Beverly, you articulated it so much better than I could. That is exactly my impressions both regarding JA and JP.
My favorite moment of the episode? The facial expressions exchanged between both actors when JP delivers the line, "How can you care so little about yourself? What is wrong with you?" I know its been addressed before, but watching Sam grapple with that concept and Dean's honest expression was nice to watch.
JA is technically so precise that I expect it of him and he probably has to work harder in order to impress me because I always expect him to be good, but JP's range when he said, "Bela? (beat) Crap." was as good as he has ever been IMNSHO. That is tied for my favorite moment. Next would be the Dean/Self interaction. That rang so true to character.
::hugs SHOW::
This was one of those episodes that when I first watched, my reaction is 'eh--okay.' Not terrible, but not great. But after I've rewatched and noticed some of the subtleties--this is a really important episode in the journey.
I am so happy that things aligned just right in order for these two actors to play these two roles. /gush
i'm pretty sure i dreamt about Dean and Sam all night long last night. mostly i remember flirting my ass off with Dean. he, of course, ate it up. mmm...Dean.
::crawls into tiggy's head::
Sam must have felt left out. I guess I will have to fix that *joins Amy in tiggy's head and flirts with Sammy* Ahh, much better.
So I met Sam Winchester today.
This tall, floppy-haired, puppy-faced kid comes into the shop today to get flowers for his girlfriend, and I couldn't stop starting at him, because my brain had blown a fuse and was chanting "Sam! Sam! Sam!". He was all adorable and awkward and smishable. After he left, my boss, who is also a SPN fan, was wondering why he'd looked so familiar, and I shouted (unable to control myself) "SAM!" and she immediately knew which Sam I was talking about.
The previous day we had a customer in talking about Colts, and my boss said "We like Colts". He had no idea why we were snickering.
In other news, while I really enjoyed last Thursday's ep, am I the only one who found Sam's reaction to Bela watch-from-the-hall? I mean, it was kinda funny, but then I was thinking, as un-suave as Sam is, he's not thirteen either.
It was odd, but I chalk it up to him being fuzzy-headed from just waking up and much of his blood supply being currently occupied in places other than his brain.
While my initial reaction to Bela wasn't negative like many fans' were, I have no particular objection to going for the trifecta of fatal post-banging-Sam supernatural encounters.
To clarify, for me, the watch-from-the-hallness began the moment he woke up and continued through the teasing and on through Bela actually showing up and then leaving, and not just the fact that Bela was there.
--But if she ends up where the red fern grows, then by all means, let them have at it!
if you haven't seen this, rectify thineself! i really do ♥ him.
For those following along on iTunes, the ep is up.
