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karadinart) wrote2013-10-16 10:16 am
karadinart) wrote2013-10-16 10:16 am
Supernatural Devil May Care Review
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A few things worked in this episode, which served as a bit of an info dump, setting up the myth arc for this season. We got to see how Abbadon gets back her original meat suit, utilizing a spell which we can assume is particular to a knight of Hell. I did appreciate how she collected demons and told them about the regime change, and taking over healthy strong bodies not only makes sense, reinforcing that demons can possess humans without consent.
While Dean protecting his most valuable asset added a single note of humor, the episode on the whole was middling - giving a nod to Osric Chau giving a great performance as Kevin, Crowley, while a bit more human, is still trying to work a deal. Noteably he’s working the possession angle too, not of Kevin’s body but his soul, implying that Sam and Dean are using him.
The bit of icky flirting from Abbadon and Dean brought some tension, particularly how soon Dean flinched when she mentioned infant slaughter (as there weren’t many innocents in Hell) again there is the reference to possession.
I didn’t feel a thing for straight from central-casting Tracey as hunter in booty shorts (who actually got busy with a vampire before beheading him, talk about unsafe sex) other than delivering ‘you set Lucifer free’ guilt on Sam, she had no character and no personality. Equally the random hunter friend was not around long enough to leave an impact, and wasn’t it odd that as soon as the evil demons were ganked, and Abbadon had fled (possibly with Dean’s dropped angel sword) it was all, let’s go grab some grub! and not pause to give poor Ed (or whatever his name was) a hunter’s burial. The ghost town was so obviously a set (despite attention to detail) it made the scene less real, some moody lighting here would have improved the visuals, keeping suspension of disbelief. I miss seasons one and two being on film.
Sam as Zeke will have to grow on me, at first the scene with Dean calling him ‘Zeke’ was all kinds of awkward, and I had to wait for Jared to settle into how he was playing it, and he seemed to be channeling Misha’s Castiel for a moment (I expected a head tilt) There again is the mention of possession, but Dean allowing it for the right reasons, for love, so that it winds Dean and Sam’s codependency into the main theme of the year.
Kudos for Dean stepping up to say Kevin, Sam, himself and Cas are family, I hope that lasts for awhile, it’s certainly nice to see the bros standing beside each other, … cue ominous music.
A few things worked in this episode, which served as a bit of an info dump, setting up the myth arc for this season. We got to see how Abbadon gets back her original meat suit, utilizing a spell which we can assume is particular to a knight of Hell. I did appreciate how she collected demons and told them about the regime change, and taking over healthy strong bodies not only makes sense, reinforcing that demons can possess humans without consent.
While Dean protecting his most valuable asset added a single note of humor, the episode on the whole was middling - giving a nod to Osric Chau giving a great performance as Kevin, Crowley, while a bit more human, is still trying to work a deal. Noteably he’s working the possession angle too, not of Kevin’s body but his soul, implying that Sam and Dean are using him.
The bit of icky flirting from Abbadon and Dean brought some tension, particularly how soon Dean flinched when she mentioned infant slaughter (as there weren’t many innocents in Hell) again there is the reference to possession.
I didn’t feel a thing for straight from central-casting Tracey as hunter in booty shorts (who actually got busy with a vampire before beheading him, talk about unsafe sex) other than delivering ‘you set Lucifer free’ guilt on Sam, she had no character and no personality. Equally the random hunter friend was not around long enough to leave an impact, and wasn’t it odd that as soon as the evil demons were ganked, and Abbadon had fled (possibly with Dean’s dropped angel sword) it was all, let’s go grab some grub! and not pause to give poor Ed (or whatever his name was) a hunter’s burial. The ghost town was so obviously a set (despite attention to detail) it made the scene less real, some moody lighting here would have improved the visuals, keeping suspension of disbelief. I miss seasons one and two being on film.
Sam as Zeke will have to grow on me, at first the scene with Dean calling him ‘Zeke’ was all kinds of awkward, and I had to wait for Jared to settle into how he was playing it, and he seemed to be channeling Misha’s Castiel for a moment (I expected a head tilt) There again is the mention of possession, but Dean allowing it for the right reasons, for love, so that it winds Dean and Sam’s codependency into the main theme of the year.
Kudos for Dean stepping up to say Kevin, Sam, himself and Cas are family, I hope that lasts for awhile, it’s certainly nice to see the bros standing beside each other, … cue ominous music.
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Ezekiel being able to do blast those demons away, plus healing Sam, makes me wonder how does he have powers at all? Correct me if I'm (probably) wrong, but shouldn't all the angels who've been banished to Earth by Metatron be powerless, or is it only Castiel who's lost his grace? And if I'm right, then where the heck is Ezekiel's juice coming from, and how is he powering up?!
Of course, Hael, the female angel from the previous episode, was able to lie there in a broken body and feel no pain, but this is also the same Hael who needed a car to get to the Grand Canyon. I'm confused - how much mojo are the fallen angels supposed to have, or be able to reclaim? I mean, if they were all able to recover to full power, couldn't they arguably take Heaven back, or at least do some serious damage on Earth if anyone pisses them off?
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