I'm with Jilli, although I admit I found the bit where Jay escaped kind of funny, rather than stupid. Although the writer passed off the bit where they got arrested for a felony fairly easily, when in fact they would have been printed immediately, and then god knows what would have happened.
But yeah, it was just clunky as hell, with all the parallels really forced instead of allowed to develop naturally. Did we really need Jay to keep saying that Charlie was a brother to him? Seriously?
And what do you bet we see Sam later this season making some kind of offer to Dean and Dean considering killing him? Oh, yes.
I am with Consuela, Jilli, Juliana, and Beverly.
(Also, I bristled a bit at the snarky comment about Bobby being the poster-child for aging gracefully. Because Bobby is awesome, dammit. And smarter than the boys.)
Especially about this, and about the total WTF of the boys getting arrested and let free once the charges were dropped. Are we supposed to assume the police in Iowa don't know about fingerprinting?
I admit I found the bit where Jay escaped kind of funny, rather than stupid.
Me too, on this one point. Love the Bostwick.
Really, it was a poorly-written and poorly-plotted episode, with some interesting thematic parallels and a couple of really strong guests who made up for a lot of flaws. The funny bits were pretty funny, and (for once!) the episode didn't end with a forced and emotional conversation in, on, or near the car. As a result, the pacing wasn't as bad as it could have been, either.
I admit to curiosity as what awful thing Sammy has to do to charge up his powers...
I'll bet he has to eat Bobby's pig hat.
The principals were on cold meds or something, though. Flat delivery, to the point I had to wonder if they'd sent in the clones. I guess lines that uninspired can't be salvaged by technique or tears.
I did love tying up the magician and being surprised he escaped, though.
a couple of really strong guests who made up for a lot of flaws. The funny bits were pretty funny
These I enjoyed enough to have enjoyed the ep as a whole. It felt very one-offish. Which is fine.
And the rain of anvils is not a new thing, so I don't really count it anymore. Much.
I'm in the "meh" camp. It wasn't complete dreck, but it wasn't nearly as good as it could have been. While last week really ended up requiring a lot of handwavium, it still had a lot of suspense to it that kept you on the edge of your seat and not even seeing the handwavium required until after the fact. This one required a lot of "come on, now" every time something stupid happened. And I think I broke a toe on one of the anvils. Ow.
Really, it was a poorly-written and poorly-plotted episode, with some interesting thematic parallels and a couple of really strong guests who made up for a lot of flaws. The funny bits were pretty funny, and (for once!) the episode didn't end with a forced and emotional conversation in, on, or near the car. As a result, the pacing wasn't as bad as it could have been, either.
Nice summary.
Honestly, I do think I'll enjoy this more on rewatch (holy crap, Pippen, you're so much older than you are in my head! Brad! You... okay, well, you've aged due to Spin City, but you're still older than my mental age for you, BB). Between the crying child upstairs and the stress of surviving layoffs at work today, it was hard for me to get in the groove of watching anything.
