Supernatural 5.03 "Free to Be You and Me"
Sep. 25th, 2009 12:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
inmyriadbitsI am rather invested in SPN this season. I got home from the party last night at almost 2:30am after waking up at 7am and being constantly on the move ever since, I spent a good chunk of time swapping my messed-up hard drive out for the one I replaced last summer (which my brilliant dad convinced me to keep, just in case), all so I could download and watch this episode, even knowing that I had to wake up this morning at 8am for class. (I got to bed around 5am.)
Represent, y'all.
Anyway, this started as a reply to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
thespatz's episode reaction, but I figured it was a post in its own right. And then I added some more stuff, so it really was one.
Katie said: That might be the the slashiest episode of television I have EVER seen. And that's counting the first episode of Starsky & Hutch, in which they get naked together twice (or maybe three times?) and go to a porno and confess ultimate trust in each other.
I'm not sure I'd go THAT far (mostly because I can't decide which takes the cake), but it has definitely moved into the top levels of my list. Also on it: Mounty on the Bounty, Call of the Wild, Thespis...
I really want someone to write the scene where they "talked about this," because we sure as hell didn't get to see that scene (which also implies that Dean and Cas' interactions have not been limited to what we've been shown). :)
Castiel was cracking me up. HE'S SO VERY AWKWARD AND BAD AT BEING NORMAL, I LOVE HIM. (I also love that his tie went crooked again shortly after Dean straightened it.) He plays a great straight-man for Dean, and in a completely different way than Sam does. It's fantastic. I can't wait until we get some eps where all three of them interact. The whole "God is dead" storyline was a good balance to the comedy, too; Cas has all his eggs in that basket, and it was nice to see a hint of the devastation he would feel if this doesn't turn out. I can't help but think that God's disappearance was a kind of trial of faith for the angels; it really only took them a century to get tired and start a damn apocalypse? I think Cas' faith is going to become a rather important factor this season. Anyway, I also loved their conversation; I like the way the writers are framing their Big Theological Questions in ways that are so grounded -- it's not about an abstract word like "faith," it's about the way Dean felt when he kept looking for his dad against all odds.
Oh, Dean was kind of breaking my heart this episode. I mean, it was so good to see him laughing and having fun, but he was so clearly lonely underneath. He's running away from his responsibilities as much as Sam is -- and I can't blame either of them for wanting to. The talking about John, though, that was unexpected. Although perhaps it shouldn't have been; Dean seems to have finally crested the rise of his epic daddy issues, at least enough to talk about his dad. The problem with finally being free to make your own decisions, though, is making the right ones, and not just doing the knee-jerk opposite of what you've been doing. Dean needs to choose to pick up that burden again, and not because his father told him or because Sam expects him to or because he doesn't have anything else, but because he loves Sam and doesn't want to see him hurt -- a point which I'm guessing next episode is going to make, what with evil!white!suit!Sam.
Sam was breaking my heart the mostest this ep. (It's really weird, btw, when a prominent character has your name. For the record.) The poor kid just can't catch a break. (although, plz to be having more shirtless scenes and scenes where he throws grown men around like it's nothing. :D) I'm really worried about him; the boy would not be stable anyway, but without Dean, he's really got nothing to fall back on. He can't even rely on himself, because he has crazy self-doubt AND the devil gunning for him with an unfortunately effective (against Sam) argument about inevitability. *hugs Sam* FIX THIS, WRITERS.
Oh my GOD, next week's episode is going to be so much fun! The word "orgy" passes Castiel's lips, for one thing, not to mention the zombies and the TWO DEANS and evil!Sam. *dies of happiness*
ETA: And then I had more thoughts. I think that writing the brother-relationship has made the writers think in dichotomies. I'm interested to see how that tendency will play that when Castiel and Sam finally get a one-on-one scene together (which, if that doesn't happen? I will CRY. And also ask the writers WTF they were thinking). I mean, how will they frame it? They're both "the serious one" in relation to Dean, but in juxtaposition with each other? It'll undoubtedly bring out some new aspects of each, which is going to be fun. I want Sam to have a friend as much as Dean; I think Cas will always be more Dean's friend than Sam's, but that's just the way friendships with siblings go. When you're as close as Dean and Sam are, it's inevitable that the friends of one are friends of some sort with the other. I'm interested in seeing how that pans out. (On the flip side, I want Cas to make a new friend, too. He flat out said that Dean is the only person he has like that, and that's just wrong for anyone, but especially for characters of whom I'm fond.)
Speaking of Sam, that boy needs something to hold onto, and what he figures out this season is going to be very important. Sam is a man of obsessions: first getting away and being "normal"; then revenge for Jess and Mary; questioning their hunting missions and Dean's devotion to it; saving Dean from going to Hell; getting Dean back from Hell; killing Lillith. The boy has an obsessive, addictive personality (you see elements of it in Dean, too, although they tend to be more light-hearted or positive -- food, women, sex, cars, family, saving people, holding onto something past all reason, etc.) Strangely enough, I think this is why I identify with both of them so much. That's the way he operates, and it's fine, except he keeps picking the wrong things, or picking things for the wrong reasons but with the best intentions. Poor Sam. Anyway, my point is, Sam's just been left without any of his usual touchstones. He can't obsess about Dean, he won't let himself obsess about hunting, he doubts himself too much to focus on defeating Lucifer. The man is floundering (wow, that's a strange word, isn't it?), and right now he seems to be obsessing about his own failures rather than anything productive, and that is bad, bad, BAD. I wonder what he'll choose next. It's going to stick, in all likelihood, so it's going to be important.
I think that's it. Who knows, I may come up with more later. Or maybe I'll nap. I donated blood today, too, did I mention? I'm thinking that's a valid reason to skip pilates class. No wait! I can watch Criminal Minds now! Yay! *runs off* :D
Represent, y'all.
Anyway, this started as a reply to
thespatz's episode reaction, but I figured it was a post in its own right. And then I added some more stuff, so it really was one.Katie said: That might be the the slashiest episode of television I have EVER seen. And that's counting the first episode of Starsky & Hutch, in which they get naked together twice (or maybe three times?) and go to a porno and confess ultimate trust in each other.
I'm not sure I'd go THAT far (mostly because I can't decide which takes the cake), but it has definitely moved into the top levels of my list. Also on it: Mounty on the Bounty, Call of the Wild, Thespis...
I really want someone to write the scene where they "talked about this," because we sure as hell didn't get to see that scene (which also implies that Dean and Cas' interactions have not been limited to what we've been shown). :)
Castiel was cracking me up. HE'S SO VERY AWKWARD AND BAD AT BEING NORMAL, I LOVE HIM. (I also love that his tie went crooked again shortly after Dean straightened it.) He plays a great straight-man for Dean, and in a completely different way than Sam does. It's fantastic. I can't wait until we get some eps where all three of them interact. The whole "God is dead" storyline was a good balance to the comedy, too; Cas has all his eggs in that basket, and it was nice to see a hint of the devastation he would feel if this doesn't turn out. I can't help but think that God's disappearance was a kind of trial of faith for the angels; it really only took them a century to get tired and start a damn apocalypse? I think Cas' faith is going to become a rather important factor this season. Anyway, I also loved their conversation; I like the way the writers are framing their Big Theological Questions in ways that are so grounded -- it's not about an abstract word like "faith," it's about the way Dean felt when he kept looking for his dad against all odds.
Oh, Dean was kind of breaking my heart this episode. I mean, it was so good to see him laughing and having fun, but he was so clearly lonely underneath. He's running away from his responsibilities as much as Sam is -- and I can't blame either of them for wanting to. The talking about John, though, that was unexpected. Although perhaps it shouldn't have been; Dean seems to have finally crested the rise of his epic daddy issues, at least enough to talk about his dad. The problem with finally being free to make your own decisions, though, is making the right ones, and not just doing the knee-jerk opposite of what you've been doing. Dean needs to choose to pick up that burden again, and not because his father told him or because Sam expects him to or because he doesn't have anything else, but because he loves Sam and doesn't want to see him hurt -- a point which I'm guessing next episode is going to make, what with evil!white!suit!Sam.
Sam was breaking my heart the mostest this ep. (It's really weird, btw, when a prominent character has your name. For the record.) The poor kid just can't catch a break. (although, plz to be having more shirtless scenes and scenes where he throws grown men around like it's nothing. :D) I'm really worried about him; the boy would not be stable anyway, but without Dean, he's really got nothing to fall back on. He can't even rely on himself, because he has crazy self-doubt AND the devil gunning for him with an unfortunately effective (against Sam) argument about inevitability. *hugs Sam* FIX THIS, WRITERS.
Oh my GOD, next week's episode is going to be so much fun! The word "orgy" passes Castiel's lips, for one thing, not to mention the zombies and the TWO DEANS and evil!Sam. *dies of happiness*
ETA: And then I had more thoughts. I think that writing the brother-relationship has made the writers think in dichotomies. I'm interested to see how that tendency will play that when Castiel and Sam finally get a one-on-one scene together (which, if that doesn't happen? I will CRY. And also ask the writers WTF they were thinking). I mean, how will they frame it? They're both "the serious one" in relation to Dean, but in juxtaposition with each other? It'll undoubtedly bring out some new aspects of each, which is going to be fun. I want Sam to have a friend as much as Dean; I think Cas will always be more Dean's friend than Sam's, but that's just the way friendships with siblings go. When you're as close as Dean and Sam are, it's inevitable that the friends of one are friends of some sort with the other. I'm interested in seeing how that pans out. (On the flip side, I want Cas to make a new friend, too. He flat out said that Dean is the only person he has like that, and that's just wrong for anyone, but especially for characters of whom I'm fond.)
Speaking of Sam, that boy needs something to hold onto, and what he figures out this season is going to be very important. Sam is a man of obsessions: first getting away and being "normal"; then revenge for Jess and Mary; questioning their hunting missions and Dean's devotion to it; saving Dean from going to Hell; getting Dean back from Hell; killing Lillith. The boy has an obsessive, addictive personality (you see elements of it in Dean, too, although they tend to be more light-hearted or positive -- food, women, sex, cars, family, saving people, holding onto something past all reason, etc.) Strangely enough, I think this is why I identify with both of them so much. That's the way he operates, and it's fine, except he keeps picking the wrong things, or picking things for the wrong reasons but with the best intentions. Poor Sam. Anyway, my point is, Sam's just been left without any of his usual touchstones. He can't obsess about Dean, he won't let himself obsess about hunting, he doubts himself too much to focus on defeating Lucifer. The man is floundering (wow, that's a strange word, isn't it?), and right now he seems to be obsessing about his own failures rather than anything productive, and that is bad, bad, BAD. I wonder what he'll choose next. It's going to stick, in all likelihood, so it's going to be important.
I think that's it. Who knows, I may come up with more later. Or maybe I'll nap. I donated blood today, too, did I mention? I'm thinking that's a valid reason to skip pilates class. No wait! I can watch Criminal Minds now! Yay! *runs off* :D