First Impressions: 3.05 Bedtime Stories
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raloriaThese are just my first impressions of the season's fifth episode. My full-length review with caps will be posted later. This just gives me a chance to express my initial thoughts about the episode and touch on a few highlights.
With each of these First Impressions posts I'll include a little cropped cap from the episode. I decided to do something different and make them b&w.
Consider this fanart. If you take it, please give credit. :)
Before I begin, please keep in mind I'm doing this all from memory since Thursday night. I've found that if I watch the episode while doing my notes for these posts I end up describing everything and it becomes my full review. LOL This is just supposed to be the highlights, so I want to keep it brief.
* Heh. The 3 Little Pigs with a gruesome twist. Only on SPN would that little tale end with screams and blood splatters.
* Wow! I don't recall the boys ever having such a heated argument before. I literally went "Oooooh!" when Sam said Dean wasn't their dad. Of course, Dean countered with the big brother card and put an end to the discussion right there. There's some significant stuff to discuss about this fight, but I'll save it for my full review.
* Sam has to be the artist again. *giggles* Did you catch the little peak Dean tried to take as Sam started his sketch? And then Sam tried to hide it a little. *g* Too cute!
* Oh...first brotherly moment. On my second viewing this part brought tears to my eyes. Those killer closeups. Gorgeous. Interesting how at that moment (thinking about losing a brother) both brothers are feeling the emotions, but they're from different places.
* Dean kids Sam over his drawing...then Sam's "got nothin'" line at the end of the walking scene. *g*
* Was it just my showing of the episode or did anyone else get a weird transition from the scene of the guys walking to the shot of the woods where the couple was lost? There was a split second shot of the woods, then a quick cut back to the boys before going back to the woods. At first I thought it was a stylized editing choice, but it only happened that once. So maybe it's a mistake?
* Okay....geeky moment. When I heard the guy's name was Ken, I immediately wondered if the gal's name was Barbie. *gigglesnort* Yes, I realize I'm weird.
* Ooh...slice and dice time. It's not wise to trust kindly old women who live all alone in the woods.
* "Crazy as what? Every day of our lives?" "Touche'"
* Hey! Dean gets to be research geek boy this time. *g* 'Course, he's complaining that he just spent six hours finding out zip, zilch, nada.
* What's with the frog following them everywhere? They never really resolved that bit of the plot. Loved Dean's line about not kissing it.
* It's always cool seeing the boys entering a place and searching it with their guns drawn. Sam was right! It is Cinderella. Dean sees the dark-haired little girl, follows her...and gets an apple. Oh, and who else was thinking "don't eat the apple, Dean...don't eat the apple!"? LOL
* It was so weird...during the commercial break here, there was an ad for Applebees restaurants...with a talking apple!!! LOL! The timing was brilliant. I couldn't help but laugh.
* Figures the only version of Snow White Dean's seen would be a porno version. Heh.
* The actress playing adult Callie didn't have to do much...just lay there and be asleep. Which she did very well, btw.
* "Hey, you know fairy tales, I know movies." Heh. Just one of my reasons for loving Dean. :D
* "I'm gonna go stop the big bad wolf..." LOL!
* Heh. The girl really is Little Red Riding Hood. And that is one scary wolf, too.
* It's up to Sam to make the good doctor see the truth about his daughter's death. I like how he doesn't give up and barges right into the room anyway. Kinda like how Dean usually does. *g*
* Kinda sorry we didn't get to see Dean kick that door in. Darn. And the big fight is on! How cool is it that Dean's now the "huntsman" in the fairy tale that's supposed to kill the big bad wolf. Heehee!
* Okay, I'm sure Jensen didn't do the big crash into the cabinet, but he did do the second one that broke the mirror. Love it when the guys do their own stunts!
* The scene between Dr. Garrison and Callie's spirit is just beautifully done. Great acting all around. The last shot of Sam...so lost...knowing he'll eventually be saying goodbye to Dean. *sniffle*
* OMG...they're killing me with these brother moments. Like Sam's just going to be able to "let go" of you Dean? I honestly almost thought Sam was going to cash in his rain check from last season right there. But I'm glad he didn't. Not yet anyway. ;) Poor Sam...I really felt for him in this episode. All these reminders that Dean's time is short. It's heartbreaking how Dean just walks away and leaves Sam there...to watch him go down that hallway alone. Talk about symbolism. Wow! And in my filmmaker's eye, a nice little callback to IMTOD in that shot of Sam standing in the hallway after Dean almost dies.
* Separate rant here against the CW for putting their very annoying ads right over that scene where Dean walks away. Talk about bad timing. Could those things be anymore obnoxious? A powerful scene like that and they have to put up their crappy advertising that is unneeded and unwanted. Booooo CW! Take away your annoying ads during the programs! We don't want them!!!!!
End of rant....
* Awwww....Dean sleeping. *wants to crawl in with him* ;)
* Okay, let me say this before I go on about this final scene. I like Sandy. She's sweet, Jared's girlfriend, and she's very pretty. I've only seen her in photos and in that Pussycat Doll premiere where she didn't make the cut. However, her being in a SPN episode, at least in this role, in this episode...did. not. work! I knew about the scene from the sides, but I went into it knowing she was in it yet told myself just to watch it. Well, sadly her performance took me right to reality. All I saw was Sandy. I think it was because she smiled too much. There was one spot where she got kind of serious...and it worked. But it was only a few seconds. As much as I wanted to, I just couldn't buy her performance as the crossroads demon. Jared, on the other hand, was spot on. But I bet that was a weird day of filming..."shooting" your girlfriend in the head. Heh.
With each of these First Impressions posts I'll include a little cropped cap from the episode. I decided to do something different and make them b&w.
Consider this fanart. If you take it, please give credit. :)
Before I begin, please keep in mind I'm doing this all from memory since Thursday night. I've found that if I watch the episode while doing my notes for these posts I end up describing everything and it becomes my full review. LOL This is just supposed to be the highlights, so I want to keep it brief.
* Heh. The 3 Little Pigs with a gruesome twist. Only on SPN would that little tale end with screams and blood splatters.
* Wow! I don't recall the boys ever having such a heated argument before. I literally went "Oooooh!" when Sam said Dean wasn't their dad. Of course, Dean countered with the big brother card and put an end to the discussion right there. There's some significant stuff to discuss about this fight, but I'll save it for my full review.
* Sam has to be the artist again. *giggles* Did you catch the little peak Dean tried to take as Sam started his sketch? And then Sam tried to hide it a little. *g* Too cute!
* Oh...first brotherly moment. On my second viewing this part brought tears to my eyes. Those killer closeups. Gorgeous. Interesting how at that moment (thinking about losing a brother) both brothers are feeling the emotions, but they're from different places.
* Dean kids Sam over his drawing...then Sam's "got nothin'" line at the end of the walking scene. *g*
* Was it just my showing of the episode or did anyone else get a weird transition from the scene of the guys walking to the shot of the woods where the couple was lost? There was a split second shot of the woods, then a quick cut back to the boys before going back to the woods. At first I thought it was a stylized editing choice, but it only happened that once. So maybe it's a mistake?
* Okay....geeky moment. When I heard the guy's name was Ken, I immediately wondered if the gal's name was Barbie. *gigglesnort* Yes, I realize I'm weird.
* Ooh...slice and dice time. It's not wise to trust kindly old women who live all alone in the woods.
* "Crazy as what? Every day of our lives?" "Touche'"
* Hey! Dean gets to be research geek boy this time. *g* 'Course, he's complaining that he just spent six hours finding out zip, zilch, nada.
* What's with the frog following them everywhere? They never really resolved that bit of the plot. Loved Dean's line about not kissing it.
* It's always cool seeing the boys entering a place and searching it with their guns drawn. Sam was right! It is Cinderella. Dean sees the dark-haired little girl, follows her...and gets an apple. Oh, and who else was thinking "don't eat the apple, Dean...don't eat the apple!"? LOL
* It was so weird...during the commercial break here, there was an ad for Applebees restaurants...with a talking apple!!! LOL! The timing was brilliant. I couldn't help but laugh.
* Figures the only version of Snow White Dean's seen would be a porno version. Heh.
* The actress playing adult Callie didn't have to do much...just lay there and be asleep. Which she did very well, btw.
* "Hey, you know fairy tales, I know movies." Heh. Just one of my reasons for loving Dean. :D
* "I'm gonna go stop the big bad wolf..." LOL!
* Heh. The girl really is Little Red Riding Hood. And that is one scary wolf, too.
* It's up to Sam to make the good doctor see the truth about his daughter's death. I like how he doesn't give up and barges right into the room anyway. Kinda like how Dean usually does. *g*
* Kinda sorry we didn't get to see Dean kick that door in. Darn. And the big fight is on! How cool is it that Dean's now the "huntsman" in the fairy tale that's supposed to kill the big bad wolf. Heehee!
* Okay, I'm sure Jensen didn't do the big crash into the cabinet, but he did do the second one that broke the mirror. Love it when the guys do their own stunts!
* The scene between Dr. Garrison and Callie's spirit is just beautifully done. Great acting all around. The last shot of Sam...so lost...knowing he'll eventually be saying goodbye to Dean. *sniffle*
* OMG...they're killing me with these brother moments. Like Sam's just going to be able to "let go" of you Dean? I honestly almost thought Sam was going to cash in his rain check from last season right there. But I'm glad he didn't. Not yet anyway. ;) Poor Sam...I really felt for him in this episode. All these reminders that Dean's time is short. It's heartbreaking how Dean just walks away and leaves Sam there...to watch him go down that hallway alone. Talk about symbolism. Wow! And in my filmmaker's eye, a nice little callback to IMTOD in that shot of Sam standing in the hallway after Dean almost dies.
* Separate rant here against the CW for putting their very annoying ads right over that scene where Dean walks away. Talk about bad timing. Could those things be anymore obnoxious? A powerful scene like that and they have to put up their crappy advertising that is unneeded and unwanted. Booooo CW! Take away your annoying ads during the programs! We don't want them!!!!!
End of rant....
* Awwww....Dean sleeping. *wants to crawl in with him* ;)
* Okay, let me say this before I go on about this final scene. I like Sandy. She's sweet, Jared's girlfriend, and she's very pretty. I've only seen her in photos and in that Pussycat Doll premiere where she didn't make the cut. However, her being in a SPN episode, at least in this role, in this episode...did. not. work! I knew about the scene from the sides, but I went into it knowing she was in it yet told myself just to watch it. Well, sadly her performance took me right to reality. All I saw was Sandy. I think it was because she smiled too much. There was one spot where she got kind of serious...and it worked. But it was only a few seconds. As much as I wanted to, I just couldn't buy her performance as the crossroads demon. Jared, on the other hand, was spot on. But I bet that was a weird day of filming..."shooting" your girlfriend in the head. Heh.
