Supernatural, Episode 5x17

[britomart_is]

I've been in bitter and crotchety mode, so I wasn't really planning to post reactions, but I'm seven minutes in and I'm buckling.



Things that make me happy:
- Sam's voice
- Sam's beat-up little face
- Sam's hair (SHUT UP)
- Don't know whether to run screaming or buy a condo (BUY A CONDO. WITH YOUR BROTHER.)
- Dean hitting on the preacher's daughter
- Preacher's daughter = chick with power
- Castiel's voicemail greeting
- Seriously, Sam's voice. Is it sexier than usual tonight?

"Whatever happened to us saving them?" Interesting, this isn't exactly how I would've guessed their current issues would differ.

Uh oh, what was that traded look between those guys?

BTW, why did we get Ben in the previouslies? Waiting for relevance.

This music is hilariously inappropriate. If you need this kind of music to try to make your action sequence exciting, your action sequence has a problem.

On the other hand, Sam fighting.

Do they have a FANBOY?
Awww, the fanboy's dead. And Dean's "No!" gasp is weirdly awful.

This is troubling. Who exactly is feeding psychic!girl her information?

So, no condo-shopping, then.

I'm really, really worried about where Dean's heading. Stop messing with Dean's head, folks. Stop it. Stopppppp ittttttttttt.

Sam's hair is RIDICULOUS. It's kind of AWFUL. But that just makes me love it MORE.

ACK ACK ACK I don't know what to say about their conversation in the motel room. It's too much for me. I'm all ... I just ... gah.

Damn, is psychic!girl evil? That would be so disappointing.

OH SHIT.

DO NOT TOUCH MY SAMMEH. FOR SERIOUS.

Drunk Castiel should not be bitching about grating voices.

What is going ON with Sam's sideburns. I mean, look closely. WHAT?

SERIOUSLY, why was Ben in the previouslies?

This is a pretty dire indictment of religion! I approve of how far they're going with that, regardless of the clumsiness.

Drunk!Castiel is kind of unconvincing. I'm just not buying it.

Greeeeeeeeeeeeeeeat, SPN's back to the whore thing. Should've known the moment I typed "chick with power".
Do I really need to say anything about the "Pimp of Babylon" line? Or for that matter, the title of the episode? Jesus fucking christ. I liked plenty of things about it, then they fucked it up.

"Sam of course is an Abomination." Awww, but you're my FAVORITE abomination, Sam.

Ehehehehe Castiel's tone as he says "I'm an angel of the Lord."

Mmmmmm there went Sam's voice again. Could I just divorce Sam's sexy empathy voice from the goddamn fucking unbelievable genderfail?

"On a good day you get to kill a whore" -- seriously, how did this make it on the air? Have they learned nothing? Do they think they're being edgy? Who wrote this fucking episode?

Another lame action scene that is just NOT gonna be saved by overwrought music.

"Long run of luck held out, I guess." Ha.

Poor Sam is so fucking paranoid about Michael. I don't blame him.

Awwww SHIT. Dean, what are you fucking doing?

So Sam is basically having a nervous breakdown back at the motel. Maybe Castiel will share his painkillers.

Huh, the declaration to Lisa seems kind of out of nowhere, but interesting.
And I'm REALLY nervous. REALLY REALLY.
Augh, she's fucking talking him down off the ledge. Unsuccessfully.

DEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN. DON'T.

What can I say about this episode? I don't know. I've been feeling really down about fandom (that might be understating things a bit), and then this comes along with what feels like an intentional fuck-you to the audience in terms of genderfail. I'm still engaged with the story on some level or else I wouldn't be shrieking at the screen, but it almost feels like it's just force of habit from years of caring so intensely about the boys.

Oh well. At least I still have Sam's sexy empathy voice.
And the dream of hunting down the writer of this episode and CUTTING THEM.

Comments

[mickeym.livejournal.com]

And the dream of hunting down the writer of this episode and CUTTING THEM.

YES YES A THOUSAND TIMES YES. Can I help?

Sam's sideburns were kind of... I dunno. Not feeling them tonight. I want the 'burns from a few eps ago when they were stunning. Also, much as I love Jared's floppy hair, it's a little TOO long, now.

I've been rewatching S2, and you know what I miss? I miss S2!Sam and Dean. *sniffs*

[melanth0.livejournal.com]

you know what else you can concentrate on, other than Sam's girl-hair and sexy empathy voice?

a) Dean is the only thing keeping Sam going right now ;_;

b) Castiel's voicemail.

[veronamay.livejournal.com]

That conversation in the motel room had me pausing the ep while I went for my third beer.

And I was sort of enjoying the ep (Whore of Babylone aside--I mean, not even considering the misogyny, that is a fucking weak excuse for a plot) until the last four minutes. STILL WAITING FOR THE RELEVANCE OF BEN because wow, they really did not sell that last scene for me.

[esorlehcar.livejournal.com]

What can I say about this episode? I don't know. I've been feeling really down about fandom (that might be understating things a bit), and then this comes along with what feels like an intentional fuck-you to the audience in terms of genderfail. I'm still engaged with the story on some level or else I wouldn't be shrieking at the screen, but it almost feels like it's just force of habit from years of caring so intensely about the boys.

That's it in a nutshell, yeah. I don't think this episode was worse than the end of s3 in terms of genderfail, but I do think this is the first time it felt deliberate (or at least, a deliberate to fuck you to anyone who had gender issues with the show. The s3 stuff felt more like, "How can we get more men to watch the show? I know! Let's add some more sexy women and show Dean and Sam beating the hell out of them and putting them in their place! Men love that!"). I'm not sure which one is grosser, frankly, but this felt a hell of a lot more personal. And petty.

[xenachakram12.livejournal.com]

Seriously, Sam's voice. Is it sexier than usual tonight?

Um, YES. And when Castiel says that Sam's voice is "grating," he means "causes disturbances in his crotchal region." ~*Sassy*~

The Whore of Babylon should have been a male. Who says whores are always women? Genderfuck > genderfail.

[tiffosis.livejournal.com]

Don't know whether to run screaming or buy a condo

i first i thought he said "....buy condoms.", and i was like WTF? what?