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shinysylverDate watched: Saturday, April 30
Episode: 4.13 After School Special, 4.14 Sex and Violence, 4.15 Death Takes a Holiday, 4.16 On the Head of a Pin
After School Special is another episode that shows us Sam and Dean’s childhood. This time it’s flashbacks to high school where we see Sam first deciding he can be his own man and doesn’t have to follow his father blindly. At the same time we see that Dean struggles so hard to be “cool” but that the other students see through him. It’s always fun to see the boys’ past.
Sex and Violence is an interesting standalone that looks at the relationship between Sam and Dean. We are past the midway point of the season so things are getting ready to spiral out of control and this episode hints at that. We start the episode with Dean listening in to Sam’s phone conversation with Ruby before they leave for a hunt. They end up hunting a siren who actually seduces Dean in the guise of a man because Dean longs so much for a better relationship with his brother.(And also may not be entirely straight.) I find this look at Dean’s desires to be extremely fascinating.
The siren eventually exposes enough of Sam and Dean’s issues that they have an all out physical fight that is eventually stopped by Bobby because Bobby is awesome and also much too reasonable for this show.
Death Takes a Holiday brings the story back to the seals as Alistair tries to break one by killing two reapers including Tessa. It’s nice to see her again and she tries to give Dean a wake up call about the angelic intentions. We also continue to see how strained Dean and Sam’s relationship is as Sam continues to lie to Dean. The fun part of this episode comes from Sam and Dean being temporary ghosts and having to learn the ropes.
The thing I really don’t like about this episode is that they killed Pamela off. She was such an interesting character with a lot of potential and every time I watch the episode I’m thinking “why can’t you ward the freaking room? you know there are demons.” And yet every time no one listens to me.
On the Head of a Pin is an absolutely vital episode. When the angels ask Dean to torture Alistair for information it leads to him having to confront what he became in hell and its impact on the apocalypse. Equally important it leads Cas to doubt his orders as he’s forced to put Dean in this place. We see Cas truly struggling with his role and the scene at the end of the episode with Cas at Dean’s hospital bedside is one of the most heart wrenching moments of this show and also one of my favorites.
Random thoughts:
-Dean defensively saying “I read” happens occasionally on the show. I love his hidden depths, but wish they wouldn’t be so hidden. Lets actually see him reading something noteworthy just for fun instead of hearing about it later.
Episode: 4.13 After School Special, 4.14 Sex and Violence, 4.15 Death Takes a Holiday, 4.16 On the Head of a Pin
After School Special is another episode that shows us Sam and Dean’s childhood. This time it’s flashbacks to high school where we see Sam first deciding he can be his own man and doesn’t have to follow his father blindly. At the same time we see that Dean struggles so hard to be “cool” but that the other students see through him. It’s always fun to see the boys’ past.
Sex and Violence is an interesting standalone that looks at the relationship between Sam and Dean. We are past the midway point of the season so things are getting ready to spiral out of control and this episode hints at that. We start the episode with Dean listening in to Sam’s phone conversation with Ruby before they leave for a hunt. They end up hunting a siren who actually seduces Dean in the guise of a man because Dean longs so much for a better relationship with his brother.
The siren eventually exposes enough of Sam and Dean’s issues that they have an all out physical fight that is eventually stopped by Bobby because Bobby is awesome and also much too reasonable for this show.
Death Takes a Holiday brings the story back to the seals as Alistair tries to break one by killing two reapers including Tessa. It’s nice to see her again and she tries to give Dean a wake up call about the angelic intentions. We also continue to see how strained Dean and Sam’s relationship is as Sam continues to lie to Dean. The fun part of this episode comes from Sam and Dean being temporary ghosts and having to learn the ropes.
The thing I really don’t like about this episode is that they killed Pamela off. She was such an interesting character with a lot of potential and every time I watch the episode I’m thinking “why can’t you ward the freaking room? you know there are demons.” And yet every time no one listens to me.
On the Head of a Pin is an absolutely vital episode. When the angels ask Dean to torture Alistair for information it leads to him having to confront what he became in hell and its impact on the apocalypse. Equally important it leads Cas to doubt his orders as he’s forced to put Dean in this place. We see Cas truly struggling with his role and the scene at the end of the episode with Cas at Dean’s hospital bedside is one of the most heart wrenching moments of this show and also one of my favorites.
Random thoughts:
-Dean defensively saying “I read” happens occasionally on the show. I love his hidden depths, but wish they wouldn’t be so hidden. Lets actually see him reading something noteworthy just for fun instead of hearing about it later.
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Date: 2016-06-02 02:58 am (UTC)because Bobby is awesome and also much too reasonable for this show.
TRUE! He is the actual best.