I’m late to the party as usual, but I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this episode!
“I liked Dean wearing plaid (which, I still maintain, makes him look super vulnerable for some reason - and tends to be what he wears when he's feeling insecure or needing comfort)”
I subscribe to this 100%. And great observation about the staging of Sam pretty much towering over Dean (both in actuality and in the mental health department).
What do you make of Sam believing in the Easter bunny until he was 11, considering the reveal of monsters and hunting when he was 8? Continuity error, or do you have some brilliant headcanon to make sense of it? :)
I laughed at Sam asking the guy “what kind of flowers?” as if that is a perfectly natural question to ask. Not that flowers don’t have their own scents, but how many people can really pinpoint a particular flower scent off the top of their head unless it’s something really distinctive? Like what Shadowsong said above. :) I don’t know, that just seemed like something detail-oriented Sam would notice (“oh, this is definitely fennel/jasmine/oleanders, etc.”) that the general populace would never pay attention to, and I liked that.
Also, thank you for catching that line about the yarrow…this is why I love reading your blog. :) They really should pay you to be their continuity consultant.
I was happy to see Dean returning to his regularly-scheduled drinking. When he decided to get a drink at the bar, I was like, “Yes! The return to alcoholism!” and my roommate was like, “This show is really disintegrating your morals.” Haha. But I see it more as a continuity issue than anything else. Dean has been a functional alcoholic (in his own words! I love that that’s canon now) for SEASONS now, and you don’t just stop something like that out of sheer force of will with zero side effects. That kind of ties in with my overall fear/hope for season 10…it seems like right now they’re setting it up like Dean can “overcome” the Mark on his own, if he can just…what? Be mentally/emotionally strong enough? And I just a) don’t buy that, and b) don’t want to see that. I have seen Dean white-knuckle his way through all kinds of struggles, and I know he is capable of so much – but what I want to see is SAM come through for him when he can no longer hold it together on his own. It’s no fun if Dean saves himself…that’s his classic M.O., no growth there, no trust. But we’ll see where they go with it, we’re still midseason and there is quite a bit to go. :)
Speaking of Dean’s drinking…his 14-year-old self mentioned his virgin liver, which was adorable and cracked me up. Any guesses on when he started drinking?
Dylan Everett was fantastic. He was great in Bad Boys, but I thought he was even better in this one. In a lot of ways the episode really hinged on him being able to pull off a believable Dean, and he nailed it. I was so impressed by how he worked in Dean’s mannerisms as we’ve seen them played by Jensen, both vocally and physically. Do you think Jensen worked with him specifically? I like to think that he did. :)
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“I liked Dean wearing plaid (which, I still maintain, makes him look super vulnerable for some reason - and tends to be what he wears when he's feeling insecure or needing comfort)”
I subscribe to this 100%. And great observation about the staging of Sam pretty much towering over Dean (both in actuality and in the mental health department).
What do you make of Sam believing in the Easter bunny until he was 11, considering the reveal of monsters and hunting when he was 8? Continuity error, or do you have some brilliant headcanon to make sense of it? :)
I laughed at Sam asking the guy “what kind of flowers?” as if that is a perfectly natural question to ask. Not that flowers don’t have their own scents, but how many people can really pinpoint a particular flower scent off the top of their head unless it’s something really distinctive? Like what Shadowsong said above. :) I don’t know, that just seemed like something detail-oriented Sam would notice (“oh, this is definitely fennel/jasmine/oleanders, etc.”) that the general populace would never pay attention to, and I liked that.
Also, thank you for catching that line about the yarrow…this is why I love reading your blog. :) They really should pay you to be their continuity consultant.
I was happy to see Dean returning to his regularly-scheduled drinking. When he decided to get a drink at the bar, I was like, “Yes! The return to alcoholism!” and my roommate was like, “This show is really disintegrating your morals.” Haha. But I see it more as a continuity issue than anything else. Dean has been a functional alcoholic (in his own words! I love that that’s canon now) for SEASONS now, and you don’t just stop something like that out of sheer force of will with zero side effects. That kind of ties in with my overall fear/hope for season 10…it seems like right now they’re setting it up like Dean can “overcome” the Mark on his own, if he can just…what? Be mentally/emotionally strong enough? And I just a) don’t buy that, and b) don’t want to see that. I have seen Dean white-knuckle his way through all kinds of struggles, and I know he is capable of so much – but what I want to see is SAM come through for him when he can no longer hold it together on his own. It’s no fun if Dean saves himself…that’s his classic M.O., no growth there, no trust. But we’ll see where they go with it, we’re still midseason and there is quite a bit to go. :)
Speaking of Dean’s drinking…his 14-year-old self mentioned his virgin liver, which was adorable and cracked me up. Any guesses on when he started drinking?
Dylan Everett was fantastic. He was great in Bad Boys, but I thought he was even better in this one. In a lot of ways the episode really hinged on him being able to pull off a believable Dean, and he nailed it. I was so impressed by how he worked in Dean’s mannerisms as we’ve seen them played by Jensen, both vocally and physically. Do you think Jensen worked with him specifically? I like to think that he did. :)