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Was this a new director? I didn't recognize the name. ::iz stoopid and looks on IMDb:: Yep, it looks like he's never directed Show before. That explains why it didn't feel like a Supernatural episode to me.
It actually felt more like a special vampire episode of Justified. Mama and Alex reminded me so much of Mags Bennett and Loretta. Loretta wasn't Mags' biological child either, and Mags' boys were all super jealous of the pedestal their mama put Loretta on because she was the only girl. And Loretta, too, didn't come to be part of the Bennett family by legal means. The stories also ended the same way, with Loretta and Alex as the last ones standing.
And there's another reason the name "Bennett" was stuck in my head. I spent the whole episode trying to figure out where I knew Mama from. It turns out Ashley Crow played Sandra Bennet on Heroes.
Odds on whether Jody keeps Alex? I imagine that will be up to Alex, but I would be surprised if they didn't stay together at least for awhile. The sad thing is that Alex is really going to need all the therapy ever, definitely at a professional level as opposed to a sympathetic ear, but who can she go to? If she tries to tell any regular therapist about getting kidnapped by vampires and her Stockholm Syndrome with the nest, they'd commit her and put her on the heavy drugs. I've been saying for years that some hunter's kid out there who doesn't want to or can't hunt needs to get a psychology degree and hang out a shingle for all the hunters and victims of the supernatural who need therapy but can't get it because they can't tell a regular therapist the truth about what happened to them.
Was this a new director? I didn't recognize the name. ::iz stoopid and looks on IMDb:: Yep, it looks like he's never directed Show before. That explains why it didn't feel like a Supernatural episode to me.
It actually felt more like a special vampire episode of Justified. Mama and Alex reminded me so much of Mags Bennett and Loretta. Loretta wasn't Mags' biological child either, and Mags' boys were all super jealous of the pedestal their mama put Loretta on because she was the only girl. And Loretta, too, didn't come to be part of the Bennett family by legal means. The stories also ended the same way, with Loretta and Alex as the last ones standing.
And there's another reason the name "Bennett" was stuck in my head. I spent the whole episode trying to figure out where I knew Mama from. It turns out Ashley Crow played Sandra Bennet on Heroes.
Odds on whether Jody keeps Alex? I imagine that will be up to Alex, but I would be surprised if they didn't stay together at least for awhile. The sad thing is that Alex is really going to need all the therapy ever, definitely at a professional level as opposed to a sympathetic ear, but who can she go to? If she tries to tell any regular therapist about getting kidnapped by vampires and her Stockholm Syndrome with the nest, they'd commit her and put her on the heavy drugs. I've been saying for years that some hunter's kid out there who doesn't want to or can't hunt needs to get a psychology degree and hang out a shingle for all the hunters and victims of the supernatural who need therapy but can't get it because they can't tell a regular therapist the truth about what happened to them.
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Date: 2014-04-23 06:38 am (UTC)From:I think Jody and Alex are going to be good for each other for a bit and then who knows, it's not like Alex isn't at an age where you are preparing to leave your nest (cough pun intended cough).
Justfied makes so much sense, I can't even (and Heroes, gosh, gotta finish that second season some time) but I don't necessarily feel like that was a bad thing, I kinda liked it actually. The only beef I have really is how Sam got 'knocked out' again (srsly, let yourself get caught by a vamp with a shotgun and not put a Jo-move on him? Though supernaturally happy trigger finger, yeah I kinda get that..) so Dean could have a moment of 'look, adrenaline, I'm stronger than a Vamp (how the fuck was that NOT what Sam went on about) yay'. And really, did they put that blood back in from the rusty bucket (yeah, EEWW) because with that amount he totally would have needed a coroner (if it were ordinary people) but at least a transfusion before he walked down the stairs to fight more Vamps.
But hey, I thought Jody got a terrific character spotlight in this ep and I'm really glad they brought her back that way.
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Date: 2014-04-23 11:29 pm (UTC)From:Good point. Some of the hunters, at least, aren't too distantly removed from soldiers in combat zones. I vote for supernatural therapist as Sam's second career if he ever leaves the hunting gig again.
with that amount he totally would have needed a coroner (if it were ordinary people) but at least a transfusion
No kidding. Sam made an awfully quick recovery. He should have still been nearly face-planting if he stood up too fast.
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Date: 2014-04-24 03:08 am (UTC)From:The vampires' method of getting home delivery of victims was pretty smart, at least until the otherwise Stockholm syndrome-d Alex couldn't take it anymore.
With this show, every time Jody appears I'm waiting for her to get killed, but this time she and another female character survive! And do things for themselves!
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Date: 2014-04-25 02:29 am (UTC)From:every time Jody appears I'm waiting for her to get killed
That's how I feel about every recurring character. There are even a couple I wish would get killed off (not Jody), but I think I'm SOL on them, at least for awhile yet.
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Date: 2014-05-03 07:19 am (UTC)From:In the horror game, you really have to be careful about where you go for therapy.
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