Supernatural Rewatch - 1.09, 1.10, & 1.11
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shinysylverDate watched: Sunday, June 21
Episodes: 1.09 Home, 1.10 Asylum, 1.11 Scarecrow
Home is the first episode where we really start to get into Sam’s abilities. He’s mentioned prescient nightmares before, but this takes it to another level. The episode also shows us more about the Winchester parents with both their mom and dad making appearances.
The show’s gone on to explore Mary a lot more and it’s interesting to watch the episode with that knowledge. When she tells Sam “I’m sorry” I have to assume she’s apologizing for the deal she made with Azazel that ended with Sam being one of the chosen children. I’m not sure if that was originally the intent of her apology, but it works really well now.
Their father on the other hand…I hate that he is just sitting there in the same town and not talking to Sam and Dean. I understand that John is a complicated and broken man obsessed with vengeance who does love his sons the best he can, but as a person who views the show through Sam and Dean’s eyes I really can’t stand him most of the time.
Asylum digs more into the tension between Sam and Dean over their approach to their father. Dean’s blind obedience to his father’s authority and Sam’s absolute rejection of it says a lot about both of them and really complicates their own relationship.
When Sam is tinkered with by the ghost his rage at Dean gets magnified and his issues with authority really come out with all of his resentments vented on Dean. This is the first time we see someone Dean loves get mind whammed and take it out on him, but unfortunately nowhere near the last time.
I love the subversion in this episode where the guy who brought his date to the haunted asylum in order to scare her and be manly ends up being the one terrified while she takes the gun and protects him.
Poor Dean, Scarecrow is the episode where the apple orchards are corrupted by human sacrifice. Corrupt apple pie. Anything but the pie.
Anyway, moving on. It’s interesting that the first one to actually talk to their dad is Sam. Of course he immediately starts ordering Sam around and that doesn’t work with Sam as we saw in the last episode. Sam is too much like their father, wanting to pursue Azazel and do his own thing so he and Dean have it out leading to the first of many fights and separations over the course of the series. Ultimately though, Sam can’t abandon Dean to potential danger. No matter what his issues with his father or even with his brother, Sam will always have Dean’s back. He’s choosing Dean despite everything else and I love it.
While they’re separated Sam runs into Meg. It’s really interesting to me how my feelings toward Meg change over the series. I end up being somewhat fond of her, but right now I really don’t like her. She’s manipulative and very much an evil demon at this point in the series without the shades of gray that get painted in later. Between the actress change and the new depths that get added to her I sometimes even forget about this early part of her character.
Random thoughts from Home:
-This woman just lets Sam and Dean in because they said they used to live there. Who does that?
-Who actually gives their kids creepy mechanical monkey toys like that?
-I really really hate hand down the garbage disposal suspense. It ratchets up my tension for sure but I still hate it.
-Missouri was a great character that the show really should have revisited even if she is so mean to Dean. ;)
Episodes: 1.09 Home, 1.10 Asylum, 1.11 Scarecrow
Home is the first episode where we really start to get into Sam’s abilities. He’s mentioned prescient nightmares before, but this takes it to another level. The episode also shows us more about the Winchester parents with both their mom and dad making appearances.
The show’s gone on to explore Mary a lot more and it’s interesting to watch the episode with that knowledge. When she tells Sam “I’m sorry” I have to assume she’s apologizing for the deal she made with Azazel that ended with Sam being one of the chosen children. I’m not sure if that was originally the intent of her apology, but it works really well now.
Their father on the other hand…I hate that he is just sitting there in the same town and not talking to Sam and Dean. I understand that John is a complicated and broken man obsessed with vengeance who does love his sons the best he can, but as a person who views the show through Sam and Dean’s eyes I really can’t stand him most of the time.
Asylum digs more into the tension between Sam and Dean over their approach to their father. Dean’s blind obedience to his father’s authority and Sam’s absolute rejection of it says a lot about both of them and really complicates their own relationship.
When Sam is tinkered with by the ghost his rage at Dean gets magnified and his issues with authority really come out with all of his resentments vented on Dean. This is the first time we see someone Dean loves get mind whammed and take it out on him, but unfortunately nowhere near the last time.
I love the subversion in this episode where the guy who brought his date to the haunted asylum in order to scare her and be manly ends up being the one terrified while she takes the gun and protects him.
Poor Dean, Scarecrow is the episode where the apple orchards are corrupted by human sacrifice. Corrupt apple pie. Anything but the pie.
Anyway, moving on. It’s interesting that the first one to actually talk to their dad is Sam. Of course he immediately starts ordering Sam around and that doesn’t work with Sam as we saw in the last episode. Sam is too much like their father, wanting to pursue Azazel and do his own thing so he and Dean have it out leading to the first of many fights and separations over the course of the series. Ultimately though, Sam can’t abandon Dean to potential danger. No matter what his issues with his father or even with his brother, Sam will always have Dean’s back. He’s choosing Dean despite everything else and I love it.
While they’re separated Sam runs into Meg. It’s really interesting to me how my feelings toward Meg change over the series. I end up being somewhat fond of her, but right now I really don’t like her. She’s manipulative and very much an evil demon at this point in the series without the shades of gray that get painted in later. Between the actress change and the new depths that get added to her I sometimes even forget about this early part of her character.
Random thoughts from Home:
-This woman just lets Sam and Dean in because they said they used to live there. Who does that?
-Who actually gives their kids creepy mechanical monkey toys like that?
-I really really hate hand down the garbage disposal suspense. It ratchets up my tension for sure but I still hate it.
-Missouri was a great character that the show really should have revisited even if she is so mean to Dean. ;)
