Supernatural Bits & Pieces April 8, 2017
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8.23 Sacrifice: It Was Always God’s Intention, The Ultimate Sacrifice Metatron’s Heaven: Exile angels for revenge. Closing Hell is death. Commentary and Meta Analysis My reaction to this episode was mixed. On the one hand, the performances, direction, and technical production aspects were absolutely stellar, and it filled my eyes and broke my…
8.19 Taxi Driver: No Reason To Think I Won’t See You Again Somewhere Down The Road Reaper shows the way. Sam frees Bobby’s Hell-trapped soul; Benny says goodbye.
One thing Supernatural does best is tug on multiple threads in its story, weaving them together so that each one is essential to the whole. The layers that this provides allows for deep insight into the story and its characters. Each layer adds another texture, another emotion, another clue as to what is being told….
8.17 Goodbye Stranger: I Can’t Take Any More Lies – From Anyone Lucifer’s lost crypts Conceal the angel tablet: Win and lose at once.
Trust has always played a major role in Supernatural. Sam and Dean’s world is perilous and dangerous. There are threats lurking around every corner, and they must be on high alert at all times. Yet, Sam and Dean need to find those they can trust. But who? In “Goodbye Stranger,” the brothers have to choose…
8.10 Torn And Frayed: I Can’t Enjoy A World I Need To Save Who controls angels? Crowley and Naomi both Tamper with base code. Commentary And Meta Analysis Torn and frayed pretty well described all of our heroes by the end of this episode. But despite being torn and frayed, a…
“Torn and Frayed” is an aptly named episode. The song, from the Rolling Stones album Exile on Mainstreet, and its lyrics touch on two of its storylines: Dean and Benny and Sam and Amelia. The lyric reads, “Just as long as the guitar plays, let it steal your heart away.” In this particular episode, the…
Supernatural always knows how to weave the quirky and bizarre with the tragic and moving, and “Hunteri Heroici” does this beautifully. The case is looney tunes, literally. Anvils fall from the sky, hearts leap out of chests, and people hover in mid air only to fall once looking down. It is zany and unexplainable. In…
Season 8 of Supernatural has played with various themes. It has looked at choice, personal responsibility, good intentions, and grief. In “A Little Slice of Kevin,” we see another theme, that of perception, addressed directly. It has been there in various ways throughout the season, yet here we see it thrust out into the open,…