ratherastory | 5.12 —Let the cringing begin

This has nothing to do with the actual plot of the episode: this is just the kind of plot that pushes ALL my squick/cringe buttons. I foresee myself hiding behind my hands a whole lot for the next hour.

Spoilers after the show, same deal as last week.

- Okay, even if I hadn't seen last week's teaser, I'm pretty sure I would have noticed Sam acting like a dorky teenager.

- So far, all I can say is, I totally understand why Garry wants a different body. Possibly a different life.

- Also, Dean. Good GOD! Have you not figured out that your brother is acting completely out of character? Something is up, dude. Réveille! (Yes, I yell at the TV in French)

- "Oh Garry, this is a very, very bad book." I think that might be the understatement of the century.

- Recoil's a bitch, isn't it Garry?

- Aww... Garry's bonding with Dean!

- Dean's finally twigging, although it was sweet to see him and "Sam" having a maybe-life-can-be-good moment.

- Oh, God. Stupid, STUPID children! NO SUMMONING DEMONS!

- Okay, I'm officially sold on this episode. It's going the opposite way as last week, where I was vastly psyched going in and it kind of turned "meh" on me halfway through. This is crack-turned-angsty, which is my favourite kind of SPN. Woo!

- Important Overarching Plot Point Reveal™! So there's officially a demonic bounty on Dean's head. Good to know! Ever notice how these big reveals come so often in the cracky episodes? I kind of love that.

- Aaaaaand Dean finally twigs. Good times.

- I'm kind of enjoying how gleeful Garry is about all this, but the Sam-being-Garry is making me CRINGE.

- A dangerous warlock named Garry! Hee!

- Trevor, you're a moron. And now you're dead.

- DEAN! Waterboarding? Really?

- Poor Sam. If he weren't stuck in Garry's body, those ropes would be a cinch. Of course, if he weren't in Gary's body, he wouldn't have this problem to begind with. Poor puppy. *g*

- Tag-team exorcism FTW! Thank goodness Garry is just an idiot teenager and not an actually bad guy. Also he knows his Latin. Go, Garry!

- Yes, Garry, Dean is SCARY. Be a good boy, and do what he says and stop practicing witchcraft, doofus!

- Sam, you're breaking my heart. I want you to start wanting the apple-pie life again, sweetie. You used to want it.

EXTRA SPOILERS FOR NEXT WEEK'S TEASER:

- Huh. So the Winchesters are never born. Umm, is this like "It's A Wonderful Life?" 'Cause Castiel isn't getting an extra set of wings, here, as far as I can tell. From whose POV are we going to see the Winchester-less world?

- Hey, Anna! Haven't seen you since you got zapped off to the NeverNever by your angelic brethren! How ya been? (I'm not sold on Anna, but I don't hate her, either. She's just sort of "meh" for now. Time will tell. I wonder if she's still hot for Dean.)

Okay, so, weirdly enough I enjoyed this better than last week's episode. I was expecting the opposite.

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You know, I started having the same reaction when I saw the previews and the first opening minutes. But surprisingly, it's been better than I thought it would be.

Still, overall, this season hasn't been doing it for me...

Oh, the bits with Sam in them are totally making me cringe.

Same response.
Previews: NO!

Episode: Good. Definitely better than last time.

It's not going to air for a couple more hours here, but I'm not exactly looking forward to it.

Mostly because a) I hate the kind of awkward humor these sort of things engender and b) the premise is just...weird (just based off the promo) how the hell would Dean not notice? That wouldn't even make sense at the very beginning of season 1.

I won't spoil it for you, but the ep redeems itself away from the awkward humour fairly quickly (mostly).

Also, there is an Important Overarching Plot Reveal™.

Goodie! I love Important Overarching Plot Reveals! They're the tasty low-calorie treat I've been waiting ...and waiting....and waiting for. :)

This epi was SO, So much better than I thought it would be. From the blonde at the bar telling Gary/Sam what a great looking guy he was and him just looking at himself in the mirror and going "I know! Right?" to Sam wandering down the road in his Gary clothes to his reaction to Gary's parents. I loved that there's a demonic bounty on Dean's head and that it just sort of comes out in this episode. And the Oh, shit factor of Sam's meatsuit walking around without Sam. I was a little disturbed at Dean's longing for hearth and home and progeny in the one though. Don't know why the thought of him settled down bothers me so much. Okay, I'm lying. I do know why it bothers me so much. Loved Dean threatening Gary. Listen to Dean, Gary. Much like Andy before you, Dean is SERIOUS about coming back and offing you if you don't behave. And you are right Dean IS scary. And I'm with you. I actually kind of loved this episode. And I really didn't expect that.

Isn't it weird? I totally expected to love last week's episode and didn't, and I expected to be lukewarm at best about this week's episode and instead I really liked it!

I'm kind of jazzed now.

And yes: OHSHITLUCIFER! is always a nice way of adding tension. ;)

Why does the idea of Dean settling down bother you? I'm curious. :)

Actually I'm kind of torn about it. He'd be so happy with a wife and kids, but as a Winchester and a hunter, and I mean, even after the apocalypse is over, there'd always be evil stuff out there and he'd always have a target on his back. And there's no keeping the people you love safe. He knows that better than almost anyone. Would he let his wife in on what he is, what he's done and raise his kids like he and Sam were raised? Or would he keep everyone in the dark and try to be normal like his mother did. Neither way works terribly well. I don't know. Now that you've gone and made me write it all down, I'm not sure what I think. LOL

Hee!

I think I know what you mean. :)

I really really want Dean to have a happy ending, but as much as it breaks my heart when he says that he thinks it's all going to "end bloody," I think he's also right. I don't think there's a happy ending in store for Dean Winchester. I think that, at best, it'll be kind of broken: he'll find peace, but at a terrible cost.

I hope I'm wrong.

Sigh. Me too.

I hope I don't get stoned for this, but sometimes I wish that in the final episode they go out in a blaze of glory...together. And that's it.

Please don't hurt me! Lol!

Yeah... not my first choice, but acceptable if they can't have some sort of happy ending. Whatever way it ends, they have to be together. That's all I really want. :)

I thought the episode was a TON of fun! This does emphasize that the brothers aren't back to where they were, and Sam is NOT happy. Well, how could he be?

I don't think Sam has ever been happy. I guess he came close with Jessica, but then he was denying a huge part of what he was, never really happy with himself. That really doesn't make for happy.

Poor baby. Always wanting something you can't have can make you so miserable.

No, I think Sam has always done a great job of making himself miserable.

I said something along the same lines in "Take Me Home," actually. Poor Sam.

I don't hate anna, but I kind of dread it when she shows up. I just REALLY really hated certain developments in "heaven and hell," and every time she shows up again, I'm forced to relive them. "Kidney...grace...tree...bottle...too stupid...head exploding."

Though nwhepcat's recent and ongoing WIP is redeeming some of those things for me.

5.12 —Let the cringing begin

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