It's a joke. I'm ragging on a) The continued portrayal of female sexuality as dangerous or evil, and b) the only appearance of Lucifer in the episode was as what now?
(Also, I think the book is just a murder mystery.)
Niska: Mr. Reynolds? You died, Mr. Reynolds. Mal: Seemed like the thing to do.
'War Stories'
Supernatural 2: Why is it our job to save everybody?
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chrismg - Sep 10, 2009 5:50:11 pm PDT #3351 of 30002
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
Amy - Sep 10, 2009 5:54:55 pm PDT #3352 of 30002
Because books.
Sorry. I don't know you, so it was hard to parse joking there.
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 10, 2009 6:42:05 pm PDT #3353 of 30002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Personally, I wish they were keeping the actress from this episode as Lucifer rather than having him played by Rita's heroin addict ex-husband, because that woman was stellar at playing the character as proud and honest and utterly convinced of the righteousness of his cause. I much prefer that to the petty cruelty and brutality we usually see from demons.
Atropa - Sep 10, 2009 8:06:15 pm PDT #3354 of 30002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
because that woman was stellar at playing the character as proud and honest and utterly convinced of the righteousness of his cause.
Yes, I really liked that.
BOBBY! No no no, no killing Bobby. He LIVES, dammit, and retires somewhere far away from the kill zone that surrounds the Winchester boys.
Castiel is a badass. Carving Enochian on their ribs, good times. (Even tho' the theory behind that is full of handwavium, because Enochian is, in real-world occult terms, supposed to be the language of the angels, not something that wards them away.)
(If you listen closely, you can hear Plei sighing and telling me to let. it. go.)
Anyway, I thought this was a solid, solid episode. And yay, Ellen and Jo! Now just don't kill Bobby.
Lee - Sep 10, 2009 8:08:37 pm PDT #3355 of 30002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I was wondering why he looked familiar.
I loved the actress too, but I am glad they didn't make Lucifer a woman.
Poor Bobby.
Show was mostly awesome, but the plane thing confused me. I maybe need to rewatch.
§ ita § - Sep 10, 2009 8:11:06 pm PDT #3356 of 30002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Ugh, that ending was rough. I really liked the episode, and didn't wig to anything weird with Bobby until his eyes came over black. His rejection of Sam and Sam's pain were quite the gut shot. But it's much better with the way that relationship wound up. Now I just have to worry about him walking again. Where did he stab himself and how deep?
What Dean did makes total painful sense. The only Supernatural repeat I watched to the end was the one with their brother where Dean tells Sam he's like their father, and that it's not neccessarily a compliment, and I see this rift as an extension of that, provoked obviously by the big choice Sam made--but Dean was looking at him differently from beforehand.
Lee - Sep 10, 2009 8:13:24 pm PDT #3357 of 30002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
The only Supernatural episode I watched to the end
Ever?
§ ita § - Sep 10, 2009 8:15:58 pm PDT #3358 of 30002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Sorry I meant the only repeat I watched to the end. Let me edit.
Lee - Sep 10, 2009 8:17:28 pm PDT #3359 of 30002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Ah! I thought you'd seen more of them.
Atropa - Sep 10, 2009 8:19:10 pm PDT #3360 of 30002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Now I just have to worry about him walking again. Where did he stab himself and how deep?
Yeah, I don't get the not walking again part. It looked like a gut wound to me.
This episode was nicely creepy. The messing with Nick's (really? Oh dear.) head was well done.
The meta fandom stuff cracked me up. But then, I'm one of the people who thought The Monster At The End Of This Book was the best episode of last season.