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Post by Mystique on Apr 5, 2018 16:02:45 GMT -5
What would you rate this one?
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Post by paforrest on Apr 9, 2018 7:03:13 GMT -5
Belatedly chiming in with a rating of 7.5. Mostly I liked it - less Asmodeus would have rated it higher. Not so sure about this new milking of an angel's grace canon we've got going on here this season, but I realize I just have to accept after this many years canon is going to continue to be changed/screwed over/thrown out the window all the way up to the end - which at this point is probably going to come after my lifetime. I've got to accept that too.
I love playful Dean as well as large and in charge Dean - the way he's supposed to be as opposed to those times and seasons he's purposely written OOC. And all those Dean-haters can go screw themselves, especially since Dean's decision at the end was strategically smart anyway, he did explain it rather than do something behind Sam's back, and we don't see a lot of that on this show. Of course you should have back-up at the ready if and when everything goes sideways, and it will. I'm sure Sammy and Cassie will get to jump into the rift next week at some point.
I don't know if Perez is liking Dean any better than he clearly didn't last season - or if he's being told to write more and better for Dean this year than he did last year. I really do hope Jensen complained over the hiatus, because he should have. All I know is Perez is writing for Dean this year, and in character, and not inexplicably dropping him out of the storyline 10 minutes in to go on a latte run, or pumping him full of valium like was the trend last season.
Overall, I thought the story was interesting enough and a decent Winchester adventure - which makes two episodes in a row that the Winchesters were wholly present for, and it does make a difference now WRT to my enjoyment level.
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Post by BabySpinach on Apr 10, 2018 1:14:08 GMT -5
7
Something about it felt off at certain points. The two Men of Letters descendants kind of appeared, then disappeared. We didn't really learn anything about them before they left the story. Also, a bunch of them attacking the diner and punching random unlucky people was kind of weird and silly. Where did they come from? How big is this group, exactly?
Once again, a golden opportunity to make a monster scary, only to squander it with a lack of tension, atmosphere, and appropriate lighting. Tentacles were very obviously CGI and not the least bit intimidating; they could have at least dripped ooze or something to make them seem more visceral and gross. Everything was all bright and colorful and sterile, but that's more of a general pattern with where the show has gone over the years.
I'm glad that Dean got to rescue himself from his restraints and that he explained his decision to go without Sam. I'm glad he didn't do it behind his back, breaking that particular exasperating pattern for both of them. Dean saying sarcastically, "I love books," pissed me off a bit, because it felt like he was falling back into that old "uneducated, boorish glutton" caricature. But I can rationalize that away with the possibility that he may enjoy reading for fun, but still hates sifting through archives of old research material.
But overall, pretty entertaining. Definitely better than this writer's previous episodes.
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