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.spn 5.11; or, okay
First, a brief Bones review because, well...
Despite knowing the second they figured out it was JFK that there was going to be no definitive answer, I liked the case. I also liked the team being awesome, and Sweets all down with the subterfuge.
What I didn't like was Hodgins basically informing Angela that, hey, he's totally read her mind and he knows she's going to keep the kid. If I'd been in her place, he would have gotten a punch in the jaw. Then I would have told him the proper response to finding out his ex is pregnant and on the fence about keeping the baby, i.e. "No matter what decision you make, I'll support you." ARGH JUST WHY?
And now, SPN 5.11.
I spent this episode being the following:
1.) SERIOUSLY FUCKING ANNOYED with SPN's, and by extension popular culture's, typical level of sensitivity toward and insight regarding mental illness. Which is to say, "slightly more sensitivity and insight than that possessed by a child who pulls the wings off flies."
2.) Bored, because I knew it was the sweet-talking nurse right from the start and that the nymphomaniac (seriously? SERIOUSLY?) was a decoy*
3.) Briefly interested by the mention of Castiel, who is mistaken for the perching-on-the-shoulder type of angel. ("No, he has a name. It's Castiel. He wears a trench coat.")
Trying to say something substantial now:
Aside from softly remonstrating with Sam to have the heart-to-heart after getting into the car, I did appreciate him having a fleeting moment of insight regarding his anger problems. It seems like Sam's rage--the focus of it, anyway--is related to those forces that try to control him: Dean and John (dragging him around the country when all he wants is a normal life), YED (killing Jessica), Lilith (for dictating the terms by which Dean is taken from him), the angels (for leading Dean and him around on a string), Lucifer (obvious reason). He doesn't like having his independence thwarted; I think you could even read his reaction to Ruby not so much as anger that she lied to him, but that her lying was manipulating him and binding him, not offering him the freedom and power that he wants.
Sam's pretty fucked up.
That said, I think Dean's advice was pretty epically lousy there at the end. Sam can't bottle it up, because that's not what Sam does and it's not who he is. Sam can't even begin to understand why Dean keeps all his shit to himself, because Sam's the king of the awkward overshare and demonstrativeness--and that's what rage is, the ultimate in oversharing and demonstration: "here, I'm fucking pissed off, let me put your head through a window." There's no way Sam can begin to wrap that up, not with Dean as his template for emotional stability, but it's clear something has to be done; his anger was a running theme in S4, and I could see it possibly playing a role in future!Sam's decision to say yes to Lucifer.
Can't think of anything else to say. Dean was good, aside from the stupid "pudding" incident, but I'll blame that on the writers. I want Castiel back. I guess the upside to a very disappointing episode is that it's only two weeks until Cas returns.
Next week: Okay, that kid is super-familiar. Where the hell have I seen him? Was he one of the Athosian kids on SGA? An old episode of SPN I can't remember clearly? WHAT?
* = Trin informs me that these writers are also the ones who wrote "I Believe The Children Are Our Future," which explains so much. IIRC they also wrote several other episodes I didn't like. Hey Kripke, if you're reading this, don't let these people write anything ever again. They suck. They really, sincerely suck.
In breaking news: SPN confirmed for a sixth season? Very likely!
THERE HAD BETTER FUCKING BE CASTIEL BISHES.
Despite knowing the second they figured out it was JFK that there was going to be no definitive answer, I liked the case. I also liked the team being awesome, and Sweets all down with the subterfuge.
What I didn't like was Hodgins basically informing Angela that, hey, he's totally read her mind and he knows she's going to keep the kid. If I'd been in her place, he would have gotten a punch in the jaw. Then I would have told him the proper response to finding out his ex is pregnant and on the fence about keeping the baby, i.e. "No matter what decision you make, I'll support you." ARGH JUST WHY?
And now, SPN 5.11.
I spent this episode being the following:
1.) SERIOUSLY FUCKING ANNOYED with SPN's, and by extension popular culture's, typical level of sensitivity toward and insight regarding mental illness. Which is to say, "slightly more sensitivity and insight than that possessed by a child who pulls the wings off flies."
2.) Bored, because I knew it was the sweet-talking nurse right from the start and that the nymphomaniac (seriously? SERIOUSLY?) was a decoy*
3.) Briefly interested by the mention of Castiel, who is mistaken for the perching-on-the-shoulder type of angel. ("No, he has a name. It's Castiel. He wears a trench coat.")
Trying to say something substantial now:
Aside from softly remonstrating with Sam to have the heart-to-heart after getting into the car, I did appreciate him having a fleeting moment of insight regarding his anger problems. It seems like Sam's rage--the focus of it, anyway--is related to those forces that try to control him: Dean and John (dragging him around the country when all he wants is a normal life), YED (killing Jessica), Lilith (for dictating the terms by which Dean is taken from him), the angels (for leading Dean and him around on a string), Lucifer (obvious reason). He doesn't like having his independence thwarted; I think you could even read his reaction to Ruby not so much as anger that she lied to him, but that her lying was manipulating him and binding him, not offering him the freedom and power that he wants.
Sam's pretty fucked up.
That said, I think Dean's advice was pretty epically lousy there at the end. Sam can't bottle it up, because that's not what Sam does and it's not who he is. Sam can't even begin to understand why Dean keeps all his shit to himself, because Sam's the king of the awkward overshare and demonstrativeness--and that's what rage is, the ultimate in oversharing and demonstration: "here, I'm fucking pissed off, let me put your head through a window." There's no way Sam can begin to wrap that up, not with Dean as his template for emotional stability, but it's clear something has to be done; his anger was a running theme in S4, and I could see it possibly playing a role in future!Sam's decision to say yes to Lucifer.
Can't think of anything else to say. Dean was good, aside from the stupid "pudding" incident, but I'll blame that on the writers. I want Castiel back. I guess the upside to a very disappointing episode is that it's only two weeks until Cas returns.
Next week: Okay, that kid is super-familiar. Where the hell have I seen him? Was he one of the Athosian kids on SGA? An old episode of SPN I can't remember clearly? WHAT?
* = Trin informs me that these writers are also the ones who wrote "I Believe The Children Are Our Future," which explains so much. IIRC they also wrote several other episodes I didn't like. Hey Kripke, if you're reading this, don't let these people write anything ever again. They suck. They really, sincerely suck.
In breaking news: SPN confirmed for a sixth season? Very likely!
THERE HAD BETTER FUCKING BE CASTIEL BISHES.