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The real 5x01 reaction
I don't remember everything in order, but I do remember the main parts I loved and hated and you all probably think I'm crazy for having the whole What. The. Fuck. post, but whatever. I'm here now.
Okay, first off? I may or may not have cheered, as in bounced a little in bed and clapped excitedly, when Thunderstruck started up. I LOOOOOOOOOVE that song. Nevermind it was the pump-up song for my beloved White Sox during the 2005 season and they keep using it ... anyway. I adore the way they use awesome classic/hard rock in this show. And I thought the roundup of last season was awesome and it got me amped up for it ...
I was entirely too excited to see them start up in the church again. I feared that Kripke would just plop them into present day September and just have a one-liner to explain it all away. Instead? They freak out and then an airplane takes them away? It was fucked up and so inexplicable, but I went with it, okay? I dealt with it. Funny, though, once Dean looked out the window in horror I started whimpering and was all "OMG DEAN HATES FLYING! POOR DEAN!" Haha. Please tell me I wasn't the only one.
CHUCK. OILU. I feared they wouldn't bring him back, I don't know why, I just thought they'd drop it, but I'm so glad they didn't. The molar in his hair, oh my, I LOLed right there.
ANGEL CONDOM. OMG. I don't know, I love that Dean gives the angels shit and I love how he rips back and forth with Zach (OMG ILU ZACH. No words, really. I like how big of a dick he is and that he smarts right back.) but sometimes I feel like the comments aren't as funny as they're meant to be. Like they're trying to hard to be witty? I don't know. But what I do love in these moments is when Dean steps up and does all the hard talking, like the angels are his peeps on the corner who he can talk shit to (they totally are, I know) and he's protecting not just the world from these two-timing assholes, but Sam (because he still loves him! I know he does!), because he takes over the whole conversation and battles right back. Zach breaks Sam's legs, gives Dean Stage 4 cancer, then takes away Sam's lungs, and Dean still says no? Big fucking brass balls, that man. Also on this scene, it felt kinda cheesy how once Castiel made Zach leave, Sam and Dean pop up like they're 100% fine. I don't know ... give it a few seconds as they recover and slowly sit back up? I'm judging too much I know.
Everyone - or who I read - is loving the Lucifer piece. I like it - in theory. But I'm bothered. Yes, I see how this man lost his family and Lucifer is playing that up, making him imagine his wife and the blood and the Shining shit (I can never think of that movie without hearing Groundskeeper Willy saying "You've got the Shinning!" and Bart asks "You mean the Shining?" "Shh,y ou don't wanna get sued, do ya?" geez, I'm a loser). BUT It's the DEVIL. Who is really going to say 'yes, take my body, and take over the world.' Granted, I've never, ever been in that kind of position, but I'd like to think I'd still be like 'um, no, you are not using my body to wipe out the human race.' I don't know. I just don't know. I AM very excited to see how Lucifer in general is handled, considering Kripke has said that he'll be a compassionate type person and will be just as wounded as the other characters. It's not like he's gonna be all ARRRRRGGGHHH! I'M THE CRAZY DEVIL and mutilate all of mankind. So I'm giving this some time (I think) to develop. I don't promise I'll stop judging, because it's what I do best, but still ... I'll try to give it space.
The ending ... JESUS. The ending fucking killed me. I get it, I really do, that Dean can't trust him. And I'm glad it took that long for him to say it - like he was fighting against admitting it because he didn't want to hurt Sammy. And he finally had to because he couldn't stand it. But it still made my heart cry and I wanted to just hug Sam. because BOY NEEDS A HUG. I'm only pissed with it because they already have SO MUCH to repair and this episode felt like one step forward, two steps back, and it pains the corner of my heart that loves dedicated siblings who will do anything for each other - like fucking go to hell. But now they're getting worse and it feels even harder than anything they fought over in S4. Gosh. BOYS WHAT'RE YOU DOING. Sam knows he did wrong, but you know what? He thought he was doing right. He was under the illusion that he was saving the world, not setting it up. And Dean, meanwhile, trusted angels who set it all up ... who set Sam up to start the apocalypse and even told Dean so ... so why the hell is Dean so distrusting of him? God, these boys are stupid when it comes to who they follow into battle. They need to learn that they do it right together, not going their own ways. So just hug it out, bitches.
I liked the lady playing Meg. Please, please, please bring her back? I liked her tone and attitude, and I was pissed when she ran out of the body because I want that actress back STAT.
And now ... the Wincest girl. My God. Okay, you know what? I liked that, too, in theory. But I hated how she was played up all pathetic and anxious and weird. Yes, it's funny she won't stop touching Sam, and I LOLed when she did the "Dean ... not what I was expecting" or imagining, whatever, I haven't committed this to memory. But, she sooooo reminded me of Eunice from She's the Man and that girl was fucking messed in the head but she was supposed to ... Oh, you know what, I just looked it up on IMDB and it's the same actress, so apparently that's how she does. But anyway, I hated how eager and weird and antsy and I can't think of the right word here to portray how badly she rubbed me. I don't care if Kripke pulls meta in, it makes me laugh and laugh and laugh. I LOVED Monster at the End of this Book because it pokes fun at it all but keeps it within the plot of the episode, and here, it felt weird and forced.
I didn't even realize it until I read everyone else say it, but I AM SO GLAD SAM IS BACK. This is the Sam we all fell in love with way back. The damaged little puppy who wants help and is willing to admit his mistakes and needs a fucking hug. Jesus Christ, Dean, just hug your brother already. Tell him he's a shithead and he started the apocalypse, but can you at least touch the boy and make him feel something other than misery? Okay, I know he really can't and the boys will need to be fixed sooooo slowly. But I just wanted to see one thing there. Though I felt it a bit when Dean kept cutting him off when he tried to tell Bobby what he'd done. So I'll take that.
BUT OMG BOBBY. I whimpered, so badly, when he told Sam to lose his number. I didn't get it - didn't even imagine it was demonic - and I thought it was just Kripke trying to pile all of the pain and guilt onto Sam. And I get that, I am on board there, because it seems like such a real thing to do. Kick the guy while he's down ... because then over the course of 20 episodes, he'll fix himself and Dean will finally HUG HIS FUCKING BROTHER. Gosh. I don't even know. I think I read too many 4x22 codas and really wanted that moment where Dean's like "Sam, it's okay," or when they discuss the voicemail. I kind of surprised myself with how disappointed I was that it never came up, haha, I'm such a dumb fangirl, omg.
Jesus, how does it always come back to how fractured Sam and Dean are, and that Sam just needs a hug?
Anyway, I am deliriously happy to have new Wincesters on my TV, and it's going to suck going through all this ridiculousness each week instead of marathoning like I did to even get into the show, but whatever. This is likely to be the longest TV season for me ever because I'm just going to count down the minutes until these boys fucking hug.
Okay, first off? I may or may not have cheered, as in bounced a little in bed and clapped excitedly, when Thunderstruck started up. I LOOOOOOOOOVE that song. Nevermind it was the pump-up song for my beloved White Sox during the 2005 season and they keep using it ... anyway. I adore the way they use awesome classic/hard rock in this show. And I thought the roundup of last season was awesome and it got me amped up for it ...
I was entirely too excited to see them start up in the church again. I feared that Kripke would just plop them into present day September and just have a one-liner to explain it all away. Instead? They freak out and then an airplane takes them away? It was fucked up and so inexplicable, but I went with it, okay? I dealt with it. Funny, though, once Dean looked out the window in horror I started whimpering and was all "OMG DEAN HATES FLYING! POOR DEAN!" Haha. Please tell me I wasn't the only one.
CHUCK. OILU. I feared they wouldn't bring him back, I don't know why, I just thought they'd drop it, but I'm so glad they didn't. The molar in his hair, oh my, I LOLed right there.
ANGEL CONDOM. OMG. I don't know, I love that Dean gives the angels shit and I love how he rips back and forth with Zach (OMG ILU ZACH. No words, really. I like how big of a dick he is and that he smarts right back.) but sometimes I feel like the comments aren't as funny as they're meant to be. Like they're trying to hard to be witty? I don't know. But what I do love in these moments is when Dean steps up and does all the hard talking, like the angels are his peeps on the corner who he can talk shit to (they totally are, I know) and he's protecting not just the world from these two-timing assholes, but Sam (because he still loves him! I know he does!), because he takes over the whole conversation and battles right back. Zach breaks Sam's legs, gives Dean Stage 4 cancer, then takes away Sam's lungs, and Dean still says no? Big fucking brass balls, that man. Also on this scene, it felt kinda cheesy how once Castiel made Zach leave, Sam and Dean pop up like they're 100% fine. I don't know ... give it a few seconds as they recover and slowly sit back up? I'm judging too much I know.
Everyone - or who I read - is loving the Lucifer piece. I like it - in theory. But I'm bothered. Yes, I see how this man lost his family and Lucifer is playing that up, making him imagine his wife and the blood and the Shining shit (I can never think of that movie without hearing Groundskeeper Willy saying "You've got the Shinning!" and Bart asks "You mean the Shining?" "Shh,y ou don't wanna get sued, do ya?" geez, I'm a loser). BUT It's the DEVIL. Who is really going to say 'yes, take my body, and take over the world.' Granted, I've never, ever been in that kind of position, but I'd like to think I'd still be like 'um, no, you are not using my body to wipe out the human race.' I don't know. I just don't know. I AM very excited to see how Lucifer in general is handled, considering Kripke has said that he'll be a compassionate type person and will be just as wounded as the other characters. It's not like he's gonna be all ARRRRRGGGHHH! I'M THE CRAZY DEVIL and mutilate all of mankind. So I'm giving this some time (I think) to develop. I don't promise I'll stop judging, because it's what I do best, but still ... I'll try to give it space.
The ending ... JESUS. The ending fucking killed me. I get it, I really do, that Dean can't trust him. And I'm glad it took that long for him to say it - like he was fighting against admitting it because he didn't want to hurt Sammy. And he finally had to because he couldn't stand it. But it still made my heart cry and I wanted to just hug Sam. because BOY NEEDS A HUG. I'm only pissed with it because they already have SO MUCH to repair and this episode felt like one step forward, two steps back, and it pains the corner of my heart that loves dedicated siblings who will do anything for each other - like fucking go to hell. But now they're getting worse and it feels even harder than anything they fought over in S4. Gosh. BOYS WHAT'RE YOU DOING. Sam knows he did wrong, but you know what? He thought he was doing right. He was under the illusion that he was saving the world, not setting it up. And Dean, meanwhile, trusted angels who set it all up ... who set Sam up to start the apocalypse and even told Dean so ... so why the hell is Dean so distrusting of him? God, these boys are stupid when it comes to who they follow into battle. They need to learn that they do it right together, not going their own ways. So just hug it out, bitches.
I liked the lady playing Meg. Please, please, please bring her back? I liked her tone and attitude, and I was pissed when she ran out of the body because I want that actress back STAT.
And now ... the Wincest girl. My God. Okay, you know what? I liked that, too, in theory. But I hated how she was played up all pathetic and anxious and weird. Yes, it's funny she won't stop touching Sam, and I LOLed when she did the "Dean ... not what I was expecting" or imagining, whatever, I haven't committed this to memory. But, she sooooo reminded me of Eunice from She's the Man and that girl was fucking messed in the head but she was supposed to ... Oh, you know what, I just looked it up on IMDB and it's the same actress, so apparently that's how she does. But anyway, I hated how eager and weird and antsy and I can't think of the right word here to portray how badly she rubbed me. I don't care if Kripke pulls meta in, it makes me laugh and laugh and laugh. I LOVED Monster at the End of this Book because it pokes fun at it all but keeps it within the plot of the episode, and here, it felt weird and forced.
I didn't even realize it until I read everyone else say it, but I AM SO GLAD SAM IS BACK. This is the Sam we all fell in love with way back. The damaged little puppy who wants help and is willing to admit his mistakes and needs a fucking hug. Jesus Christ, Dean, just hug your brother already. Tell him he's a shithead and he started the apocalypse, but can you at least touch the boy and make him feel something other than misery? Okay, I know he really can't and the boys will need to be fixed sooooo slowly. But I just wanted to see one thing there. Though I felt it a bit when Dean kept cutting him off when he tried to tell Bobby what he'd done. So I'll take that.
BUT OMG BOBBY. I whimpered, so badly, when he told Sam to lose his number. I didn't get it - didn't even imagine it was demonic - and I thought it was just Kripke trying to pile all of the pain and guilt onto Sam. And I get that, I am on board there, because it seems like such a real thing to do. Kick the guy while he's down ... because then over the course of 20 episodes, he'll fix himself and Dean will finally HUG HIS FUCKING BROTHER. Gosh. I don't even know. I think I read too many 4x22 codas and really wanted that moment where Dean's like "Sam, it's okay," or when they discuss the voicemail. I kind of surprised myself with how disappointed I was that it never came up, haha, I'm such a dumb fangirl, omg.
Jesus, how does it always come back to how fractured Sam and Dean are, and that Sam just needs a hug?
Anyway, I am deliriously happy to have new Wincesters on my TV, and it's going to suck going through all this ridiculousness each week instead of marathoning like I did to even get into the show, but whatever. This is likely to be the longest TV season for me ever because I'm just going to count down the minutes until these boys fucking hug.