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Post by Mystique on Jan 25, 2018 22:57:07 GMT -5
So, What's your rating?
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Post by thesnowleopard on Jan 25, 2018 23:55:08 GMT -5
Was wondering what happened to you!
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Post by Mystique on Jan 26, 2018 1:02:40 GMT -5
I have so much going on lately, especially these past couple days. Kinda lost track. But I got the thread up....eventually.
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Post by Mystique on Jan 26, 2018 12:48:12 GMT -5
7/10 for me
I thought it was pretty good. It was a good episode for Dean. I love Donna, so it was great seeing her on again. The story had an Urban Legends myth feel to it. I loved the tip of the hat to CB Radios and Truck Drivers. No Jack, only a couple mentions. IMO Perez did pretty well again, surprisingly.
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Post by paforrest on Jan 26, 2018 13:26:20 GMT -5
7/10 for me
I thought it was pretty good. It was a good episode for Dean. I love Donna, so it was great seeing her on again. The story had an Urban Legends myth feel to it. I loved the tip of the hat to CB Radios and Truck Drivers. No Jack, only a couple mentions. IMO Perez did pretty well again, surprisingly. Yeah, I'd venture to say it might be Perez's best episode. I've forgotten what else he wrote so far this year, but I don't recall hating the last episode he wrote, because normally I'd remember kind of thing. I think this season he may have become a stronger writer. And a huge part of the reason for that is how unlike last year he finally twigged to the fact that if you write a strong Dean and actually use Jensen Ackles in a large part if not most of your episode, it immediately becomes a whole helluva lot better. I know this episode was supposed to set up Donna for the spin-off, and while I like Donna, I don't give a rat's ass about the spin-off. However, overall I felt like it was an equally strong Winchester episode, and certainly a strong one for leader!Dean who, again, always always always makes an episode a shit ton better. It was certainly very dark, but I agree that it was an impressive throwback to the urban legend aspect of the original series. And while Jack and Jodi and Mary and Kaia get a passing mention, it wasn't about them at all, and the story benefited greatly from sticking with the Winchesters and one strong recurring character. The only thing I don't understand is mopey!Sam and his suddenly gloom and doom attitude. The only thing it looks like to me is that the usual and all too often pulled-out off the shelf emo!Dean storyline is possibly the one that hasn't been repurposed for Sam over the years. Looks like that may be what's happening now, and he's frankly welcome to it. I'd definitely give this one a 7, maybe even an 8 for being tight and interesting - not to mention for actually recalling that Dean was once a vampire!
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Post by Mystique on Jan 26, 2018 14:37:57 GMT -5
7/10 for me
I thought it was pretty good. It was a good episode for Dean. I love Donna, so it was great seeing her on again. The story had an Urban Legends myth feel to it. I loved the tip of the hat to CB Radios and Truck Drivers. No Jack, only a couple mentions. IMO Perez did pretty well again, surprisingly. The only thing I don't understand is mopey!Sam and his suddenly gloom and doom attitude. The only thing it looks like to me is that the usual and all too often pulled-out off the shelf emo!Dean storyline is possibly the one that hasn't been repurposed for Sam over the years. Looks like that may be what's happening now, and he's frankly welcome to it. I'd definitely give this one a 7, maybe even an 8 for being tight and interesting - not to mention for actually recalling that Dean was once a vampire!
The mopey!Sam/Dark place Sam, for me, reminded me of the first season. When he was grieving Jess and wasn't particularly interested in cases that didn't involve finding Jess' killer or finding John. Dean had to, once again, reiterate the emphasis of doing the job and saving people in the interim of finding, in this case, Mary and Jack. And Sam's slight bit of bluntness toward Donna at the end reminds me a little of soulless Sam. I do agree it does feel like it came out of the blue with the lack of lead up towards it.
I was debating between a 7 or 8 too, but then decided on a 7 for myself. I did appreciate the acknowledgement of more of Dean's history as well, as it's a pretty rare occurrence.
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