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Can I just say it was awesome and leave it at that? No? Fine.
The one thing I've loved about most of Sera Gamble's episodes is the characterizations. Even in the midst of completely losing his mind, Sam never lost his empathy and managed to help save another patient. I miss that side of Sam. I also nearly cackled at Dean saying it may have taken some time, but he's always been able to shake everything off. Has he ever shaken anything off? He mostly just accumulates issues and then tries to BS them or drink them away.
Boy, that psych ward Sam was committed to was low rent, wasn't it? I wouldn't be surprised if that was lead-based paint peeling off the bed frame. You'd think they could afford some beds that were made after 1940. Sam's doctor was so creepily cheerful that I was waiting for him to turn out to be a leviathan (or, given the episode, a demon). I didn't suspect the orderly until he started setting Sam up for electroconvulsive therapy without anesthesia (patients are given anesthesia and muscle relaxants prior to treatment these days--it's not like it's usually portrayed in the media).
I can't honestly say I've missed Castiel. I feel like his story ran its course, but the writers kept desperately trying to find things for him to do because he was popular (he actually reminded me a lot of Sylar from Heroes that way). However, I have missed Misha's fabulous line delivery. "He betrayed you, this dude" was a very serious character moment that made me giggle just from how solemnly he said it.
And after not being able to fix Sam, Castiel felt guilty enough over breaking him to trade places with him. I still want to know what the exact mechanism was that was causing the hallucinations that they could be transferred from Sam into Castiel. Was there really a little bit of Lucifer himself at work there? Or did Castiel take all of Sam's memories from the cage and that's what's torturing him now? Somebody tell me how this works!
Meanwhile, I can see how there wasn't much that could be done for Castiel now, but what's going to happen to "Emmanuel"'s wife, Daphne? She doesn't know where her husband is or what's going on. At least we know his body will hold out longer than Sam's was going to. But if Castiel doesn't have the power to cure what was wrong with Sam, who's going to have the power to cure Castiel? And now Castiel gets Meg on his nursing staff. That'll go well.
Speaking of Meg, what the heck happened to Rachel Miner? She looked different, and her delivery was so flat. I wasn't really feeling her "Meg"-ness at all, if you know what I mean. Oh, well. She was never my favorite Meg anyway.
You know, having an all-demons-all-the-time episode made me realize just how much I don't really care about the leviathans. I hope that story arc gets wrapped up this season.
The one thing I've loved about most of Sera Gamble's episodes is the characterizations. Even in the midst of completely losing his mind, Sam never lost his empathy and managed to help save another patient. I miss that side of Sam. I also nearly cackled at Dean saying it may have taken some time, but he's always been able to shake everything off. Has he ever shaken anything off? He mostly just accumulates issues and then tries to BS them or drink them away.
Boy, that psych ward Sam was committed to was low rent, wasn't it? I wouldn't be surprised if that was lead-based paint peeling off the bed frame. You'd think they could afford some beds that were made after 1940. Sam's doctor was so creepily cheerful that I was waiting for him to turn out to be a leviathan (or, given the episode, a demon). I didn't suspect the orderly until he started setting Sam up for electroconvulsive therapy without anesthesia (patients are given anesthesia and muscle relaxants prior to treatment these days--it's not like it's usually portrayed in the media).
I can't honestly say I've missed Castiel. I feel like his story ran its course, but the writers kept desperately trying to find things for him to do because he was popular (he actually reminded me a lot of Sylar from Heroes that way). However, I have missed Misha's fabulous line delivery. "He betrayed you, this dude" was a very serious character moment that made me giggle just from how solemnly he said it.
And after not being able to fix Sam, Castiel felt guilty enough over breaking him to trade places with him. I still want to know what the exact mechanism was that was causing the hallucinations that they could be transferred from Sam into Castiel. Was there really a little bit of Lucifer himself at work there? Or did Castiel take all of Sam's memories from the cage and that's what's torturing him now? Somebody tell me how this works!
Meanwhile, I can see how there wasn't much that could be done for Castiel now, but what's going to happen to "Emmanuel"'s wife, Daphne? She doesn't know where her husband is or what's going on. At least we know his body will hold out longer than Sam's was going to. But if Castiel doesn't have the power to cure what was wrong with Sam, who's going to have the power to cure Castiel? And now Castiel gets Meg on his nursing staff. That'll go well.
Speaking of Meg, what the heck happened to Rachel Miner? She looked different, and her delivery was so flat. I wasn't really feeling her "Meg"-ness at all, if you know what I mean. Oh, well. She was never my favorite Meg anyway.
You know, having an all-demons-all-the-time episode made me realize just how much I don't really care about the leviathans. I hope that story arc gets wrapped up this season.
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Date: 2012-03-24 03:57 am (UTC)From:Yeah, that hospital was in need of some serious funding for furnishings. Although I kept getting distracted by the fit of Sam's t-shirt. Rowr. I prefer the v-necks, but man, did that one fit him just so.
Jared just did a terrific job. I felt weary just watching him. And wanted to tuck him in and shoo away Lucifer so the boy could get his rest.
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Date: 2012-03-24 04:14 am (UTC)From:Good on Jared for getting the "I haven't slept in a week" feeling across. Dean kept Castiel's coat in his trunk! Right next to the notebook he wrote "Dean and Castiel Winchester 4ever" all over.
It looked to me like the ridiculously over the top electroshock made things much worse in Sam's head, so I don't know if it actually is just Sam's Hell-cracked head toying with him.
I've missed Misha. He plays such a great solemn straight man.
I too wondered about Daphne. Does she ever find out that her husband isn't coming back (and is trapped in a mental ward thinking Satan is sitting with him)? I know that might be awkward for Dean to get across but....
That was the same actress as Meg? Wow. I had no idea from how different she looked. Personally, I liked her line readings.
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Date: 2012-03-24 04:48 am (UTC)From:Dean kept Castiel's coat in his trunk! Right next to the notebook he wrote "Dean and Castiel Winchester 4ever" all over.
With a sparkly pink glitter pen. The blood still on the trenchcoat was kind of icky though.
I too wondered about Daphne. Does she ever find out that her husband isn't coming back?
That was the same actress as Meg? Wow. I had no idea from how different she looked. Personally, I liked her line readings.
I didn't recognize her in the publicity stills at all. Someone had to tell me it was her, and of course her name was in the opening credits.
You know, now that I think about it, she looked and sounded like I did after my second dental surgery. The quack I went to coped with my allergy to the common anti-inflammatory by not giving me one. My jaw was swollen shut for a month. (The new--and competent--oral surgeon I go to special orders a different anti-inflammatory for me; I had minimal swelling and it was gone in 2 days).
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Date: 2012-03-24 04:56 am (UTC)From:Maybe he didn't know how he'd explain the stains to a dry cleaner. The red? Blood. The black? Uh.
True, but still! Demons were roughing her up looking for him, he goes off with this guy with a knife, never comes back, ya know?
After a car accident I was put on daily Motrin for months and swelled up with ten pounds of wtf. As soon as I got off it I went back to a more normal size. And ::hugs::
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Date: 2012-03-24 05:06 am (UTC)From:Goo Gone cleans everything! ;-)
Demons were roughing her up looking for him, he goes off with this guy with a knife, never comes back, ya know?
I feel terrible, but my first response to the woman bound and gagged in the chair being named Daphne was 'please don't tell me she's wearing a purple dress.' I totally wouldn't put it past the show to stick in a random Scooby-Doo reference. ::iz a bad fangirl::
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Date: 2012-03-24 05:59 am (UTC)From:I agree that Meg felt off because she really wasn't hitting her lines quite right. Either that or Kripke used to write exclusively for Meg and that was lost after he left.
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Date: 2012-03-24 05:36 pm (UTC)From:For Meg, I felt like the dialogue was there, but she sounded like she had marbles in her mouth when she delivered her lines.
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Date: 2012-03-26 05:51 am (UTC)From:I continue to be confused on the whole Cas/Sam/wall/Lucifer/wtf thing - hoping a re-watch will help but I'm not really counting on it. LOL
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Date: 2012-03-26 06:26 am (UTC)From:If it does, please come back here and explain it to me. ;-)