Some thoughts about Billie:
Julian Richings was a perfect incarnation of classical Death, with his cadaverous appearance and his chilling manner. His impish streak was delicious, the sly hint of humor, and his weakness for food which he let Dean exploit. I loved him as Death.
I do hope Billie is, in fact, Death reincarnate. She's more a Gaiman view of Death--singing her own song, all sleek, strong womanhood, her power exuding in her untamed hair and current, body conscious but non-revealing clothing. No less intimidating than Riching's archetypal male, but inimical in her seductive appearance and voice.
I like her! Better than "Darkness," either in womanly or girl-child form.
I spent a lot of the episode muttering at Billie, "please be a main character, please be a main character, please be a main character..."
I don't get how the Darkness can be unaware of Death yet know, well, anything else about how reality works. Either it's been cut off from the universe with no information since Creation, or it's somehow been able to glean info from the bearers of the Mark of Caine over the years, none of whom have been strangers to killing.
Yeah that is a huge plothole.
This episode made me so happy. And so sad, too, because ita would have loved it.
This is a good list of the reasons why: [link]
Aw, that's reblogged, but I couldn't improve on it. Except for my very very favorite thing: Despite her damage, Baby cranked when it counted. Twice. Atta girl.
I finally watched and am smiling. From Baby being bathed to turning over despite being battered and bruised - love, love, love. And the brother-ly-ness of it all.
Just discovered that DenCon - Salute to Supernatural with Jensen, Jared, Misha, and Mark - will be in Denver this weekend. I couldn't afford the tickets even if I'd know ahead of time, but now I feel like I'm missing out. Instead, I have plans to go to a big craft fair. Ahhh, well.
I loved that episode so much I had to rewatch the beginning to see if Edlund wrote it and ended up rewatching the whole thing.
annnd... I'm back to meh.