This is destina's post about "Two Minutes to Midnight." I'm not sure that I buy her analysis of how all Four Horsemen so neatly and conveniently played their parts in moving Dean and Sam towards their destinies; I think her view is a little too antiseptic. But it's worth looking at for the screencaps and pictures of the horsemen's rings and alchemy symbolism. It's an intriguing side issue to think about. She also talks about the use of color (I've read other meta posts about the continuing use of color throughout the show - the use of red, yellow, and blue, and so on).

Futoncritic sez:

"Supernatural" is heading to Friday nights as repeats of the series will follow "Smallville" at 9:00/8:00c starting May 28.

Said news comes on the heels of today's announcement that encores of the short-lived CBS drama "Moonlight" will assume "Supernatural's" regular Thursday, 9:00/8:00c time period on June 3.

The move will undoubtedly fuel speculation that "Supernatural" will permanently take residence there for its sixth season.

I'm just waiting for tvmerch to start marketing Horsemen's rings the way the Noble Collection hawked Barahir and Nenya. Thanks for the link, Morgana.

The color meta is interesting. I hope no one's attributing more import than is actually intended to the colors, but interviews with Serge Ladouceur indicate the color choices and use are deliberate and planned.

Well, they did miss some meta by recolouring the Horsemen, since pestilence was supposed to be in white horse, and death in pale.

Pestilence did have a white coat and Death was pretty pale. I'm stretching it too far, aren't I?

Well, they did miss some meta by recolouring the Horsemen, since pestilence was supposed to be in white horse, and death in pale.

Didn't Death arrive in a white/cream-colored (meaning "pale") car?

Pestilence drove a pus-green, rusted out beater - probably an AMC station wagon or a Chrysler K series from the 70s. Death drove a white classic Cadillac in pristine condition. Famine's mode of transportation was two gas-guzzling Cadillac SUVs, while of course War drove the cherry red Mustang.

Gomez, Will Derryberry, Citzen Cope

OMG. I am my mother when she asked in a very Jewish lilt, "So what the hell is a Who??"

BTW, did anyone else catch the Herpexia poster at the beginning of last week's teaser?

I like the notion that it may be Michael/Adam delivering the beat-down to Dean rather than Sam. I'm okay with never seeing Adam after this. (I know nothing - I am uncharacteristically unspoiled for the finale.)

P.S. Anne, you'd better be prepared to speaketh on Monday. None of this I-was-too-tired-from-the-trip-to-watch nonsense.

Marcia, if nothing else, you must become aquainted with Citizen Cope's "Sideways" [link]

Will With The Unfortunate Last Name has an incredible song called "Seven Master" [link] WARNING: dragonfly porn.

I've linked Gomez before, "Bone Tired is such a Brother song: [link]

Pest was supposed to be on a ride white and Death on pale (green).

War was in the red pony car. Famine had the black SUVs of global warming. Pest's beater was fantastically decrepit and sick looking, if not precisely white. And whoa, Death's ride was sweet - awesomely pale but not white.

Three out of four ain't bad?

I wondered what happened to Pestilence himself suffering the effects of the various diseases he carries from last week. The transition from snot-spraying hobo to urbane sinister doctor was a little jarring. (I kind of liked the imagery of Famine and Pestilence being ravaged by the concepts/ills they embody).