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gryfndor_godess) wrote2011-04-09 09:45 pm
gryfndor_godess) wrote2011-04-09 09:45 pm
Supernatural: Faith
Notes I took while watching the episode:
-Sam’s face- his tears- when the doc tells him the news about Dean.
-Oh my gosh, just watching this revival is creeping me out.
-The reaper looks like one of the Gentlemen.
-…Where are the boys staying? That doesn’t look like a motel.
-I wonder if it’s the wife who summoned the reaper and Roy isn’t even aware of it. That would be a cool twist.
-Called it!
Moments that made me giggle inside:
-“Take care of my car, or I’ll haunt your ass.” “That’s not funny.” “Aw, it’s a little funny.”
-“You’re not gonna let me die in peace, are ya?”
Moments that made me actually LOL:
-“Maybe God works in mysterious ways.” “Maybe he does. I think he just turned me around on the subject.”
Overall Thoughts:
Woooooot, two excellent episodes in a row! Man, was this one creepy. And not because of the reaper.
How wonderful was Sam in this episode? From his utter heartbreak when he spoke to the doctor to the message he left John to refusing to give up to saving Dean at the end- I think I am officially a Sam girl as well now. Hopefully he’ll stay this awesome. Jared was amazing during his choked up scenes.
Dean was incredibly moving in this episode as well, from his acceptance of his death to maintaining his flirt-meter despite everything to being humble and apologizing when Roy heard his insult in church to insisting they look into the situation to feeling guilty about Laila to saying at the end he would pray for her. And notice how he didn’t try to run from the reaper? I bet a part of him thought he should let it kill him so Laila would live.
I was wondering when they were going to bring up the moral question of killing a human bad guy, and I suspected, rightly, that the boys would be on opposite sides of the matter and Sam would say be the one to say ‘no.’ It’s definitely not a clear-cut dilemma because what are they supposed to do in this sort of situation? They can’t cart them off to the police. I think I fall on Sam’s side because it isn’t their right to decide who gets to live and who gets to die- and in this case they clearly would have been wrong and killed an innocent man. Maybe I would feel differently if there hadn’t been a way to break Sue Ann’s spell. I don’t know. I do see Dean’s side as well.
Of course, this draws a huge parallel with Buffy and her no-killing-humans rule. Though I understand why she has to view the world in largely black and white terms to do her job effectively, her stance on the matter always bugged me. Why is killing a really evil human wrong but killing a really evil demon is all right? It’s like species-ism or something. Humans are better and the natural order of things, so they get mercy. Ugh. I don’t think the issue will bug me as much on SPN because most of the monsters so far haven’t been sentient and/or capable of change- or they’ve been corruptions of the natural order that need to be ‘fixed’ (like spirits). We’ll see.
Lastly, I’m glad that there was some nice stuff about faith at the end with Laila because the radicalism was seriously freaky. OTOH, in hindsight, I guess the revival can be considered a little less strange because as far as they knew, miracles really were happening. Heck, I might even have become a believer myself. But yeesh was Sue Ann icky.
I lied, this is the last thing, because how could I not mention Julie Benz? It was lovely to see her, and my, did she look lovely. I don’t know what was so different, because we see her in sunlight in AtS S2, but she was gorgeous. Maybe it’s ‘cause she got to smile a lot instead of smirking/raging/preening/biting people.
Purely Subjective Rating:
5/5
Favorite Boy:
Tie
-Sam’s face- his tears- when the doc tells him the news about Dean.
-Oh my gosh, just watching this revival is creeping me out.
-The reaper looks like one of the Gentlemen.
-…Where are the boys staying? That doesn’t look like a motel.
-I wonder if it’s the wife who summoned the reaper and Roy isn’t even aware of it. That would be a cool twist.
-Called it!
Moments that made me giggle inside:
-“Take care of my car, or I’ll haunt your ass.” “That’s not funny.” “Aw, it’s a little funny.”
-“You’re not gonna let me die in peace, are ya?”
Moments that made me actually LOL:
-“Maybe God works in mysterious ways.” “Maybe he does. I think he just turned me around on the subject.”
Overall Thoughts:
Woooooot, two excellent episodes in a row! Man, was this one creepy. And not because of the reaper.
How wonderful was Sam in this episode? From his utter heartbreak when he spoke to the doctor to the message he left John to refusing to give up to saving Dean at the end- I think I am officially a Sam girl as well now. Hopefully he’ll stay this awesome. Jared was amazing during his choked up scenes.
Dean was incredibly moving in this episode as well, from his acceptance of his death to maintaining his flirt-meter despite everything to being humble and apologizing when Roy heard his insult in church to insisting they look into the situation to feeling guilty about Laila to saying at the end he would pray for her. And notice how he didn’t try to run from the reaper? I bet a part of him thought he should let it kill him so Laila would live.
I was wondering when they were going to bring up the moral question of killing a human bad guy, and I suspected, rightly, that the boys would be on opposite sides of the matter and Sam would say be the one to say ‘no.’ It’s definitely not a clear-cut dilemma because what are they supposed to do in this sort of situation? They can’t cart them off to the police. I think I fall on Sam’s side because it isn’t their right to decide who gets to live and who gets to die- and in this case they clearly would have been wrong and killed an innocent man. Maybe I would feel differently if there hadn’t been a way to break Sue Ann’s spell. I don’t know. I do see Dean’s side as well.
Of course, this draws a huge parallel with Buffy and her no-killing-humans rule. Though I understand why she has to view the world in largely black and white terms to do her job effectively, her stance on the matter always bugged me. Why is killing a really evil human wrong but killing a really evil demon is all right? It’s like species-ism or something. Humans are better and the natural order of things, so they get mercy. Ugh. I don’t think the issue will bug me as much on SPN because most of the monsters so far haven’t been sentient and/or capable of change- or they’ve been corruptions of the natural order that need to be ‘fixed’ (like spirits). We’ll see.
Lastly, I’m glad that there was some nice stuff about faith at the end with Laila because the radicalism was seriously freaky. OTOH, in hindsight, I guess the revival can be considered a little less strange because as far as they knew, miracles really were happening. Heck, I might even have become a believer myself. But yeesh was Sue Ann icky.
I lied, this is the last thing, because how could I not mention Julie Benz? It was lovely to see her, and my, did she look lovely. I don’t know what was so different, because we see her in sunlight in AtS S2, but she was gorgeous. Maybe it’s ‘cause she got to smile a lot instead of smirking/raging/preening/biting people.
Purely Subjective Rating:
5/5
Favorite Boy:
Tie