Supernatural 5.02

[mayachain]

OMG, that was the most devastating thing I've seen on TV since Torchwood 3.05.
So. Devastating. But I kind of loved it anyway.

Poor Bobby, literally reduced to collateral damage - the boys can't function without him, but he's just not important enough to save.

The X-Ray looked awesome.

Castiel. So intense! And not willing? to bend the rules for Bobby. Or maybe he really can't. In any case, it sucks no end.

Oh, and the amulet. Do you have any idea what you're asking for there, Cas? I was a bit sad that Sam, of all people, didn't s seem to notice the significance. He gave it to Dean! Where did it come from, originally, anyway?
If Castiel loses the amulet, I shall hate him more than the Angel brother he didn't slay.

Ellen & Jo = pure love. Did everybody notice she didn't really greet, much less hug, Sam at all? And I don't want to know what she would have said had she known how this apocalypse business really came about.

I was sad that Jo seemed to be a bit in the same position with Rufus as she once was with Gordon. But Rufus, at least, seems to be more reasonable, and care for her as well. I hope he doesn't get killed in a careless, random way, as random hunters so often are on this show.

Hurtful, hurtful arguments. I'm really glad Sammy realized the extent of his fucked-up-ness at the end, and that he didn't taste blood (even though he got some on his face! War's blood! symbolic, much?), no matter how much he wanted to. How much does it suck that he really killed innocents, this time? Because if there never were any demons, then the kid he killed need not have died. (random thought: would he have found out if he had tasted the blood?

Dean staying with the civilians even though he wanted to rush after Sam. I was so torn at that moment, because there seemed to be an equal split between him taking responsibility for the people and an awful effort not to care.

The poor pastor. The poor kid who shot the pastor. So many destroyed lives around.

I liked Dean's interaction with the ex-soldier, the instant respect they had for each other. The ex-soldier's interaction with War, the way War looked at him, was intriguing. I'm really glad the man wasn't made to go on a non-demon killing-spree, and got his wits back quickly enough to not harm Ellen, and didn't have to be killed. I would have hated for him to go the soldierly way of Jake-the-superstrength-demon-kid.

The final scene. The boys separated by a table, not leaning against the Impala. Pending real separation. I hope Sam has the good sense to go back to Bobby, because if he's going to hitchhike around the USA alone right now, I don't want to know what will happen. But Bobby could help him, and maybe they could help each other.

Dean. Hurting me so much by not fighting to keep Sam. The only thing keeping my crushed spirits up right now is how he didn't want to give up the Amulet at the beginning, and how he offered Sammy the Impala. (Sam saying goodbye to the Impala! Oh, Sammy!) Because that was a declaration of love, no matter how fucked up the rest was.

So. Devastating.

Is it time for 5.03 yet?

Comments

[dime-for-12.livejournal.com]

I had the same thought with the first scene of Sam + blood. I figured those kids weren't demons, and that got me thinking that Sam's "addiction" was more psychological at this point than physiological.

And I didn't get to see Sam saying goodbye to the Impala, even though many reviewers have mentioned it--I guess I was too busy going "oh my god! NO" to pay attention. Now, I've gotta find the episode online and rewatch it JUST for that!

[mayachain.livejournal.com]

I believed the kids were possessed when it happened, so it was more a hindsight insight kind of thing. If demons+blood=power, then the normal blood wouldn't have given him a fix at all, which should hav told him something... unless, of course, the connection demons+blood=power was completely made up by Ruby, and I'm not quite prepared to go that far.

Oh, you have to go back and see it - it was the most precious thing!