Huh. So the kid's name is...Shark? Or maybe Jump?

Kay.

I'm just. This ep was way too self-referrential for my taste. Without my fourth wall, man, I don't really care what happens--the characters have lost their reality. And I really could care less about Cousin Oliver. Lilith, schmilith. The writers put a stake in it.

I was a little iffey on the slash stuff, (eta: though it did work better than I would have thought, and made me laught to boot) but I don't get a real cousin Oliver vibe off the new kid. It's not like painful family issues are new to the show.

As far as the kid is concerned, I'm wondering if it's a misleading promo, and that the lost Winchester boy is not really at all.

As far as the kid is concerned, I'm wondering if it's a misleading promo, and that the lost Winchester boy is not really at all.

That's my read. This is something else entirely. Show's not going there, even if fic does.

I thought that was Lauren Cohan on Life (I just watched the ep this evening), but I couldn't get confirmation anywhere. And no, she didn't look or act much like a park ranger.

I'll reserve judgment on the kid, then, and wait and see.

This episode is about equal with Malleus Maleficarum for my least favorite--not for exactly the same reasons, but for similar ones.

I'm calling the kid "Cousin Oliver" - and think that the actor strongly reminds me of the actor who played teenaged Dean in Afterschool Special.

I loved the episode - so damn funny.

Plus - I WANT THOSE BOOKS.

I loved last night's episode more than I ever thought I could. For me, I think some of my pleasure in the episode might come from reading the TWoP boards. The pokes at the fans were the best thing ever. I think Dean's Vonnegut reading it probably a poke at the TWoP DeanGirls who are constantly complaining that the show makes Dean look dumb. There is a "simpatico" who posts on the TWoP SPN boards, too. (I don't recall if s/he's a DeanGirl, though.)

So I'm guess this was a good episode to catch after not seeing the show for this season.

You might be all caught up, connie.

I'm calling the kid "Cousin Oliver"

I'm calling him Donny (Dawneeee!)

Donny - hee.

I hadn't realized that there is an actual Twopper called Simpatico.

(I skip and skim the Twop boards.)

Now I wish I had posted on the SPN TWoP boards because, come on, how could they have resisted using Polter-Cow, right?

Hee. I'm pretending that Chuck's use of "ramshackle" is a shout-out to the "Casa Ramshackle" I used in one or two of the last SPN recaps I did.