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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: 2012-03-26 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. ;-)