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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: Aslym, Hunted, The Colt, LARPing, Chuck, Becky.
Oooh, right out of the gate we have the boys racing up in the Impala.
They get out and Dean sees a row of 3 Impalas parked. Hee!
Chuck's outside the Pineview Hotel, pacing.
The boys race up to him.....he told them to come, Sam got a text....but it wasn't from Chuck.
Becky the crazy fangirl is back! They head inside, but not before Chuck apologizes, ”for everything”.
Inside, they see.....well, Dean...and a Scarecrow, Clown, a Bobby, an Ash, even. Heehee!
Becky announces with glee that it's the first SPN convention.
Love the expressions on the guy's faces!
A guy announces some upcoming events....a panel, “Frightened Little Boy: The Secret Life Of Dean” then the "Homoerotic Subtext of SPN" *cringes* as well as a big hunt.
The audience, btw, is small.....and mostly guys. But then this isn't about the show, it's about a series of books, so it's close to a comic-book type of fandom.
Anyhoo, Chuck aka Carver Edlund comes out to speak, but needs some water first...heh. Who else thought of Dean gulping down that bottle of water after getting out of hell in “Lazarus Rising”? Just me? Okay.....
Sam and Dean are hanging out in the back with Becky, btw....taking all this in and looking none too pleased.
Chuck asks for questions and a whole sea of hands go up....
He's asked about the characters......they just came to him...
A German dude dressed as Hook Man brings up bungee cords for their weapons and then complains about Sam not noticing Ruby's deception which riles Becky.
Chuck then says that the books will go back into publication.....uh oh.
A Yellow-Eyed cooler....hee!
Poor Chuck.....Becky only has hormones....err eyes for Sam.
The boys tell Chuck he can't keep publishing books, that their lives aren't for public consumption. But Chuck says he has to earn a living somehow.....
There's a scream and the boys run off....only to find that it's all part of the LARPing hunt with a prize being a Sizzler gift card.....oooooh.
The guys observe the goings-on, hearing the lore of the hotel.....Letticia Gore who murdered 4 little boys.
Dean: ”Well, that's about all the community theatre I can take.” LOL
They then see “Dean” & “Sam” re-enacting the moment where Dean tells Sam that John told him something (from Hunted) and they both decide they need a drink.
A dude playing Sam is upstairs with his fake EMF meter and meets up with an actress playing the ghost of Letticia.....then he sees a real ghost of a little boy and gets thrown around a room by the real Letticia.....yikes.
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The boys are having those drinks.....and Dean hits on the Letticia actress...heehee! Love it when he goes, “How you doin'?” *flails*
She's heard it all night long from “dudes all wearing MacGyver jackets” Hee! But she seems interested, and hell, who wouldn't be with Dean all hot and charming the way he is. ;)
Then Sam dude appears, a little bloody and says he's out of there and Dean thinks the guy isn't a good enough of an actor to be lying.
They approach the hotel manager and get the scroop of the hotel's lore and thanks to some bribery he tells them to check out the attic.
In the attic, the EMF is going off like crazy...
Dean: “Great. We got a real ghost and a bunch of dudes pretending to be us pokin' at it.”
Sam: “No way this ends well.”
Dean: “You know what? Serves them right.”
Sam: “Dean....”
Dean: “Well, I'm just sayin'....”
Fake Dean & Sam are upstairs as well....and “Sam” isn't staying in character.....heh
Too hilarious how they talk in husky, deep voices to be Sam & Dean. LOL!
They see a ghost of a little boy and then find a map hidden behind a photograph on the wall.....
Meanwhile, Sam & Dean meet up with a little boy ghost of their own, complete with a scalped head....yikes!
Becky's still hanging out and going all weirdo by blowing a kiss to Sam. That palm-licking? Ewwwww.....
Sam tells Dean the news about Letticia.....she butchered the 4 boys, including her own son.
They see the fake Sam & Dean with the map and try to get it from them.
Dean even pulls his gun, with Sam stopping him....hee! “What? They're friggin' annoying!” LOL
Sam convinces them to all work together and they strike a deal.....
Hee! Sam & Dean are Rufus & Bobby.....
Sam: “You alright?”
Dean: “I'm trying to be.” Heehee!
They're walking along when Fake Dean & Sam start acting out a scene from the books again.....this time the bit from Asylum when Sam shot Dean with the rock salt....
Dean's had it and wants to know why they'd want to be these characters, that the story sucks....”It is not fun, it is not entertaining. It is a river of crap that would send most people howling to the nuthouse.”
He's tired of their lives being played out for the amusement of others, but Fake Dean says these are fictional characters. But Dean storms off, saying they care....a lot.
Sam's left to say that Dean takes the story really seriously.
At the cemetery, they find Letticia's grave and the Fake Dean & Sam are a little shocked that the guys are going to dig up a real grave.
Dean does the digging and opens up the casket.....Fake Sam & Dean are ready to head for the hills, ”That's a skeleton, skeleton.”, but Letticia shows up, attacking Sam & Fake Sam & Dean.
Dean scurries into action, burning her bones just in time. “Real enough for you?” Heh.
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Now it's the Fake Dean & Sam having drinks.....Dean even buys them a round and he and Sam say goodbye to Chuck "Screw you very much" before they head out.....
Problem is.....the place is all sealed up....uh oh.
Another scream and another ghost.....it's the scalped little boy again, but he says his mom didn't do that to him and disappears.
Hook Man dude is walking down a hallway and gets confronted by the 3 kiddie ghosts....these kids are sooo creepy!
They scalp him before Sam & Dean can get there. Ooops.
Sam interrupts Chuck on stage and tells him about the situation and to keep everyone in the room.
Dean gets everyone else inside, including the manager and they salt the doorway.
It's discuss theories time!
They surmise the kids did the killing of Letticia's son and then she killed them, but they can't get to the cemetery because they're trapped. They need to scare the kids....
They approach the “actress” about playing Letticia, but she's not really going along with the plan.
Dean to Sam: “Just give her the puppy dog thing, okay?” LOL!
Fake Sam & Dean want to help because that's what the characters would do.....
Letticia Actress is really not liking this plan (notice the puppy dog thing worked!), but Dean reassures her...”I'm right here, sweetheart. I've got your back. Trust me, this is gonna work.” Btw, I totally flailed big time at him calling her sweetheart! OMG....*dies.....has fangirl moment*
*Ahem*....okay....where were we?
She calls to the kids and eventually they show up, with Dean hiding behind the wall with a fire poker at the ready.
Meanwhile, Sam along with Fake Sam & Dean are trying to get out the doors....& Fake Sam & Dean make it out.
Oh, crap......the gal's phone goes off, breaking her credibility completely. Time for Dean to step in....He tells her to run and gets ready to take on the little ghosty kids.....Love that killer expression! *guh*
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Fake Sam & Dean are out digging up the kid's graves, while the real Sam & Dean are back at the hotel fighting off the ghosts. Eeek!
Chuck's trying his best took keep the guests occupied, but the hotel manager decides to blow the joint.
Chuck tells him not to open the door, but he does and eeek! kiddie ghost!
Chuck to the rescue! along with Bionic Man sound effects! Cool! Takes out the ghost with the microphone stand, impressing Becky (for now).
Sam & Dean are about to get scalped when the other dudes burn the pile of bones, stubborn lighter and all. Yay!!!!!
The ghosts go poof and Dean admits maybe they should have their weapons on a bungee. Hee!
==========================
Dean says goodbye to Fake Sam & Dean.....they're Barnes & Damian, btw.
Damian tells him he's wrong about SPN....
“I'm not sure you get what the story's about. In real life, he sells stereo equipment, I fix copiers. Our lives suck, but to be Sam & Dean. To wake up every morning and save the world, to have a brother who would die for you....well who wouldn't want that?”
Dean admits he has a point and says the 2 of them make a good team.
They admit they're more than friends....they're partners. Hee!
Dean says an awkward “Howdy partners” and then beats a hasty retreat. Heh.
Becky breaks up with Sam....”Like a monkey on the sun, it was too hot to live.” LOL!
Sam takes it well....”I'll just have to find a way to keep living....I guess.” Heehee!
He tells Chuck that if he wants to go on publishing the books it's okay and Chuck's all excited.
Chuck: “Really?”
Sam: “No, not really. We have guns and we'll find you.”
Chuck: “Okay, okay. No more books.” LMAO
Sam walks off but Becky stops him, telling him that Bela didn't really give the Colt to Lilith when she stole it, but instead gave it to Lilith's right hand man, a demon named Crowley. Ooooh!
Dean's waiting by the Impala....reflecting.
Sam approaches and tells him he's got a lead on the Colt and will tell him on the way.
The boys drive off....
But it's not over.....we get some “outtakes”?
Chuck was a Nancy McKeon fan....heh.
The Benders, flesh suits?.....ewww.
He loves “Beaches” Hee!
Love the bit with Sam & Dean stuck in there. :D
Chuck: “The way I look at it, it's really not jumping the shark if you never come back down.”
I know a lot of fans didn't care for this eppy and some even refused to watch it, but I still enjoyed it. I laughed a lot and thought it was all done in good fun with the show nodding to the fans. However, I'm looking forward to getting away from the funny, light-hearted episodes and getting back into the darker, mythology.
Curious how Dean was all unsettled and upset about people acting like them while Sam was relatively cool with the whole thing. Nice to see Sam resume his role of keeping Dean in check, as he did when Dean pulled his gun out to challenge Damian.
Really looking forward to this week's eppy. Ooooh *rubs hands in anticipation* it looks like it's gonna be a good one! :D Winter Hiatus after that, but we can handle it, right? ;)
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: Aslym, Hunted, The Colt, LARPing, Chuck, Becky.
Oooh, right out of the gate we have the boys racing up in the Impala.
They get out and Dean sees a row of 3 Impalas parked. Hee!
Chuck's outside the Pineview Hotel, pacing.
The boys race up to him.....he told them to come, Sam got a text....but it wasn't from Chuck.
Becky the crazy fangirl is back! They head inside, but not before Chuck apologizes, ”for everything”.
Inside, they see.....well, Dean...and a Scarecrow, Clown, a Bobby, an Ash, even. Heehee!
Becky announces with glee that it's the first SPN convention.
Love the expressions on the guy's faces!
A guy announces some upcoming events....a panel, “Frightened Little Boy: The Secret Life Of Dean” then the "Homoerotic Subtext of SPN" *cringes* as well as a big hunt.
The audience, btw, is small.....and mostly guys. But then this isn't about the show, it's about a series of books, so it's close to a comic-book type of fandom.
Anyhoo, Chuck aka Carver Edlund comes out to speak, but needs some water first...heh. Who else thought of Dean gulping down that bottle of water after getting out of hell in “Lazarus Rising”? Just me? Okay.....
Sam and Dean are hanging out in the back with Becky, btw....taking all this in and looking none too pleased.
Chuck asks for questions and a whole sea of hands go up....
He's asked about the characters......they just came to him...
A German dude dressed as Hook Man brings up bungee cords for their weapons and then complains about Sam not noticing Ruby's deception which riles Becky.
Chuck then says that the books will go back into publication.....uh oh.
A Yellow-Eyed cooler....hee!
Poor Chuck.....Becky only has hormones....err eyes for Sam.
The boys tell Chuck he can't keep publishing books, that their lives aren't for public consumption. But Chuck says he has to earn a living somehow.....
There's a scream and the boys run off....only to find that it's all part of the LARPing hunt with a prize being a Sizzler gift card.....oooooh.
The guys observe the goings-on, hearing the lore of the hotel.....Letticia Gore who murdered 4 little boys.
Dean: ”Well, that's about all the community theatre I can take.” LOL
They then see “Dean” & “Sam” re-enacting the moment where Dean tells Sam that John told him something (from Hunted) and they both decide they need a drink.
A dude playing Sam is upstairs with his fake EMF meter and meets up with an actress playing the ghost of Letticia.....then he sees a real ghost of a little boy and gets thrown around a room by the real Letticia.....yikes.
==========================
The boys are having those drinks.....and Dean hits on the Letticia actress...heehee! Love it when he goes, “How you doin'?” *flails*
She's heard it all night long from “dudes all wearing MacGyver jackets” Hee! But she seems interested, and hell, who wouldn't be with Dean all hot and charming the way he is. ;)
Then Sam dude appears, a little bloody and says he's out of there and Dean thinks the guy isn't a good enough of an actor to be lying.
They approach the hotel manager and get the scroop of the hotel's lore and thanks to some bribery he tells them to check out the attic.
In the attic, the EMF is going off like crazy...
Dean: “Great. We got a real ghost and a bunch of dudes pretending to be us pokin' at it.”
Sam: “No way this ends well.”
Dean: “You know what? Serves them right.”
Sam: “Dean....”
Dean: “Well, I'm just sayin'....”
Fake Dean & Sam are upstairs as well....and “Sam” isn't staying in character.....heh
Too hilarious how they talk in husky, deep voices to be Sam & Dean. LOL!
They see a ghost of a little boy and then find a map hidden behind a photograph on the wall.....
Meanwhile, Sam & Dean meet up with a little boy ghost of their own, complete with a scalped head....yikes!
Becky's still hanging out and going all weirdo by blowing a kiss to Sam. That palm-licking? Ewwwww.....
Sam tells Dean the news about Letticia.....she butchered the 4 boys, including her own son.
They see the fake Sam & Dean with the map and try to get it from them.
Dean even pulls his gun, with Sam stopping him....hee! “What? They're friggin' annoying!” LOL
Sam convinces them to all work together and they strike a deal.....
Hee! Sam & Dean are Rufus & Bobby.....
Sam: “You alright?”
Dean: “I'm trying to be.” Heehee!
They're walking along when Fake Dean & Sam start acting out a scene from the books again.....this time the bit from Asylum when Sam shot Dean with the rock salt....
Dean's had it and wants to know why they'd want to be these characters, that the story sucks....”It is not fun, it is not entertaining. It is a river of crap that would send most people howling to the nuthouse.”
He's tired of their lives being played out for the amusement of others, but Fake Dean says these are fictional characters. But Dean storms off, saying they care....a lot.
Sam's left to say that Dean takes the story really seriously.
At the cemetery, they find Letticia's grave and the Fake Dean & Sam are a little shocked that the guys are going to dig up a real grave.
Dean does the digging and opens up the casket.....Fake Sam & Dean are ready to head for the hills, ”That's a skeleton, skeleton.”, but Letticia shows up, attacking Sam & Fake Sam & Dean.
Dean scurries into action, burning her bones just in time. “Real enough for you?” Heh.
=======================
Now it's the Fake Dean & Sam having drinks.....Dean even buys them a round and he and Sam say goodbye to Chuck "Screw you very much" before they head out.....
Problem is.....the place is all sealed up....uh oh.
Another scream and another ghost.....it's the scalped little boy again, but he says his mom didn't do that to him and disappears.
Hook Man dude is walking down a hallway and gets confronted by the 3 kiddie ghosts....these kids are sooo creepy!
They scalp him before Sam & Dean can get there. Ooops.
Sam interrupts Chuck on stage and tells him about the situation and to keep everyone in the room.
Dean gets everyone else inside, including the manager and they salt the doorway.
It's discuss theories time!
They surmise the kids did the killing of Letticia's son and then she killed them, but they can't get to the cemetery because they're trapped. They need to scare the kids....
They approach the “actress” about playing Letticia, but she's not really going along with the plan.
Dean to Sam: “Just give her the puppy dog thing, okay?” LOL!
Fake Sam & Dean want to help because that's what the characters would do.....
Letticia Actress is really not liking this plan (notice the puppy dog thing worked!), but Dean reassures her...”I'm right here, sweetheart. I've got your back. Trust me, this is gonna work.” Btw, I totally flailed big time at him calling her sweetheart! OMG....*dies.....has fangirl moment*
*Ahem*....okay....where were we?
She calls to the kids and eventually they show up, with Dean hiding behind the wall with a fire poker at the ready.
Meanwhile, Sam along with Fake Sam & Dean are trying to get out the doors....& Fake Sam & Dean make it out.
Oh, crap......the gal's phone goes off, breaking her credibility completely. Time for Dean to step in....He tells her to run and gets ready to take on the little ghosty kids.....Love that killer expression! *guh*
=========================
Fake Sam & Dean are out digging up the kid's graves, while the real Sam & Dean are back at the hotel fighting off the ghosts. Eeek!
Chuck's trying his best took keep the guests occupied, but the hotel manager decides to blow the joint.
Chuck tells him not to open the door, but he does and eeek! kiddie ghost!
Chuck to the rescue! along with Bionic Man sound effects! Cool! Takes out the ghost with the microphone stand, impressing Becky (for now).
Sam & Dean are about to get scalped when the other dudes burn the pile of bones, stubborn lighter and all. Yay!!!!!
The ghosts go poof and Dean admits maybe they should have their weapons on a bungee. Hee!
==========================
Dean says goodbye to Fake Sam & Dean.....they're Barnes & Damian, btw.
Damian tells him he's wrong about SPN....
“I'm not sure you get what the story's about. In real life, he sells stereo equipment, I fix copiers. Our lives suck, but to be Sam & Dean. To wake up every morning and save the world, to have a brother who would die for you....well who wouldn't want that?”
Dean admits he has a point and says the 2 of them make a good team.
They admit they're more than friends....they're partners. Hee!
Dean says an awkward “Howdy partners” and then beats a hasty retreat. Heh.
Becky breaks up with Sam....”Like a monkey on the sun, it was too hot to live.” LOL!
Sam takes it well....”I'll just have to find a way to keep living....I guess.” Heehee!
He tells Chuck that if he wants to go on publishing the books it's okay and Chuck's all excited.
Chuck: “Really?”
Sam: “No, not really. We have guns and we'll find you.”
Chuck: “Okay, okay. No more books.” LMAO
Sam walks off but Becky stops him, telling him that Bela didn't really give the Colt to Lilith when she stole it, but instead gave it to Lilith's right hand man, a demon named Crowley. Ooooh!
Dean's waiting by the Impala....reflecting.
Sam approaches and tells him he's got a lead on the Colt and will tell him on the way.
The boys drive off....
But it's not over.....we get some “outtakes”?
Chuck was a Nancy McKeon fan....heh.
The Benders, flesh suits?.....ewww.
He loves “Beaches” Hee!
Love the bit with Sam & Dean stuck in there. :D
Chuck: “The way I look at it, it's really not jumping the shark if you never come back down.”
I know a lot of fans didn't care for this eppy and some even refused to watch it, but I still enjoyed it. I laughed a lot and thought it was all done in good fun with the show nodding to the fans. However, I'm looking forward to getting away from the funny, light-hearted episodes and getting back into the darker, mythology.
Curious how Dean was all unsettled and upset about people acting like them while Sam was relatively cool with the whole thing. Nice to see Sam resume his role of keeping Dean in check, as he did when Dean pulled his gun out to challenge Damian.
Really looking forward to this week's eppy. Ooooh *rubs hands in anticipation* it looks like it's gonna be a good one! :D Winter Hiatus after that, but we can handle it, right? ;)
