AND DUDE!
Hello to the foreshadowing in What Is and What Should Never Be!
(You know, with the part where he'll die in a few days, blah blah blah, better than anything he has, blah blah blah.)
You know, with the exception of one deadly and unpredictable midget, this girl is the smallest cargo I've ever had to transport. Yet by far the most troublesome. Does that seem right to you?
Early ,'Objects In Space'
Boxed Set, Vol. IV: It's always suicide-mission this, save-the-planet that.
A topic for the discussion of Farscape, Smallville, and Due South. Beware possible invasions of Stargate, Highlander, or pretty much any other "genre" (read: sci fi or fantasy) show that captures our fancy. Expect Adult Content and discussion of the Big Gay Sex.
Whitefont all unaired in the U.S. ep discussion, identifying it as such, and including the show and ep title in blackfont.
Blackfont is allowed after the show has aired on the east coast.
This is NOT a general TV discussion thread.
P.M. Marc - May 17, 2007 8:30:26 pm PDT #1563 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
P.M. Marc - May 17, 2007 8:32:18 pm PDT #1564 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Oh, and the Crossroads Demon looked disconcertingly like Cass this time.
Leading me to suspect CASS might have made a wee crossroads deal of her own.
Lee - May 17, 2007 8:34:54 pm PDT #1565 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Jealous of Plei AND Beverly.
Cass and I are rewatching already.
Cass - May 17, 2007 8:36:54 pm PDT #1566 of 10001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Hush.
That was mentioned privately.
P.M. Marc - May 17, 2007 8:49:55 pm PDT #1567 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Your rewatch, or your crossroads deal?
Cass - May 17, 2007 8:59:28 pm PDT #1568 of 10001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Eh, we know about the rewatch. But that deal? We were keeping it hush hush.
(I think I have better eyebrows though.)
Beverly - May 18, 2007 12:06:16 am PDT #1569 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
I want to thank Plei for inviting me to watch with her--squee is so much better shared. I'm aout to face-plant in bed, but I wanted to get a few things down.
Plusses: A live Sam, a live Ellen, a live Dean, albeit with an expiration date beyond which his shelf life is over. A Bobby so eloquent and wonderful I can barely articulate how much I love this character. With some marvelously played beats and beautifully delivered lines. Bobby has SO stepped into John's fatherly shoes. Speaking of, John got freed from hell, and his storyline is effectively over. With the way JDM's career is heating up, I doubt he'll have much time for SPN. I'm sure he'd rather not consistently play a good dozen years older than his real age, the film and tv business being what it is. Even if Kripke has said that there may be occasions for John to appear in S3, John's time is done. Kripke has also said that SPN is a hero's journey, and at some point the mentor has to die, or step aside, and let the student journey and learn alone. Or, you know, with his brother. I think by tying up John's story and releasing him from hell, his time and his tale is done--though his legend and legacy carry on (sorry), of course. For this episode, John's appearance and agency in helping his boys, one last time, was a plus.
Fantastic Bobby, dead YED. Wrapping up his arc moves us on into new territory next season, as Anne and others have noted, S3 will likely be a three-pronged approach. First prong (Dana Carvey doing Bush senior), Freeing Dean from the Crossroads deal, second prong, eluding and/or educating Agent Gotcha Hendrikson, third prong, tracking down and eliminating the bad'uns that got through the hellgate. Among them I expect to meet Anson, Andy's brother, Ava, Jake, and Max, as well as some of the more memorable bad guys the Winchesters have sent to hell in S1 and S2.
Sam's little "you stupid jerk" speech to Dean. I know he'd said it before, and I'm sure Dean thought it was rhetorical. This time, I think it got through, Dean knows he means it, and so do we. Ackles and Padelecki were both on their game tonight, as was Jim Beaver. Now that's what I call tv.
Minuses: Dead Andy, dead Ash. Mad about them, and not happy at all. Casualties, I know. Still mad. John not having even one line; as someone said, "Hey, boys" would have done it.
Yup, I think that's it for the minuses, or at least all I can recall at the moment.
I need to rewatch. But first, sleep.
P.M. Marc - May 18, 2007 4:31:47 am PDT #1570 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I love Bobby SO MUCH.
And Sam (and I really think we're nicely set up for some strong Sam stuff in S3 now, so yay!). Like I said in LJ about What Is..., the season's been largely about Dean's failure to cope, but there's been this B thread of Sam really becoming his own person within the family structure, and the episode tag was a prime example of that. Oh, Sam. Please remain mostly awesome, chance of evil, clearing back into awesome as we approach 3x22.
Interesting to see the showdown happen as it did, with their support coming in the form of their found mother and father figures (and The Ghost of John, with which I am sadly earwormed).
Also, were PWNED! not already true regarding Dean and myself, his apology to Bobby after snapping would've cemented it.
Lee - May 18, 2007 4:39:07 am PDT #1571 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Itunes already has part two up. This could be bad for my ability/willingness to do actual work at work today.
Beverly - May 18, 2007 6:46:01 am PDT #1572 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
I know! And H is rarin' to go 'splore! I'm going to have to stay up late (I got up early--he was already up!) to rewatch.
I agree with Plei in the shift in the balance of strength from Dean to Sam in S3. Said so in my LJ, along with more rambles, here. I do think that's been happening all through S2, subtly, which is not something I'd ever accuse SPN of being, ordinarily. But I think that's part of the dynamic in S2, and I'm looking forward to seeing it play out. In S*3*! Yay for that.