First, I'm glad you don't use pictures in your recaps...bees terrify me. Cain had too many of them.
Agreed, it's kinda frustrating they never try to kill Crowley--they say they will, then let him talk before they make with the stabby...
I wonder if an Archangel blade would work on a Knight...obviously, moot point since Lucifer's was probly lost when he fell, probly Raphael's died with him, Michael's is in the Cage, and, if it was the real one/he kept it, Lucifer took Gabriel's there, too. But if regular angel blades work on regular demons, and Archangel blades are extra-special angel blades...
Agree that Dean's gearshift is headwally.
Re: Sam having Lucifer's grace--probly he did, but, like Gadreel's, it faded with angelic healing. Sam did get a major one from Cas at the end of s7--Cas might not have picked up on what it was, or maybe assumed it was part of the cagematch scars? I don't recall if Sam got an angelic healing before that, but...
Also, pretty sure later canon events proved Cas was either lying or misinformed when he said angels weren't on Earth for two thousand years. I mean, we know for sure he was wrong because Gabriel, but Gabe's not relevant here, so. IDK.
"The Winchesters aren't responsible pet owners. I better save this guinea pig."
Nothing to add, just wanted to say this cracked me up.
Sometimes, I wish they'd leave people alive, just because it keeps the universe feeling big, you know?
Totally agreed. For all the other points made about who the writers choose/don't choose to kill and why, I think I like this one best. I mean, yeah, this is a rocks fall everyone dies show, but still. I like big/rich worlds. It's why I kinda like PoV, cause that expands the world, too.
Also, you make a very good point about the foreshadowing in 'became!'
Cain: "I'm retired. I'm not dead." - See, this is the kind of villain/creature that I love - because at this point, especially if you're a figure in the Christian religion, the Winchesters SHOULD be legends and well known.
Yes. This.
Sam's reasoning/dialogue/whatever is confusing...I think Sam's less pissed about stopping the Trials, which he chose (except in irrational moments like people have when he lumps that in w/everything else--I think at this point Sam's past the numb-shock phase and is there now? IDK (ETA: reading ahead, you make this same point, heh)), than he is about the possession itself/killing Kevin--but I also kinda believe what he's most pissed about is Dean lying for months? Which is irrational, because hostage-taking, but...IDK.
I do like "Why must the Winchester's always run towards death?" Because it does hit the nail on the head about how the Winchesters value their own lives less than others.
Totally with you on this.
That fight scene with Dean and the demons and Cain making popcorn was BEST. Except possibly "You're good--but I'm Crowley" maybe but part of the same scene/sequence so!
Cas: "The only person who has screwed things up more consistently than you is me. And now, I know what that guilt feels like. And I know- I know what it means to feel sorry, Sam. I am sorry."
I love this whole conversation. I love Cas, and I love Sam, but they do make pretty epic mistakes--and their mistakes are the same kind of mistake. If only they'd followed that thread all the way back to Gadreel...(I'll shut up about that unmet desire someday, I promise XD)
Also, agree the sandwich makes it cheesy. I think the writers were paying a little too much attention to Chekov--don't put sandwich in opening without using it in climax, where the sandwich stands in for the proverbial gun...but it kinda cheapens the payoff of the rest of the scene.
...you know, that's a very good point, about Abaddon not being their biggest problem this year...IDK, though. I feel like demons will always be at least an important side quest for them, cause of their personal history/they've always been The Problem until, like, Leviathan? Even though Metatron and Gadreel are The Problem this year, they can't ignore her. Specially since they probly learned from ignoring Meg about Crowley in S7 so he's free to do S8. Granted, they seem to keep forgetting Crowley is a threat, so IDK.
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Agreed, it's kinda frustrating they never try to kill Crowley--they say they will, then let him talk before they make with the stabby...
I wonder if an Archangel blade would work on a Knight...obviously, moot point since Lucifer's was probly lost when he fell, probly Raphael's died with him, Michael's is in the Cage, and, if it was the real one/he kept it, Lucifer took Gabriel's there, too. But if regular angel blades work on regular demons, and Archangel blades are extra-special angel blades...
Agree that Dean's gearshift is headwally.
Re: Sam having Lucifer's grace--probly he did, but, like Gadreel's, it faded with angelic healing. Sam did get a major one from Cas at the end of s7--Cas might not have picked up on what it was, or maybe assumed it was part of the cagematch scars? I don't recall if Sam got an angelic healing before that, but...
Also, pretty sure later canon events proved Cas was either lying or misinformed when he said angels weren't on Earth for two thousand years. I mean, we know for sure he was wrong because Gabriel, but Gabe's not relevant here, so. IDK.
"The Winchesters aren't responsible pet owners. I better save this guinea pig."
Nothing to add, just wanted to say this cracked me up.
Sometimes, I wish they'd leave people alive, just because it keeps the universe feeling big, you know?
Totally agreed. For all the other points made about who the writers choose/don't choose to kill and why, I think I like this one best. I mean, yeah, this is a rocks fall everyone dies show, but still. I like big/rich worlds. It's why I kinda like PoV, cause that expands the world, too.
Also, you make a very good point about the foreshadowing in 'became!'
Cain: "I'm retired. I'm not dead."
- See, this is the kind of villain/creature that I love - because at this point, especially if you're a figure in the Christian religion, the Winchesters SHOULD be legends and well known.
Yes. This.
Sam's reasoning/dialogue/whatever is confusing...I think Sam's less pissed about stopping the Trials, which he chose (except in irrational moments like people have when he lumps that in w/everything else--I think at this point Sam's past the numb-shock phase and is there now? IDK (ETA: reading ahead, you make this same point, heh)), than he is about the possession itself/killing Kevin--but I also kinda believe what he's most pissed about is Dean lying for months? Which is irrational, because hostage-taking, but...IDK.
I do like "Why must the Winchester's always run towards death?" Because it does hit the nail on the head about how the Winchesters value their own lives less than others.
Totally with you on this.
That fight scene with Dean and the demons and Cain making
popcorn was BEST. Except possibly "You're good--but I'm Crowley" maybe but part of the same scene/sequence so!Cas: "The only person who has screwed things up more consistently than you is me. And now, I know what that guilt feels like. And I know- I know what it means to feel sorry, Sam. I am sorry."
I love this whole conversation. I love Cas, and I love Sam, but they do make pretty epic mistakes--and their mistakes are the same kind of mistake. If only they'd followed that thread all the way back to Gadreel...(I'll shut up about that unmet desire someday, I promise XD)
Also, agree the sandwich makes it cheesy. I think the writers were paying a little too much attention to Chekov--don't put sandwich in opening without using it in climax, where the sandwich stands in for the proverbial gun...but it kinda cheapens the payoff of the rest of the scene.
...you know, that's a very good point, about Abaddon not being their biggest problem this year...IDK, though. I feel like demons will always be at least an important side quest for them, cause of their personal history/they've always been The Problem until, like, Leviathan? Even though Metatron and Gadreel are The Problem this year, they can't ignore her. Specially since they probly learned from ignoring Meg about Crowley in S7 so he's free to do S8. Granted, they seem to keep forgetting Crowley is a threat, so IDK.