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raloriaI've abandoned my full-length episode reviews for these shorter, First Impressions posts.
With each of these reviews I'll include 2 cropped caps from the episode. One of Dean and one of Sam. I decided to do something different and make them b&w.
Consider these fanart. If you take either of them, please give credit. :)
I'm trying to get this posted as soon after the episode as possible, again by using caps made from my recording of the episode. Hopefully there's still some squee left out there. ;)
Note: "==============" signifies a commercial break.
Recap: Castiel, Alastair beating up Dean, Dean has to be the one to stop the apocalypse.
We jump right into this alternate reality....
Yow! Dean.....I'm lovin' the red tie
The music's cool....
Heh.....he turns off the rock music
Ohio plates!
He's Dean Smith....Director of Sales & Marketing.
Work, work, work....but some things never change....he's still eating a lot.
“Carrying a little bloat around myself...” you're kidding me, right?
Love the mini-golf thing on the floor, too....
Damn....he's looking sharp in that suit!
Sam! “Do I know you?”
LOL! “Save it for the health club, pal.”
Sam Wesson.....in tech support. Hee! Even here Sam's a geek
Turn it off, turn it back on....LOL!
Love the dracula bobble-head
Paul's a little stressed out...dude got busted for surfing porn...heh
Ian's stealing from the supplies and he wants to know about Sam's dreams....
Sam dreamt about saving the reaper Tessa from demons....
Awww....sleepy Sammy
Oooh flashbacks...'cept he thinks they're dreams...
Time for another awkward elevator ride with Dean....hee!
The boys looks so amazing in full color....*guh*
Sam tells him about his weird dreams....of ghosts and vampires
“I'm gonna do a public service and let you know that you over share. “ LOL!
Sam! Since when did you become such a great artist? Wha????
Searching for vampires....
Ian's been called up to HR....
And Paul's really stressed out.....his computer crashed...hey, we've all been there, man.
Oh.....something just happened....he's all calm
Yikes......death by microwave is not pretty
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omg....jensen looks stunning here....gah!
Fellow worker: “I'll never eat popcorn again” Hee!
Awesome! The boys are both questioning the death....the guy was 2 weeks from retirement.
Uh oh, Ian is a little stressed....and now conforming to the system.
He's sent up to see Dean.....
LOL Vista jab....awesome!
Ian's a tad upset....like really upset....Dean's trying to calm him down
Ooooh cold spot!!!! Oh god.....pencil in the neck....that's not good...
WTH was that????? Ghost!!!!
Love these looks between the 2 of them....
Ooooh....Dean called Sam on the phone!
Oh, damn....he changed shirts and we missed it!
LOL....at Sam's bag
Dean's detoxing....lol
Dean's in ghost sighting denial....
Instinct....that they both share....aw, boys
“I used some skills I happen to have to satisfy my curiosity.” :)
Of course they're going to go check it out.....heehee!
Uh oh....another victim in the making
Supply room....lots of things could go wrong in here....
boys hurry!
Ooooh Sammy door kick! Dean: “Whoah!” LOL!
This dude's creepy...reminds me of Elicott from “Asylum”, even has the electric fingers
And Dean takes him out with a gigantic wrench....ha!
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Dean: “Holy crap, dude!” And Sam could use a beer. LOL
“It's like we've done this before.”
Sam's starting to realize this isn't right....
Sam believes he's destined for something and Dean doesn't....oh boys!
He called him Sammy!!!!!! Wheeeeee!
LOL.....oh Sam, you're no fun!
“Real actual ghosthunters...” Heehee! Right. Ghostfacers!!!! :D
Hee....Sam back in research geekboy mode.....
The ghost is the founder of the company, P.T. Sandover
Aww......it's like old times...
The banter back and forth as they figure it out.....*glee*
LOL....the boys are learning from the Ghostfacers....and in a way, themselves....awesome!
Salt, iron, saltgun shells....
“Winchesters still suck ass though” LOL!!!!!
Then Ed & Harry get to the icky part....digging up bodies...
“It's illegal in some states.”
“All states.”
“Possibly all states.” LOL Love these guys!
Boys....looking for some part of Sandover....
Ooops.....Sam's been busted!
Go Dean! Go after them!
Elevator.....uh oh
Sam wants to wait....might be a good idea....
Dean's still looking....
Oh....ewwwwww....love how they teased us first though..
“Call you back.” OMG poor Sammy! LOL
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Sam telling him to take the stairs....hee
So it's the gloves in the wall...cool
“So you ready?”
“I have no idea.”
“Me neither.”
Ow...Dean! Into the wall again...and Sam.
Boys fighting the ghost together.....so awesome! :D
Dean!!!! Hurry Sam! Burn those gloves...
Phew! Haha! The boys are pumped!
They had fun....*loves the boys* :D
Sam wants to keep doing this...
Love Dean bringing up all the things they actually do and go through....
Sam confesses that his dreams had them fighting ghosts together....as brothers
“What if we think this is our life, but it's not?”
Dean went to Stanford his dad is Bob, his mom is Ellen, and his sister is Jo....hee!
Sam just broke up with his fiance', Madison, but her number was an animal shelter....how ironic
And who else made the connection of breaking up with his fiance' to Jared's real life? Wow.
Sam: “This isn't you. I know you.”
Dean rejects him.....awww....poor Sammy..... :(
===============================
Sam your phone is ringing....
Heh....whack that phone! “I quit.” LOL
Dean, working, but unsettled...
Boss man....wants him happy...gives him a bonus....but Dean won't take it
Dean realizes this life isn't meant for him...”It's not who I'm supposed to be.”
And here we go....back to reality with an angel's touch...and the color desaturates right with it....heh
Zachariah.....he's Castiel's superior....oooooh
Dean's pissed that the angels are just messing with them...(and here's where I start quoting 'cause this whole bit from Zachariah is great):
Zachariah: “To prove to you that the path you're on is truly in your blood. You're a hunter. Not because your dad made you, not because God called you back from Hell, but because it is what you are. And you love it. You'll find your way to it in the dark every single time and you're miserable without it. Dean, let's be real here. You're good at this. You'll be successful. You will stop it.”
Dean: “Stop what? The apocalypse? Huh? Lucifer? What? Be specific man!”
Zachariah: “You'll do everything you're destined to do. All of it. I know, I know. You're not strong enough...you're scared. You got daddy issues. You can't do it. Right?”
Dean: “Angel or not, I will stab you in your face.”
Zachariah: “All I'm saying is...it's how you look at it. Most folks live and die without moving anything more than the dirt it takes to bury them. You get to change things, save people, maybe even the world. All the while you drive a classic car and fornicate with women. This isn't a curse. It's a gift. So for God's sakes Dean quit whining about it. Look around. There are plenty of fates worse than yours. So you with me? You wanna go steam yourself another latte? Or are you ready to stand up....and be who you really are?”
What a wild, wonderful romp outside the normal this episode was! We're instantly thrown into SPN turned upside down and at first I thought I wouldn't like that, but it totally worked with the opening montage of Dean. The brilliant color was stunning and the boys have never looked more gorgeous. I was drooling over every shot of them.
This was a brilliantly written episode (thank you, Sera Gamble) with many little inside jokes and hints. Take their last names....Smith & Wesson, or Dean continuing to be the realist while Sam was very open to the fact that something wasn't right with their lives. Everything building to what was revealed at the end...that they're meant to be hunters. It was great to see the boys working together so fluidly again, just like in the old days. The back and forth of their information and theories blended with all their time-honored instincts. The Ghostfacers were fun as always and a very clever way to bring the boys's own wisdom about hunting ghosts back to themselves.
At the end though, it all came down to a major pep talk to Dean by our new angel Zachariah. There's no doubt that Dean needed this. After having his soul and psyche shattered last week, he was an empty, frightened shell. He needed someone to get him back into hero mode. Zachariah showed him that he is a hunter and fully capable of taking on what's to come. It reminded me a little of Dean's line to Hendrikson from "Jus In Bello" in S3: "Honestly? I think the world's gonna end bloody. But that doesn't mean we shouldn't fight. We do have choices, I choose to go down swinging." Dean lost that whole "we have choices, I'm going to go down swinging" attitude when he was in Hell, but I'd like to think he has a little of that back now. The look on his face at the end of Zachariah's talk was one of determination and resolve - the look of the hero we know Dean truly is and will be again.
Another awesome episode. Let's hope the boys are maybe a little closer in their relationship again after this experience. It's been painful watching them move further and further apart from lies and deception. There was none of that here and proof that if they simply stick together that they are a formidable team.
With each of these reviews I'll include 2 cropped caps from the episode. One of Dean and one of Sam. I decided to do something different and make them b&w.
Consider these fanart. If you take either of them, please give credit. :)
I'm trying to get this posted as soon after the episode as possible, again by using caps made from my recording of the episode. Hopefully there's still some squee left out there. ;)
Note: "==============" signifies a commercial break.
Recap: Castiel, Alastair beating up Dean, Dean has to be the one to stop the apocalypse.
We jump right into this alternate reality....
Yow! Dean.....I'm lovin' the red tie
The music's cool....
Heh.....he turns off the rock music
Ohio plates!
He's Dean Smith....Director of Sales & Marketing.
Work, work, work....but some things never change....he's still eating a lot.
“Carrying a little bloat around myself...” you're kidding me, right?
Love the mini-golf thing on the floor, too....
Damn....he's looking sharp in that suit!
Sam! “Do I know you?”
LOL! “Save it for the health club, pal.”
Sam Wesson.....in tech support. Hee! Even here Sam's a geek
Turn it off, turn it back on....LOL!
Love the dracula bobble-head
Paul's a little stressed out...dude got busted for surfing porn...heh
Ian's stealing from the supplies and he wants to know about Sam's dreams....
Sam dreamt about saving the reaper Tessa from demons....
Awww....sleepy Sammy
Oooh flashbacks...'cept he thinks they're dreams...
Time for another awkward elevator ride with Dean....hee!
The boys looks so amazing in full color....*guh*
Sam tells him about his weird dreams....of ghosts and vampires
“I'm gonna do a public service and let you know that you over share. “ LOL!
Sam! Since when did you become such a great artist? Wha????
Searching for vampires....
Ian's been called up to HR....
And Paul's really stressed out.....his computer crashed...hey, we've all been there, man.
Oh.....something just happened....he's all calm
Yikes......death by microwave is not pretty
============================
omg....jensen looks stunning here....gah!
Fellow worker: “I'll never eat popcorn again” Hee!
Awesome! The boys are both questioning the death....the guy was 2 weeks from retirement.
Uh oh, Ian is a little stressed....and now conforming to the system.
He's sent up to see Dean.....
LOL Vista jab....awesome!
Ian's a tad upset....like really upset....Dean's trying to calm him down
Ooooh cold spot!!!! Oh god.....pencil in the neck....that's not good...
WTH was that????? Ghost!!!!
Love these looks between the 2 of them....
Ooooh....Dean called Sam on the phone!
Oh, damn....he changed shirts and we missed it!
LOL....at Sam's bag
Dean's detoxing....lol
Dean's in ghost sighting denial....
Instinct....that they both share....aw, boys
“I used some skills I happen to have to satisfy my curiosity.” :)
Of course they're going to go check it out.....heehee!
Uh oh....another victim in the making
Supply room....lots of things could go wrong in here....
boys hurry!
Ooooh Sammy door kick! Dean: “Whoah!” LOL!
This dude's creepy...reminds me of Elicott from “Asylum”, even has the electric fingers
And Dean takes him out with a gigantic wrench....ha!
============================
Dean: “Holy crap, dude!” And Sam could use a beer. LOL
“It's like we've done this before.”
Sam's starting to realize this isn't right....
Sam believes he's destined for something and Dean doesn't....oh boys!
He called him Sammy!!!!!! Wheeeeee!
LOL.....oh Sam, you're no fun!
“Real actual ghosthunters...” Heehee! Right. Ghostfacers!!!! :D
Hee....Sam back in research geekboy mode.....
The ghost is the founder of the company, P.T. Sandover
Aww......it's like old times...
The banter back and forth as they figure it out.....*glee*
LOL....the boys are learning from the Ghostfacers....and in a way, themselves....awesome!
Salt, iron, saltgun shells....
“Winchesters still suck ass though” LOL!!!!!
Then Ed & Harry get to the icky part....digging up bodies...
“It's illegal in some states.”
“All states.”
“Possibly all states.” LOL Love these guys!
Boys....looking for some part of Sandover....
Ooops.....Sam's been busted!
Go Dean! Go after them!
Elevator.....uh oh
Sam wants to wait....might be a good idea....
Dean's still looking....
Oh....ewwwwww....love how they teased us first though..
“Call you back.” OMG poor Sammy! LOL
==============================
Sam telling him to take the stairs....hee
So it's the gloves in the wall...cool
“So you ready?”
“I have no idea.”
“Me neither.”
Ow...Dean! Into the wall again...and Sam.
Boys fighting the ghost together.....so awesome! :D
Dean!!!! Hurry Sam! Burn those gloves...
Phew! Haha! The boys are pumped!
They had fun....*loves the boys* :D
Sam wants to keep doing this...
Love Dean bringing up all the things they actually do and go through....
Sam confesses that his dreams had them fighting ghosts together....as brothers
“What if we think this is our life, but it's not?”
Dean went to Stanford his dad is Bob, his mom is Ellen, and his sister is Jo....hee!
Sam just broke up with his fiance', Madison, but her number was an animal shelter....how ironic
And who else made the connection of breaking up with his fiance' to Jared's real life? Wow.
Sam: “This isn't you. I know you.”
Dean rejects him.....awww....poor Sammy..... :(
===============================
Sam your phone is ringing....
Heh....whack that phone! “I quit.” LOL
Dean, working, but unsettled...
Boss man....wants him happy...gives him a bonus....but Dean won't take it
Dean realizes this life isn't meant for him...”It's not who I'm supposed to be.”
And here we go....back to reality with an angel's touch...and the color desaturates right with it....heh
Zachariah.....he's Castiel's superior....oooooh
Dean's pissed that the angels are just messing with them...(and here's where I start quoting 'cause this whole bit from Zachariah is great):
Zachariah: “To prove to you that the path you're on is truly in your blood. You're a hunter. Not because your dad made you, not because God called you back from Hell, but because it is what you are. And you love it. You'll find your way to it in the dark every single time and you're miserable without it. Dean, let's be real here. You're good at this. You'll be successful. You will stop it.”
Dean: “Stop what? The apocalypse? Huh? Lucifer? What? Be specific man!”
Zachariah: “You'll do everything you're destined to do. All of it. I know, I know. You're not strong enough...you're scared. You got daddy issues. You can't do it. Right?”
Dean: “Angel or not, I will stab you in your face.”
Zachariah: “All I'm saying is...it's how you look at it. Most folks live and die without moving anything more than the dirt it takes to bury them. You get to change things, save people, maybe even the world. All the while you drive a classic car and fornicate with women. This isn't a curse. It's a gift. So for God's sakes Dean quit whining about it. Look around. There are plenty of fates worse than yours. So you with me? You wanna go steam yourself another latte? Or are you ready to stand up....and be who you really are?”
What a wild, wonderful romp outside the normal this episode was! We're instantly thrown into SPN turned upside down and at first I thought I wouldn't like that, but it totally worked with the opening montage of Dean. The brilliant color was stunning and the boys have never looked more gorgeous. I was drooling over every shot of them.
This was a brilliantly written episode (thank you, Sera Gamble) with many little inside jokes and hints. Take their last names....Smith & Wesson, or Dean continuing to be the realist while Sam was very open to the fact that something wasn't right with their lives. Everything building to what was revealed at the end...that they're meant to be hunters. It was great to see the boys working together so fluidly again, just like in the old days. The back and forth of their information and theories blended with all their time-honored instincts. The Ghostfacers were fun as always and a very clever way to bring the boys's own wisdom about hunting ghosts back to themselves.
At the end though, it all came down to a major pep talk to Dean by our new angel Zachariah. There's no doubt that Dean needed this. After having his soul and psyche shattered last week, he was an empty, frightened shell. He needed someone to get him back into hero mode. Zachariah showed him that he is a hunter and fully capable of taking on what's to come. It reminded me a little of Dean's line to Hendrikson from "Jus In Bello" in S3: "Honestly? I think the world's gonna end bloody. But that doesn't mean we shouldn't fight. We do have choices, I choose to go down swinging." Dean lost that whole "we have choices, I'm going to go down swinging" attitude when he was in Hell, but I'd like to think he has a little of that back now. The look on his face at the end of Zachariah's talk was one of determination and resolve - the look of the hero we know Dean truly is and will be again.
Another awesome episode. Let's hope the boys are maybe a little closer in their relationship again after this experience. It's been painful watching them move further and further apart from lies and deception. There was none of that here and proof that if they simply stick together that they are a formidable team.
