The OWI certainly seems very dark grey at best to me. There's the catch and release on radioactive man. I don't know if they know about Niki/ikiN, but if they do that's another person who they know is a danger to the general public that they just let wander around on the streets.

So Clark gets saved by Deus ex Martian Manhunter?!?

Oh, is that who that is? Cool.

What, no SPN talk?

Oh, Dean.

And I'm worried that the boys are missing the distinction between "Dad died for me," and "Dad lost his soul and is suffering eternal torments in Hell for me." The first is sad but perhaps you can recognize his choice; the second is not to be borne.

We shall see, we shall see.

Oh, is that who that is? Cool.

If not, I'll be incredibly suprised. Bald, obviously not human, glowing red eyes, flies and has a penchant for Oreos. If they decide to have him stick around, I hope they get Carl Lumbly to do his voice. (Who, aside from apparently fighting Cylons this week, I haven't seen or heard much of lately.)

Another Smallville thought: What was up with Chloe and the Gramma/Softer Side of Sears!Willow look today?

And I'm worried that the boys are missing the distinction between "Dad died for me," and "Dad lost his soul and is suffering eternal torments in Hell for me." The first is sad but perhaps you can recognize his choice; the second is not to be borne.

Yeah, I can't quite see Papa Winchester selling his soul to save Dean's life. If crossroads demon can cure Hudson's wife of terminal cancer and let him live for another 10 years on top of it before collecting, I would think Daddy Winchester's immediate death, plus the Colt would be more than enough of a bargain for Dean's life.

What was up with Chloe and the Gramma/Softer Side of Sears!Willow look today?

Yeah, that sort of came out of nowhere.

I would think Daddy Winchester's immediate death, plus the Colt would be more than enough of a bargain for Dean's life.

Well, there's bargain and there's fun.

My SPN talk is: hee, MySpace! and woo, hot demon.

Also: SOON OMG.

Mr. Benett's speech to Issac was:

"For many years now a number of us have been tracking, locating, monitoring people like you. Sometimes the process goes smoothly, as in your case, and other times...well, let's just say people misinterpret our motives and then it can go very wrong.

Fourteen years ago there was just such a case which sadly ended in a death. A woman left behind a baby girl that had no one to take care of her. My wife and I had been having a hard time conceiving a child of our own at the time. It was like God had reached down and given us a miracle.

Issac, this is my daughter we're talking about. I'm begging you."

The man definately believes he's on the side of the angels. He helped Issac get clean. He spared the quarterback's life even though he deserved much worse for assaulting Claire. He wants to stop Sylar and the bombing.

He's also believes that the ends justify the means. Kidnappings and mind wipes are routine. He's willing to abuse Eden's trust and use her to turn Issac into a junkie again to save his daughter and others.

The comparison to The Operative is a good one. He is a believer.

OWI reminds me of tales of the CIA during the Cold War. Plenty of morally questionable things were done in the name of freedom and national security. The greater good was served, but the victory is tainted.

Excellent SPN complete with EVIL promos. Evil.

Very amusing Smallville. I LAUGHED at the OTP proposal room -- two entire hedges of blooming rose bushes and a entire regiment of candles alit and a silver casket with a silver box with the ring. Too funny.

Plus, Staticy Lex in the Teaser was just so amusing.

I thought that was Martian Manhunter. Cool.

I don't think the wit offsets the anger, because he doesn't sound particularly angry to begin with.

I'm reading the piece like those ten things piss him off every time he sees them now,

But I don't know where you're getting that. Down in the comments he says Back to the Future is a great movie even if it does feature fatalistic time travel.

The reaction I saw here before I could find the article made me think it was this tirade with a lot of "Only hacks use these tropes! Only fools are entertained by them!" And then I read a piece that's more like, "I'm tired of these things. Some of them were cool originally, but enough." The reaction, here and there, seems far more passionate than the original piece.

SPN previews OMG!

Although I do think it's a bit cheap for the XF team to be scavenging their own oeuvre for plots at this early date...

Mely has a great post from earlier in the season where she talked about how Dean and Sam are switching places this season--that Dean is now the one who's hanging on for dear life and challenging his father's decisions, and Sam's the one looking out for them both and pushing the Let's Save People agenda.

That said, I think a better argument that Sam could have made at the end wasn't "Saving people is Dad's legacy and we should do that," but "The more we learn the better chance we have of saving Dad from an eternity of torment."

Surely someone has already written the AU where Dean goes through with the deal and John rips him a new one...

Excellent SPN complete with EVIL promos. Evil.

You say evil, I say gun porn.