They showed "The Curious Case of Dean Winchester" this past Thursday. I enjoy that episode for Sam kicking ass at the most improbable hand of poker. And cute grumpy Bobby.
Book: Afraid I might be needing a preacher. Mal: That's good. You lie there and be ironical.
'Safe'
Supernatural 2: Why is it our job to save everybody?
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§ ita § - Feb 20, 2010 1:15:49 pm PST #5374 of 30002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Laga - Feb 20, 2010 1:30:12 pm PST #5375 of 30002
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I have quibbles with that episode but Chad Everett is wonderful.
§ ita § - Feb 20, 2010 2:00:16 pm PST #5376 of 30002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
What quibbles?
It becomes apparent in retrospect that if there's a Satanic alert out on the brothers that witch should have known about it.
And I'm sure they messed up the poker, since most TV does, for dramatic effect.
Chad Everett was pretty damned funny, though.
Laga - Feb 20, 2010 2:14:17 pm PST #5377 of 30002
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
If the man witch knows that Dean is having a heart attack how ever far away, he ought to know what's in the hand of the dude sitting across from him.
Typo Boy - Feb 20, 2010 2:15:29 pm PST #5378 of 30002
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
It was cool that that while Sam got some luck, he won via acting. The witch was over-confident in his ability to read people, maybe distracted by having a girlfriend who wanted to die.
Also, this was a witch with his own code. Maybe turning Dean in would have violated it.
Laga - Feb 20, 2010 2:34:45 pm PST #5379 of 30002
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
And I know the hero always wins in fictional poker games but Sam's hand seemed like rabbit's foot lucky.
Typo Boy - Feb 20, 2010 2:37:11 pm PST #5380 of 30002
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Yeah,but I can take one lucky hand as a plot point, because he first bluffed the witch, and then played him into thinking he had gone reckless with grief and desperation. As to why he got the hand, maybe he had an angel on his shoulder.
§ ita § - Feb 20, 2010 2:39:44 pm PST #5381 of 30002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Maybe manwitch knows about Dean's mortality because he took 50 of his years?
But, yeah, it's great that Sam got to act the hell out of his hand, but what a hand...
Laga - Feb 20, 2010 2:44:22 pm PST #5382 of 30002
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Come to think of it, I have won with four of a kind on a small pocket pair when my opponent was sure he had the pot with his full house. I forget the odds are funky with hold 'em. But that was a $5 buy-in, noone's life was at stake.
In a fictional sporting event, you have to win at the last moment. And you can't defuse a bomb with more than a second left on the timer.
Beverly - Feb 20, 2010 3:20:40 pm PST #5383 of 30002
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Chad Everett was pretty damned funny, though.
"Dooood."
In a clip from one of the cons, both JP and JA mimic Everett's Dean: here, at about 7.57 Doooood.
At the same con, JA addresses the copious amounts of sweat JP produces, here, from about 3.15. I couldn't help thinking that the poker game was *finally* a good story-reason for the sweat.