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Well, at least it didn't suck as much as I was afraid it would.
This late in the season, I'm glad there was a myth-arc reason for them to go back to the old west. I wasn't really feeling the plot again, though. The boys were out of their element, at risk of being permanently trapped in the past, and had a firm deadline and only one shot at grabbing the only thing they knew of that might destroy the Mother of All, but again I felt absolutely no sense of urgency or suspense. I was much more interested in finding out what Castiel was doing that was so bad that his own loyal lieutenant tried to kill him.
Speaking of Rachael, I wanted someone to shove her off her high horse. Yes, the Winchesters call Castiel when they need something from him, but it's not like Castiel only calls on the Winchesters unannounced for beer and pizza. He contacts them when he needs something from them too.
Why did it take Sam all night to ride out to Samuel Colt's, but only 3 hours to ride back? And is Bobby's address really the only address in Sam's phone? If not, how did Colt know to pick that one?
Umm, how come nobody mentioned exploding during the previous incidents of soul groping? Everybody and their cousin have had their hands all over Sam's soul, and there was also that kid whose soul Castiel touched. Nobody seemed to worry about nuclear soul explosions then.
Is there some law in Canada that says that Scott Hylands must appear in every single show that films there? Because I'm pretty sure he has. If he missed one, Nicholas Campbell probably had him covered.
The most fun in this episode was trying to spot all the western movie references crammed in there. I'm sure I missed a ton. Highlights were Bobby mentioning Deadwood (Jim Beaver was on the show of the same name), the Ennio Morricone spaghetti western music cue, and Dean's "Candygram for Mongo!" Blazing Saddles is one of my favorite movies ever. I've completely lost count of how many times I've seen it, and it never stops being funny. Oh, and I also had to laugh at Star Trek IV: Save the Whales because that's exactly what I call it.
I've had 'Sam & Dean on horseback and/or motorcycles' on my personal wish list since back around season 2. So, so close. Five seconds of Sam in the dark doesn't count. I'm still holding out for motorcycles.
This late in the season, I'm glad there was a myth-arc reason for them to go back to the old west. I wasn't really feeling the plot again, though. The boys were out of their element, at risk of being permanently trapped in the past, and had a firm deadline and only one shot at grabbing the only thing they knew of that might destroy the Mother of All, but again I felt absolutely no sense of urgency or suspense. I was much more interested in finding out what Castiel was doing that was so bad that his own loyal lieutenant tried to kill him.
Speaking of Rachael, I wanted someone to shove her off her high horse. Yes, the Winchesters call Castiel when they need something from him, but it's not like Castiel only calls on the Winchesters unannounced for beer and pizza. He contacts them when he needs something from them too.
Why did it take Sam all night to ride out to Samuel Colt's, but only 3 hours to ride back? And is Bobby's address really the only address in Sam's phone? If not, how did Colt know to pick that one?
Umm, how come nobody mentioned exploding during the previous incidents of soul groping? Everybody and their cousin have had their hands all over Sam's soul, and there was also that kid whose soul Castiel touched. Nobody seemed to worry about nuclear soul explosions then.
Is there some law in Canada that says that Scott Hylands must appear in every single show that films there? Because I'm pretty sure he has. If he missed one, Nicholas Campbell probably had him covered.
The most fun in this episode was trying to spot all the western movie references crammed in there. I'm sure I missed a ton. Highlights were Bobby mentioning Deadwood (Jim Beaver was on the show of the same name), the Ennio Morricone spaghetti western music cue, and Dean's "Candygram for Mongo!" Blazing Saddles is one of my favorite movies ever. I've completely lost count of how many times I've seen it, and it never stops being funny. Oh, and I also had to laugh at Star Trek IV: Save the Whales because that's exactly what I call it.
I've had 'Sam & Dean on horseback and/or motorcycles' on my personal wish list since back around season 2. So, so close. Five seconds of Sam in the dark doesn't count. I'm still holding out for motorcycles.
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Date: 2011-04-23 04:55 am (UTC)From:While I loved that moment, I agree -- or rather, why was Bobby's address in the phone at all? It seems like it'd be kinda dangerous to have the address of home base in your cell phone, for any potential bad guy to swipe.
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Date: 2011-04-23 05:10 am (UTC)From:Fortunately the monsters so far haven't appeared to be terribly tech savvy. Although I now have this image in my head of the wendigo from season 1 sitting in his cave with a satellite Internet connection for his laptop and watching videos on YouTube.
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Date: 2011-04-23 05:12 am (UTC)From:VICTORY, lol. That Wendigo was scary enough -- add to him the ability to find YouTube videos, and it's so much worse...
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Date: 2011-04-23 05:42 am (UTC)From:How sad that for the second half of this season so far "at least it didn't suck as much as I was afraid it would" is the highest rating even the decent episodes get. Once again, almost no tension in the plotting.
That said, there were some moments I found fun aside from what you mentioned, like Dean as a major Wild West
fetishistfan, the "dude, no" "dude, yes" exchange, and the "giant from the future with a magic brick." I also appreciated that the prostitute was somewhat more authentically period than Dean liked.My major reference for this ep was Back to the Future, especially with the special delivery at the end.
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Date: 2011-04-23 07:38 am (UTC)From:The "giant from the future" thing was cute. I never get tired of the show mocking Jared's height.
I was having The Magnificent Seven (the TV show, not the movie) flashbacks myself. I hated Back to the Future with the fiery heat of a thousand suns.
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Date: 2011-04-23 06:10 am (UTC)From:Maybe it was because Bobby's is the number with more calls.
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Date: 2011-04-24 04:11 am (UTC)From:I really felt for Cas when he said, with a resigned air, "What do you need?" (I'm possibly paraphrasing, since I don't remember the exact words), but I actually think it's a case of the boys just being considerate. Yeah, hard to believe, but they know Cas is busy fighting a war, so they're not gonna call him up for anything less than a crisis, 'cause calling just to say "hey" could be a distraction and/or a waste of his valuable time. Cas should be more appreciative of their restraint, and finish the damn war so they can start hanging out again!
I agree with you about the lack of tension, but there were so many things to love in this episode that I'm happy. It really seems like Sera has finally figured it out, after an awkward, clunky first half of the season. Now that she's hitting her stride, I hope they can keep up the momentum throughout Season 7!
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Date: 2011-04-24 04:13 am (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2011-04-24 04:19 am (UTC)From:*i would have felt more like she was being self-righteous if she hadn't been trying to whistle-blow Cas, too. it seemed part of her personality to call people out, and the Winchester's self-centeredness is pretty well known throughout the land (Bobby, Adam...)
*i thought the address made sense, since the Winchesters don't really have a permanent address of their own. the problem would be in working out how to use the "thingy."
*i thought that there was a difference between examining a soul and using a soul as a sort of battery, but maybe i'm giving the writers way too much credit.