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raloriaI'm changing the way I do my episode reviews, trying to condense things down into something shorter. I hope it's easier for people to read and easier for me to do.
I won't be covering every scene anymore, just hitting the highlights (or trying to). A few small caps will be included and I'll post a link to a more thorough review if you want more information.
If you want a full review, check out this one at Moogi.com and take in all the other tidbits over Super Wiki's post.
Heehee! Herpexia! Callback to the ad in 5x08 "Changing Channels" LOL
Whoah. If that was the Croatoan virus that demon gave the technician then it's a far more advanced strain than we saw back in S2. That guy killed within seconds! Yikes!
Did you catch the dude that Pestilence sneezed on in last week's eppy sitting in the waiting room? ;)
I couldn't help it...I giggled at the boys wearing the masks. Maybe it's because of the suits. I dunno... Statues crying??? Heh. Nice coverup boys.
Sounds like Pestilence has been busy - 4 towns hit with Swine Flu. Bobby & the boys can't seem to predict were he'll head next....except east. Yeah, that's real specific and the boys are in west Nevada. That's a lot of wide territory to cover. *snorts*
Crowley!!!! Loved the cool shots of the Impala as Dean hit the breaks.
Can't believe he didn't even get on Sam's case about ruining the upholstery with the knife. Sam's mighty pissed at Crowley. Surprisingly, Dean's pretty cool. He's even willing to listen to the demon's offer to help them get Pestilence's ring.
Love Crowley going on about how his life sucks now that Lucifer knows he's after him. Dean's reaction is great!
Dean: "Oh, holy crap! We don't care!"
Crowley: They burnt down my house! They ate my tailor!
*eyeroll from Dean*
*giggles*
Crowley's new digs are very...rustic. "Oh, how the mighty have fallen." Indeed. Apparently he's had a little tracking device in the form of a coin inside the Impala all this time and has heard what the boys have been up to....including their plan to get Lucifer back in his cage. Crowley wants in. He tells the boys about the Horsemen's stable boy, the one who sort of takes care of them. He's the one they want in order to find Pestilence.
Turns out this demon works at Niveus, the same place we saw in the opener. What a hard-assed douchebag! No wonder he's a demon. Heh. Ooooh! The demon blood bowl again. Haven't seen that in a while. "Oooh. Watch the shoes please." Hee! Having a chat with his boss Pestilence...or "old sneezy" as Crowley put it. :)
The boys are arming up and Sam thinks this plan is crazy. Dean doesn't disagree. I get the feeling Dean really is grasping at straws here during this eppy. He would never normally trust a demon at all, but he's willing to take that chance with Crowley. Anyhoo, Crowley says Sam can't come along. Uh oh... Heh. He leaves it up to Dean to decide and he leaves Sam behind. This is definitely not a good idea. Bad things always happen when they separate! Poor Sam's look of disbelief, too. Ouch!
Aw, Sammy. Being drunk and broody is never a good mix. Kinda nice that he called Bobby though instead of being frustrated alone.
And I just now realized how much he looks like a little baby with a bottle in this cap. *gigglesnorts* :P
Oh, no....Sam's got a bad idea! He asked Bobby how he got control over the demon that was possessing him. Sam wants to lead the devil to the edge of the cage and then apparently say yes to get him in there.
Bobby: Are you idjits tryin' to kill me?
Sam: Bobby.
Bobby: We just got done talkin' your brother off the ledge and now you're lining up to say yes?
Sam: It's not like that. I'm not gonna do it. Not unless we all agree. I think we gotta look at our options.
Bobby: This isn't an option, Sam!
Sam: Why not?
Bobby: You can't do it. What I did was a million to one and that was some piss-ant demon I was wrestlin'. You're talking about takin' back control from Satan himself!
Sam: Yeah. Yeah, I am.
Bobby: Kid. It's called possession for a reason. You of all people outta know.
Sam: I'm strong enough.
Bobby: You ain't. He's gonna find every chink in your armor, Sam, and use it against ya. Your fear, your grief, your anger, and let's face it, you're not exactly Mr. Anger Management. How are you gonna control the devil when you can't control yourself?
And you know Sam is thinking he can control do it, he can control the devil. He's still got that arrogance inside him. He's going to be willing to take that chance just like Dean was. *sigh*
Dean, meanwhile is learning what it's like to work with Crowley....darned complicated. The demon immediately starts killing the guards on the ground floor. Love Dean's "Aw, crap....crap, crap!" litany as he gets out of the car. Then he finds out Crowley wants him to face this demon dude alone! Crowley says to do what he told him, be convincing, and it'll work like a charm. Oh, yeah.....and to trust him. Yeeeaaahhhh....
Demon dude acts like he's been expecting Dean, even asks about Sam and gets the patented Dean death glare. Ooooh! Me likie! :D
The plan is working fine...Dean says he & Sam have the two Horsemen's rings and he heard demon dude wanted them back, so he's here to discuss a deal. Problem is...this demon wants to know who said he wanted them back because...uh, he really doesn't care. Uh oh....and a gulp from Dean. Smooth, dude. Real smooth!
What the demon really wants is retribution. Oh dear...it's beat the crap outta Dean time! Ouch!
Dean makes it into the elevator, gets to the lobby and the dude shows up right there for round two! Thankfully, Crowley is there waiting and covers the dudes head and begins bashing his skull with a crowbar. What was the deal with him calling the dude uncle, anyway? Curious. Turns out Dean was simply the bait. Figures.
Crowley: What? It went like clockwork!
Dean: Not for me, you son of a bitch!
Crowley: That's what you get, working with a demon.
He's got a point... *g*
In the car, Crowley's carving a symbol on the demon dude's chest. Looks like a devil's pitchfork (which you can also see on the walls in Crowley's place). Dean's worried about the upholstery now? it's already got a hole in it! The carving will keep the demon locked in the meatsuit. Well that's handy.
They're not taking the demon back to where Sam is and Dean once again stops the car and demands to know why. Crowley says Sam and the demon have a history and Dean says they're not going anywhere until he explains.
They do indeed return to Sam, who wants to know what's up when Crowley tells him this wasn't his idea. I really like that Dean says he's doing this because he trusts Sam. That's been the issue between them all season long and since they're trying to have faith in one another again, this is good to hear.
The cover comes off and Sam recognizes the dude as Brady, the guy who introduced him to Jess. Turns out he was a demon that whole time. Sam's then out for blood but Dean manages to hold him off.
Dean: Listen to me. We need Pestilence to get at the devil and we need Brady to get to Pestilence.
Sam: Why? Because Crowley said so? Because we trust him now? Like I trusted Ruby? Or like I trusted Brady back at school?
Strong arguments from Sam. I like it.
Crowley talks to Brady, who isn't going to budge anytime soon, so Crowley decides he has to go attack a demon hive. Dean makes a wrong move and goes to wash off his face and Sam locks him in the bathroom. Ooops. This isn't good.
Brady does a good job of the demonic taunting....telling Sam when he took over his friend's body, how he brought Jess into his life and then had to kill her because Sam was becoming too soft. Turns out he was the one who burned Jess on the ceiling, not the YED. Ooooh. Sam starts to snap and cuts Brady's neck a little, but then cools down and walks away. See, Sam....that's what Bobby was talkin' about. If you can let this demon get to you what do you think Lucifer is going to do?
Sam lets Dean out of the bathroom...
Dean: What happened?
Sam: Nothing.
Dean: My ass!
Sam: Dean, I'm fine.
Dean: Yeah? What about Brady?
Sam: Like you said...we need him.
Crowley's back and looking a little bloody and roughed up. Turns out he went to a demon's nest and "had a little massacre". Heh. But he let one little demon toad live....
Crowley: "Also might've given said toad the impression that you left your post last night because you and I are....wait for it....Lovers in league against Satan. Hello, darling."
LOL! You gotta love Crowley's style. :D
Now that they're on the same playing field it looks like Brady might spill, but the howl of a hellhound interrupts. This can't be good. Turns out the demons he attacked put one of those coin tracking devices on Crowley. Peachy! Then Crowley disappears (after tossing the coin to Dean).
Sam: I told you!
Dean: Oh, well good for you!
LOL! Now, boys. Don't bicker. :P
This next scene is so awesome! The hellhound crashes in through the window and Dean grabs his shotgun to try and hold it off. Poor Dean knows all too well what a hellhound attack feels like.
At least he's not as panicked as Brady.
Brady: Dammit get me outta here!
Sam & Dean: Shut up!
Crowley returns....with his own hellhound. "Mine's bigger." Heehee!
Awesome special effects work on the hellhound fight! Nice blood splatter on the lens again, too. *g* The boys get Brady untied and the 4 pile into the Impala. "I'll wager a thousand my pup wins." Love Crowley's cackle there, too!
This next scene in a deserted alley is interesting. After Brady gives over Pestilence's location, Crowley leaves and Dean finishes laying a salt line down. Brady wants to know what's up.
Dean: All those angels, all those demons, all those sons of bitches, they just don't get it do they Sammy?
Sam: No they don't, Dean.
Dean: You see, Brady, we're the ones you should be afraid of.
Ooooh....
So Dean's going to let Sam get his revenge. Interesting, but he's still there, watching it all happen.
Brady: Maybe you hate us so much because you hate what you see every time you look in the mirror. You ever think of that? Maybe the only difference between you and a demon is your hell is right here.
And with that Sam stabs him, a chilling "Interesting theory" on his lips afterwards.
Bobby's talking to Rufus on the phone! I'd almost forgotten about him. :)
Crowley's waiting to talk business. Turns out he knows of a spell to find Death and all he needs is Bobby's soul. Nooooo!!!!! Gotta give Bobby points, he doesn't give in right away, blasting Crowley with a shotgun. I giggled at his "Ow!!!!" Heehee!
Crowley reinstates his life depending on the devil getting back in his cage and promises to give his soul back. Yeah...riiiight. "Temporary loan. I'll give it. right. back." And we don't see Bobby's answer! Dammit Kripke! :P
Was this a great episode? Maybe. Was it a super, epic one? No, but that's okay. Gotta admit I thought Pestilence was actually in this episode, but I guess we'll see him in the next one along with Death. Can't wait!!!
I'm thinking this is one of those episodes that might improve over time and repeated viewings. At first I was all happy about it, but there's little faults and weird happenings in this one that I need to mull over some more. Some of those being Dean trusting a demon (after Sam trusting Ruby it seems a little hypocritical), Sam still thinking he can say yes to the devil and take control and escape (the same arrogance after Dean and Bobby pointing it out to him! When will it sink in???), and the final scene with the boys where Sam kills Brady (because this seems like a weird decision for Dean to be okay with this). Though I guess since Crowley carved that symbol on him there was no way to save the host anyway (not that you could after all these years) and why would you just let a demon go? *shrugs* So I guess I sorta answered that one.
I really think Mark Sheppard nearly stole the show though. He is brilliant! It's gotta be great fun to play a demon like that and chew up all the scenery in every scene you're in. Looking forward to seeing what mischief he'll make in the next eppy. Is it Thursday yet?
I won't be covering every scene anymore, just hitting the highlights (or trying to). A few small caps will be included and I'll post a link to a more thorough review if you want more information.
If you want a full review, check out this one at Moogi.com and take in all the other tidbits over Super Wiki's post.
Heehee! Herpexia! Callback to the ad in 5x08 "Changing Channels" LOL
Whoah. If that was the Croatoan virus that demon gave the technician then it's a far more advanced strain than we saw back in S2. That guy killed within seconds! Yikes!
Did you catch the dude that Pestilence sneezed on in last week's eppy sitting in the waiting room? ;)
I couldn't help it...I giggled at the boys wearing the masks. Maybe it's because of the suits. I dunno... Statues crying??? Heh. Nice coverup boys.
Sounds like Pestilence has been busy - 4 towns hit with Swine Flu. Bobby & the boys can't seem to predict were he'll head next....except east. Yeah, that's real specific and the boys are in west Nevada. That's a lot of wide territory to cover. *snorts*
Crowley!!!! Loved the cool shots of the Impala as Dean hit the breaks.
Can't believe he didn't even get on Sam's case about ruining the upholstery with the knife. Sam's mighty pissed at Crowley. Surprisingly, Dean's pretty cool. He's even willing to listen to the demon's offer to help them get Pestilence's ring.
Love Crowley going on about how his life sucks now that Lucifer knows he's after him. Dean's reaction is great!
Dean: "Oh, holy crap! We don't care!"
Crowley: They burnt down my house! They ate my tailor!
*eyeroll from Dean*
*giggles*
Crowley's new digs are very...rustic. "Oh, how the mighty have fallen." Indeed. Apparently he's had a little tracking device in the form of a coin inside the Impala all this time and has heard what the boys have been up to....including their plan to get Lucifer back in his cage. Crowley wants in. He tells the boys about the Horsemen's stable boy, the one who sort of takes care of them. He's the one they want in order to find Pestilence.
Turns out this demon works at Niveus, the same place we saw in the opener. What a hard-assed douchebag! No wonder he's a demon. Heh. Ooooh! The demon blood bowl again. Haven't seen that in a while. "Oooh. Watch the shoes please." Hee! Having a chat with his boss Pestilence...or "old sneezy" as Crowley put it. :)
The boys are arming up and Sam thinks this plan is crazy. Dean doesn't disagree. I get the feeling Dean really is grasping at straws here during this eppy. He would never normally trust a demon at all, but he's willing to take that chance with Crowley. Anyhoo, Crowley says Sam can't come along. Uh oh... Heh. He leaves it up to Dean to decide and he leaves Sam behind. This is definitely not a good idea. Bad things always happen when they separate! Poor Sam's look of disbelief, too. Ouch!
Aw, Sammy. Being drunk and broody is never a good mix. Kinda nice that he called Bobby though instead of being frustrated alone.
And I just now realized how much he looks like a little baby with a bottle in this cap. *gigglesnorts* :P
Oh, no....Sam's got a bad idea! He asked Bobby how he got control over the demon that was possessing him. Sam wants to lead the devil to the edge of the cage and then apparently say yes to get him in there.
Bobby: Are you idjits tryin' to kill me?
Sam: Bobby.
Bobby: We just got done talkin' your brother off the ledge and now you're lining up to say yes?
Sam: It's not like that. I'm not gonna do it. Not unless we all agree. I think we gotta look at our options.
Bobby: This isn't an option, Sam!
Sam: Why not?
Bobby: You can't do it. What I did was a million to one and that was some piss-ant demon I was wrestlin'. You're talking about takin' back control from Satan himself!
Sam: Yeah. Yeah, I am.
Bobby: Kid. It's called possession for a reason. You of all people outta know.
Sam: I'm strong enough.
Bobby: You ain't. He's gonna find every chink in your armor, Sam, and use it against ya. Your fear, your grief, your anger, and let's face it, you're not exactly Mr. Anger Management. How are you gonna control the devil when you can't control yourself?
And you know Sam is thinking he can control do it, he can control the devil. He's still got that arrogance inside him. He's going to be willing to take that chance just like Dean was. *sigh*
Dean, meanwhile is learning what it's like to work with Crowley....darned complicated. The demon immediately starts killing the guards on the ground floor. Love Dean's "Aw, crap....crap, crap!" litany as he gets out of the car. Then he finds out Crowley wants him to face this demon dude alone! Crowley says to do what he told him, be convincing, and it'll work like a charm. Oh, yeah.....and to trust him. Yeeeaaahhhh....
Demon dude acts like he's been expecting Dean, even asks about Sam and gets the patented Dean death glare. Ooooh! Me likie! :D
The plan is working fine...Dean says he & Sam have the two Horsemen's rings and he heard demon dude wanted them back, so he's here to discuss a deal. Problem is...this demon wants to know who said he wanted them back because...uh, he really doesn't care. Uh oh....and a gulp from Dean. Smooth, dude. Real smooth!
What the demon really wants is retribution. Oh dear...it's beat the crap outta Dean time! Ouch!
Dean makes it into the elevator, gets to the lobby and the dude shows up right there for round two! Thankfully, Crowley is there waiting and covers the dudes head and begins bashing his skull with a crowbar. What was the deal with him calling the dude uncle, anyway? Curious. Turns out Dean was simply the bait. Figures.
Crowley: What? It went like clockwork!
Dean: Not for me, you son of a bitch!
Crowley: That's what you get, working with a demon.
He's got a point... *g*
In the car, Crowley's carving a symbol on the demon dude's chest. Looks like a devil's pitchfork (which you can also see on the walls in Crowley's place). Dean's worried about the upholstery now? it's already got a hole in it! The carving will keep the demon locked in the meatsuit. Well that's handy.
They're not taking the demon back to where Sam is and Dean once again stops the car and demands to know why. Crowley says Sam and the demon have a history and Dean says they're not going anywhere until he explains.
They do indeed return to Sam, who wants to know what's up when Crowley tells him this wasn't his idea. I really like that Dean says he's doing this because he trusts Sam. That's been the issue between them all season long and since they're trying to have faith in one another again, this is good to hear.
The cover comes off and Sam recognizes the dude as Brady, the guy who introduced him to Jess. Turns out he was a demon that whole time. Sam's then out for blood but Dean manages to hold him off.
Dean: Listen to me. We need Pestilence to get at the devil and we need Brady to get to Pestilence.
Sam: Why? Because Crowley said so? Because we trust him now? Like I trusted Ruby? Or like I trusted Brady back at school?
Strong arguments from Sam. I like it.
Crowley talks to Brady, who isn't going to budge anytime soon, so Crowley decides he has to go attack a demon hive. Dean makes a wrong move and goes to wash off his face and Sam locks him in the bathroom. Ooops. This isn't good.
Brady does a good job of the demonic taunting....telling Sam when he took over his friend's body, how he brought Jess into his life and then had to kill her because Sam was becoming too soft. Turns out he was the one who burned Jess on the ceiling, not the YED. Ooooh. Sam starts to snap and cuts Brady's neck a little, but then cools down and walks away. See, Sam....that's what Bobby was talkin' about. If you can let this demon get to you what do you think Lucifer is going to do?
Sam lets Dean out of the bathroom...
Dean: What happened?
Sam: Nothing.
Dean: My ass!
Sam: Dean, I'm fine.
Dean: Yeah? What about Brady?
Sam: Like you said...we need him.
Crowley's back and looking a little bloody and roughed up. Turns out he went to a demon's nest and "had a little massacre". Heh. But he let one little demon toad live....
Crowley: "Also might've given said toad the impression that you left your post last night because you and I are....wait for it....Lovers in league against Satan. Hello, darling."
LOL! You gotta love Crowley's style. :D
Now that they're on the same playing field it looks like Brady might spill, but the howl of a hellhound interrupts. This can't be good. Turns out the demons he attacked put one of those coin tracking devices on Crowley. Peachy! Then Crowley disappears (after tossing the coin to Dean).
Sam: I told you!
Dean: Oh, well good for you!
LOL! Now, boys. Don't bicker. :P
This next scene is so awesome! The hellhound crashes in through the window and Dean grabs his shotgun to try and hold it off. Poor Dean knows all too well what a hellhound attack feels like.
At least he's not as panicked as Brady.
Brady: Dammit get me outta here!
Sam & Dean: Shut up!
Crowley returns....with his own hellhound. "Mine's bigger." Heehee!
Awesome special effects work on the hellhound fight! Nice blood splatter on the lens again, too. *g* The boys get Brady untied and the 4 pile into the Impala. "I'll wager a thousand my pup wins." Love Crowley's cackle there, too!
This next scene in a deserted alley is interesting. After Brady gives over Pestilence's location, Crowley leaves and Dean finishes laying a salt line down. Brady wants to know what's up.
Dean: All those angels, all those demons, all those sons of bitches, they just don't get it do they Sammy?
Sam: No they don't, Dean.
Dean: You see, Brady, we're the ones you should be afraid of.
Ooooh....
So Dean's going to let Sam get his revenge. Interesting, but he's still there, watching it all happen.
Brady: Maybe you hate us so much because you hate what you see every time you look in the mirror. You ever think of that? Maybe the only difference between you and a demon is your hell is right here.
And with that Sam stabs him, a chilling "Interesting theory" on his lips afterwards.
Bobby's talking to Rufus on the phone! I'd almost forgotten about him. :)
Crowley's waiting to talk business. Turns out he knows of a spell to find Death and all he needs is Bobby's soul. Nooooo!!!!! Gotta give Bobby points, he doesn't give in right away, blasting Crowley with a shotgun. I giggled at his "Ow!!!!" Heehee!
Crowley reinstates his life depending on the devil getting back in his cage and promises to give his soul back. Yeah...riiiight. "Temporary loan. I'll give it. right. back." And we don't see Bobby's answer! Dammit Kripke! :P
Was this a great episode? Maybe. Was it a super, epic one? No, but that's okay. Gotta admit I thought Pestilence was actually in this episode, but I guess we'll see him in the next one along with Death. Can't wait!!!
I'm thinking this is one of those episodes that might improve over time and repeated viewings. At first I was all happy about it, but there's little faults and weird happenings in this one that I need to mull over some more. Some of those being Dean trusting a demon (after Sam trusting Ruby it seems a little hypocritical), Sam still thinking he can say yes to the devil and take control and escape (the same arrogance after Dean and Bobby pointing it out to him! When will it sink in???), and the final scene with the boys where Sam kills Brady (because this seems like a weird decision for Dean to be okay with this). Though I guess since Crowley carved that symbol on him there was no way to save the host anyway (not that you could after all these years) and why would you just let a demon go? *shrugs* So I guess I sorta answered that one.
I really think Mark Sheppard nearly stole the show though. He is brilliant! It's gotta be great fun to play a demon like that and chew up all the scenery in every scene you're in. Looking forward to seeing what mischief he'll make in the next eppy. Is it Thursday yet?
