Supernatural 2x16: Roadkill

I think I'm in the minority on this, but I like this episode. It's not among my faves, by a long shot, and it was annoying to get a one-off ep that was guest-character-heavy right after a long hiatus (they really need to stop doing that to us), but I thought it was a good episode. I didn't even come CLOSE to calling the twist at the end, and I thought it was really well done. You can go back after knowing the outcome and pick up on tons of deeper meaning in everything the boys said and did, it's great.

It was good for explaining what they do for newish viewers, too. I hadn't seen most of season 1 by this point, so when they explained about burning bones and using salt guns and whatnot, I finally started to understand the show, heh.

Also, Tricia Helfer was remarkably unannoying in a role that could easily have crossed over into wimpy and whiny with a lot of actresses. I really felt for Molly. And her reaction to seeing their weapons stash was absolutely perfect, heehee! They really do seem like psychos. ;)

My favourite scene - when Sam and Molly are going through the papers, and Sam gives his little ghost speech. I love simple, quiet scenes like that. It's weird, but I always have to watch that scene at least twice when I watch this episode, I love it that much. Even though poor Jared sounds like he can barely breathe, and I swear his eyes look glassy. I'm glad he went to work that day anyway. :P

I also love the moment when Dean's door-kick doesn't work, hahahaha! He looked so offended. ;)

( More thoughts under here, spoilery for the end of the episode )

Randomness -
*I would just like to point out that Sam can dig an entire grave in 30 seconds flat. Because he's a superhero like that.

Quotes -

Dean: Did he look like he'd lost a fight with a lawn mower?
Molly: How did you know that?
Dean: Lucky guess.

Molly: The only time we really argued was when we were stuck in the car.
Sam: *laughs* Yeah. I know how that goes.
Dean: *glares*

Dean: We weren't just cruisin' for chicks when we ran into you, sister. We were already out here. Hunting.
Molly: Hunting for what?
Dean: Ghosts.
Sam: D...d...don't... sugarcoat it for her...

Molly: So this is really what you guys do, you're like Ghostbusters.
Dean: Yeah, minus the jumpsuits.

Dean: Follow the creepy brick road.

Dean: You know, just once I'd like to round the corner and see a NICE house.

Dean: Sammy's always getting a little J. Love Hewitt when it comes to things like this.

Dean: You're like a walking encyclopedia of weirdness.
Sam: Yeah, I know.

Molly: Oh, thank God!
Dean: Call me Dean.

Supernatural 2x17: Heart

Posting this today because I want to skip it and watch Hollywood Babylon tonight. I really can't stand this episode.

( Cutting for uncharacteristic negativity as I explain my extreme abhorrence )

However. Every ep of Supernatural has its moments of awesomeness, and this episode is no exception. There are two scenes from it that I really love -

Rock, paper, scissors! What amuses me is that they did a scene just like this in an episode of Psych, heehee! I love that they later bring this back in exactly the same way, too. Poor Dean, "always with the scissors." ;)

And of course, the final scene. For a while it bugged me that an episode I couldn't stand had my favourite ending of the entire series, and I hated the ep on the whole even more because of it, heh. It has since been eclipsed and now stands somewhere down past the top 5 for me, but it's still an amazingly awesome scene. How gorgeous is that SONG??

Just in case anyone doesn't know the story behind it - in order to get into the moment, Jared pictured in his mind being forced to euthanize his beloved dogs, so his tears during his coverage were 100% real. So real that he was completely wrecked by the time they started setting up for Jensen's coverage. Jensen asked him what he'd been thinking about to get to that place, so Jared told him. Jensen has mentioned before that he loves those dogs like his own, and he knows that Jared thinks of them as almost his children, so this thought was rattling around in his head when they started filming his coverage, and he just started crying out of sympathy. It was NOT scripted for Dean to cry. But of course, his one perfectly-timed tear coupled with the flinch when the gun goes off is what makes that scene all the more powerful, and Jared knew it. As soon as they'd filmed it, he came up to Jensen and said, "Thanks for stealing my scene, jackass." Heehee! Because he totally did. :P