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meg_tdjWhen I first heard there would be an episode where Sam and Dean find out someone's writing their lives as books, I thought this was going to be seriously dumb. They'd finally run out of ideas, they were doing too many cracky eps, the whole thing was just gonna SUCK. But then I saw the episode, and lo and behold, it was the best ep so far of the season, one of the most pivotal storyarc eps of the series, and introduced a new fan-favourite minor character. The word AWESOME didn't seem to cut it. I officially stopped ever doubting the genius of this show and its writers.
Okay, so Chuck. I've been debating this over and over with myself and others since the season 5 finale, but I don't know if I've come to a firm conclusion yet - is Chuck God? Or was he really just a prophet who knew his work was done and was snatched away to Heaven? I can't make up my mind. It could go either way, really, but right now I think I'm leaning towards... just a prophet.
I mean, we saw him on his own getting his dreams and drinking himself into a stupor. If he was God, he'd forgotten, because he seemed genuinely confused by it all. And I find it hard to believe that angels wouldn't sense that something was up if they were interacting with GOD on a regular basis, you know? But there are also things in this episode that support the God argument, so I don't know. Like I said, it could go either way.
Anyway. Hopefully we'll get more answers on that in season 6. (And if you know already from spoilers or anything, PLEASE DO NOT TELL ME. I'm spoiler-free and happy about it.)
I really liked this Lilith, and I was glad they brought her back later. Really good actress, I thought. The role changed significantly from Katie's portrayal, but I think that was needed. She's been around a loooong time, and even though she mostly possesses children, she isn't a child herself. She needed to be on a level with Sam here for him to take her seriously.
Actually, something occurred to me when she was talking with Sam - when she said "Man after my own heart," it got me thinking about what Ruby says in 4x21 about how Lilith became a demon in the first place. Lucifer "twisted and tempted" her into becoming the very first demon, and it made me wonder if maybe Ruby was following the same pattern with Sam. Hmm.
Sam was so excited to get a chance to try his powers on Lilith, even if it killed him. I wonder, was it just a test to see if he was ready, or was Lilith really scared and trying to back out? She didn't seem to be when it was time for him to kill her for real. Did Ruby disable that bridge so they couldn't leave town?
The Sam and Chuck scene was gorgeous and so badly needed by this point. All this time, Sam has wanted to TALK to someone, and he finally found someone who understood where he was coming from. I so wanted those two to be BFFs. :P
I love that Chuck said he didn't write the blood-drinking into the books because he was afraid it would make Sam seem unsympathetic, heh. I can see the writers having that discussion in the writers' room, wondering how and when to make the Big Reveal, and how to write the scene so that Sam didn't come across as completely disgusting and, well, unsympathetic. And now we know why the angels didn't know what he was doing behind closed doors while they knew every detail about other stuff that was going on - they were getting most of their info from Chuck, and Chuck was leaving things out.
Sam was so scared that Cas and Dean had found out about the blood. He didn't want Dean to know how much of a freak he was. Gah, that confrontation between the boys when Dean wanted to go and Sam wanted to stay was just heartwrenching. Dean saying he believes he'll go darkside?? Nooooo!! And Sam seriously panicked for a second when Dean implied that he knew what Sam had been up to, and when it turned out to be just that he'd killed Alastair, the relief on his face... ohhhhh, Sam. :(
Cas finding a loophole was AWESOME. Awesome awesome awesome. But no wonder he was snatched off to be brainwashed two episodes later, LOL.
The books/episodes published were as follows -
Pilot
Wendigo
Phantom Traveler
Bloody Mary
Skin
Hookman
Bugs
Home
Asylum
Scarecrow
Faith
Route 666
Nightmare
The Benders
Shadow
Salvation
Bloodlust
Croatoan
Heart
Sin City
Fresh Blood
Mystery Spot
Jus In Bello
No Rest For the Wicked
He spent an awful lot of useless time on season 1 and missed most of the pivotal eps of seasons 2 and 3, so I don't really see how anyone could follow the storyline that way, LOL. But maybe that's why they didn't sell so well. ;)
One thing bugs me - Chuck said he never put the name Winchester in the books, yet a short time later we see Becky with a Winchester banner on her wall. Oops? Also, it makes no sense for him not to have used their last name, considering how often they're referred to as "the Winchesters" or "the Winchester boys" and whatnot.
Randomness -
*The name of the diner was Kripke's Hollow Diner. Kripke's Hollow must have been the name of the town, heehee!
*"Did Phil put you up to this?" - I'm guessing that was a nod to Phil Sgriccia, editor of gag reels and lover of good pranks.
*Carver Edlund, of course, was a reference to two of the show's main writers - Jeremy Carver and Ben Edlund.
*Bugs and Red Sky At Morning were mentioned as two of the worst written stories, heh. Route 666 was also mocked. I love my show. ;)
*Dean is a closet Vonnegut fan. That...actually doesn't surprise me.
*The actress who played the publisher also played Karen Giles in The Usual Suspects.
*Mention of Dr. Sexy M.D. being a book/series that people read instead of the Supernatural series (aka Grey's Anatomy, which airs in the same timeslot as SPN). That's the "book" Dean says the show is based on when Sam catches him watching it in Changing Channels.
Quotes -
Dean: *reading Route 666* Everything is in here. I mean, everything. From the racist truck to me having sex... I'm full-frontal in here, dude!
Sam: *grossed out*
Dean: Oh, check it out, there's actually fans. There's not many of them, but still. Did you read this?
Sam: Yeah.
Dean: Although, for fans, they sure do complain a lot.
Dean: *grins* There are Sam-girls and Dean-girls, and... what's a slash fan?
Sam: As in Sam-slash-Dean. Together.
*pause*
Dean: Like, "together" together?
Sam: Yeah.
Dean: *horrified* They do know we're brothers, right?!
Sam: Doesn't seem to matter.
Dean: Oh, come on, that... that's just sick. *slams laptop shut, pushes it away*
Publisher: The best parts are when they cry!
Publisher: If only real men were so open and in touch with their feelings.
Dean: Real men??
Publisher: Uh... I mean, no offense. How often do you cry like that, hmm?
Dean: Well, right now I'm crying on the inside.
Publisher: Is that supposed to be funny?
Dean: Lady, this whole thing is funny.
Chuck: "Sam and Dean approached the rundown... approached the ramshackle house with trepidation. Did they really want to learn the secrets that lay beyond that door? Sam and Dean traded soulful looks. Then, with determination, Dean pushed the doorbell with forceful... determination." *drops papers* Blech.
Chuck: Look, uh, I appreciate your enthusiasm. Really, I do. It's uh, it's always nice to hear from the fans, but uh, for your own good, I strongly suggest you get a life.
Dean: See, here's the thing. We HAVE a life. You've been using it to write your books.
Chuck: Is this some kind of Misery thing? Ah, it is, isn't it? It's a Misery thing!
Chuck: Are those real guns?
Dean: Yup. This is real rock salt, these are real fake IDs...
Chuck: Heh. I gotta hand it to you guys, you really are my #1 fans. That's... that's awesome.
Chuck: Oh! Oh, you're still there.
Dean: Yup.
Chuck: You're not a hallucination.
Dean: Nope.
Chuck: Well, there's only one explanation. Obviously I'm a god.
Sam: You're not a god.
Chuck: How else do you explain it? I write things and then they come to life? Yeah, no, I'm definitely a god. A cruel, cruel, capricious god. The things I put you through! The physical beatings alone.
Dean: We're still in one piece.
Chuck: I killed your father. I burned your mother alive. And then you had to go through the whole horrific deal again with Jessica.
Sam: Chuck...
Chuck: All for what? All for the sake of literary symmetry. I toyed with your lives, your emotions, for... entertainment!
Dean: You didn't toy with us, Chuck, okay? You didn't create us.
Chuck: Did you really have to live through the bugs?
Dean: Yeah.
Chuck: What about the ghost ship?
Dean: Yes, that too.
Chuck: I am SO sorry. I mean, horror is one thing, but to be forced to live bad writing... If I would have known it was real, I would have done another pass.
Dean: Chuck, you're not a god!
Sam: We think you're probably just psychic.
Chuck: No. If I were psychic, you think I'd be writing? Writing is hard!
Chuck: The, uh, latest book. It's, uh, it's kinda weird.
Sam: Weird how?
Chuck: It's very Vonnegut.
Dean: Slaughterhouse-Five Vonnegut, or Cat's Cradle Vonnegut?
Sam: What?!
Dean: What?
Dean: I'm sitting in a laundromat reading about myself sitting in a laundromat reading about myself, my head hurts.
Dean: "Sam tossed his gigantic darks into the machine. He was starting to have doubts about Chuck, about whether he was telling the whole truth."
Sam: Stop it.
Dean: "'Stop it,' Sam said." Guess what you do next?
Sam: *rolls his shoulders, goes back to laundry*
Dean: "Sam turned his back on Dean, his face brooding and pensive." I mean, I don't know how he's doing it, but this guy is doing it. I can't see your face, but those are definitely your brooding and pensive shoulders.
Sam: *sighs, glares*
Dean: *reads further* You just thought I was a dick.
Sam: *impressed* Guy's good.
Chuck: "Lilith patted the bed seductively. Unable to deny his desire, Sam succumbed, and they sank into the throes of fiery demonic passion."
Sam: *laughs* You're kidding me, right?
Dean: You think this is funny?
Sam: You don't?! I mean, come on, dude, uh... "fiery demonic passion"?
Chuck: It's just a first draft...
Dean: How does this whole psychic thing of yours work?
Chuck: You mean my process?
Sam: "The minivan accident wasn't that bad, but Dean was still seeing stars. He scratched absently at the pink flower band-aids on his face."
Dean: So?
Sam: So, I've seen you gushing blood. You'd use duct tape and bar rags before you'd put on a pink flower band-aid.
Sam: "Dean slid behind the wheel of his beloved Impala and drove off, the plastic tarp on the rear window flapping like the wings of a crow."
Dean: A tarp?
Sam: Yeah, on the rear window. And you'd drive it like that?
Dean: We get off book, we never make it to the end. It's opposite day.
Dean: *makes face* I'll have the... veggie tofu burger.
Sam: This whole thing is ridiculous.
Dean: Lilith is ridiculous?
Sam: The idea of me hooking up with her is.
Dean: Right. Cause something like THAT could never happen.
Dean: It frustrates me when you say such reckless things.
Sam: Well, it frustrates me when you'd rather hide than fight.
Dean: *bites into burger* Oh my God. This is delicious. Tofu is amazing!!
Waitress: I'm so sorry! I gave you the bacon cheeseburger by mistake.
Dean: Behave yourself, would ya? No homework. Watch some porn.
Chuck: You wanna know if I know about the demon blood.
Sam: You didn't tell Dean?
Chuck: I didn't even write it into the books. I was afraid it would make you look unsympathetic.
Sam: Unsympathetic??
Chuck: Yeah, come on, Sam... I mean, sucking blood? You gotta know that's wrong.
Sam: *long pause* Scares the hell out of me, I... I mean, I feel it inside of me, I... I wish to God I could stop.
Chuck: I'm sorry, Sam. I know it's a terrible burden, feeling that it all rests on your shoulders.
Sam: Does it? All rest on my shoulders?
Chuck: That seems to be where the story's headed.
Chuck: You look terrible.
Dean: That's because I just got hit by a minivan, Chuck.
Chuck: Oh.
Dean: That it? Every damn thing you write about me comes true, that's all you have to say is "Oh"?!
Castiel: It's an honour to meet you, Chuck. I admire your work.
Dean: Whoa, whoa, this guy, a prophet? Come on, he's, he's... he's practically a Penthouse Forum writer!
Chuck: It was too preposterous! Not to mention arrogant. I mean, writing yourself into the story is one thing, but as a prophet? That's like M. Night-level douchiness!
Castiel: One day, these books, they'll be known as the Winchester Gospel.
Dean & Chuck: You gotta be kidding me.
Castiel: I am not kidding you.
Dean: Him? Really?
Castiel: You should have seen Luke.
Sam: You think I'll do it, don't you? You think I'll go darkside.
Dean: Yes! Okay? Yes. The way you've been acting lately, the things you've been doing?
Sam: *nervous*
Dean: Oh, I know. How you ripped Alastair apart, like it was nothing, like you were swattin' a fly. Cas told me, okay?
Sam: What else did he tell you?
Dean: Nothing I don't already know. That you've been using your psychic crap, and you've been getting stronger. We just don't know why, and we don't know how.
Sam: It's not what you think.
Dean: Then what is it, Sam? Because I am at a total loss!
Dean: Well, I feel stupid doing this, but... I am fresh out of options. So, please... I need some help. *looks up* I'm praying, okay? Come on. Please!
Castiel: *appears behind him* Prayer is a sign of faith. This is a good thing, Dean.
Castiel: You must understand WHY I can't intercede. Prophets are very special, they're protected.
Dean: I get that.
Castiel: If anything threatens a prophet, anything at all, an archangel will appear to destroy that threat. Archangels are fierce. They're absolute. They're Heaven's most terrifying weapon.
Dean: And these archangels, they're tied to prophets?
Castiel: Yes.
Dean: So if a prophet was in the same room as a demon...
Castiel: Then the most fearsome wrath of Heaven would rain down on that demon. Just so you understand... why I can't help. *sneaky look*
Dean: Thanks, Cas.
Castiel: Good luck.
Dean: Chuck, you're the only shot I've got left.
Chuck: But... I'm just a writer.
Dean: This isn't a story anymore, man! This is real, and you're in it! Now, I need you to get off your ass and fight.
Chuck: *walks toward door as music swells*
Dean: Come on, Chuck.
Chuck: *turns* No freakin' way.
Dean: Okay, well then, how 'bout this. I've got a gun in my pocket, and if you don't come with me, I'll blow your brains out.
Chuck: I thought you said I was protected by an archangel.
Dean: Huh, interesting exercise. Let's see who the quicker draw is.
Lilith: You're strong. But you're not THAT strong. Not yet.
Sam: So why don't you throw me around, then?
Lilith: Beacuse I can't, and you know it. You're immune to my charms. Seems we're at a stalemate.
Sam: You expect me to believe that?
Lilith: Honestly? No. You were always the smart one.
Lilith: Turns out I don't survive this war. Killed off, right before the good part starts.
Sam: What do you want?
Lilith: For it to go back to the way it was. Before I had angels to deal with 24/7. The good old days, when it was all baby blood all the time.
Sam: And what do you want in return?
Lilith: Your head on a stick. Dean's, too. Call it a consolation prize. So, what do you say, Sam? Self-sacrifice is the Winchester way, isn't it?
Lilith: Are you really so arrogant that you would put your life before the lives of 6 billion innocent people? Maybe it's all that demon blood pumping through your pipes. Man after my own heart.
Sam: You think I'm like you? I am NOTHING like you.
Lilith: Then prove it.
Chuck: I am the prophet CHUCK!
Lilith: You have got to be joking.
Sam: The point is, she's scared. I could see it. Lilith is running.
Dean: Running from what?
Sam: Don't know. But she was telling the truth about one thing.
Dean: What's that?
Sam: She's not gonna survive the apocalypse. I'll make sure of that.
Zach: Where are you going?
Chuck: To go kill myself.
Zach: Don't be melodramatic, Chuck. We'd only bring you back to life.
Chuck: What am I supposed to do?
Zach: What you always do. Write.
Okay, so Chuck. I've been debating this over and over with myself and others since the season 5 finale, but I don't know if I've come to a firm conclusion yet - is Chuck God? Or was he really just a prophet who knew his work was done and was snatched away to Heaven? I can't make up my mind. It could go either way, really, but right now I think I'm leaning towards... just a prophet.
I mean, we saw him on his own getting his dreams and drinking himself into a stupor. If he was God, he'd forgotten, because he seemed genuinely confused by it all. And I find it hard to believe that angels wouldn't sense that something was up if they were interacting with GOD on a regular basis, you know? But there are also things in this episode that support the God argument, so I don't know. Like I said, it could go either way.
Anyway. Hopefully we'll get more answers on that in season 6. (And if you know already from spoilers or anything, PLEASE DO NOT TELL ME. I'm spoiler-free and happy about it.)
I really liked this Lilith, and I was glad they brought her back later. Really good actress, I thought. The role changed significantly from Katie's portrayal, but I think that was needed. She's been around a loooong time, and even though she mostly possesses children, she isn't a child herself. She needed to be on a level with Sam here for him to take her seriously.
Actually, something occurred to me when she was talking with Sam - when she said "Man after my own heart," it got me thinking about what Ruby says in 4x21 about how Lilith became a demon in the first place. Lucifer "twisted and tempted" her into becoming the very first demon, and it made me wonder if maybe Ruby was following the same pattern with Sam. Hmm.
Sam was so excited to get a chance to try his powers on Lilith, even if it killed him. I wonder, was it just a test to see if he was ready, or was Lilith really scared and trying to back out? She didn't seem to be when it was time for him to kill her for real. Did Ruby disable that bridge so they couldn't leave town?
The Sam and Chuck scene was gorgeous and so badly needed by this point. All this time, Sam has wanted to TALK to someone, and he finally found someone who understood where he was coming from. I so wanted those two to be BFFs. :P
I love that Chuck said he didn't write the blood-drinking into the books because he was afraid it would make Sam seem unsympathetic, heh. I can see the writers having that discussion in the writers' room, wondering how and when to make the Big Reveal, and how to write the scene so that Sam didn't come across as completely disgusting and, well, unsympathetic. And now we know why the angels didn't know what he was doing behind closed doors while they knew every detail about other stuff that was going on - they were getting most of their info from Chuck, and Chuck was leaving things out.
Sam was so scared that Cas and Dean had found out about the blood. He didn't want Dean to know how much of a freak he was. Gah, that confrontation between the boys when Dean wanted to go and Sam wanted to stay was just heartwrenching. Dean saying he believes he'll go darkside?? Nooooo!! And Sam seriously panicked for a second when Dean implied that he knew what Sam had been up to, and when it turned out to be just that he'd killed Alastair, the relief on his face... ohhhhh, Sam. :(
Cas finding a loophole was AWESOME. Awesome awesome awesome. But no wonder he was snatched off to be brainwashed two episodes later, LOL.
The books/episodes published were as follows -
Pilot
Wendigo
Phantom Traveler
Bloody Mary
Skin
Hookman
Bugs
Home
Asylum
Scarecrow
Faith
Route 666
Nightmare
The Benders
Shadow
Salvation
Bloodlust
Croatoan
Heart
Sin City
Fresh Blood
Mystery Spot
Jus In Bello
No Rest For the Wicked
He spent an awful lot of useless time on season 1 and missed most of the pivotal eps of seasons 2 and 3, so I don't really see how anyone could follow the storyline that way, LOL. But maybe that's why they didn't sell so well. ;)
One thing bugs me - Chuck said he never put the name Winchester in the books, yet a short time later we see Becky with a Winchester banner on her wall. Oops? Also, it makes no sense for him not to have used their last name, considering how often they're referred to as "the Winchesters" or "the Winchester boys" and whatnot.
Randomness -
*The name of the diner was Kripke's Hollow Diner. Kripke's Hollow must have been the name of the town, heehee!
*"Did Phil put you up to this?" - I'm guessing that was a nod to Phil Sgriccia, editor of gag reels and lover of good pranks.
*Carver Edlund, of course, was a reference to two of the show's main writers - Jeremy Carver and Ben Edlund.
*Bugs and Red Sky At Morning were mentioned as two of the worst written stories, heh. Route 666 was also mocked. I love my show. ;)
*Dean is a closet Vonnegut fan. That...actually doesn't surprise me.
*The actress who played the publisher also played Karen Giles in The Usual Suspects.
*Mention of Dr. Sexy M.D. being a book/series that people read instead of the Supernatural series (aka Grey's Anatomy, which airs in the same timeslot as SPN). That's the "book" Dean says the show is based on when Sam catches him watching it in Changing Channels.
Quotes -
Dean: *reading Route 666* Everything is in here. I mean, everything. From the racist truck to me having sex... I'm full-frontal in here, dude!
Sam: *grossed out*
Dean: Oh, check it out, there's actually fans. There's not many of them, but still. Did you read this?
Sam: Yeah.
Dean: Although, for fans, they sure do complain a lot.
Dean: *grins* There are Sam-girls and Dean-girls, and... what's a slash fan?
Sam: As in Sam-slash-Dean. Together.
*pause*
Dean: Like, "together" together?
Sam: Yeah.
Dean: *horrified* They do know we're brothers, right?!
Sam: Doesn't seem to matter.
Dean: Oh, come on, that... that's just sick. *slams laptop shut, pushes it away*
Publisher: The best parts are when they cry!
Publisher: If only real men were so open and in touch with their feelings.
Dean: Real men??
Publisher: Uh... I mean, no offense. How often do you cry like that, hmm?
Dean: Well, right now I'm crying on the inside.
Publisher: Is that supposed to be funny?
Dean: Lady, this whole thing is funny.
Chuck: "Sam and Dean approached the rundown... approached the ramshackle house with trepidation. Did they really want to learn the secrets that lay beyond that door? Sam and Dean traded soulful looks. Then, with determination, Dean pushed the doorbell with forceful... determination." *drops papers* Blech.
Chuck: Look, uh, I appreciate your enthusiasm. Really, I do. It's uh, it's always nice to hear from the fans, but uh, for your own good, I strongly suggest you get a life.
Dean: See, here's the thing. We HAVE a life. You've been using it to write your books.
Chuck: Is this some kind of Misery thing? Ah, it is, isn't it? It's a Misery thing!
Chuck: Are those real guns?
Dean: Yup. This is real rock salt, these are real fake IDs...
Chuck: Heh. I gotta hand it to you guys, you really are my #1 fans. That's... that's awesome.
Chuck: Oh! Oh, you're still there.
Dean: Yup.
Chuck: You're not a hallucination.
Dean: Nope.
Chuck: Well, there's only one explanation. Obviously I'm a god.
Sam: You're not a god.
Chuck: How else do you explain it? I write things and then they come to life? Yeah, no, I'm definitely a god. A cruel, cruel, capricious god. The things I put you through! The physical beatings alone.
Dean: We're still in one piece.
Chuck: I killed your father. I burned your mother alive. And then you had to go through the whole horrific deal again with Jessica.
Sam: Chuck...
Chuck: All for what? All for the sake of literary symmetry. I toyed with your lives, your emotions, for... entertainment!
Dean: You didn't toy with us, Chuck, okay? You didn't create us.
Chuck: Did you really have to live through the bugs?
Dean: Yeah.
Chuck: What about the ghost ship?
Dean: Yes, that too.
Chuck: I am SO sorry. I mean, horror is one thing, but to be forced to live bad writing... If I would have known it was real, I would have done another pass.
Dean: Chuck, you're not a god!
Sam: We think you're probably just psychic.
Chuck: No. If I were psychic, you think I'd be writing? Writing is hard!
Chuck: The, uh, latest book. It's, uh, it's kinda weird.
Sam: Weird how?
Chuck: It's very Vonnegut.
Dean: Slaughterhouse-Five Vonnegut, or Cat's Cradle Vonnegut?
Sam: What?!
Dean: What?
Dean: I'm sitting in a laundromat reading about myself sitting in a laundromat reading about myself, my head hurts.
Dean: "Sam tossed his gigantic darks into the machine. He was starting to have doubts about Chuck, about whether he was telling the whole truth."
Sam: Stop it.
Dean: "'Stop it,' Sam said." Guess what you do next?
Sam: *rolls his shoulders, goes back to laundry*
Dean: "Sam turned his back on Dean, his face brooding and pensive." I mean, I don't know how he's doing it, but this guy is doing it. I can't see your face, but those are definitely your brooding and pensive shoulders.
Sam: *sighs, glares*
Dean: *reads further* You just thought I was a dick.
Sam: *impressed* Guy's good.
Chuck: "Lilith patted the bed seductively. Unable to deny his desire, Sam succumbed, and they sank into the throes of fiery demonic passion."
Sam: *laughs* You're kidding me, right?
Dean: You think this is funny?
Sam: You don't?! I mean, come on, dude, uh... "fiery demonic passion"?
Chuck: It's just a first draft...
Dean: How does this whole psychic thing of yours work?
Chuck: You mean my process?
Sam: "The minivan accident wasn't that bad, but Dean was still seeing stars. He scratched absently at the pink flower band-aids on his face."
Dean: So?
Sam: So, I've seen you gushing blood. You'd use duct tape and bar rags before you'd put on a pink flower band-aid.
Sam: "Dean slid behind the wheel of his beloved Impala and drove off, the plastic tarp on the rear window flapping like the wings of a crow."
Dean: A tarp?
Sam: Yeah, on the rear window. And you'd drive it like that?
Dean: We get off book, we never make it to the end. It's opposite day.
Dean: *makes face* I'll have the... veggie tofu burger.
Sam: This whole thing is ridiculous.
Dean: Lilith is ridiculous?
Sam: The idea of me hooking up with her is.
Dean: Right. Cause something like THAT could never happen.
Dean: It frustrates me when you say such reckless things.
Sam: Well, it frustrates me when you'd rather hide than fight.
Dean: *bites into burger* Oh my God. This is delicious. Tofu is amazing!!
Waitress: I'm so sorry! I gave you the bacon cheeseburger by mistake.
Dean: Behave yourself, would ya? No homework. Watch some porn.
Chuck: You wanna know if I know about the demon blood.
Sam: You didn't tell Dean?
Chuck: I didn't even write it into the books. I was afraid it would make you look unsympathetic.
Sam: Unsympathetic??
Chuck: Yeah, come on, Sam... I mean, sucking blood? You gotta know that's wrong.
Sam: *long pause* Scares the hell out of me, I... I mean, I feel it inside of me, I... I wish to God I could stop.
Chuck: I'm sorry, Sam. I know it's a terrible burden, feeling that it all rests on your shoulders.
Sam: Does it? All rest on my shoulders?
Chuck: That seems to be where the story's headed.
Chuck: You look terrible.
Dean: That's because I just got hit by a minivan, Chuck.
Chuck: Oh.
Dean: That it? Every damn thing you write about me comes true, that's all you have to say is "Oh"?!
Castiel: It's an honour to meet you, Chuck. I admire your work.
Dean: Whoa, whoa, this guy, a prophet? Come on, he's, he's... he's practically a Penthouse Forum writer!
Chuck: It was too preposterous! Not to mention arrogant. I mean, writing yourself into the story is one thing, but as a prophet? That's like M. Night-level douchiness!
Castiel: One day, these books, they'll be known as the Winchester Gospel.
Dean & Chuck: You gotta be kidding me.
Castiel: I am not kidding you.
Dean: Him? Really?
Castiel: You should have seen Luke.
Sam: You think I'll do it, don't you? You think I'll go darkside.
Dean: Yes! Okay? Yes. The way you've been acting lately, the things you've been doing?
Sam: *nervous*
Dean: Oh, I know. How you ripped Alastair apart, like it was nothing, like you were swattin' a fly. Cas told me, okay?
Sam: What else did he tell you?
Dean: Nothing I don't already know. That you've been using your psychic crap, and you've been getting stronger. We just don't know why, and we don't know how.
Sam: It's not what you think.
Dean: Then what is it, Sam? Because I am at a total loss!
Dean: Well, I feel stupid doing this, but... I am fresh out of options. So, please... I need some help. *looks up* I'm praying, okay? Come on. Please!
Castiel: *appears behind him* Prayer is a sign of faith. This is a good thing, Dean.
Castiel: You must understand WHY I can't intercede. Prophets are very special, they're protected.
Dean: I get that.
Castiel: If anything threatens a prophet, anything at all, an archangel will appear to destroy that threat. Archangels are fierce. They're absolute. They're Heaven's most terrifying weapon.
Dean: And these archangels, they're tied to prophets?
Castiel: Yes.
Dean: So if a prophet was in the same room as a demon...
Castiel: Then the most fearsome wrath of Heaven would rain down on that demon. Just so you understand... why I can't help. *sneaky look*
Dean: Thanks, Cas.
Castiel: Good luck.
Dean: Chuck, you're the only shot I've got left.
Chuck: But... I'm just a writer.
Dean: This isn't a story anymore, man! This is real, and you're in it! Now, I need you to get off your ass and fight.
Chuck: *walks toward door as music swells*
Dean: Come on, Chuck.
Chuck: *turns* No freakin' way.
Dean: Okay, well then, how 'bout this. I've got a gun in my pocket, and if you don't come with me, I'll blow your brains out.
Chuck: I thought you said I was protected by an archangel.
Dean: Huh, interesting exercise. Let's see who the quicker draw is.
Lilith: You're strong. But you're not THAT strong. Not yet.
Sam: So why don't you throw me around, then?
Lilith: Beacuse I can't, and you know it. You're immune to my charms. Seems we're at a stalemate.
Sam: You expect me to believe that?
Lilith: Honestly? No. You were always the smart one.
Lilith: Turns out I don't survive this war. Killed off, right before the good part starts.
Sam: What do you want?
Lilith: For it to go back to the way it was. Before I had angels to deal with 24/7. The good old days, when it was all baby blood all the time.
Sam: And what do you want in return?
Lilith: Your head on a stick. Dean's, too. Call it a consolation prize. So, what do you say, Sam? Self-sacrifice is the Winchester way, isn't it?
Lilith: Are you really so arrogant that you would put your life before the lives of 6 billion innocent people? Maybe it's all that demon blood pumping through your pipes. Man after my own heart.
Sam: You think I'm like you? I am NOTHING like you.
Lilith: Then prove it.
Chuck: I am the prophet CHUCK!
Lilith: You have got to be joking.
Sam: The point is, she's scared. I could see it. Lilith is running.
Dean: Running from what?
Sam: Don't know. But she was telling the truth about one thing.
Dean: What's that?
Sam: She's not gonna survive the apocalypse. I'll make sure of that.
Zach: Where are you going?
Chuck: To go kill myself.
Zach: Don't be melodramatic, Chuck. We'd only bring you back to life.
Chuck: What am I supposed to do?
Zach: What you always do. Write.
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Date: 2010-08-12 11:04 pm (UTC)Especially the ones he's in.
Poor Chuck. I go back and forth with thinking he's God.
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Date: 2010-08-13 06:43 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2010-08-13 06:44 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-08-14 01:28 am (UTC)HOLY CRAP! That parallel never occurred to me! It's kind of perfect in any number of ways, when you think about it. It also makes the fact that Sam has to kill Lilith to open the gate to Hell that much more poetic. Poor Sam breaks my heart a lot.
Really, though, Chuck is so great! And, this episode makes me laugh. You get the impression that the writers had fun with it, and with getting to laugh at their own growing pains from the first couple of seasons - not to mention poking fun at the fans. I love their reactions to fanfic, haha. Go figure they're a little weirded out. Also, the idea that Chuck's books will one day be gospels in awesome. This concept is just too good for words.
This episode once again proves that the writers have a unique ability to mix humour and drama, and make it work.
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Date: 2010-08-14 07:00 pm (UTC)Yes! Kind of an "out with the old, in with the new" thing. Also, he had to kill Lilith to break Lucifer out, and sacrifice his own life to throw him back in. There are a lot of parallels there.
Also, the idea that Chuck's books will one day be gospels in awesome. This concept is just too good for words.
And then they'll finally be bestsellers, heh. Yay Chuck! No Dead Sea scrolls for him. ;)
This episode once again proves that the writers have a unique ability to mix humour and drama, and make it work.
Not many shows manage it! Especially not this consistently. :)