First Impressions: 5.08 Changing Channels
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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: Lilith was the last seal & Sam killed her, releasing Lucifer, Raphael, Sam is Lucifer's vessel/Dean in Michael's vessel, the Trickster, Mystery Spot.
Sun 'N Sands Motel....oh boy, here we go!
That's a sandwich! “I'm gonna need a bigger mouth!” LOL
Dean's done “all kinds of research, all night”.....and we soon see with who.
“Son of a bitch!” LMAO!
OMG The opening credits and “Theme Song”!!!!
This is so crazy and ridiculous. Oh, show....
The silly laughing, the tandem bike riding, scooter race!
I'm going to die from laughter, I know it.
Dean's watching the hospital show, Dr. Sexy MD. LOL!
The boys are investigating the death of a man by a bear...
Except it wasn't really a bear it was....The Incredible Hulk. Heh.
The Lou Ferrigno Hulk, to be exact. :P
Dean's doing research online and Sam's been to the house, where there's a “Hulk sized hole”.
The victim was a hot head, candy wrappers at the scene, just desserts....boys surmise the Trickster is to blame.
Dean's ready to kill him, but Sam wants to talk to him, see if they can get him to join their side.
They hear an incident on the police scanner...go check it out, problem is, for a crime scene there's no cops. This doesn't look good....or as Sam says, “Crappy”.
They run into a warehouse and end up....in a hospital, complete with doctor garb. Hee!
Poor Sam! Two slaps...”seriously” LOL!
Dean knows where they are...”Seattle Mercy Hospital”
“We're in Dr. Sexy MD”
===========================
Dean: “Dude. What the hell?”
Sam: “I don't know.”
Dean: “No, seriously. What the hell?”
LOL!
They're busy debating how this can all be real when Dean starts recognizing more characters from the show.
Johnny Drake! aka Denny...hee!
Sam: “So, this show has ghosts? Why?”
Dean: “I don't know. It is compelling.”
Sam: “I thought you said you weren't a fan.”
Dean: “I'm not. I'm not!”
And then Dean sees him....Dr. Sexy MD...”It's him, it's Dr. Sexy” LMAO
Dean's such a fangirl!!!! OMG! He's all giddy and starstruck.
Okay....the whole thing w/Dean realizing Dr. Sexy is wearing the wrong shoes? OMG! Made me think of my photo-op with Jensen where I pointed out his boots! OMGOMGOMG *iz bouncy & giddy from the coincidence* :D
Anyway....*ahem* Sam says, sure...Dean's not a fan and Dean fires back with the show being a guilty pleasure. Heh.
Oh, and I forgot to go *guh* over seeing Dean strong-arm the guy into a wall. That's hot....and we haven't seen it since BDABR? Goodness!
The Trickster reveals himself...”Call it my own little idiot box.” Hee! I missed this guy!
Sam proposes they talk, but the Trickster says they need to play the game for another 24 hours...and goes poof.
LOL at the “paging Dr. Sexy” XD
Hee! The emo music....and the emo nurse. *giggles*
Oh god...Dean's been shot!!!!! It's real. Eeep!
Suddenly Dean's on an operating table and Sam's performing surgery on him! WTH?
Heh. Sam doesn't have a clue what he's supposed to do with all the instruments.
LOL! So Sam saves Dean's life....his way. Hee! Emo nurse all loving and weepy at the window.
And now they're on a Japanese game show....Nutcracker. Uh oh.
Of course the host only speaks Japanese.
Sam's first....”What was the name of the demon you chose over your own brother?”
Sam doesn't understand, so he doesn't answer and....OWIES! Yikes! The answer was Ruby of course.
Hee! Shrimp chip commercial going on....Cas!!!! The boys have been missing for days. *poof* Cas is gone....”Mr. Trickster does not like pretty-boy angels.” LOL!!!!!
Dean's turn....”Would your Mother and Father still be alive if your brother was never born?” Oh, wow....
Dean doesn't know what to do, but Sam figures out that everything went fine once he played doctor and did the operation, so that's how this works. You play the role, you go along with it, and you move on.
Dean: “I don't know Japanese!”
Sam: “Try!”
Dean: “Dammit!” Hee!
Dean answers in...Japanese! “The answer is...yes?”
Turns out he's right. Wow....that's....wow. *iz stunned* Does Dean know what the question was? What he answered? I'm guessing not....but we know. Wow.
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OMG...the commercial
As if the episode itself isn't hilarious enough....they did a commercial. ROTFL
“I've got genital herpies...” Poor Sam. LOL!
Herpexia....gotta love the possible side effects: “headache, diarrhea, permanent erectile dysfunction, thoughts of suicide, and nausea.” LOL!
The basketball playing is a nice touch, too. Hee!
=========================
And we're back to the sitcom....Sam leads out the girl in the bikini.
The boys are wondering how long they have to keep doing this.
Cas!!!!! Looks a little beat up....ooops.
He says this isn't right, this being is too powerful.
The Trickster shows up and makes Cas disappear again.
Dean says they get it....play their roles, but the Trickster means they need to play their roles in real life....be the vessels.
The end can't be stopped so let's get it overwith.
Dean wants to know who's side he's on....he's on neither side and he gets real upset when Dean doesn't believe him. Yikes.
They have to play the roles they're destined to play....or else they stay in TV land forever.
Oh, boy....off to CSI Land....man, the boys look sexy. :) But Dean is not thrilled.
Sam: “You gotta calm down.”
Dean: “Calm down? I am wearing sunglasses at night! You know who does that? No talent douchebags. I hate this game. I hate that we're in a procedural cop show and you wanna know why? I hate procedural cop shows. There's like 300 of them on television, they're all the friggin' same. It's “Oooh! Plane crashed here!” Oh, shut up!”
LMAO!
Sam thinks he spots the Trickster....a dude with a lolipop.
The boys are suddenly on the show/case...whatever. Heh.
“I say...jackpot.” LOL!
And I love how the CC told me they were speaking with “gravelly voices”.....Heehee!
Dean: “Well I say....no guts, no glory.” *on the floor....dying*
Dean drives a huge stick into the guy....love the CSI effects in the body....heh.
Ooops....wrong guy....The Trickster's behind them....but Sam gets him too! Whoo! Go boys!
Suddenly, they're back inside the warehouse.
==========================
Back at the motel...Dean's brushing his teeth and worrying about Castiel.
Ooops...where's Sam?
Dean calls him on the phone as he gets into the Impala....except Sam's in the Impala.....kinda, sorta. Heh.
Dean: “Sam? Where are you?”
Sam: “I dunno.....Oh, crap!” LOL
He's KITT. Heehee!
Yep, looks like the game's not over after all, boys....
Okay, I gotta say...the Impala looks mighty cool as KITT. ;)
The theme music was perfect!!!!! Even the camera angles matched the original show! :D
Love how they're talking like nothing's changed...hee!
Now they're thinking this isn't a Trickster at all....Dean thinks he knows who it is.
They go to a rest area and Dean's digging around in the trunk...
Sam: “Dean.”
Dean: “What?”
Sam: “That uh....that feels really uncomfortable.” LOL
Dean slams the trunk closed and Sam goes “Ow.” Heehee!
Dean's not sure this plan is going to work, but he has no other ideas.
He calls uncle, that they'll do it.
Sam: “Should I honk?” OMG...that nearly killed me!
The Trickster appears and is ready to take them away, but Dean says they're not going anywhere until Sam's back to normal.
They trap him in a ring of fire....they've figured out he's an angel. Cool!
The gig is up.....and they're back in the warehouse.
He wants to know where he screwed up, but the boys say he didn't. The clue was how he talked about Armageddon.
He's Gabriel....oooh.
He became the Trickster to hide after he got out of heaven.
He loved his father, his brothers, but he couldn't stand all their fighting, so he left. Now he wants it over.
Gabriel: “I have to sit back and watch my own brothers kill each other thanks to you two! Heaven, hell...I don't care who wins! I just want it to be over!”
He says there's no stopping this....”Because this isn't about a war, it's about two brothers who loved each other and betrayed each other.” He figured they'd be able to relate....
Gabriel: “Why do you think you two are the vessels? Think about it. Michael, the big brother, loyal to an absent father. And Lucifer, the little brother, rebelious of daddy's plan. You were born to this boys. It's your destiny! It was always you! 'As it is in heaven...so must it be on earth' One brother has to kill the other. Why do you think I've always taken such an interest in you? Because from the moment dad flipped on the lights around here, we knew it was all gonna end with you. Always.”
Dean: “No, that's not gonna happen.”
Gabriel: “I'm sorry....but it is.”
He tells them he wishes this was a TV show, with easy answers, but it's not. It's real. “And it's gonna end bloody for all of us.”
===========================
Love the shot starting on the reflection of them in the puddle of water.
Gabriel wants to know what's next and Dean tells him to bring Cas back....which he does.
“Hey bro. How's the search for daddy goin'? Lemme guess...awful.”
They start to leave, but Dean says they won't leave him like that forever because they're not like him. “And for the record...this isn't about some prize fight between your brothers or some destiny that can't be stopped. This is about you being too afraid to stand up to your family!”
And with that he pulls the fire alarm that activates the sprinklers.
Cas sticks around for a moment as the ring of fire goes out.
They head out to the car, wondering if what Gabriel said is true. Sam thinks the angel believes it and they both admit they wish they were back on a TV show. Oh, boys....
I'd been looking forward to this eppy for a while. Mainly for the Trickster, who I've missed, and secondly for the humor, which was outstanding. I loved the show doing parodies of it's main competitors: Grey's Anatomy and CSI. I don't think I've ever laughed more during a SPN episode before. It was brilliant! What made it even better was how the second half dove right back into serious mode and the mythology. What other show could pull all this off in one episode and so smoothly? Not many I think. ;)
Jensen & Jared proved yet again how adept they are at comedy along with the heavier drama. Then Richard....my goodness! Great turn around from the playful, glib Trickster to the more solemn Gabriel. Interesting to think that it was Gabriel this whole time from "Tall Tales" on. One has to wonder whether they wrote the character with that in mind, or if they suddenly thought to write it into the show as a way of introducing another angel.
The question Dean answered on the game show was interesting. "Would your Mother and Father still be alive if your brother was never born?" He answered yes, but then he didn't even know what he was answering, so I'm guessing that answer was for our benefit only. However, I've been thinking about it and I wonder if it's true or not. After all, Mary made the deal as we saw in "In The Beginning". Unless the YED knew she'd have 2 children....I dunno. Maybe he would have done the same to Dean if Sam had never been born? Which means Mary still would've burned on the ceiling. So....yeah....it's an interesting question, but to me it looks like the boys have been pre-destined for these roles anyway, just as Gabriel said. One on the side of heaven and the other on the side of hell. They continue to resist, but how long will that last?
That final scene in the warehouse was not only acted wonderfully by all 3 guys, but my God! The lighting and camera work was beautiful! Jensen especially....there are no words. I was drooling the entire time. Stunning, gorgeous, handsome.....all of the above! *GUH* Thank you show! :D
Let me apologize one more time for the lateness of this review. With my laptop going out on me a week ago, Friday, I didn't get this posted as I usually do. My review of 5x09 should be up in a few days.
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: Lilith was the last seal & Sam killed her, releasing Lucifer, Raphael, Sam is Lucifer's vessel/Dean in Michael's vessel, the Trickster, Mystery Spot.
Sun 'N Sands Motel....oh boy, here we go!
That's a sandwich! “I'm gonna need a bigger mouth!” LOL
Dean's done “all kinds of research, all night”.....and we soon see with who.
“Son of a bitch!” LMAO!
OMG The opening credits and “Theme Song”!!!!
This is so crazy and ridiculous. Oh, show....
The silly laughing, the tandem bike riding, scooter race!
I'm going to die from laughter, I know it.
Dean's watching the hospital show, Dr. Sexy MD. LOL!
The boys are investigating the death of a man by a bear...
Except it wasn't really a bear it was....The Incredible Hulk. Heh.
The Lou Ferrigno Hulk, to be exact. :P
Dean's doing research online and Sam's been to the house, where there's a “Hulk sized hole”.
The victim was a hot head, candy wrappers at the scene, just desserts....boys surmise the Trickster is to blame.
Dean's ready to kill him, but Sam wants to talk to him, see if they can get him to join their side.
They hear an incident on the police scanner...go check it out, problem is, for a crime scene there's no cops. This doesn't look good....or as Sam says, “Crappy”.
They run into a warehouse and end up....in a hospital, complete with doctor garb. Hee!
Poor Sam! Two slaps...”seriously” LOL!
Dean knows where they are...”Seattle Mercy Hospital”
“We're in Dr. Sexy MD”
===========================
Dean: “Dude. What the hell?”
Sam: “I don't know.”
Dean: “No, seriously. What the hell?”
LOL!
They're busy debating how this can all be real when Dean starts recognizing more characters from the show.
Johnny Drake! aka Denny...hee!
Sam: “So, this show has ghosts? Why?”
Dean: “I don't know. It is compelling.”
Sam: “I thought you said you weren't a fan.”
Dean: “I'm not. I'm not!”
And then Dean sees him....Dr. Sexy MD...”It's him, it's Dr. Sexy” LMAO
Dean's such a fangirl!!!! OMG! He's all giddy and starstruck.
Okay....the whole thing w/Dean realizing Dr. Sexy is wearing the wrong shoes? OMG! Made me think of my photo-op with Jensen where I pointed out his boots! OMGOMGOMG *iz bouncy & giddy from the coincidence* :D
Anyway....*ahem* Sam says, sure...Dean's not a fan and Dean fires back with the show being a guilty pleasure. Heh.
Oh, and I forgot to go *guh* over seeing Dean strong-arm the guy into a wall. That's hot....and we haven't seen it since BDABR? Goodness!
The Trickster reveals himself...”Call it my own little idiot box.” Hee! I missed this guy!
Sam proposes they talk, but the Trickster says they need to play the game for another 24 hours...and goes poof.
LOL at the “paging Dr. Sexy” XD
Hee! The emo music....and the emo nurse. *giggles*
Oh god...Dean's been shot!!!!! It's real. Eeep!
Suddenly Dean's on an operating table and Sam's performing surgery on him! WTH?
Heh. Sam doesn't have a clue what he's supposed to do with all the instruments.
LOL! So Sam saves Dean's life....his way. Hee! Emo nurse all loving and weepy at the window.
And now they're on a Japanese game show....Nutcracker. Uh oh.
Of course the host only speaks Japanese.
Sam's first....”What was the name of the demon you chose over your own brother?”
Sam doesn't understand, so he doesn't answer and....OWIES! Yikes! The answer was Ruby of course.
Hee! Shrimp chip commercial going on....Cas!!!! The boys have been missing for days. *poof* Cas is gone....”Mr. Trickster does not like pretty-boy angels.” LOL!!!!!
Dean's turn....”Would your Mother and Father still be alive if your brother was never born?” Oh, wow....
Dean doesn't know what to do, but Sam figures out that everything went fine once he played doctor and did the operation, so that's how this works. You play the role, you go along with it, and you move on.
Dean: “I don't know Japanese!”
Sam: “Try!”
Dean: “Dammit!” Hee!
Dean answers in...Japanese! “The answer is...yes?”
Turns out he's right. Wow....that's....wow. *iz stunned* Does Dean know what the question was? What he answered? I'm guessing not....but we know. Wow.
=========================
OMG...the commercial
As if the episode itself isn't hilarious enough....they did a commercial. ROTFL
“I've got genital herpies...” Poor Sam. LOL!
Herpexia....gotta love the possible side effects: “headache, diarrhea, permanent erectile dysfunction, thoughts of suicide, and nausea.” LOL!
The basketball playing is a nice touch, too. Hee!
=========================
And we're back to the sitcom....Sam leads out the girl in the bikini.
The boys are wondering how long they have to keep doing this.
Cas!!!!! Looks a little beat up....ooops.
He says this isn't right, this being is too powerful.
The Trickster shows up and makes Cas disappear again.
Dean says they get it....play their roles, but the Trickster means they need to play their roles in real life....be the vessels.
The end can't be stopped so let's get it overwith.
Dean wants to know who's side he's on....he's on neither side and he gets real upset when Dean doesn't believe him. Yikes.
They have to play the roles they're destined to play....or else they stay in TV land forever.
Oh, boy....off to CSI Land....man, the boys look sexy. :) But Dean is not thrilled.
Sam: “You gotta calm down.”
Dean: “Calm down? I am wearing sunglasses at night! You know who does that? No talent douchebags. I hate this game. I hate that we're in a procedural cop show and you wanna know why? I hate procedural cop shows. There's like 300 of them on television, they're all the friggin' same. It's “Oooh! Plane crashed here!” Oh, shut up!”
LMAO!
Sam thinks he spots the Trickster....a dude with a lolipop.
The boys are suddenly on the show/case...whatever. Heh.
“I say...jackpot.” LOL!
And I love how the CC told me they were speaking with “gravelly voices”.....Heehee!
Dean: “Well I say....no guts, no glory.” *on the floor....dying*
Dean drives a huge stick into the guy....love the CSI effects in the body....heh.
Ooops....wrong guy....The Trickster's behind them....but Sam gets him too! Whoo! Go boys!
Suddenly, they're back inside the warehouse.
==========================
Back at the motel...Dean's brushing his teeth and worrying about Castiel.
Ooops...where's Sam?
Dean calls him on the phone as he gets into the Impala....except Sam's in the Impala.....kinda, sorta. Heh.
Dean: “Sam? Where are you?”
Sam: “I dunno.....Oh, crap!” LOL
He's KITT. Heehee!
Yep, looks like the game's not over after all, boys....
Okay, I gotta say...the Impala looks mighty cool as KITT. ;)
The theme music was perfect!!!!! Even the camera angles matched the original show! :D
Love how they're talking like nothing's changed...hee!
Now they're thinking this isn't a Trickster at all....Dean thinks he knows who it is.
They go to a rest area and Dean's digging around in the trunk...
Sam: “Dean.”
Dean: “What?”
Sam: “That uh....that feels really uncomfortable.” LOL
Dean slams the trunk closed and Sam goes “Ow.” Heehee!
Dean's not sure this plan is going to work, but he has no other ideas.
He calls uncle, that they'll do it.
Sam: “Should I honk?” OMG...that nearly killed me!
The Trickster appears and is ready to take them away, but Dean says they're not going anywhere until Sam's back to normal.
They trap him in a ring of fire....they've figured out he's an angel. Cool!
The gig is up.....and they're back in the warehouse.
He wants to know where he screwed up, but the boys say he didn't. The clue was how he talked about Armageddon.
He's Gabriel....oooh.
He became the Trickster to hide after he got out of heaven.
He loved his father, his brothers, but he couldn't stand all their fighting, so he left. Now he wants it over.
Gabriel: “I have to sit back and watch my own brothers kill each other thanks to you two! Heaven, hell...I don't care who wins! I just want it to be over!”
He says there's no stopping this....”Because this isn't about a war, it's about two brothers who loved each other and betrayed each other.” He figured they'd be able to relate....
Gabriel: “Why do you think you two are the vessels? Think about it. Michael, the big brother, loyal to an absent father. And Lucifer, the little brother, rebelious of daddy's plan. You were born to this boys. It's your destiny! It was always you! 'As it is in heaven...so must it be on earth' One brother has to kill the other. Why do you think I've always taken such an interest in you? Because from the moment dad flipped on the lights around here, we knew it was all gonna end with you. Always.”
Dean: “No, that's not gonna happen.”
Gabriel: “I'm sorry....but it is.”
He tells them he wishes this was a TV show, with easy answers, but it's not. It's real. “And it's gonna end bloody for all of us.”
===========================
Love the shot starting on the reflection of them in the puddle of water.
Gabriel wants to know what's next and Dean tells him to bring Cas back....which he does.
“Hey bro. How's the search for daddy goin'? Lemme guess...awful.”
They start to leave, but Dean says they won't leave him like that forever because they're not like him. “And for the record...this isn't about some prize fight between your brothers or some destiny that can't be stopped. This is about you being too afraid to stand up to your family!”
And with that he pulls the fire alarm that activates the sprinklers.
Cas sticks around for a moment as the ring of fire goes out.
They head out to the car, wondering if what Gabriel said is true. Sam thinks the angel believes it and they both admit they wish they were back on a TV show. Oh, boys....
I'd been looking forward to this eppy for a while. Mainly for the Trickster, who I've missed, and secondly for the humor, which was outstanding. I loved the show doing parodies of it's main competitors: Grey's Anatomy and CSI. I don't think I've ever laughed more during a SPN episode before. It was brilliant! What made it even better was how the second half dove right back into serious mode and the mythology. What other show could pull all this off in one episode and so smoothly? Not many I think. ;)
Jensen & Jared proved yet again how adept they are at comedy along with the heavier drama. Then Richard....my goodness! Great turn around from the playful, glib Trickster to the more solemn Gabriel. Interesting to think that it was Gabriel this whole time from "Tall Tales" on. One has to wonder whether they wrote the character with that in mind, or if they suddenly thought to write it into the show as a way of introducing another angel.
The question Dean answered on the game show was interesting. "Would your Mother and Father still be alive if your brother was never born?" He answered yes, but then he didn't even know what he was answering, so I'm guessing that answer was for our benefit only. However, I've been thinking about it and I wonder if it's true or not. After all, Mary made the deal as we saw in "In The Beginning". Unless the YED knew she'd have 2 children....I dunno. Maybe he would have done the same to Dean if Sam had never been born? Which means Mary still would've burned on the ceiling. So....yeah....it's an interesting question, but to me it looks like the boys have been pre-destined for these roles anyway, just as Gabriel said. One on the side of heaven and the other on the side of hell. They continue to resist, but how long will that last?
That final scene in the warehouse was not only acted wonderfully by all 3 guys, but my God! The lighting and camera work was beautiful! Jensen especially....there are no words. I was drooling the entire time. Stunning, gorgeous, handsome.....all of the above! *GUH* Thank you show! :D
Let me apologize one more time for the lateness of this review. With my laptop going out on me a week ago, Friday, I didn't get this posted as I usually do. My review of 5x09 should be up in a few days.
