Supernatural, Season Four

[lit_gal]

Supernatural, Season Four

I've been watching more Supernatural. This goes from "Are You There God? It’s Me, Dean Winchester" up through "Heaven and Hell," one of the most amazing episodes ever.






Are You There God? It’s Me, Dean Winchester

Olivia appears to be another kickass woman. I’m putting her in the same category with Jo. Well crap, she didn’t last long. Wow, Sam is kinda quick to believe the angel thing. Dean: “If there is a God out there, why would he give a crap about me?” Oh, Dean’s low self-esteem is showing again. Someone is killing hunters… getting the small fry off the battlefield? Oh no. You can’t kill Bobby. No! “Bobby, you’re awesome,” Dean announces, and after seeing his panic room, I agree. Bobby is awesome and smart and loyal. Well, how nice. Someone is trying to bring the apocalypse. Nice.
Castiel is not really very nice. “You should show some respect. I dragged you out of hell. I can throw you back in.” Of course, Dean is used to working for people who aren’t very nice.


In the Beginning

The boys seem so separate this season… which makes sense considering that Dean is not sharing about his time in hell and Sam is used to trusting Ruby. I like Ruby, and even I think that it’s a dumb move to trust her. Castiel is manipulative, isn’t he… which works because Dean is stubborn and he needs to be pushed. That’s how his father had him wrapped around his finger. And how ironic is that… there’s his father. Whoa. Damn. Mom is a badass. It’s actually sad to see these hints of his father—this kind and open-hearted man that once was John Winchester. The actor who plays Dean is pretty amazing because when he’s talking to his mother, my heart aches for him. Oh crap. Dean just gave yellow-eyed demon a complete blueprint for taking out his family. Shit, shit, shit… although that is some damn good plotting.

Whoa… WAIT! He’s making deals to get the children from the breeders… that means that Mary made a deal! Oh Mary. Oh no. Well, that explains a lot. And I don’t think Castiel ever wanted Dean to save anyone. He wanted Dean to understand. Yep, sure enough. Whoa, so Dean stops Sam or the angels will? That makes me think that the angels can’t stop Sam; they brought Dean back to do the job they couldn’t.


Metamorphosis

So Ruby and Sam were getting it on, if the demon can be believed, and Sam certainly wasn’t arguing there. However, that’s a little creepy because there’s a girl in there. I really hope it’s some demon worshipping girl who volunteered for this duty. Dean is really pulling out all the guilt on Sam. God doesn’t want him doing this. Yeah, Sam is getting it with both barrels.

Now, the question is, would Jack have turned if the hunter hadn’t tied him and his wife up? And interestingly enough, the writers never answer that. I do like that Sam seems to have come back around and started to show some sympathy again. This is the first time since the vampire episode that I’ve really seen Sam be the moral “north” he started out being.

Monster Movie
Okay, goofy but fun. This is the way you do goofy right. I love the villain.


Yellow Fever.
This one is heart-breaking. Utterly heartbreaking. The plot is familiar enough. My favorite version of it is from an old movie called Scarecrow. However, no matter what the circumstances, the image of a mentally disabled man being blamed always seems to hit me. And here, he really has become the victim. Sad, sad, and sad. And while I appreciate the sheer cleverness of scaring a ghost to death, it makes me ache that they had to hurt that man again. And best of all…. BOBBY!!


"It's the Great Pumpkin, Sam Winchester"
You know, when I would see people put Dean/Castiel on their headings, I always “heard” that as Cas-teal. Now every time I hear Cas-tea-el, it feels weird.

Wait… Uriel is going to kill the entire town? But God said, “For the sake of ten, I will not destroy it,” with the it in question being Sodom. So, go would rather let evil flourish than kill ten righteous men. Did God have a brain fart at some point or is someone else pulling the strings. Mud monkeys??? Uriel called them mud monkeys??? Okay, which side are these guys on?? “You know our true orders” Okay, I’m really not vibing to the angels here. I’m with Dean. They’re dicks.

I have to say, Sam in kinda hot when he fights. He looks more and more like his brother, until he pulls out the demon bit and banishes the guy with the power of his brain. And Dean looks so disappointed in him. Sad face.

So the whole thing was a test? I don’t think Dean failed the test. And I like that Castiel admits that he doesn’t have the answers.

Wishful Thinking
Why is Dean lying about remembering hell? Is he trying to keep Sam from feeling guilty.

Oh my god! The teddy bear is wacking off. Okay, this is freaky, and I love how the boys are reacting. Yeah, they’re used to weird. Not this weird. The actors are making this whole thing work, they really are. I do like the fact that Sam admits that he has changed too much to go back to their own life.

Hey, Tiamat makes an appearance, and I am so glad that they use her myth right. Wait… isn’t that nerd the guy from Star Trek Next Generation who always had trouble with women and who made a holoprogram with women who loved him? Am I imagining this? Oh, I do like his pain when he had to give up Hope and his dreams, but he did it because it was the right thing to do. I want to write him a “happily ever after” story.


I Know What You Did Last Summer
Whoa… is Anna another one of the demon kids like Sam? I thought that Sam was the last one… that he had to fight to the last. I don’t like the new Ruby… the actress just doesn’t “read” right to me for some reason.

Oh that flashback hurt. Yeah, of course Sam tried to change places, but the fact that the demons wouldn’t trade does suggest that someone has plans for Dean. Maybe Sam has “sullied” his soul too much by using demonic powers… that would make Dean the real danger if his soul is purer. Yeah, Dean is the purer soul, and how ironic is that.

Okay, the girl is definitely hearing angels. And our boys are becoming official badasses. Sewing themselves up… popping in a shoulder without pain killers. Ow. Ow ow.

Wow. Sam made her jump into a dead/dying body. You know, I really do feel a lot better now that I know the demoness isn’t sitting on top of an innocent. LOL… “Brainstabbing imagery.” I love how Dean reacts to the idea of Sam and Ruby. You know, I think I saw part of this episode, too. It was another one that made zero sense when watched out of context. And now I see that Castiel is trying to kill eavesdropping girl. For an angel, he does some pretty shitty things.


Heaven and Hell
Okay, so Anna isn’t just tapping the angel conversations, but she knows blood spells. So, her real father wanted her dead… is she the daughter of a demon? Eeek. I never saw that coming. She was an angel! And what does she know about what Dean did in hell?

You know, Dean has sex when Anna asks for it. He is on the bottom in the car, and he is always looking at her as though searching her expression to see what she wants. He is so very subby. Subby, subby, subby. And watching Dean volunteer to go to hell to protect her. Oh, my heart can’t take the subby love.

I really get the feeling this is going down the Babylon Five route. Heaven and the angels are no more good than any other anal-retentive, control freak.

Oh God. I knew the torture Dean suffered. I had no idea Dean had been forced to torture. Oh my God. Dean. And the fact they put this detail in the episode where his sweet subby side is front and center. OMG. Heart broken. Heart broken. Oh holy crap. Okay, that was an enormous sucker punch to the gut.

Comments

[nerthus.livejournal.com]

Ha, the 'new' Ruby caused huge strife and conflict in the fandom, especially when Jared (Sam) married the new Ruby actress (Genevieve C) in real life (they now have a son, Thomas, a few months old). I'm one of the fans who HATED the new Ruby, sorry Jared but your wife just did NOT rock the part very well imo. I've often tried to mentally project the first Ruby (Katie Cassidy)into season 4 because for me Genevieve's portrayal pretty much ruined every scene she was in, and that was a lot in season 4. Now that time has passed and I rewatched the whole season again recently, I'm not QUITE as put off by her acting; but I still think she was wrong for the part. And Dean being submissive...girl, so many metas have been written on that subject, ha! The boys are just endlessly fascinating as psychological studies if nothing else.

[lit-gal.livejournal.com]

I had no idea they were married, and good for them, but she doesn't have that tightly controlled sense of evil that the old Ruby had. The old Ruby had this edge, this sarcasm and this biting edge that constantly reminded me she's a demon. The new Ruby doesn't have that inhuman edge. I don't hate her, but I don't buy her as a character as much as I did the first Ruby.

[spiceblueeyes.livejournal.com]

The Angst, with the capital A, is why I love this show so much. Also, because they manage to do it, and then at the same time they have the episodes where they don't take themselves too seriously. Jensen Ackles is the actor who plays Dean. And he does an amazing job. You can see Dean's feelings, and his repression of them, all over his face.

[lit-gal.livejournal.com]

Oh god, there is there angst and angst and angst. And the actors can really pull it off, I'm not sure all actors could.

[texanfan.livejournal.com]

So much heart breakage in this series. The angst it overflows. But there is also humor tempering it and the awesomeness that is Bobby.

Supernatural's angels bear little to know resemblance to the angels and everything elsein their context bears only a passing resemblence to the Judeo-Christian mythos. I just accepted that and I was able to keep watching without going, "But wait!" every five minutes.

[lit-gal.livejournal.com]

There really is some serious heart break, and Dean talking about how he tortured souls makes my hard break. And yeah, these are not your momma's angels.

[zazreil.livejournal.com]

Season 2 and 4 are the best seasons - Supernatural is a little like Star Trek that way

It's Me Dean Winchester: Despite the mangling of the Bible, I really like this episode. You get to see some of Bobby's history and Castiel makes his second kick butt appearance - though nothing quite tops the first episode and that walk through every protective symbol Bobby could think up. Yup Castiel isn't very nice but hey he is dealing with Dean and one thing we know about Dean - he is one stubborn cuss and equally one heck of a smart aleck - so much so that I think its terminal- snicker

In the Beginning was a great episode - It was actually supposed to be 4th and I think they should have left in that slot but the producers wanted to take advantage of the late season due to the elections and get some momentum going. I think Ruby is so deliciously sneaky, the writers did a very nice job with her. Yes Mary Winchester is so cool and Jensen Ackles rocks his scenes with both Dean's parents so hard. Loved his enthusiasm over the Impala with John - Another amusing note - though this is not explained until season 6 - ever wonder why Daniel Elkins just let this hunter who broke into his house have the Colt. Like it wasn't the most important weapon in the whole show? I did

Metamorphis - solid episode - lots of anvils but solid.

Monster Movie - Loved this episode Bob Singer the director was brilliant. He not only gave a nod to famous monster movies but to hard boiled PIs in Film Noir and the great Billy Wilder flick Sunset Boulevard.

Yellow Fever -First Episode by the worst writers of the series. Hated how Sam's character was written. Hated it. Hated the low ball Dumb and Dumber Humor. Hated how they had to destroy the ghost. Hated it. Hated how they violated all the parameters and set up that they had in the last 3 seasons that shows that if Dean and Sam go into a station pretending to be FBI they are almost always caught (this was addressed in a later episode after fans complained that this episode violated the shows own mythology) Some good moments - mostly because Jensen and Jared can act -=not because of the writing - oh and Eye of the Tiger!

Great Pumpkin - good epi - had the Wiccas up in arms but still enjoyable. Glad you caught on to what other fans were still wearing blinkers on - since Sam went through his version of Ground Hog Day he is getting more John like (at least I think its more John than any version of Dean) - obsessive - and when he is obsessive he is blind

Wishful thinking - if you write a happily ever after story I will read it. This is one of Ben Edlund's stories. The man is nuts but it always works - would it work if it weren't Jensen and Jared. Don't know it really needs strong actors

I know what you did last Summer: Ok I can say it now - Gen doesn't feel right at this point because Ruby is in full Sam manipulation mode . Trying to be a flattering Jessica at first and then a Sassy tough girl and neither worked. Now she is using Dean's absence to become family, first sisterly and then not so much.

Heaven and Hell - LOL Dean is ALWAYS ON THE BOTTOM EVERY SINGLE SEX SCENE and Sam is always in a control position. I don't know if that is Jensen's choice or if in this case they wanted to have a contrast between Sam and Ruby. Where Sam having sex with Ruby was damning him and Anna and Dean was supposed to be healing

My friend put it this way Hell is Chaotic Evil and Heaven is Lawful Evil


Yes subby Dean is so sweet - and just wait - Jensen and Jared just tear at the heartstrings this whole season

Thank you so much for sharing your enjoyment of the series, it reminds me why I love it so much

[lit-gal.livejournal.com]

Dean is constantly on the bottom. It really does make me think he is hugely bottom, and that's why I don't get why people put him with Castiel who seems to have a rusty moral compass. I want to give Dean to someone that I can trust. I would love to give him to a reincarnated Xena and Gabby, but I won't do anything until I see the end of the series. Maybe Castiel will redeem himself.

[zazreil.livejournal.com]

Xena yes - but Gabby just strikes me as to wishy washy. If I didn't think he and Buffy snark each other to death they would be a good combo too. Only problem is she might remind him too much of Mom. Of course he did find Mom hot - snicker . I do like the Spike cross overs I read but there is the whole Vampire thing to get past.

[lit-gal.livejournal.com]

Early Gabby was annoying, but she had some kick ass going for her by season three and four.

[zazreil.livejournal.com]

I'll take your word for it, never made it that far in the series. I do like your Tara suggestion from earlier. I think it was something you wrote about letting him run a head and be macho and protecting while still holding his leash. Doesn't have to be Tara it's just a nice image. Reminds me of old yaoi manga I used to read where all the Tops and Masters were these short delicate effeminate men who had these big strong handsome fierce super protective types on their leash . Which in some ways is the Sentinel dynamic now that I think about it.

[tpena19.livejournal.com]

I've only watched season one completely so far, and I'm on season two currently (slowly), but it's fun and interesting to read your thoughts :)

[lit-gal.livejournal.com]

And here I felt like I was behind pretty much everyone else in the universe.