'War Stories'
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Men come with, like, a gene for appreciating big toys, don't they? For a minute, you could see JA and JP beneath their characters, all "We've got a big damn truck here, yessir!"
I liked this episode. But I'm a sucker for backstory. I also like the implication of the title (look, I'm trying to be thinky!) -- there are some things you can't escape, and no matter how many demons they kill, the facts of this life aren't going away.
For a minute, you could see JA and JP beneath their characters, all "We've got a big damn truck here, yessir!"
Laughing. Like. A. Drain.
Also, "No Exit" could imply that there's no exit from the hunting life. Dean maybe sees Jo as a younger version of himself, and he wants to believe that she doesn't have to follow in these footsteps, because he's at the point where the burden's getting heavy and he wishes he could do something else.
"This won't make you feel better, but I'm here to rescue you." Heh. Poor Jo.
I love this Jo moment SO MUCH.
Mostly, though, I love the moments where Jo and Sam exchange looks.
If I put in the jump tag this week, do I get to say something snarky?
Snark is always welcome here, I think.
I love this Jo moment SO MUCH.
Me too!
Snark is always welcome here, I think.
YAY
Snark away.
And Sam and Dean? Give really, really, no really good competent...
Which is why, when we Winchester Girls discover them in a new arena of competent, like, I don't know, maybe dancing? it's such a thrill.
I also like the implication of the title (look, I'm trying to be thinky!) -- there are some things you can't escape, and no matter how many demons they kill, the facts of this life aren't going away.
Oh yeah, and you've got the Sartre connotation that hell is other people, and you've got that this is where Jo ultimately makes the decision (seen later) to be part of the life, no matter what Ellen wants.
My biggest nitpicks involved the fact that they'd converted the place from a warehouse to apartments, and yet there was still a ton of lath and plaster and knob and tube hanging around? PLEASE.
I actually like this episode on rewatch. I mean, I expect Jo to have the "annoying little brother" (yeah, I boggle on that) role now. And just to sort of fade so that we get backstory and focus on the Winchesters.
"We've got a big damn truck here, yessir!"It was a really cool truck!
I like that Jo moment, too. I really like Jo, actually. A spinoff Jo-verse, at least in fic, is very tempting.
I also really like Dean's interaction with both Harvelle women, because no matter how easily he relates to strange women, he has a certain mechanism for it, i.e. charm. Ooh, Missouri was different, too, because she saw right through it. He didn't have his mom long enough, and Sam wasn't a little sister -- outside of sex, women are fairly alien to Dean.