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Date watched: Sunday, July 12
Episode: 1.19 Provenance, 1.20 Dead Man’s Blood, 1.21 Salvation, 1.22 Devil’s Trap
Provenance is another creepy ghost story, this time dealing with a painting that I can not understand why anyone would want to buy even for charity. None-the-less it works as a horror movie story and the character of Sarah Blake was well done. I particularly loved that she was strong willed and didn’t allow Sam to make decisions for her. She even called him on it. It’s too bad they didn’t follow up on her character until the episode where they killed her off. *sigh*
Sam’s right, Dean’s obsession with getting Sam to hook up is kinda weird, but we know it comes from an emotionally constipated place of concern. I was glad they managed to have a real conversation about Jess, but Dean needs to realize that Sam is never going to be as casual about women as Dean currently is.
Random thoughts on Provenance:
-They probably should have broken out the suits for the art auction…they stick out like sore thumbs.
-The disco hotel room was awesome. I’ve loved all the weird themed hotel rooms they’ve come up with over the years.
-Sam was on a roll in this episode with some great lines. Best quotes:
“This isn’t the first grave we’ve dug. Still think I’m a catch?”
“What kind of house doesn’t have salt? Low sodium freaks.”
Why hello there Colt. Dead Man’s Blood is the episode that first introduces it to the mythology. That said, the part of the episode that stands out most to me is Dean’s attempts to hold his family together and be peacemaker while Sam and John fight. The relationship dynamics between the three of them feels authentic and I love the fact that Sam is described as being most like his father, hence the head butting.
That being said…is it bad that I kinda look forward to John dying? I’m really not fond of his character and I’m not exactly rational about it.
This episode is also our first introduction to vampires. The fact that hunters thought they were extinct means the vampires must have been super discreet because we run into a lot more of them over the course of the show. I’m also not sure how much some of the lore in this episode carries over. Is the whole mating for life thing ever brought up again?
Salvation is the first time we get a Road So Far with Carry on My Wayward Son and that always brings out the feels. The episode is part one of the season finale so it brings back all the big players. Meg, Azazel, and John all have significant roles.
Personally my favorite part of the episode is seeing the character growth in Dean. He stands up to his father—which John isn’t fond of commenting on the “new tone of yours”—and he also expresses his emotions more clearly to Sam. He actually almost breaks down after Sam gets recklessly hyper focused on revenge and talks about how he has trouble holding everything together and how his family is all he has. My heart.
I also enjoy seeing Sam thank Dean for being the one person who’s always had his back. For a show that claimed “no chick flick moments” this episode got pretty emotional.
Devil’s Trap is the season finale for season one and of course it ends on a cliff hanger. I really hate it when tv car accidents come in from the side with no warning.
Anyway, moving on. This episode is super notable because it’s Bobby’s first episode! Gotta love that.
This is also the first episode where I really see Dean as the Righteous Man. His insistence that they have to exorcise the Meg even if the human dies because its setting her free and that’s the right thing to do. Its surprising to me that Sam and Bobby didn’t see it that clearly.
How sad is it that Dean figures out his father is possessed because he was too nice to Dean? And then the demon exposes all of Dean’s insecurities about his role in his family. Breaks my heart. It also breaks my heart that time and time again Dean suffers at the hands of possessed/brainwashed people that he loves. And yet, it says something that time after time it is their love for him that pulls them back from the edge.
Gotta love that at the end Sam followed Dean’s lead and chose family over revenge, actually looking into the rearview mirror at Dean when he tells their father that some things are more important. Of course then the truck hit them.
Episode: 1.19 Provenance, 1.20 Dead Man’s Blood, 1.21 Salvation, 1.22 Devil’s Trap
Provenance is another creepy ghost story, this time dealing with a painting that I can not understand why anyone would want to buy even for charity. None-the-less it works as a horror movie story and the character of Sarah Blake was well done. I particularly loved that she was strong willed and didn’t allow Sam to make decisions for her. She even called him on it. It’s too bad they didn’t follow up on her character until the episode where they killed her off. *sigh*
Sam’s right, Dean’s obsession with getting Sam to hook up is kinda weird, but we know it comes from an emotionally constipated place of concern. I was glad they managed to have a real conversation about Jess, but Dean needs to realize that Sam is never going to be as casual about women as Dean currently is.
Random thoughts on Provenance:
-They probably should have broken out the suits for the art auction…they stick out like sore thumbs.
-The disco hotel room was awesome. I’ve loved all the weird themed hotel rooms they’ve come up with over the years.
-Sam was on a roll in this episode with some great lines. Best quotes:
“This isn’t the first grave we’ve dug. Still think I’m a catch?”
“What kind of house doesn’t have salt? Low sodium freaks.”
Why hello there Colt. Dead Man’s Blood is the episode that first introduces it to the mythology. That said, the part of the episode that stands out most to me is Dean’s attempts to hold his family together and be peacemaker while Sam and John fight. The relationship dynamics between the three of them feels authentic and I love the fact that Sam is described as being most like his father, hence the head butting.
That being said…is it bad that I kinda look forward to John dying? I’m really not fond of his character and I’m not exactly rational about it.
This episode is also our first introduction to vampires. The fact that hunters thought they were extinct means the vampires must have been super discreet because we run into a lot more of them over the course of the show. I’m also not sure how much some of the lore in this episode carries over. Is the whole mating for life thing ever brought up again?
Salvation is the first time we get a Road So Far with Carry on My Wayward Son and that always brings out the feels. The episode is part one of the season finale so it brings back all the big players. Meg, Azazel, and John all have significant roles.
Personally my favorite part of the episode is seeing the character growth in Dean. He stands up to his father—which John isn’t fond of commenting on the “new tone of yours”—and he also expresses his emotions more clearly to Sam. He actually almost breaks down after Sam gets recklessly hyper focused on revenge and talks about how he has trouble holding everything together and how his family is all he has. My heart.
I also enjoy seeing Sam thank Dean for being the one person who’s always had his back. For a show that claimed “no chick flick moments” this episode got pretty emotional.
Devil’s Trap is the season finale for season one and of course it ends on a cliff hanger. I really hate it when tv car accidents come in from the side with no warning.
Anyway, moving on. This episode is super notable because it’s Bobby’s first episode! Gotta love that.
This is also the first episode where I really see Dean as the Righteous Man. His insistence that they have to exorcise the Meg even if the human dies because its setting her free and that’s the right thing to do. Its surprising to me that Sam and Bobby didn’t see it that clearly.
How sad is it that Dean figures out his father is possessed because he was too nice to Dean? And then the demon exposes all of Dean’s insecurities about his role in his family. Breaks my heart. It also breaks my heart that time and time again Dean suffers at the hands of possessed/brainwashed people that he loves. And yet, it says something that time after time it is their love for him that pulls them back from the edge.
Gotta love that at the end Sam followed Dean’s lead and chose family over revenge, actually looking into the rearview mirror at Dean when he tells their father that some things are more important. Of course then the truck hit them.
