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Post by Mystique on Jan 31, 2018 0:11:51 GMT -5
What is your rating for this episode?
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Post by paforrest on Feb 4, 2018 8:46:45 GMT -5
No one has anything to say about this one? I admit I had to do quite a bit of FF'ing because the witchy guest stars were so bad and annoying that it was like fingernails on a chalkboard. And I refused to sit and listen to Sam whine about his Hell/Luci experience AGAIN after having suffered over two full seasons of that crap, especially when Dean's Hell experience is still mostly ignored and treated for laughs when it is brought up. Boo-hoo Princess Samantha, suck it up.
And, of course, Rowena played the crap out of Sam anyway to get the page she wanted, as he has now allowed her to be massively more powerful than she ever was before, which could lead to serious problems later. Though I suspect Rowena will be both frenemy and enemy depending on what the script needs that week, much like Crowley was for most of his run. At least Dean figured out Sam's bone-headed move, so a point for him. Otherwise, it's obvious the Winchesters were just there to be played the whole episode. Boo, Yockey.
I was reminded by a friend about the whole Empty thing at the beginning of the season, with Misha's weird double with the bad accent, and the hint that Castiel may not be alone in his vessel - once again. Forgotten about that since it's been so long, but Cas wasn't quite himself in this episode - a little too snarky and confident, which is why it just seems like it's not entirely him. But who knows if that's really where this story is going.
I'm happy enough that Rowena is back because Ruth got such a bad deal last season given the whole showrunners vs Mark S. debacle. Of course, it depends on what they do with her after this if I remain happy enough.
And I guess the annoying sisters were supposed to be some kind of mirror of the Winchesters in their goal to get mommy back which I wish they'd take to heart, but of course won't.
4/10
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Post by Mystique on Feb 4, 2018 15:05:22 GMT -5
I rated it a 5/10.
It had some good parts, bad parts and mediocrity so overall, for me, it was average. I had some second hand embarrassment with Dean under the witches spell, and cringed several times. I did enjoy Cas. He was pretty smart about his strategy to escape by using Luci (who was a little less boring to me than usual, surprisingly) and not being duped by him at the end. There were some brief moments where he seemed just slightly off to me too. Not sure if it was meant to hint at something being wrong, an effect of being locked up with Luci for a length of time, character development or reintroduction of some of his former qualities, or if they just threw a bunch of words down on paper and said "WTH looks good enough". It's difficult to tell.
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Post by thesnowleopard on Feb 4, 2018 23:53:43 GMT -5
I liked the direction and acting better than the writing (which was a bit pants). Was fun to see Rowena again and surprised to find Sam's moping understandable this week. I'm guessing there's more to her resurrection than she's telling. The witches, though properly horrific, were paper thin and kind of a drag. Though the fight choreography was good this week.
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