Supernatural Rewatch - 2.07 & 2.08
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shinysylverDate watched: Thursday, July 30
Episode: 2.07 The Usual Suspects & 2.08 Crossroad Blues
The Usual Suspects deals more with the fall out of Sam and Dean’s criminal behavior—both their actual criminal behavior like credit card fraud and grave desecration and also the murders that the shapeshifter framed Dean for in season one. Episodes dealing with law enforcement trying to stop the Winchesters are never my favorite although if the show didn’t cover that fertile storyline I’d be upset.
To me the most interesting part of this episode (other than the humor) is the death omen. I wish the show delved more deeply into the non-vengeful spirits.
Crossroad Blues is an extremely important episode for the show’s mythology. It introduces both crossroads demons and hellhounds which are central to various plots later in the show and it also delves deeper into the complex morality of demon bargains.
This is another situation where Dean is hyper-personalizing the case because it is too similar to the situation with his father. He’s smack dab in the middle of the anger part of grieving and is so very angry that his father made the deal for his life because now he has to live knowing that his father is in hell because of him.
Speaking of, this episode is also our first hint about what John is going through down in hell. Having seen the later apocalypse arc it makes me read more into what the demon tells Dean than the writers may have intended. I’m not sure how early they had the ideas about the Righteous Man and the first seal, but I can’t watch this episode without thinking about that now. It makes me wonder if the demon actually had the power to resurrect John and give Dean ten years like she offered. If so, does that mean hell would be content to postpone the apocalypse for ten years until Dean’s time was up?
Random Thoughts:
-When Evan’s wife did the creepy horror mutation I actually jumped which is saying something considering how many times I’ve seen this episode. They definitely had some creepy visuals and managed to build up the tension.
-I still want to know why crossroads demons have red eyes instead of the more traditional black. By the same token I'd love to know for sure why Azazel has yellow eyes and Lilith has white.
Episode: 2.07 The Usual Suspects & 2.08 Crossroad Blues
The Usual Suspects deals more with the fall out of Sam and Dean’s criminal behavior—both their actual criminal behavior like credit card fraud and grave desecration and also the murders that the shapeshifter framed Dean for in season one. Episodes dealing with law enforcement trying to stop the Winchesters are never my favorite although if the show didn’t cover that fertile storyline I’d be upset.
To me the most interesting part of this episode (other than the humor) is the death omen. I wish the show delved more deeply into the non-vengeful spirits.
Crossroad Blues is an extremely important episode for the show’s mythology. It introduces both crossroads demons and hellhounds which are central to various plots later in the show and it also delves deeper into the complex morality of demon bargains.
This is another situation where Dean is hyper-personalizing the case because it is too similar to the situation with his father. He’s smack dab in the middle of the anger part of grieving and is so very angry that his father made the deal for his life because now he has to live knowing that his father is in hell because of him.
Speaking of, this episode is also our first hint about what John is going through down in hell. Having seen the later apocalypse arc it makes me read more into what the demon tells Dean than the writers may have intended. I’m not sure how early they had the ideas about the Righteous Man and the first seal, but I can’t watch this episode without thinking about that now. It makes me wonder if the demon actually had the power to resurrect John and give Dean ten years like she offered. If so, does that mean hell would be content to postpone the apocalypse for ten years until Dean’s time was up?
Random Thoughts:
-When Evan’s wife did the creepy horror mutation I actually jumped which is saying something considering how many times I’ve seen this episode. They definitely had some creepy visuals and managed to build up the tension.
-I still want to know why crossroads demons have red eyes instead of the more traditional black. By the same token I'd love to know for sure why Azazel has yellow eyes and Lilith has white.
