immunity to Lilith's nukey-hand thing is mentioned and Dean's still against Sam being a psychic or developing powers. So of course Sam's going to do just that. Or already has. *glee* Sam is just exuding "I am lying" vibes, which is an improvement over the jumping up and down screaming "I am lying" vibes he's given off in the past.
-Wow, they're going down that road awfully slow.
-Pamela Barnes. I kind of like her. She's a little brash and forward off the get-go, but I feel like that's a cover for something. Plus she picked Bobby up in a hug. Hee!
-"Out of the fire and into the frying pan, that makes you a rare individual." ...was that a pun?
-Heh. Sam checks out the symbols on her tablecloth, Dean checks out the tattoo above her butt. Some things don't change no matter who dies, goes to Hell, spends four months alone going insane....
-I get the feeling that the 'Jesse' of the lower back tattoo fame is perhaps not a lover. Or maybe not a man. Something other than what was assumed. There was a slight pause in her reaction there, followed by some flirting which could be covering for something. Everyone got into hunting somehow after all.
-Pam propositions Dean. Dean goes horndoggy. Pam invites Sam. Dean uninvited Sam. Now, why do I have the sense that several sections of fandom had mild fits and explosions over each stage of that conversation, for entirely different reasons? Regardless, it was very effective in making Sam and Dean drop the topic of Jesse, wasn't it? ;-)
-Oooo... Sam's little jumpy glancy thing when he sees the handprint on Dean's arm. That looked a bit like recognition. Or "What the hell why didn't I know about this?" Something, anyway.
-Castiel. Hm. Yah know, if it's warning you to turn back, maybe it isn't a threat, maybe it's actually a genuine warning.
-Gaaaaaah! Ouch! Augh! WHAT THE HECK IS IT WITH KRIPKE AND ASSAULTING PEOPLE'S FRIGGING EYEBALLS!!! Ewewewewewew! Gyah!!!
-Blinded. That sucks. I wonder though if she's going to recur, and have enhanced psychic stuff because she was blinded by a Supernatural creature. They've mentioned 'blind person hearing' etc in previous seasons, in Faith and with the Rakshasa, and given the amount of character setup she got, I think it's probable. And I wouldn't mind at all.
-Johnny Mac's Demon Diner. Do not get the "Special of the Day" because it might be you.
-There. That little hand flip that Dean gives that keeps Sam from flying off the handle in the diner? Yeah.
-Perky nipples and Godzilla. How often do those really occur in the same conversation? And Vaseline and fire-hoses. Really. Love the cat-and-mouse-ness of Dean talking with the demon.
-I also think a smack in the face is an excellent way to call a bluff conclusively. Ballsy, yes, but that's Winchesters for you. And a second smack just to be sure.
-Incidentally, my previously stated philosophy on hitting demons still stands. It's a smoke-cloud wearing a corpse, and in this case, one that just threatened (with implied intent) to remove vital organs. Eminently punchable.
-PIE! Is pie one gets served at a diner run by demons extra deadly?
-"Hooooly crap that was close!" HA!!! Love that!
-"Not anymore, the smarter brother is back in town." Heeee.
-Ceiling mirrors. Classy.
-OMG that's a hide-a-bed! Hee! That's fantastic! There should be more hide-a-beds!
-King's Lair.... Neon sign outside window said King's Lair... Why is that familiar? HEY! That's the same hotel they were in in Tall Tales! \o/ Must be a hotel chain, yes indeedy. This branch of the King's Lair chain of seedy hotels is called the Astoria. ;-D
-Sam...? Where are you going Sam? I still don't know whether you're lying about being the one to resurrect Dean, or are secretly evil or what. And you
-Dean is alone. Cue nightmare, right? Okay, nightmare or invasion by invisible screamy thing. Had to be something. What the hell is it, the Metatron?
-There is way too much glass in that hotel room, especially one of such *koff* evident quality.
-Owwwwwie. Ear bleed! Owowowowowowow! Kripke's at least going for some variety in attacks on sensory organs, I guess. Yay! Bobby to the rescue!
-[AD: That melting iPod commercial is freaky. Also counter-effective. I don't want to drop a couple hundred buck on something I've seen melting.]
-Burger. Beer. Yes. There's a demonic invasion, a big invisible screaming thing and Dean's recently been resurrected. Let's go wandering off in our separate directions and flat-out lie to each other about where we actually are so when we get
-And don't you think that when Sam gets back to the room, he'll kind of notice all the broken glass, Dean?
-Also, there's something really big, loud and invisible after Dean. Hey, let's summon it and see what happens. *facepalm* Strategy is for wimps!! We got a magic knife and an arsenal in the trunk! Yee haw!! God I love this show. *smishes*
-Hm. Meanwhile back at the Demon Diner. Body on floor... Dead guy? Trap? Evacuated meat suit (which goes back to dead guy)? And it's... eyes! Gah! Kripke! Stop that!
-Oooh, demonic blind-fighting! "I can smell your soul." Oooo. Might want to fix that Sam. Can you get deodorant for a soul, or would it be certain actions that made your soul less smelly? Hm. Maybe instead of 'Chicken Soup for the Soul' there needs to be 'Deodorant for the Soul' books.
-OH YEAH!! EMPOWERED SAM!!!! FINALLY!!! *dances with glee* Been waiting for that since "Bloody Mary" dammit, it's about time! So, that's a nifty trick, getting a possessed person to barf out their demon. Hee. Like a Demonic Emetic. :-D Does he kill the demon? The loose demon kind of went a little flamey on the floor... hm. Don't think so, but maybe.
-Interesting that Sam closed his eyes to do that... I wonder if they changed color... ooo...
-Love that they showed Sam checking the recently possessed woman for signs of life. That little bit accomplished a lot. It shows that Sam still does care about human life and isn't out on a mass "Who cares about the collateral damage?" demon-barfing spree, but at the same time, he's not nearly as bothered by the woman's death as he's been by others in the past. He still cares, but this is definitely a more emotionally hardened Sam. It will be very interesting to see what happens with that and with Dean now that Dean is back.
-Ruby. Despite being sent 'far, far away *cr-crick*' Perhaps 'far, far away' is demon-slang for 'the convenience store down the block'. *sigh* Knew she was coming back, based on the montage, and the spoiler reaction, sort of. Not Katie Cassidy. Fine and dandy. New person playing Ruby seems very much younger and less polished in tone and manner of speaking than Katie did, which considering I don't think much of Katie Cassidy is saying a whole lot. I get a sense that everything she's saying is a dry, lifeless line, which could be the actress, or could be the actress' take on Ruby, using Ms. Cassidy's previous work as a reference. Right now all I'm seeing is someone running lines, and it is distracting me beyond belief. I feel like I'm watching Jared practice the scene with a PA standing in for the actual actress.
-Now, as to the character's return? Let's see. She's a proven liar, manipulative, only out for her own self-interest, turned her back on Sam when the chips were down and the odds where against them, deserting under fire essentially, but then returned to shout orders when it was safe, probably tipped Lilith to their sneaking up on her just by being there if it wasn't deliberate, and is generally bad news. Even though she seems to be toeing the line of knowing who's in charge now, that's just for show. She's being a kingmaker, telling you what you want to hear in order to get you to do what she wants, and ride in your wake to a position of power. Sam, you are a dumbass. However, I love Machiavellian plotting, so bring it on.
-Attempting to incorporate the stilted portrayal into the character now. Hmm. Maybe it was a brand new possession and not a native English-speaking body and Ruby was having to fight with the language settings to get the mouth to speak for her? Hm. Maybe Sam makes Ruby change bodies frequently so she doesn't burn out people. (Please?) Or... I don't know. The portrayal is really really jarring, and I'm not sure whether that's a choice in emulating the character as seen before, or the actress. Meh. Enough about Ruby. Moving on.
-Coolest. Barn. Ever. I think maybe Kripke and company have this page bookmarked.
-Stake, iron, silver, salt, knife. It's like a buffet table of death.
-Every faith? Cool. Let's see. I see a crapload of stuff from the Key of Solomon... Also an Eye of Ra, Star of David, infinity symbol thing that might be the alchemical symbol for sulfur, pentacles, mandalas, trident-thingy, Jesus fish variant, medicine wheel (or a Sign of the Light, though I don't know how much validity Bobby and Dean might assign lore from "The Dark is Rising" sequence by Susan Cooper), scarab, trefoil, Greek Orthodox cross, an aum, Russian Orthodox cross, sun symbol... hey, is that an Elder Sign? Lots of stuff.
-Ruby. Sigh. See above. Her delivery is starting to remind me of Darlene from the old Rosanne sitcom. :-P Also her diction's really mushy, words kind of squashing together like oatmeal. Kind of wish the actress who did the former waitress-demon could've got the part of Ruby, but I don't know if that was even an option. Anyway, wishful thinking. Deal with the now.
-Nice homey little chat in a Diner full of eyeless formerly possessed corpses. "I'm not gonna come between you and your brother." Yeah. Riiiiiight. Sam, you're an idiot if you believe this line of crap.
-"I don't even know if I trust you." OF COURSE NOT!!! I do believe I have a rider to my previous statement about Machiavellian plotting. I love it, as long as it doesn't require the main character to be a moron. Act like a trusting moron to fool the adversary character, fine. Anyway, we'll see.
-Very slick though, on Ruby's part, to get Sam to dance to her tune for the sake of 'Saving People,
-Whoops. No wards on the ceiling. Come on, guys! Yeesh! Dean and Bobby are usually the kings of drawing anti-demon crap on ceilings! Four months of Hell and drinking have not been kind to you two.
-Oooooooooo! Trenchcoat! Hi guy in trenchcoat with the nifty entrance! Can we keep you? Even if you're the new big bad or Lucifer, or some random guy who stopped by the barn to get directions to town although I get the feeling you aren't.
-And Bobby and Dean shoot first and ask questions later. Of course. Well, maybe in this case it's understandable since things are exploding.
-"Gripped you tight and raised you from perdition." So either he's evil and sarcastic, like YED, or... oh! Oh! An angel? Maybe? Or maybe Lucifer, he's a fallen angel... back to evil and sarcastic... but why would Lucifer raise Dean? To reign in or distract Sam?
-Also his voice sounds familiar. I think the actor may have played a doctor on Nicorette commercials not too long ago? No! Wait! I think he was on 24, the first one, as someone creepy and possibly dead.
-I want this guy to stay! Pleeeeease??? I don't care, whoever or whatever he is. Oh wow. Please! Some light-side balance would be cool, but I'd heard Kripke's thing about why there are no angels in the Supernatural universe, and I can follow that too, light-side warriors would be awesome, even though it goes against prior statements. Gnah! *flail*
-Yay! He's immune to Ruby's stupid magic knife! And since the over-powered magic item didn't work, here comes Bobby with a crowbar! \o/
-Ooo. Oh wow. He is an angel isn't he, this guy? That 'finger on the forehead thing... Or he's an evil s.o.b. who's very good at faking. Wow. Please don't have just killed Bobby!
-"We need to talk, alone." Well, Bobby's down (Eeeeeek! O.O), and you're in a building liberally coated in warding symbols. I think you're as alone as you're gonna get.
-[AD: Red Bull! Hee!]
-[Another frickin' ad: I AM SO SICK OF LOOKING AT TOILET PAPER HANGING OFF THE REAR ENDS OF CARTOON BEARS!!! Every single damned commercial break! Blech!]
-ANGEL! YAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!! OR EVIL AND FAKING, BUT STILL YAAAAAAAAAAAH!
-Wing-time, because Dean only believes what he perceives? AWESOME!!! Whoa. They look like they could be demonic... hard to say. I love that, and that's probably very deliberate. I don't care how much of the budget was used for that shadow-wing effect, it was totally worth it.
-Castiel is missing from most angel listings I looked at but there was one dubious one with (twinkling stars and spinning moons as the background) listed as... the Angel of Thursday. BWAHahahahhaahahahh!!!! Hahah! Hahah! Hee! Yay! *snerk* That's fantastic! I love the writers!
-"Certain people, special people can perceive my true visage. I thought you would be one of them.' O.O OH HOLY CRAP!!! Hear that thunderclap? That was a whole pile of fanfic suddenly going canon. Including a great deal of
tigriswolf's if I'm not mistaken. :-D-You'd think this Castiel guy would pick a place to try and chat where there wasn't a crapload of glass around to get shattered.
-Angelic possession. Hm. And the guy's been stabbed now. But hey, if the guy can yank Dean from Hell and repair his fubared and four months buried corpse, he can patch up the guy he's riding in when he leaves. Though I really hope he keeps the guy for the whole tenure of the character because I really like the portrayal and energy the actor is bringing to the role here, and I love the energy between him and Jensen. We need to keep this guy!
-Oooo. Dean still with the disbelief / grudge against angels for Mary's death. Ooo. We're gonna find out about Mary this year, aren't we?
-"You don't think you deserve to be saved." Nailed in one there, Castiel!
-"Because we have work for you." OH WOW!!! AND MASSIVE FLAIL!!! I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR A CALLBACK TO THAT LINE IN FAITH EVER SINCE IT FRIGGING AIRED!!!! Possibilities. A) it's true, and fate and Dean and eeeeeeeeee! , B) it's a really high level demon (Lucifer) faking being an angel as part of an evil plot, c) It's.... *flail* I DON'T CARE!!! IT'S AWESOME!!!!
-And Dean with the face of 'I've heard that crap before.... What the hell?'
-Not enough squee in the world, dudes! I may have shrieked. I think I strained my shoulder literally flailing.
WHAT A PREMIERE EPISODE!!! THIS SEASON!!! GAAHAHAHAAAAA!!! *FLAIL!*
*koff* I can see though that I'm going to need to curtail my squee note-taking or organize better because this thing's waaaay too long and took too long to post. If you actually read the whole thing, I applaud your persistance and hope you found it entertaining.
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