Episode 2.22- All Hell Breaks Loose- Part Two

This episode made me cry, cheer, and sit on the edge of my seat. It was such a lovely way to end a great season. I love the beloved characters that they chose to act, and the emotional connection that we were given to them.

The opening sequence rocked. It was the same song, and the same general theme as last season’s closer, and it set the emotional atmosphere of the episode.

The scene that the episode was opened with really broke my heart; it’s really sad that so much of who Dean is, depends on Sammy, depends on his being able to take care of Sammy. When Sammy died, he just completely fell apart, and wasn’t able to cope with it. Bobby couldn’t even get him to snap out of it and come with him.

That look that Dean shot Bobby when he suggested burying or burning Sammy, was priceless. It shows just how dangerous a Dean with nothing to lose can be. He was absolutely, bar none, not willing to sacrifice Sammy, even in death, by losing his body. Also, that had to have been a few days later. Can you imagine how much that room must have been stinking? But, Dean didn’t even flinch.

He also seemed to be falling apart and dying himself. Not only did he give up, but he looked pale and ghastly, and like he was physically wasting away.

For a moment, I was liking on the Yellow-Eyed Demon and his sense of humor. Even if Dean didn’t feel like making jokes and being in a pop culture kind of mood, he was. We got the whole “American Idol” thing, and then a betting reference, and Miss America. I even liked the fact that he insulted Jake’s intelligence quite a few times. The only thing that was wrong was to try to manipulate Jake by using his family. But, then, he’s a demon, so how much loving can we expect?

Once again, it’s Dean breaking my heart into a million bits. I was sobbing and hard when Dean started talking about when Sammy was a little kid and he started asking questions about how they were living their lives. He’s tried so hard all his life to make sure that Sammy was happy, and gave him the most normal childhood he could. That just....I’m sorry, Nathan. You’re kind of sucking in the big brother department as of late; Dean totally wins for the Best Big Brother. I love that he was crying because he felt like he had failed at the one job he was ever given. It never should have been his job to watch Sammy, but he takes the responsibility so seriously, and won’t let anything happen to Sammy. *hugs Dean*

From the moment Dean got out of the Impala on the crossroads, I got on the edge of my chair and started chanting “No, Dean.” There had to be another way to bring Sammy back, because this really is going to kill him. I love that Dean was willing to sacrifice everything, but that demon totally took him for a ride. One year is a crock of shit when everyone else gets ten years.

When Sammy was inspecting the scar from where he was cut in the mirror, I noticed something: He was reversed gutted from the back. It looked like Jake completely shanked him, and I can see why he died almost immediately. Poor baby.

Dean and Sammy hugged: Kripke is a god. We got a full on, both arms, and both parties participating hug where they closely held each other, and you can tell that even Sammy was a little bit surprised at this chain of events. Kripke does listen to the fans and is not a bastard; he has given us a hug while neither one was dying. Yay! Now, all we have to work on, is Sammy driving the Impala.

I doubt that Sammy’s been changed since being brought back from the dead, but there were a few moments that I had some doubt about...but that has been cleared up. First, there was the scene in which Sam explained to Dean everything that happened in the dream. He failed to mention that he was shown himself ingesting demon blood and their mother being taken up the ceiling. At first, I thought that was a little shady that he wasn’t completely honest, but the more I think about it, the more I realize that he was just trying to shield Dean from the truth. Dean spent his whole life trying to protect Sammy from that truth, and now he’s gotten to see it in technicolor. I would hide that, too.

I love that after almost losing Sammy, Dean is super-cautious, and willing to show Sammy how much he cares and worries about him. He practically begged him to take it easy for a while, and that was adorable.

When Dean mentioned that Ellen died, Sam got this off look on his face. She’s been such a help to him, and I always love how whenever something happens, his immediate reaction is to go to the Roadhouse.

Bobby saw Sammy, and he was not happy with Dean. I love that he kept Dean’s secret, even though he knew what he did, until they were alone. Then, I love shouting Bobby, and worried Bobby, and fatherly Bobby, and most importantly rational Bobby. He knew that Sam would be heartbroken when he found out the truth, and with who they are, it’s impossible for him to not find out. Dean knew, the moment Bobby said that he wanted some books out of his car, that he was going to get yelled at. Christina said he got this “oh crap, do I gotta” look on his face, and that’s so true.

Dean always feels like his life is worth less, for some reason, than Sam and John. He was willing to sacrifice himself so that Sam could live, and while noble, he just isn’t seeing the big picture.

YAY!!! Ellen’s back! And, I was right: She was at the store. Remember, in my review for last week, I was saying how I hoped she was at the store. Yay for running out of peanuts, and I am so happy that she wasn’t in the Roadhouse. Ellen already has one hell of a survivor’s guilt, though, and so bad that we don’t even get to hear what was in the safe that Ash was telling her about.

By the way, here was my question: That whole conversation, and not a damn one of them cared about what happened to Jo. I know that she went away from home, but she could have been there. They’re all just like “oh, yeah, her. Moving onto bigger things now.”

I love Dean’s retort to Sammy of “How do <b>you</b> know?” That was so classic.

I really find it fascinating that this Samuel Colt guy was worth so much to them, and such a huge part of the story. It makes me wonder if the “special children” aren’t somehow descendants of him and his group. It would make sense, especially since he was the one with the Colt, and he was the one who made the hundred mile devil’s trap, and really, he knew about the cemetery, too.

The demon’s sarcasm is all kind’s of awesome: “Oh, the unexpected twist.” LOL, he totally treated Jake like he was stupid, and for some reason, I find that so funny. And, again, on the flip side, it was a lot of Jake’s fault for playing the puppet. He should have just shot when he had the chance, and then half of hell wouldn’t be out there now.

Jake should have known before he even went into the graveyard, that he wasn’t going to leave. I saw all of them standing at the ready, and knew that so well. He messed with baby!Winchester. They were all going to take him down. No one messes with Sammy and gets away with it.

Jake knew the exact damage that he caused. I mean, I don’t know why I’m surprised that a soldier knows this, but it really hit me, because he knew that he’d cut Sam’s spinal chord. Who can live with themselves after knowing that they did that to a person? It was a great tip-off, though, because at that point, Sam realized that Dean had made some kind of deal for his life.

This was the second time that I had the thought that Sam might be possessed. He shot Jake like ten times! He knew the boy was dead and kept going. Then, it dawned on me. It was what would have saved his life the last time: making sure that the enemy was both down and out before turning your back. Smart move, Sammy.

Wait a minute: So, hell, the center of hell where it can come to earth, is in Wyoming. Well, damn, gotta remember to cancel that vacation, lol.

Everybody over the last week that has just gone nuts with love for the Yellow-Eyed Demon in the last week: who loves him now that he’s once again attacked Dean and tried to kill him again? Seriously, I can see the point to a certain extent, because he is funny, but he’s also a bad guy. Also, he put some serious doubts into Dean’s head about Sammy, and I can see that becoming or being an issue in the future. Every little thing, Dean’s going to question whether he got his Sammy back, and it’s going to drive him crazy to the point of not being able to trust him and that year will be wasted anyway.

Dean shot the demon, and ended him once and for all, and for a moment, as they looked over the body, both Sam and Dean had this dumbfounded, “now what?” expression on their faces.

Anybody else notice the connections that were made in the few moments that Papa!Winchester was allowed to come back? He saved Dean, hugged Dean, and had a few seconds of eye contact with Dean. All that time, there wasn’t a sideways glance, a hug, anything for Sammy. It was as if he completely cut all ties the moment he sent Sam to go get coffee for him in “IMToD” and it must break Sammy’s heart, because it’s breaking mine.

I love that moment when Sammy knew about the deal, knew the price that Dean had paid for him, and was angry and hurt. That was such a brother moment, and one of the good ones that I’ve been wanting from the show for a long time. It was just so touching, and then Sammy promising to find a way to save Dean was just....*explodes* OMG, my boys!

The parting idea, that they’ve unleashed an army, gives them somewhere to go next season. Up until this point, the central theme, the mytharc, has been all about Sammy and the Yellow-Eyed Demon. This allows them to move beyond that theme, but still keep a central theme.

The ending song, “Don’t Look Back” by Boston was great. Okay, first off: Kripke has some kind of an obsession with certain bands. How many times is this for Boston, now? But also, the idea behind “Don’t Look Back” is great. They’ve just done the one thing they’ve wanted to do all their lives, and it’s time to look forward instead of back.

Episode 2.21- All Hell Break Loose- Part One

This was the best episode yet, and it left me shaking, it was that good.

I love how the episode started off, both with the “Then” clips that brought us up to speed, and the song that started off the episode. I love Boston, and hearing “Long Time” really set the mood of the episode. I’ll find the lyrics later, but the song really worked.

The brotherly banter between the boys was amazing. I started cracking up when Dean told Sammy to get him extra onions, Sammy reminded him that he had to ride with him after the onions, and Dean said to get him some pie. So awesome, and such a realistic brother conversation.

I love Dean, like a lot, and saying this, no one can attack me <b>again</b> for saying something “bad” about him. It’s an observation: He needed to stop worrying about his radio, and start worrying that every single time that a demon has come, it’s messed up the radio. It’s a sign, and he let his guard down.

Still not getting why the demon kills folks like that, with their necks slit. It was the way Meg did to Pastor Jim and Caleb, and now we see this again.

Dean’s freaking out when he realized that Sammy wasn’t there anymore, that Sammy had been taken, was really reminiscent of the way he was acting when Sammy was taken in “The Benders.” I love that he never wants to have Sam out of his sights for any reason that he can’t explain, because he’s an awesome big brother. Given a choice between Sammy and his own personal career growth, Dean would so choose Sammy and forsake everything else.

What a place to wake up, and you know Sammy was sore for a while after that. It looked almost like he woke up in what you used to be a feed thing. That town looked like something out of a post-apocalyptic story, and you know that <lj user= "buffyaddict13"> did a really good job with her story, because that was the first thing that came to mind. Well, that and the song “Is There Anybody Out There” by Pink Floyd.

Okay, so Andy makes me all kinds of happy. I was so angry when Ava killed him, and even screaming obscenities at her when she did. He was just so full of life, and honestly, the only one who would have decided that he was going to work with Sam. He’s just that kind of a guy. I absolutely loved that after him saying the last thing he remembered was his fourth bong-load, he spent the first part of the episode acting like he was high. I giggled a little when he said that he was hungry, and both Christina and I said at the same time “munchies.” That really was the very last thing that he remembered, lol. I don’t think Christina got that they woke up there immediately after being transported. The poor boy was probably still stoned just a little. I wonder what happened to the van. Also, how excited he was when he said “Dean’s here?” was so adorable. He was really taken with Dean.

You know, Ava must be a really good actress...or maybe bad. I don’t know which it would be more of. When I first did my notes, before we saw the ending, I wrote that I was officially diagnosing her with Histrionic Personality Disorder. Seriously, she was so hyped up that it was getting on my nerves.

I liked Jake from the first time I heard his voice and through most of the episode. Right up until that last bit, he seemed like he was level-headed and a good soldier. Here’s one thing, though, and I’m looking forward to the flames I’m getting here: He was in Afghanistan. I think he’s found an improvement in happy, little ghost town. At least he’s not getting shot at or things being blown up around him. I can’t tell you how much honor and respect I had for him right after I heard that he went to sleep in Afghanistan.

Hmm, a gothic blonde. I’ve seen it, but they’re usually really well wrapped and their hair is slicked to their heads. Maybe I’m just stereotyping...or, you know, expecting someone like Kim Director to play the goth girl instead.

She really got screwed, though, and I’m surprised that she didn’t have more control than she did. It seems like all of the other kids have a little bit of control, and it doesn’t necessarily hurt someone, but not her. I can’t imagine how hard it must have been when she killed her girlfriend. *raunchiness alert* At least she died happy.

Something I noticed when Ash got off the phone with Dean, and that he should have seen, was that his watch stopped. That right there would have been enough to make me run away. It was shocking to see the roadhouse completely burnt down, and I’m wondering how many hunters were in there when it went. We know that Ash is dead, which was probably the demon’s intended victim, but I’m really hoping that for some random reason, Ellen was at the store or a doctor’s appointment, visiting a friend, something that would have kept her away from the roadhouse, because that would hurt if she died, too.

Jake, being the soldier that he is, didn’t believe Sam that there were demons until he saw it with his own eyes and Sam took care of it. That’s one of the few flaws about soldiers on average; they’re way too skeptical about something that they can’t see, touch, and kill. It’s the control factor.

I didn’t connect it right away that Ava was controlling the demons when she had a headache. I thought she may have been having a vision, so this really shows how good she was at acting.

Aww, Andy was so excited over the salt! He wanted so much to please.

Again with the seeing is believing with Jake. When he saw that Lilly was hung, he was the first one to say how they couldn’t run away. He knew what was going on, and had figured out the enemies strategy.

Dean got to experience Sam’s vision, and so now he knows that having a vision is like “getting kicked in the gonads.” Sam will never be able to have another vision with Dean hovering over him and making sure that he’s not in any pain. Sweet.

Bobby makes a wonderful stand-in father. He identified right away that it was a vision, like Sam’s. I like that they’ve kept him so much in the loop that he knows that Sam has visions, even though he’s never had one in front of Bobby.

Before he got really self-centered, I was loving on Jake. The conversation that he had with Sam, about how his powers helped him in Afghanistan and how he thanked Sam for keeping calm and making them stay calm, was just awesome. It was enough to make me nod and say “hoo-wah.” Love the militaristic view of keeping the troops morale high. “It doesn’t matter if we think we’ll make it; it matters they think it.” How completely military.

Two quick observations: the demon, up to this point, has only come to the “special children” right before they changed. He was in both Scott and Ansem Weems dreams, but then they were going mad. I love the continuity that the demon brought with him when he brought up Max and Ansem, but it really brings the shock home. Those guys were messed up, and I fear that if Sammy lives (and he will), that he’ll be messed up after the encounter with the demon. Also, the demon used the same shell as when he killed John. I’m wondering, since we have seen him use other folks, if this was kind of a joke on Sam that this was the one that made the pact with John, or if this is his true look.

Um... tax lawyer? All the good that he could have done, and he was going to be a tax lawyer? WTF, Sammy?

A lot of questions got answered here. We now know why the others were the first to die, and maybe even why both Andy and Ava ended up dead. They were both too filled with good to be of any use to the demon. Sure, Ava played psycho!Ava for a little bit, but overall, she was the girl that Sam met who was bouncing around the room when she first met Sam. And Andy? He was never going to be bad. He’s too filled with the joy of being a modern day hippie, and so he wasn’t cut out to be the one.

We also got the answer to why some of the mothers died and some lived. I knew it had to be because of how attentive they were of their children. The ones with the good and loving mothers, lost their good and loving mothers, and the ones with the so-so mothers got to keep them. How wrong is that? Also, Mary knew the demon. I really wish they’d gone into how she knew the demon, but she knew him in such a way to be terrified of him, so you know it’s a good story.

Sammy does not have demon blood in him. Just like I’m not part cow (because medium rare is the way to go), he is not part demon. The blood filters and moves through. The demon just used that to scare him. If he has anything not human in him, it’s clouds and unicorns and puppy dog eyes.

Ava seriously lost it. I can get behind being lost somewhere alone, with nothing but your conscience to keep you company, can drive you nuts, but she went above and beyond. Seriously. She got into a war mentality, and her little “I’m the undefeated champion” is better served in a psychiatric hospital. Sorry; from the moment she killed Andy, knowing what she was doing, she was on my shit list. Granted, he shouldn’t have stepped over the salt line, but he was only doing what he thought was helping someone.

I knew Jake wasn’t knocked out, and that Sammy should have finished him off, but that boy is just too kind and loving.

The way he attacked Sammy after being shown mercy lost all of his good points. He didn’t even looked like he cared. Loved how choreographed the rescue was, though. Dean went to Sammy and Bobby took off to go kill Jake. Go Bobby!

OMG! Kripke’s a bastard. We’ve been asking all season for a hug, and now that we finally got one, it’s because Sammy’s dying. Also, this is what we get for complaining that Dean’s always the one getting hurt; when do we get to see Sammy get hurt. I am not impressed, Kripke.

On a completely different note: This was the stuff that the best fan fiction is made of. We have Dean taking care of his “little brother” and calling him as such, and Sammy passing out in his arms as he holds him. I’m sorry, but I’ve read almost every single story that has that scene in it... and loved it so much.

Episode 2.20- What Is and What Should Never Be

This is the longest title (in words) for an episode ever. It’s also an appropriate title considering what the episode was about. Just a small comment, but I love my shows this week: This is what life would have been if you could change the past. This is what life would be like if you don’t change the present. They’re both well done Alternate Universes this week.

I loved this episode so much. Even though I’m a Sam girl, and totally in love with Sam, I’ve never cried this much in an episode. Dean broke my heart, and I’m still wiping tears off my face as I write this.

The recap really set the mood for the whole episode, and not only worked as a summary, but a jumping point to get you emotional more receptive for the stuff that was in the episode.

Interesting that they finally got new plates...now please notice that the Impala, on its own, stands out. You don’t even need the new plates. However, that was smart thinking, considering the prison probably has pictures of the old ones. Anybody notice what state those were from?

I love the cultural reference to certain 1970's sitcoms. Those were the classics, and we just keep getting those “car questions” answered this season. I forget what the last one was, but it was a cartoon chick. I remember that. Now, we have the question: “If Dean had to choose, would he choose Jenie or Samantha?” answered. He’s so adorable.

Okay, this was funny. It’s not anymore, but it was. Did anybody notice that the tattoos on the dijin looked like Tommy Lee? Seriously, I’m like “OMG, Dean got attacked by Tommy Lee. Pamala’s not the only one!”

When Dean woke up in bed, next to Carmen, and the TV was on, I noticed that he had the same kind of movie, the same quality, as what John had on when Mary came downstairs in the Pilot. I know that what John was watching was a war movie, but it had the same kind of feel to it for some reason.

Sammy had the Stanford look going on, and that was so amazing. I loved seeing that, because it was before life crushed him, when he was happy and safe for a moment.

Dean and Carmen were so sweet together, it made my craving for chocolate go way up. They were just so in sync, and she was the sweet, doting, loving girlfriend. I even was loving on the kiss in the restaurant, and that talk near the end before he took off. So cute, and definitely the kind of woman that I would hope for him to find. Also, wow, have we seen Dean turn down sex before...in his life.

The first time I started crying my eyes out (and definitely the hardest) was right after Mary smiled and said “Angels watch over you.” I can see her saying that to little Dean as she holds him in her arms and kisses him good night. It was so awesome to see her, and see how she was as an older woman. It breaks my heart that the boys were deprived of everything in a good life. John never died, and so he was a normal stand-up dad. He died a normal, peaceful death in his bed, with his wife. Dean ended up working at his garage and there were so many pictures of all of them. Those broke me, because it was all of those moments in life that they shared, that they were a family. Also, all of those early photos of Jensen, lol.

I love how Dean made the distinction that he had never said the wish out loud. He’s always gone through, silently suffering, and accepting that his life could be much worse, while wishing it would be much better. I love his bubbling under angst.

It’s really interesting that everybody thought that Dean was drinking. Christina came up with the theory, even before it made it sound kind of like that, that in this world, Dean’s an alcoholic, or a recovering alcoholic, which is why everybody thought he was drinking.

The whole and complete view of the fact that Dean’s whole world had changed was awesome. I love that it even encompassed the Impala, and the fact that when he looked in the trunk, he said “We’re civilians, girl.” It’s an interesting commentary that he thinks of himself as really being in a “war.”

Have I mentioned Mary’s awesomeness? She’s exactly what the boys needed, and even though she had John’s help, I think it really did some good, and there was warmth, when she was there, when she was able to watch them grow up. She seemed so happy to have Dean there in her kitchen, but no where near as happy as Dean was to be mowing the lawn.

That scene went entirely against his whole spiel in “Bugs.” What he was loving doing, was enjoying to the point of scaring the neighbors, was what he said he would kill himself if he had to live with. It’s ironic just how much this past year has changed him.

Sam’s gotten his dream life, too. He’s a lawyer and actually brought himself to propose to Jessica. It’s everything he wanted, and you can tell that this is the biggest thing that Dean wanted to see. I loved how Dean just brought Jessica into his arms and <b>squeezed</b> her. It was so amazing, and such a symbol of how much her death hurt him through Sammy.

The one thing that Dean doesn’t have in this world, is Sammy, and it kills him. You could really tell from the moment that Sam said “You never call me Sammy” and his face dropped. They work like such a good team, because of how much love they have for each other, and for Dean to not be able to call him “Sammy,” it really broke him. Not having Sammy hurt him more than having his mother back made him happy. Then, he finds out how much he hurt Sam, and it breaks him a little more, because in the real world, in the world he’s had to live in every day for the last twenty-four years, he’s been the one protecting Sammy.

I’m wondering why in this world, his dream world, he was such a bastard. Is that how he really views himself? Because you’d think he would have made something there, or at least been his usual awesome big brother self.

Dean’s dating a nurse. How awesome! They have the most every day lives, and it really works for him.

It’s interesting that despite how wonderful this world is, he was able to fight his way through and get back to reality, just because of all of the lives that were lost because he wasn’t there to protect them. I thought that was a good comment on how noble of a character John’s instilled in both of his boys.

John has a tombstone. They didn’t need to burn him on a funeral pyre in this reality. Dean’s still seeking his guidance and pouring his heart out to the man, though. They really need to give John a headstone, so that Dean can do that in this reality.

I loved Dean’s impassioned plea of “Why do we have to be heroes?” They’ve gone through hell, and I think Dean’s ready to pass on the torch and just find a little bit of happiness for the remainder of his family. We kind of see that in a few other episodes, but not in this many words.

Also, we have an age now, for John. We didn’t have that before. But, 1956 means he lied to the boys at one point, or I’ve been misunderstanding when they say he served in the military. With that year, even if John was to have enlisted and immediately been sent off at 18, he still would have seen no action in Vietnam. If I’m remembering my history right, by 1974, the war was already over.

I’ve seen that scene before! I know it. It was right before Jessica died. Dean was even trying to reenact his lines. “I was looking for a beer.” He knows that scene and the one in the car. It broke me a little bit when Sam said “Why are you calling me a bitch,” though, and Dean even looked shaken.

Dean was willing to look like he was stealing from Mary and make up some story to make himself look like a gambling addict, just so that he didn’t put Sammy in the path of the dijin. How cool is that?

Sammy was willing to leave the women he loved and go with Dean, even in the AU. That shows that even his dream Sammy has devotion to him and to their being brothers. Gotta love that Sam’s the one who works as the protector in a world where the supernatural isn’t a threat.

I saw the cell phone sail out the window before Sammy even started dialing. Actually, I saw it before Dean even started rolling down his window. Does that make me a psychic, lol?

When Dean was explaining the supernatural and what was out there to Sam, Sam’s reaction was very much similar to Madison’s in that he thought Dean was having some kind of psychotic break. I love the parallel, but it brings to mind why John was so willing to accept it.

Sammy was so terrified when they went into that thing’s lair. He almost gave them away he was so scared, and that’s just too cute.

You know what? Kripke is teasing us. Damnit, that scene. You evil man! I want that in their real life, only reversed. “Please, Dean, you’re going to kill yourself. Drop the knife.” I want Sammy to make an attempt, damnit, if only to see my angst fan fics play out.

Dean figured it out, and rather take the deal that was given to him of staying there and being happy for what would seem like years, he decided to fight and go back. He can be a big brother and a good one, in real life.

The franticness of how Dean risked injury to himself to make sure that Sam didn’t have to go through the same pain that he was now going to have to go through, just makes me very happy. He’s always such a good, protective, big brother.

How adorable, that through everything he’s lost, Sam is happy to be hunting because he gets to be close to Dean. Just aww!

“Mom was going to have grandkids.” And, I’m crying again. That’s probably one of the hardest ones at that age for him to be able to face. If they ever do settle down and have a life of their own, they will never get to show their kids what their grandmother was like.

Once again, we see Dean counting the cost of everything that they’ve dealt with and coming up short. It’s a wonderful lead in for the next episode.

Episode 2.19- Folsom Prison Blues

Omg! The song choice for tonight makes me entirely too happy. I love that song. Oh, it makes me giddy happy. That is so awesome. I can’t even focus on the rest of the episode, because “OMG, it was Alice In Chains.” I remember that from when I was a teenager. I was a teenager in Belvidere and Machesney/Loves Park! I know that song! Yay for Alice In Chains and double Yay for "Rooster." I remember riding around listening to that on the X.

I really loved this episode and it was everything I was hoping it would be. Before anything ekse, I notice that it showed some real differences between the brothers. This one took place in Little Rock, AR and I love the way that the accents of some of the folks sounded. Those are just the best accents ever.

Sammy looked so good in orange. I haven’t figured out whether it’s because I’m waiting for the yummy prison!kink that’s about to happen or if it was because Sam looked so vulnerable in that uniform. Either way, that totally rocked. Which, by the way, as an after thought after getting most of the review done, because Sammy looked so vulnerable, I wrote Sammy almost every time I wrote his name in the review and I’m not fixing it.

The opening scene was the stereotypical prison scene, complete with the middle class worker complaining about how this was affecting their taxes, even though they went there to work. I loved how authentic they made all of the actors look.

That first prison guard got exactly what he deserved. First off, the man was incompetent. He was supposed to be working, but ignoring the prisoners he was supposed to be watching. Had there been an emergency that the man was able to handle, he wouldn’t have gotten there in time. Then, when he did get there, he knew that the prisoner was standing other side of the door, and he hit it with a nightstick. How wrong is that? He deserved to be punished.

I love that Sammy was so anxious about the plan that he asked Dean ten times if he was sure about the plan. He went into this thing being worked up, because he knew what was at stake.

When they came around the corner and got knocked to their knees, Dean still looked like he was having a good time and Sammy had this look of pure terror on his face. I noticed that Dean had that self-confidant look right up until the point that he looked over at Sammy and saw his face. Then, he shot him a reassuring glance. I love how he can convey such emotion to Sammy just by a glance.

They even had two different reactions to taking their mug shots. Dean was trying to be happy and funny and even made a crack about his looking better than Nick Nolte. And, Sammy had the terrified thing going on. He looked so adorable, kind of like a little kid getting into trouble.

What worries me, is that this is the end of the line for poor Sammy. He can’t go back, even if he wanted. In “Shadow” and even “Devil’s Trap,” he comments about going back to college when all of this is over. He’ll never be able to do that now. They have him on some stuff now, too, and he’s going to go down almost as hard as Dean. If he ever tried to go back to college, they’d come and drag him out of class the first day there. He has no choice but to plug forward, into whatever the demon has planned for him.

I liked that lawyer, Daniels, from the second I laid eyes on her. She wasn’t intimidated by Hendrikson’s brash approach, and when he told her he wasn’t done with Dean, she goes real matter-of-factly “Yeah, you are.” So awesome, and she was able to not only talk to the boys, together (which isn’t really allowed), but make Sammy get a better look on his face. Plus, she ended up lying to Hendrikson, and that makes her a winner in my book.

Dean’s usual approach to making Sammy feel better by cracking a joke really didn’t work this time. When they were walking in and the other prisoners were laying stake to Sam’s ass, Dean goes “Don’t worry, Sammy. I won’t trade you for smokes.” While that made us laugh, it really didn’t do a whole lot for Sam.

We see Dean and Sam have different approaches to being in jail again when they entered their cells. Dean went in and immediately made a crack about how he called the top bunk. Poor Sammy walked in and looked back and grimaced. He was just so frightened of everything there.

I really loved how it also showed their different approaches to loyalty. Sam would help someone he knew, as we saw with Becky in “Skin,” but since he doesn’t know Deacon that well, and he was more of their dad’s friend, he was hesitant to help him. Dean has always been John’s little soldier, and so he saw that he owed Deacon and would do anything to help. Loved how he threw the loyalty card in Sam’s face.

Another difference was how they ate. Sammy pushed his food around his tray, just kind of eyeing it like a little kid would, while Dean ate his own food and then asked if Sam was ever going to actually eat his food. Then again, I think we proved last week that Dean can eat anything, any time, anywhere.

That was so cute, and somehow, I thought that was how Dean got the black eye. Some guy pushed Sammy, and OMG, you know that’s something that big brother Dean has to take care of right away. I loved how quickly he was ready to fight, and his moves were awesome. Christina picked up on something that I didn’t. When Dean said the guy had seen “Taxi Driver” one too many times, Christina said she was about to say that. I thought that was cute cultural references.

I love that even in the worst places that the boys got in trouble, there are folks willing to help them out, to stand up and say that they helped them a lot. I think that speaks a lot for their character, and what they mean to the folks that they’ve helped.

Hedrikson needs to learn what you do not say to a woman. She could get him in so much trouble for sexual harassment. If he wasn’t even talking to either of us and both Christina and I got offended by that, imagine how much she was ticked.

Another difference I found was the boys’ style of relating in prison. Sam talked calmly to the prisoner, and he was given a lot of information just by standing around and talking. Later, Dean had to pay the man off with a couple packs of cigarettes. And in the yard, while Sam waited to talk to Dean, Dean was playing poker with the prisoners in the same aggressive way that he would in a bar. I was chuckling, because Sammy was making leeway, and Dean was fixing to get his ass kicked by a bunch of disgruntled prisoners.

Once again, we see Dean’s knowledge of cinema. He told Sammy that he was like Clint Eastwood in “Escape From Alcatraz.” I need to see that movie, because I didn’t get the reference, but aww that Sammy is Clint Eastwood anyway.

Dean’s got more courage... or maybe lack of brains...than I give him credit for sometimes. Christina had the idea that he had to pick the biggest prisoner so that the guards would do something, but I spent the whole scene going “Oh, come on, Dean. Did it have to be the biggest one you could find?” He had some pretty good cracks, though, and I can see why the guy got so ticked.

I love Dean for apologizing to the guy. It’s cute that, even though the guy’s big and strong and violent and gave Dean a black eye, he still wanted to make sure the guy’s feelings weren’t hurt and that he knew that he had only done it to get his plan done. It’s very noble of Dean to do that. I was shocked that the guy admitted to having self-esteem issues and so much about his past. Yay for Dean accomplishing that.

Real quick: Did anyone else think “not another heart attack” when the nurse was attacking Dean? Sorry, it just looked so much like in “Faith.”

At least the con that was talking to them was honest about himself and his situation. “Cons love to talk, and we all lie.” *snort* Everybody lies. (Sorry, just needed a real quick “House” moment there)

Sam brought up a good point. Dean fit in there too easily. He can accept that these folks are more like him than anyone else, outside of Hollywood. I love that two weeks in a row, we see Dean fitting in where Sammy isn’t. He could fit into Hollywood, because they’re all lying about how they live their lives. Even their names aren’t real. And, he can fit into jail because these men were all ready to give up a chunk of their lives to fight for something they truly believed in. In a way, that’s how Dean and Sam are both living their lives. I can see why Sammy would be so concerned, though, because that means they’re different. Sammy didn’t fit in at all.

I love how Dean was with Mara, and how he got her to trust them. They’re not the bad guys, which is why so many folks are willing to stand up for them.

That was such a surprise twist on who Deacon was. I was thinking he was one of the bad guys all along, which says a lot about his acting ability. I love that he ended up being such a good guy. Btw, that guy and Randall, they both look so familiar and I can’t place from where.

Lol, “that fight’s gonna be for real.” How cute of Sammy to say that when Dean was trying to stay there.

It’s an interesting commentary on the power of words. No one had any proof that the nurse was bad, but they all hated her because of the spread of what other inmates were saying. And, they bashed her skull in and killed her. She could have been a nice lady for all they knew.

Poor Sammy still isn’t able to drive, and it’s getting to me. The little bit of time that they drove, Dean did the driving. Now, is this because Sam’s anxious and can’t bring himself to drive after the accident, or is it because Dean’s subconsciously holding onto his “baby” or is it because deep down, Dean still blames Sammy for causing the accident in the first place?

Hendrikson has bigger issues than Sam and Dean. I don’t know what his issue is, but he’s a man obsessed and willing to do anything to get to his goal. That makes him dangerous. I was thinking, also, what if he’s related somehow to Gordon and that’s why he’s acting like a lion with a thorn in its foot.

They had a whole freaking army ready to go after the boys, and I’m so happy that Daniels told Hendrikson to go to the wrong cemetery. I’m wondering if she knew it would be dangerous to the boys if she told them the right place.

This was basically the same ending as “Nightshifter” had. I love the consistency and repetitiveness.

Episode 2.18- Hollywood Babylon

This one, obviously, took place in Hollywood. The review might be a bit to the biased side, because just like with “Tall Tales,” I went into the episode not having a positive view of it. Overall, I don’t like the comedy ones, because if I wanted to see a sitcom, I’d be watching a sitcom, and the fact that it comes on the heels of such a serious episode, makes me like the idea even less. I did like this one, though, and even if it wasn’t one of the best for me, it’s still really good, and a good way to come back from the hiatus.

That opening scene looked really familiar. It looks like the same house that was used for either “Faith” (when they went in to save the kids) or “Hell House” from last season. For a Hollywood set, it would have looked like a perfectly spooky place...right up until that woman spoke. Nothing against her, but they usually have a soft-spoken damsel-in-distress type play those scenes. Her voice almost was deep enough to be a she-man. I have to say that her reactions would have been right on, though. “Brody, you son of a bitch.” I think I’ve said some variation of that, actually.

When the director said “what the hell was that,” I had a good laugh, because that was my exact thought. I think we said it at the same time. She was doing a good job until she had to yell. I can see her point, though, which is why I would never do a good job working on something like that. You need to see what you’re working with to do a good job.

Okay, so maybe she does suck as an actress. Her whole practicing thing is just too funny. And, the set, looks like a cheap haunted house.

Oh, lord, I can’t laughing, even when I’m trying to write this. The director saying “Now, that’s what I’m talking about” when she screamed for real was just made of awesome.

Dean is so adorable. I love how excited he was getting for being on the set. He looked like a little kid, and even the kid gave him a weird look. I think, because he was deprived of being a kid when he was a kid, that now, he’s having fun and having a second childhood. We see that in “Heart,” with how excited he was getting over being able to hunt a werewolf. He was getting so starstruck, and then there’s Sammy, complete serious and trying to burst his bubble. I love the boys.

I love the comment about “Gilmore Girls” and the look that Sam gets on his face when he hears that. Also, him getting off the tour right then was pure genius. He’s like “I’m gonna go find...not Logan (because I was informed over the last week that there’s a new guy *shrugs*) and make him treat Rory as good as I did.”

Their reason for being there, while it should be cute, really breaks my heart. Dean’s trying to have Sam have a vacation so that he can forget about Madison, and Sam’s all business. This is the complete opposite of where they were in the beginning of the series. Dean’s a lot more laid back, and Sam’s the one that always wants to hunt something. Also, Sam’s taking the job much more serious, and Dean’s so distracted. Not sure if I like that in them.

Once again, Dean brings up pop culture, and I know I’ve said it before, but Dean was way too into television as a kid. But, “Poltergeist” was a weak example. Worse things happened on the set of “The Exorcist,” “The Amityville Horror,” and even “The Wizard of Oz.”

Dean doesn’t know MySpace, but he knows fear.com? I would think, in their line of work, that they wouldn’t be that big of fans of horror movies, because they would think they’re fake. Interesting.

Squeee!!!! I’m loving on the fact that Sam grabbed Dean by the chest and guided him along with his arm over his shoulder. I do believe this is the most touching we’ve seen all season.

Oh goodness, no wonder they were coming under attack. She’s reading off the Latin, and totally butchering it. Even if nothing else were wrong, that would be the problem. I don’t even like to read the parts of fan fiction that have Latin, because you never know what they’re saying and Latin’s a powerful language.

Once again, we see Dean eating and Sam refusing to eat. How many times have we seen them eat? Anybody have a ratio, because I think we’ve only seen Sammy eat once.

Love the semi-plug for Kripke’s movie, “Boogieman.” Lol, they said the script sucked. The concept was basically the same as “Supernatural,” minus the hunting. Actually, love the second plug. “Has McG seen this?” So cool.

When she’s not trying to be fake, Tara has a really sweet personality. I like that she takes Polaroids, too.

This one even has the whole set-up like “Hell House.” In “Hell House,” those two kids made the house haunted by starting something fake, which is what happened here, where the producers hired the old man to come in and play a prank. In this one, it was that prank that set it off. You don’t dance on someone’s grave.

Dean never lost the wonderment, even when they found out that it was a hoax, but Sam looked like he was pissed. Personally, I would have been, too.

I have to say, the suit, was one of the deaths that I wasn’t disappointed about. First off, he was being way too bossy and trying to call the shots, and then, he was being stupid and not paying attention to the fact that the woman was not dressed in modern day clothing, was not even in color, and that alone should ring some bells, and he followed her.

Love the look on Dean’s face when Tara said “Salt? Why would a ghost be afraid of salt?” He knows the power of the salt.

It took me until watching the actual episode to see the nice crotch shot, but I did, and yeah, they did kind of linger there.

Dean’s loving having an actual job a lot. It’s so nice to see, because despite how much he hates the picket fence life, he fits in it so well, and gets so excited when he gets that chance.

Sam’s reaction to Dean talking into the headset was cute. He had no idea that Dean wasn’t talking to him, and it brings up a good point. They’re both used to being in tune with each other, and this brings them out of that, and Sam looks like he’s gonna throw a temper tantrum.

Um, okay, I’ve never been that creeped out by anything on the show, but I needed to go turn on an extra light when Dean brought up the thing about “Three Men and a Baby.” And, thank you, Kripke, for not bringing up something more horror related. It gave me the creeps, because there’s this clip that they took at the Amityville house, where through the banister, you can see this little boy with glasses about the same age as the boy that was killed in the house. It’s up for debate, just like the “TM&aB” thing, but I believe in Amityville, so it creeps the hell out of me.

Dean’s love of classic rock and apparently punk. Sam mentions digging up Johnny Ramone’s grave, and Dean goes “Bite your tongue, heathen.” Lol, they dig graves up all the time, but man, one of the Ramones, and he’s a heathen.

OMG! That was a gruesome death, and very poetic for how the other spirit looked like he died.

I love the seriousness that Sammy has on him when he says that the ghosts are trying to shut it down because it sucks. He’s so jealous of how much time Dean’s spending on it. That’s so awesome!

Told you the Latin was bad! And, oh, wow, did that just help along one of my old church leader’s theories. They were saying a summoning ritual in a movie. Okay, this old leader, she was <b>old</b>, both in age and in the beliefs of the church. Her theory for telling the whole church not to go see horror movies or listen to heavy metal, was because demonic chants were added into the lyrics and behind the scene. It’s really far-fetched, but along the same lines. Here, it’s interesting, because the guy didn’t even know he was doing it. Now, does that go with or against her theory?

I love Sammy stuttering when he was talking to the writer. That’s so adorable. He couldn’t think of what to say.

Interesting that the original guy knew what he was doing. He did not want someone messing with his script. And, he was very vindictive about it. He forgot that the whole script was accurate, including the parts about the rock salt. Sam and Dean are awesome.

All of them standing around, and Dean was even pointing a gun at the spirits, and who do they go after? Sammy. Why? He didn’t do anything to anybody.

Did anybody else hear or get that part? Dean says something like “We’ll call the girls, have a few laughs, have a few laughs.” I have this feeling that I should know it, but I don’t and it’s bugging me.

Sammy used his video recorder on his cell phone to pick up the ghosts! That’s the most genius thing ever.

How the ghosts killed Walter was so very cool. It was similar to when the daevas turned on Meg at the end of “Shadow” and the reaper turned on the Pastor’s wife in “Faith.” Nice lesson that if you mess with something, it’ll come back and bite you in the ass.

The last scene that they showed of filming was kick ass, even if Sam wasn’t too impressed. At least now folks know how to fight the spirits instead of accidentally invoking them.

Sam looked so flustered when Dean came out of the trailer and Tara was in a robe. He didn’t know what to do. He looked almost annoyed with Dean, though. Ooh, I think my inner Wincester just had a moment.

Best ending ever!