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Supernatural 10x22 Full Reaction - EA - Sesskasays

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We are, it seems, at the point of no return with Dean and the Mark. We don’t even have the common decency and dignity to start with following up what happened to Charlie, and instead we get that tonally bizarre opening as you called it. Sidenote: You expected the Frankenstein name to be spelled differently in its truncated form. Subterfuge, presumably. Charlie’s hunter funeral is sad, albeit you’re just so LIVID at the writers. That scene where Dean tells Sam that he should have died instead of Charlie. You can already tell Sam’s mind has already provided that nugget of self-loathing. My own brain has provided said nugget of self-loathing once or twice. It is a feeling that I’ve felt many times myself. It does contain the extra punch for Sam when Dean himself says it. Worse is how the guilt is so strong that Sam doesn’t even bother to contest such a statement, which, speaking from experience, is a little too accurate for comfort. One small saving grace is that when Rudy asks why Sam isn’t handling the one task, Dean simply lies and says that Sam is busy. It’s not much, but it’s something. Sam and Castiel do now have the means for Rowena to translate the book, so hope is back there. Shame Rowena insists that Crowley be killed first. I love how you were quite sure it wasn’t going to work. It is a REALLY SAD state of affairs, even for me to say, that Crowley reembracing the full POWER of the Dark Side is the happiest moment of the episode. I have not seen the episode after this, so I don’t know specifics. My surmise is that as Crowley says, Rowena’s bag of tricks likely would have been effective against most any other demon. But this is “BLOODY CROWLEY!!!” as he says. He’s made of sterner stuff. Plus, Sam made the mistake of being a Bond Villain with his monologuing, and by doing so, let’s Crowley know that Rowena is the one who is casting the spell. Therefore, my thought is one, as Sam says, she’s not as tough or clever as she thinks she is. Two, Crowley knows Mommie Dearest and her works, and likely has picked up some counter spells as a precautionary measure and fought against the spell. I do believe that you are also correct in that his becoming full tilt evil again allowed him the strength and power to succeed in fighting back. Digging the bullet out likely helped too. Mark going above and beyond is lovely. He also gets me right in the heart with that painfully accurate line, “I thought if I did better... I might actually feel something again. That it might matter.” Goddamn, did that line cut deep. Dean’s big roaring rampage of revenge, I get how you have the mixed feelings on. You don’t shed tears for the House of Frankenstein since they killed Charlie. You observe correctly that they are boring villains. There’s also just zero suspense as Dean spells out to them, I even chime in, “Listen, you clearly don’t have any idea how this is going to go down here, Southern Colin Clive.” And it’s all done so anticlimactically: the villains are built up as the big threat, even obscenely and offensively kill Charlie so that the writers can boost up their villainous reputation, and they end up being a fucking footnote in the goddamn proceedings so that we can get to the real meat of the drama. Just taking all this in, makes a man say, “Well... That’s just lazy writing on top of lazy writing that I’m pretty fucking positive counts as multiple goddamn hate crimes on several levels.” By the way, the needle in the neck made an impression with me as well. Mind you, it wasn’t as bad as past needle scenes. Even so, you’re not the only one bothered by it, Jess. There is some agreement on the assessment of Dean’s taste in music, though more that Dean’s taste in music is quite staid. You and I both had that same look hearing the flannel line. I even said, “Well...” The one young Frankenstein you do feel bad for, and you believed him when he said he’d essentially disavow his family, go off, change his name to Fronkensteen and never bother the Winchesters again, and it guts you and I when Dean kills the kid. Worse is that it felt like the kid was a mirror of Sam in how he wanted to not be part of the hunting business. So, in a sense, Dean is killing Sam in a rather fucked up proxy sort of way. Jesus, this is depressing, even by my standards. Jensen does sell how Dean just does all this with lifeless eyes, like a doll’s eyes. Misha breaks our hearts with his impassioned plea to Dean. I was unable to resist when Dean called the old Dean a dick, my response being, “Agreed. But you still need help here, buddy.” I badly wanted to give you a hug during that last big fight scene. As I said on youtube, your reaction just hollowed me. There’s just really no joy in this show anymore. Apparently, it did “recover” seeing as there are five seasons after this, but this show just horrifically derailed itself. I know you’re going to stick through to the end, and I respect that. Sort of foresee it’s going to be tough at spots. Until then, this was a striking reaction that, though like last week, it feels wrong to thank you for it, it is a most appreciated reaction, Jess.