My review for the Supernatural episode “All Hell Breaks Loose, Part II,” is up at pinkraygun.com. Enjoy!
An excerpt:
“You like reunion scenes? I do. Especially when they begin like this one. Dean’s eyes are glittering as he sees Sam and hugs him hard enough to squeeze the life out of him. Sam, in his little brother way, is disoriented and complains that Dean is hugging too hard, and that’s when the lies begin. And I don’t mean one or two little white lies. I mean big whoppers that start a trend that last for the next freaking two seasons. Two seasons, people! Two WHOLE seasons of Sam and Dean prevaricating and stooping to subterfuge and all kinds of dishonest shenanigans, which leads ultimately, as I have said, to a dearth of brotherly touching. So live it up while you can, kids.”
So it’s that time of year again! Supernatural’s 5th Season starts on September 10th, and I anticipate that it will be a great ride. In the meantime, here is the link to the Pink Raygun article I wrote about those scenes that I wish Show had filmed (or filmed differently). You can read about it here.
You can read my review of the Supernatural episode “Lucifer Rising” at pinkraygun.com. Thank you!
An excerpt:
“For one very shocked minute, I thought for sure that Dean was going to have to drink the angel’s blood and considered what an interesting mirror that would be to Sam’s drinking the demon’s blood all this time, and how neat and tidy that would be. But no, the Soap Angel draws some symbols on the wall that allow him to send Zachariah off somewhere. And then as everything starts glowing, he zaps Dean back into the real world, and he says, “It’s the archangel. I’ll fight them. I’ll fight them all. ” I must tell you, I fell a little bit in love with the Soap Angel at that moment, because while he is a dick and hasn’t been very helpful to Dean, there was something in his voice there. Strength of purpose. Courage. Even love. “
You can read my review of the Supernatural episode “When the Levee Breaks” at pinkraygun.com. Thank you!
An excerpt:
“And oh, what a torment. The scene is beautifully filmed in the throbbing light as it passes through the fan, with touches of red lantern and glowy sun, smudged with shadows that lay inky and dark in the rounded corners of the panic room. The jewel here is Sam himself, all sweaty and miserable, alternately calling for Dean and talking to ghosts of Winchester past, figments of his fevered imagination. And all the while, he’s dressed in a provocative snap-button shirt, with his Samhair lank and messy along his neck, his eyes artfully marked by the dark circles beneath them. True suffering could not be any more beautiful than it is here.”
You can read my review of the Supernatural episode “The Rapture” at pinkraygun.com. Thank you!
An excerpt:
“To me this was a Sam episode. Not a Samhair episode, though there was lots of that to sigh over, but a Sam episode. Yes, I do realize there were other characters abounding, most notably Sam’s older brother. But for me, this ep was about Sam. The younger son. The baby of the family. The guy with the birthday in May. Astrology sign of Taurus. Tall. Handsome. Fabulous hair. Green eyes. Sweet smile and gorgeous dimples. Manly shoulders and a voice that could sing Grendel to sleep. Remember Sam? The guy who’s story we’ve been given such a paucity of so as to render him almost invisible? Yes. Him. Sadly, Show mucked about for most of the ep wasting time telling someone else’s story, namely that of the Soap Angel.”
You can read my review of the Supernatural episode “Jump the Shark” at pinkraygun.com. Thank you!
An excerpt:
“The metal duct is claustrophobic and twisty, and Dean crawls through this with much flashing of flashlight and much groaning and kvetching, having lost at Rock, Paper, Scissors yet again.(As he does. As he always does. I love it when Show remembers continuity moments like this.) The one made out of dirt is straight and just about the same size. And even though the MOW drags bodies through both tunnels apparently with ease, but Dean’s only got about, oh, one inch to spare on either side. Hey, I’m not looking at his powerful and broad manly shoulders as he crawls through the tunnels, I’m not. I was not absorbed in watching them churn, in watching the pull of his shirt over his arms. No. I was thinking about the plot. Totally.”
You can read my review of the Supernatural episode “The Monster at the End of the Book” at pinkraygun.com. Thank you!
An excerpt:
“First up: Interior motel room, day. Dean is spread out artfully on the bed reading the books while Sam does research on his laptop. It’s a pretty basic scene, nothing we’ve not seen before, except Dean is complaining about being naked and having sex all the time in the books, and has anyone bothered to tell him how provocative it is when he poses like that? Then Sam shows Dean the fansite about the books, which, when Dean looks at, he remarks that fans sure do complain a lot. Hey! I resemble that remark and I’d like to lodge a complaint! Of course we complain, we wouldn’t complain if we didn’t care, you know? I also wanted to jump up and defend my status as a Samgirl, too, which is just silly, because why on earth would I need to defend my choices to a fictional character? Such is the power of an ep like this that comes very close to breaking through the fourth wall, and manages to make a running commentary about both itself and its devoted audience.”
You can read my review of the Supernatural episode “It’s a Terrible Life” at pinkraygun.com. Thank you!
An excerpt:
“One of my favorite conversations involve Sam suggesting to Dean that they give everything up and travel the country together doing good works, and it’s not just because of the First Aid. (Really!). Dean objects, bringing up his portfolio, and asking how they would live. “What are we supposed to do,” he asks, “apply for fake credit cards, eat bad diner food, and share crap motels?” I know the answer to that, even as Sam admits that it’s all a little shaky. But it’s interesting to see Dean objecting to a lifestyle that he previously embraced to his manly bosom with everything he had. And then Sam adorably follows up with the fact that in his dreams, he and Dean were friends, and more than that, they were like brothers. Which is, of course, what the whole show is about, and I love the fact that Show acknowledges this out loud.”
Okay, so I’m stuck at home during this early spring blizzard, and noting, with some surprise, the number of posts over at Pink Raygun, following my most recent ep review of “On the Head of a Pin.” While I’m not going to take credit for the discussion that has taken off on its own, I can call myself a facilitator for providing the space. Maybe. Anyway…I got a case of the giggles and made one of these to send to my editor at PRG, because sometimes, you just have to pat yourself on the back.
 
