First Impressions: 5.05 Fallen Idols
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raloriaA new season and a new set of episode reviews. Enjoy!
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. ;)
These notes were made during my 2nd viewing of the episode. I just wanted to sit and absorb everything from the episode in the initial viewing.
Note: "==============" signifies a commercial break.
Recap: Breaking the last seal, Dean can't trust Sam, Sam shoves Dean, Brothers apart, Sam is Lucifer's vessel, Dean is Michael's vessel, Brothers team up again.
Nice car!
Oooh....cold spot! Not good.
That does not sound good....yep, Cal's dead....very bloody. Face meet windshield...all in a parked car.
Boys!!!! Together again! :D
Sam thinks they should be looking for the Colt instead of doing this case.
They've been looking for 3 weeks....huh.
Dean says they're doing this case....they need training wheels, as a team.
Sam's a little tense yet, but he agrees. Dean wants this to be a fresh start for both of them.
Canton, Ohio
Agents Bonham & Copeland...hee!
Right.....since Jim videotaped the aftermath, that means he killed Cal. “Whatever it looks like, that's what it usually is.” Sheesh. Remind me not to get busted in Ohio.
The boys talk to Jim....find out the car was “Little Bastard”, James Dean's car. Dean is very interested....hee!
Of course, Dean knows all the lore about the car, how many people it's killed.
They've got to check the engine number to be sure it's the real deal.
Love Dean talking to the car before he gets underneath it. LOL
Dude! Why not just write the number down?
Hee! He rolled out of there so fast!
Dean gives Sam the huge research job. Heehee!
And Dean goes off to a bar, hittin' on the bartender, too.
Sam calls....busts Dean when he tells him he's at a restaurant.
Sam found out it's a fake “Little Bastard”. Hmmm....
And we have another victim.....of Abraham Lincoln???? WTH?
Yikes!
=========================
Love the boys wearing similar striped ties! Cute!
Riiiight....it was a professional killer. Hee! Dean.
They talk to the housekeeper....OMG....Sam speaks Spanish! o.O
Love how she can suddenly speak English to tell them who the killer was. LOL!
Ooooh....they each have a laptop now. *flails*
That's kinda hot. ;)
Dean found James Dean in the videotape footage of the first death.
Boys surmise famous ghosts are killing their fans.
They head to a wax museum....and there's Lincoln....and Gandhi.
The boys pose as magazine writers. Cal & Jim were regulars....the plot thickens.
Subtle Dean....real subtle.
Oh, it's Lincoln's real hat....and they've got James Dean's keychain, Gandhi's glasses....and the Fonz's leather jacket....hee!
Sam's packing up the trunk....comes into the motel room while Dean's still on the phone....and um....saying some very unsympathetic things about Sam. That's not cool Dean. Ouch!
Oh, man...boys, don't do this. *sigh*
Back at the wax museum....
OMG...Jensen! LOL....Dean's imitation of Lincoln. LMAO! Priceless.
Dean leaves to get “East of Eden's keychain”.....Sam checks out the Lincoln figure.
Ooops! Doors closing suddenly is very bad.....as is the cold spot.
Eeep! Gandhi's after Sam! Dean!!!!! Hurry up and get in there!
Dean! It's about time.
Dean: “Is that Gandhi?”
Sam: “Yeah.”
Dean: “Dude is squirrely.” LOL
Dean burns the glasses & the Gandhi disappears. Phew!
“You couldn't have been a fan of someone cool? Really? Gandhi?” Hee!
==========================
It's the motel from Something Wicked!!!!! EEEEEEEEE
Dean's ready to get outa dodge, but Sam's thinking it's not over.
The ghost didn't act normal. Sam felt it was trying to eat him.
Fruitarian. Hee! Of course, Dean's gonna run with that one. ;)
Oh, boy, here we go...
At least they're talking, which is a big step.
Dean's still being the big brother boss, calling all the shots ('You ain't steerin' this boat.').
This isn't working for Sam. He knows Dean's still pissed and he's trying to fix things, but Dean's not helping. One of the reasons Sam ran off with Ruby was to get away from Dean, to feel stronger and not be the kid brother anymore.
Time to loosen the reins, Dean.
Dean gets a call....it's not over.
Hee.....the sheriff is speechless.
Two girls in the office......Paris Hilton took their friend.
“Wha, wait....huh?” LOL!
Like how Dean asks Sam what he wants to do....good step.
Sam's digging into a corpse! OMG Ewwwwww....
Okay, his hands should be more bloody, I would think....just sayin'.
Oh, maybe not....both victims had massive blood loss....hmmm.
Seeds....”Just when I thought you couldn't get any geekier.”
Sam's found the seeds online.....they're linked to the pagan god Leshi, who then eats his victims.
Ooooh....you gotta chop off it's head with an iron axe. Good times!
Back at the museum.....looking, looking.....Sam finds an area closed for renovation.
Ooooh, Sam whistles!
And there's the girl, tied to a tree. She's still alive.
Boys!!!! Whoah....Paris Hilton packs quite a punch. Owies.
=========================
Boys wake up, tied to trees...
Good golly CW. Enough w/the humongous logo ads!
Hee! They tore down the Leshi's forest and put up a Yugo plant.
LOL! The “House Of Wax” joke. Jared's look was awesome!
She's going to change into John, since he was Dean's hero. But Dean breaks free and attacks first! Whoo! And she totally beats his ass. LOL! Sammy to the rescue! He chops off Paris's head. This eppy is really bloody.
Sam: “Dude, you just got whaled on by Paris Hilton.”
Dean: “Shut up.” Hee!
==========================
The boys are leaving....and an APB has been put out for Paris Hilton. Hee!
Time for the boys to patch things up a bit...
Dean: “Listen, I was thinking about what you said yesterday. About me keeping too tight a leash on you? You know maybe you're right? You know, look, I'm not exactly Mr. Innocent in this whole mess either. You know I did break the first seal."
Sam: “You didn't know.”
Dean: “Yeah, well neither did you. I'm not sayin' demon blood was a great way to go, but you did kill Lilith.”
Sam: “And start the apocalypse.”
Dean: “Which neither of us saw coming. I mean who'da though killing Lilith woulda been a bad thing. The point is...I was so worried about watching your every move that I didn't see what it was actually doing to you. So for that, I'm sorry. “
Sam: “Thanks.”
Dean: “So where do we go from here?”
Sam: “The way I see it we've got one shot at surviving this.”
Dean: “What's that?”
Sam: “Maybe I am on deck for the devil, maybe the same for you and Michael. Maybe there's no changing that."
Dean: “Well that's encouraging.”
Sam: “But...we can stop wringing our hands over it. We gotta just grab onto whatever's in front of us, kick it's ass, and go down fighting.”
Dean: “I can get on board with that.”
Sam: “Okay...but we're gonna have to do it on the same level.”
Dean: “You got it.”
And then Dean offers to have Sam drive. Awww....boys!!! *loves them* :D
They drive off to the strains of “Very Superstitious” as we get the “Soon” preview for the next 3 episodes.
Ah, so nice to have our boys back on the road together, like they're supposed to be. Things are a little tense at first, with Dean still being the leader and Sam sitting shotgun. Once Sam finally says it's not working, that he's had enough, things start to turn around. Dean was being a bit of an ass. Yes, I said it, but it's true. Sam was totally right about Dean's behavior. How is Sam ever going to regain Dean's trust if he doesn't let him? The truth is that Sam's an adult now and he doesn't need Dean telling him what to do all the time. He hunted for 4 months by himself, he called the shots, not Dean. Granted, Ruby swayed his decisions, but he still made his own choices, whether they were good or bad. After Sam points all this out to Dean, things do change. Suddenly he's asking Sam what they do next and letting Sam take the lead in the case. Good for Dean. By the end, he admits he was wrong, that he's responsible for what's happening to the world, too. It's a big step for both the brothers, one towards healing those old wounds and being a team again.
Good to know that Sam knows that Dean broke the first seal. There's been some speculation about that and it's good that there isn't yet another lie between them. It was refreshing to see them not only actually talking things out, but doing a little good-natured ribbing at each other like they used to. A little bit of the old banter was back and it was fun to see.
This episode was also a nice break from the whole "doom & gloom, the apocalypse is here" stuff. No angels, no demons, just your straight supernatural being to hunt and fight. I thought Paris did a great job and it says a lot that she was willing to poke fun at herself. I really enjoyed the episode. It was full of laughs, plenty of gore and brotherly moments, and the boys regaining some of what they'd lost.
Special squee for me personally over the motel the guys stayed at, which was the same location for the motel in S1's "Something Wicked". They'd just finished filming this episode when Jensen & Jared appeared at VanCon. I found that location (2400 Motel) the day after VanCon (Monday), which means I was probably there a few days after they'd been filming those scenes! *squee* :D
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. ;)
These notes were made during my 2nd viewing of the episode. I just wanted to sit and absorb everything from the episode in the initial viewing.
Note: "==============" signifies a commercial break.
Recap: Breaking the last seal, Dean can't trust Sam, Sam shoves Dean, Brothers apart, Sam is Lucifer's vessel, Dean is Michael's vessel, Brothers team up again.
Nice car!
Oooh....cold spot! Not good.
That does not sound good....yep, Cal's dead....very bloody. Face meet windshield...all in a parked car.
Boys!!!! Together again! :D
Sam thinks they should be looking for the Colt instead of doing this case.
They've been looking for 3 weeks....huh.
Dean says they're doing this case....they need training wheels, as a team.
Sam's a little tense yet, but he agrees. Dean wants this to be a fresh start for both of them.
Canton, Ohio
Agents Bonham & Copeland...hee!
Right.....since Jim videotaped the aftermath, that means he killed Cal. “Whatever it looks like, that's what it usually is.” Sheesh. Remind me not to get busted in Ohio.
The boys talk to Jim....find out the car was “Little Bastard”, James Dean's car. Dean is very interested....hee!
Of course, Dean knows all the lore about the car, how many people it's killed.
They've got to check the engine number to be sure it's the real deal.
Love Dean talking to the car before he gets underneath it. LOL
Dude! Why not just write the number down?
Hee! He rolled out of there so fast!
Dean gives Sam the huge research job. Heehee!
And Dean goes off to a bar, hittin' on the bartender, too.
Sam calls....busts Dean when he tells him he's at a restaurant.
Sam found out it's a fake “Little Bastard”. Hmmm....
And we have another victim.....of Abraham Lincoln???? WTH?
Yikes!
=========================
Love the boys wearing similar striped ties! Cute!
Riiiight....it was a professional killer. Hee! Dean.
They talk to the housekeeper....OMG....Sam speaks Spanish! o.O
Love how she can suddenly speak English to tell them who the killer was. LOL!
Ooooh....they each have a laptop now. *flails*
That's kinda hot. ;)
Dean found James Dean in the videotape footage of the first death.
Boys surmise famous ghosts are killing their fans.
They head to a wax museum....and there's Lincoln....and Gandhi.
The boys pose as magazine writers. Cal & Jim were regulars....the plot thickens.
Subtle Dean....real subtle.
Oh, it's Lincoln's real hat....and they've got James Dean's keychain, Gandhi's glasses....and the Fonz's leather jacket....hee!
Sam's packing up the trunk....comes into the motel room while Dean's still on the phone....and um....saying some very unsympathetic things about Sam. That's not cool Dean. Ouch!
Oh, man...boys, don't do this. *sigh*
Back at the wax museum....
OMG...Jensen! LOL....Dean's imitation of Lincoln. LMAO! Priceless.
Dean leaves to get “East of Eden's keychain”.....Sam checks out the Lincoln figure.
Ooops! Doors closing suddenly is very bad.....as is the cold spot.
Eeep! Gandhi's after Sam! Dean!!!!! Hurry up and get in there!
Dean! It's about time.
Dean: “Is that Gandhi?”
Sam: “Yeah.”
Dean: “Dude is squirrely.” LOL
Dean burns the glasses & the Gandhi disappears. Phew!
“You couldn't have been a fan of someone cool? Really? Gandhi?” Hee!
==========================
It's the motel from Something Wicked!!!!! EEEEEEEEE
Dean's ready to get outa dodge, but Sam's thinking it's not over.
The ghost didn't act normal. Sam felt it was trying to eat him.
Fruitarian. Hee! Of course, Dean's gonna run with that one. ;)
Oh, boy, here we go...
At least they're talking, which is a big step.
Dean's still being the big brother boss, calling all the shots ('You ain't steerin' this boat.').
This isn't working for Sam. He knows Dean's still pissed and he's trying to fix things, but Dean's not helping. One of the reasons Sam ran off with Ruby was to get away from Dean, to feel stronger and not be the kid brother anymore.
Time to loosen the reins, Dean.
Dean gets a call....it's not over.
Hee.....the sheriff is speechless.
Two girls in the office......Paris Hilton took their friend.
“Wha, wait....huh?” LOL!
Like how Dean asks Sam what he wants to do....good step.
Sam's digging into a corpse! OMG Ewwwwww....
Okay, his hands should be more bloody, I would think....just sayin'.
Oh, maybe not....both victims had massive blood loss....hmmm.
Seeds....”Just when I thought you couldn't get any geekier.”
Sam's found the seeds online.....they're linked to the pagan god Leshi, who then eats his victims.
Ooooh....you gotta chop off it's head with an iron axe. Good times!
Back at the museum.....looking, looking.....Sam finds an area closed for renovation.
Ooooh, Sam whistles!
And there's the girl, tied to a tree. She's still alive.
Boys!!!! Whoah....Paris Hilton packs quite a punch. Owies.
=========================
Boys wake up, tied to trees...
Good golly CW. Enough w/the humongous logo ads!
Hee! They tore down the Leshi's forest and put up a Yugo plant.
LOL! The “House Of Wax” joke. Jared's look was awesome!
She's going to change into John, since he was Dean's hero. But Dean breaks free and attacks first! Whoo! And she totally beats his ass. LOL! Sammy to the rescue! He chops off Paris's head. This eppy is really bloody.
Sam: “Dude, you just got whaled on by Paris Hilton.”
Dean: “Shut up.” Hee!
==========================
The boys are leaving....and an APB has been put out for Paris Hilton. Hee!
Time for the boys to patch things up a bit...
Dean: “Listen, I was thinking about what you said yesterday. About me keeping too tight a leash on you? You know maybe you're right? You know, look, I'm not exactly Mr. Innocent in this whole mess either. You know I did break the first seal."
Sam: “You didn't know.”
Dean: “Yeah, well neither did you. I'm not sayin' demon blood was a great way to go, but you did kill Lilith.”
Sam: “And start the apocalypse.”
Dean: “Which neither of us saw coming. I mean who'da though killing Lilith woulda been a bad thing. The point is...I was so worried about watching your every move that I didn't see what it was actually doing to you. So for that, I'm sorry. “
Sam: “Thanks.”
Dean: “So where do we go from here?”
Sam: “The way I see it we've got one shot at surviving this.”
Dean: “What's that?”
Sam: “Maybe I am on deck for the devil, maybe the same for you and Michael. Maybe there's no changing that."
Dean: “Well that's encouraging.”
Sam: “But...we can stop wringing our hands over it. We gotta just grab onto whatever's in front of us, kick it's ass, and go down fighting.”
Dean: “I can get on board with that.”
Sam: “Okay...but we're gonna have to do it on the same level.”
Dean: “You got it.”
And then Dean offers to have Sam drive. Awww....boys!!! *loves them* :D
They drive off to the strains of “Very Superstitious” as we get the “Soon” preview for the next 3 episodes.
Ah, so nice to have our boys back on the road together, like they're supposed to be. Things are a little tense at first, with Dean still being the leader and Sam sitting shotgun. Once Sam finally says it's not working, that he's had enough, things start to turn around. Dean was being a bit of an ass. Yes, I said it, but it's true. Sam was totally right about Dean's behavior. How is Sam ever going to regain Dean's trust if he doesn't let him? The truth is that Sam's an adult now and he doesn't need Dean telling him what to do all the time. He hunted for 4 months by himself, he called the shots, not Dean. Granted, Ruby swayed his decisions, but he still made his own choices, whether they were good or bad. After Sam points all this out to Dean, things do change. Suddenly he's asking Sam what they do next and letting Sam take the lead in the case. Good for Dean. By the end, he admits he was wrong, that he's responsible for what's happening to the world, too. It's a big step for both the brothers, one towards healing those old wounds and being a team again.
Good to know that Sam knows that Dean broke the first seal. There's been some speculation about that and it's good that there isn't yet another lie between them. It was refreshing to see them not only actually talking things out, but doing a little good-natured ribbing at each other like they used to. A little bit of the old banter was back and it was fun to see.
This episode was also a nice break from the whole "doom & gloom, the apocalypse is here" stuff. No angels, no demons, just your straight supernatural being to hunt and fight. I thought Paris did a great job and it says a lot that she was willing to poke fun at herself. I really enjoyed the episode. It was full of laughs, plenty of gore and brotherly moments, and the boys regaining some of what they'd lost.
Special squee for me personally over the motel the guys stayed at, which was the same location for the motel in S1's "Something Wicked". They'd just finished filming this episode when Jensen & Jared appeared at VanCon. I found that location (2400 Motel) the day after VanCon (Monday), which means I was probably there a few days after they'd been filming those scenes! *squee* :D
