The Positively Positive

Sam and Dean in Good God Y’all. Image from www.thetvaddict.com

The second episode of this season brought back a few familiar faces from seasons past and I was very happy to see them. Makes me wonder if they’ll continue to bring back more characters from previous seasons and also if we’ll see more of the ones we’ve already seen.

A highly tense episode with lots of action and a good amount of angst thrown in for good measure, this one had everything that makes Supernatural the great show that it is.

Highlights….

Once again a great song in the opening montage – “Long, Long Way from Home”  by Foreigner.

Cas calling on the cell phone was hilarious. Hadn’t thought about how he wouldn’t be able to find the guys either, now that he’s marked them with a sigil.

Loved seeing the sigil on the x-ray. Too rad.

Whoa. Cas is going to find God?

Cas getting all up in Dean’s face, telling him that he sacrificed everything for them. Love it when he gets all tough like that.

Ha! I knew it! I knew it! I knew it! *does a happy dance* I’ve been saying since last season that the amulet Sam gave Dean was going to play a big part one of these days. So when Cas said it would help him find God I actually cheered out loud.

Interesting that Dean seems so attached to the amulet. Considering he and Sam aren’t on the best of terms right now I have to wonder what significance it has for him exactly.

Another great song! Too funny that I had literally just been listening to “Spirit in the Sky” by Norman Greenbaum a few hours before the ep aired. Oh how I love it when they use songs I already have on my iPod. Makes adding them to my own Supernatural Soundtrack that much easier. (thanks to www.heardontv.com for help with the info on both songs from this ep).

Dean eyeing the red Mustang. Yep, I totally would’ve noticed it too. That was a hot car.

OMG! It’s Ellen! Hi Ellen! Damn, I missed her. Love that the first thing she did was throw holy water in Dean’s face. Some things never change.

Love that Ellen is one of the few people that can make both Dean and Sam shake in their boots, despite being about half their size.

The tension building between Sam and Dean. Wow, you can cut it with a knife. Yes I know that’s cliché but hey, it’s the truth.

The fact that if you watch carefully when Sam kills the “demons” in the store, they don’t flash when he stabs them with the knife. When I saw that I pointed it out to my friends, but I had no idea what the significance of it was. Nice touch.

Oh boy, Sam is thinking about the blood again. No Sammy! Don’t do it!

Sam shoving Dean into a wall for asking him if he really has learned his lesson. Interesting though when you consider that Sam had just admitted to a moment of weakness when he saw all the blood and wished he could save people without killing them. So really, how could Dean not ask him that?

The fact that Ellen spotted that there is something is up between the brothers. She knows them better than they think she does.

OMG! It’s Jo! Hi Jo! Y’all can hate me all you want but I’ve missed her too. Never thought she was right for Dean, but liked her character just the same. Especially after meeting Alona Tal at a convention this year. She is really cool.

Okay I have to admit I was confused as all heck when the “demons” started pouring salt in Sam’s mouth and trying the exorcism on him. My friend figured it out though, theorizing that someone was making everyone in the town see demons where there were none. Great piece of writing, that.

Ellen and Dean going through all the clues and figuring out what was happening. Those two work well together.

Dean knowing exactly where to go in the Bible to find reference to the Apocalypse. Looks like someone’s been going to Sunday school.

War sitting down for a little chat with Sam and knowing all about his little problem. Nice way to get into Sam’s head without him having to say anything.

Dean with demon black eyes. Yowza. Is it, like, totally wrong to say just how amazingly good he looks with black eyes?

Dean’s little “Hi Jo” in the midst of the gunfight. Too cute.

That despite the fact that he’s pissed at him, Dean’s first priority is to go and save his brother.

Sam cutting off War’s finger to get the ring off and stop his power over everyone. Pretty clever since they knew they couldn’t actually kill him. Nicely done, boys.

The brothers sitting down for a heart to heart on a park bench. We’ve seen the “it’s the end of the show, now we need to talk” speech done in a lot of places and it was nice to see something new.

Sam deciding to leave Dean and stop hunting for a while – and Dean agreeing with him. Very heavy stuff and a very interesting direction for the show to take. Can’t wait to see where this goes.

Dean offering to let Sam take the Impala. Aw man, that was so sweet. I seriously got a little teary-eyed at that.

Overall an action packed episode that brought back a couple of my favorite characters and delivered some good brotherly angst.

Season 5 starts off with a bang in this episode. The Apocalypse we’ve all been dreading since last year is now upon us as Lucifer has been set free. The direction the show has decided to go with the angels, etc is very bold. As I watched this episode I had to wonder if there were any fans out there who were having trouble with it. As for me I am finding it very fascinating, the lines between what we consider “good” and “evil” being blurred as much as they are.

Highlights……

Part of the fun every year with this show is seeing what song they will use in the opening montage and what changes they’ve made to the opening title card. AC/DC’s Thunderstruck rocked out nicely and the blood in the water theme of the title card is one of the best yet.

Sam saying “He’s coming” made me giggle for some reason….I mean I’m sure that fact hadn’t gone unnoticed by Dean.

Yosemite Sam! Awesome. Uh oh…poor Dean is in a plane and it nearly crashes?? Poor guy’s never getting on a plane again.

Whoa, guess there’s no doubt that the Apocalypse has started, judging by what the boys hear on the radio.

Dean’s “your eyes went black?” – wow, he’s definitely still having trouble with Sam’s powers.

Dean drawing the sigil and sending away the angels. Also his “Learned that from my friend Cas, you son of a bitch!” was so sweet.

Sam trying so hard to apologize and Dean trying so hard to hide the fact that he really can’t forgive him for what happened.

The fact that they not only put in a fangirl writing fanfiction but that she was writing WINCEST!!! LOL!! I really love how this show embraces their crazy fans so much.

The fangirl’s response to meeting Sam and Dean, especially the fact that she was more excited to meet Sam and wouldn’t stop touching him.

Bobby driving up in the Impala! Woohoo! I love Bobby!

Bobby being so pissed at Sam just broke my heart. Gotta admit I didn’t see him being possessed coming at all. What a shock! Especially since he was the one who originally gave Sam and Dean the amulets to keep from being possessed in the first place. Guess he’s going to need to get a tattoo now too.

Meg is back, very interesting. I like this new actress but that kiss was just plain strange for some reason.

Bobby for fighting back and stabbing himself with the demon knife to keep from killing Dean.

This poor guy who’s been chosen for Lucifer’s vessel, the baby crying in the monitor was so creepy and very, very sad.

Ha! I was right. Last year I kept saying that Dean was going to have to fight Lucifer and probably end up being a vessel to do it. I am predicting that though he’s fighting it now, at some point he will be forced to let it happen. I can’t wait to see what Jensen does with that.

I wonder why Lucifer and Michael have to pick particular vessels. Demons just pick any body they want to use, why do these two have to pick certain men? Wonder if we’ll get that answer at some point.

Cas to the rescue!! About time we get to see Cas kick some serious ass. Seeing him wield that knife makes me wonder if we’ll end up seeing Dean (as Michael) in all out knife fight with Lucifer. Demon blade versus Angel blade.

Hm…that is an interesting question – who did save Cas and put Sam and Dean on that plane? Demons??

Ouch. A sigil carved to the ribs doesn’t sound like fun at all.

That speech by Lucifer was absolutely amazing. “Sympathy For the Devil” was an appropriate title for this episode as that is pretty much what I felt. Really made me take a closer look at what I thought I knew (which admittedly isn’t much , having only attended a few Sunday School classes a very long time ago) about God, angels, etc. By the time she was done I actually wanted the guy to say yes! Wow.

Bobby yelling at the doctors, too funny. But I guess that means that though Cas got Zachariah to fix Sam and Dean, he didn’t get him to fix Bobby too.

Dean telling Bobby that he wants to take everyone on – demons, angels, etc and not let them battle it out on Earth. Is it wrong that I actually want this battle to take place? I don’t want people to die but I’m really dying to see Lucifer and Michael go at it.

Dean finally admitting to Sam that he can’t forgive him, doesn’t trust him and they’ll never be what they were before…..wow. Once again Kripke, you’ve torn out my heart. Thanks for that.

Overall a fantastic start to what may very well be the last season of this fantastic show. Full of demons, angels, the apocalypse, some good Sam and Dean angst and a whole bunch of new questions about the coming season.

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For the third year in a row, I managed to get seats at the very popular Supernatural panel. This year neither of the “boys” could make it, but we still had some fantastic guests – Eric Kripke, Misha Collins, Jim Beaver, Sera Gamble and Ben Edlund.

My friends and I waited in line for an hour and only just barely got in to the room in time to see Eric Kripke introducing a clip from the premiere episode of Season 5.

Highlights….. (spoiler free)

Kripke announcing that Jared and Jensen were sorry they were unable to make it and “they are shirtless and send their love.” – Does this guy know his audience or what?

Jim and Misha discussing a possible (at least in their heads) storyline this season concerning an unrequited love between Bobby and Cas.

Kripke talking about how the idea for “The Monster at the End of the Story” came about. Turns out they couldn’t figure out how to put in a guy who writes book about Sam and Dean (and have it make sense), until someone suggested that they make the character a Prophet. Then suddenly it worked. I love hearing about other people’s writing process and this little glimpse into the writer’s room on the show was amazing for me.

Kripke telling us that last year’s season was all about the brother’s being torn apart and this year will be about them coming back together……getting the most angst out of it that they possibly can. Yes! I love me some good brotherly angst.

Everyone talking about the direction that Cas will be going this year.

Being told that some of my favorite characters will be returning this year.

An audience member asking Kripke if there would be a season 6 and him replying that he was going to wait and see. The fact that it wasn’t a flat out “no”, gave me hope that we might just see a season 6.

Watching the clips from the season 4 gag reel.

Overall it was a very informative panel with Kripke and crew giving us lots of tidbits of what is to come in the final (if it is indeed to be the final) season of Supernatural. Once again, as it does every year, watching the panel has made me very excited for the season to come.

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