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Those Winchester boys were back in a story about past mistakes, revenge and the lengths people will go to in order to get a lower mortgage rate. I’m sorry to say, it was not one of their finest moments.
The witch story was a good idea and one they haven’t covered. It’s Desperate Housewives get a little too desperate and start using their newly found powers for something deadlier than winning the blue ribbon at the craft fair. Right there you have one of my favorite themes — absolute power corrupts absolutely. You give a human being a higher power and eventually emotion is going to make them do something stupid with it, it’s well documented in the history of mankind.
If they had left it at that, I would have loved this episode. But no. They had to muddy the waters with Ruby’s backstory and a demon among the witches and more of the whole Sam is the anti-Christ mythology and it all fell apart.
Let’s talk Ruby. I have no problem with additional characters on the show. I have no problem with Bella. I have a lot of problems with Ruby. My biggest gripe? These boys were doing fine before she came along and now suddenly they need her to save their butts over and over again. No. Not buying it. Sam should have saved Dean. Not Ruby. And the “big reveal” about her backstory? Yeah, so? Don’t see how that was supposed to bowl us over. I’m also tired of the, I’m telling the truth, except for that lie that I told, but this is the truth, except for when I’m lying, routine. It makes me wonder if they knew where they were going with her character when they started.
Let’s talk Dean. He’s smart. He’s protective of Sam. He’s angry at being the victim of a kitchen witch. And yet he sits on the bed exchanging lame comebacks with Ruby while Sam is driving into the lion’s den. I might have bought into it if he looked like he was still suffering the effects of the attack but he didn’t. Jensen is better than that, director Singer is better than that. What’s going on here?
On the upside, it’s always nice to see the boys in work mode. Dean would have made a marvelous detective if he hadn’t gone into hunting, don’t you think? The conversation about how Sam has to become Dean to survive — yeah, that’s what I like to see. Bunny hanging from the ceiling – gross but great Dean moment. No Supernatural episode is all bad.
I know things have changed. I know characters must evolve, but I find myself missing the Sam and Dean of season one back when they were Wonderboy and his loyal companion, Emo-Puppy. Give me a season without Dean’s deal casting a sad shadow over every scene, Sam in total control of his darkside and a whole bunch of new urban legends to explore. The Jersey Devil and the Bunnyman are still out there. Help me Sam and Dean Winchester. You’re my only hope!
Catch an all new episode of Supernatural, this Thursday at 9:00 on the CW. The boys go dreamwalking in Dream a Little Dream of Me.
Photos courtesy of The CW
i just love dean he is soooooo hoooooooooot i have his aoutograf!!!!!!!!
I loved this episode and I don’t know why some people don’t like how Dean and Sam are evolving. You have to let the characters grow and change so that the storyline is not the same thing year after year. Dean is not fighting the contract so that Sam won’t drop dead, remember weasel your way out and Sam dies immediately. Dean doesn’t want Sam to die so he is not fighting but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t want Sam to figure out a way to save him. Dean doesn’t want to show Sam how scared he is in going to hell and becoming the thing he hates the most, a demon.
As for Ruby, I loved hearing her back story and that she was once a human that became a demon after going to hell. It is not that Dean and Sam can take care of themselves, it is that Ruby has dealt with demons more and has an understanding of how to fight them. She wants the humans to win because she is not like them, she remembers her humanity. I don’t believe she is helping the boys too much, still enough to show that she doesn’t want to kill them. I am not saying to full out trust her and not keep an eye on her, just don’t think every demon wants to kill them. Besides, now there is an even bigger demon to worry about.
Quoting you: Jensen is better than that… What’s going on here?
I don’t love how they are writting Dean this season, and I have some iusses with Sam too sometimes. But in my opinion Jensen did a good job in the episode.
I think this episode was good but that the show has lost some of it’s momentum. The search for dad, dean’s illness, sam’s secret, all kept me rolling with the show – it seems so trivial to go deal with a side story when dean will be dead in MONTHS. So they loose some of my connection to the show. Dean is the show to me. He is the reason I watch this show. His complex yet simple charachter always in such emotional turmoil over trying to keep his family together or barring that at least alive. But he is too accepting of his death. I know he’s tired, and lonely, but the dean we all love forges ahead NO MATTER WHAT IT MAY COST. It’s not like him to give up so easily. And until that is confronted in some way, they aren’t grabbing my interest with this new demon, Ruby, or even the why is she helping the Winchester boys at all. Hopefully next week will be better
Mab, I’m not against backstory or storyarcs. The first season had a wonderful arc. Find dad. Find out what happened to mom. Find out what’s up with Sam and will he leave Dean to go back to school.
I’m also not against secondary characters. Love Bobby, loved Ellen and Ash. Didn’t like Jo. Would have LOVED to see Sarah return for a semi-regular gig.
What’s bothering is not the idea of an arc but this depressing, drag us down arc. There was hope and life in the search for Dad. I don’t get that here. All I get is gloom and doom and that’s tough to watch when I like the characters so much.
“her backstory is a turning point for Dean, ’cause guess what? He’s now knows he’s going to become exactly everything he’s hunted and feared his entire life. ”
And that’s where I’m confused, because I thought this was a given. As early as In My Time of Dying, Dean was told that he could end up becoming an angry spirit – the very thing they hunt. And I always assumed demons were people who became that – so I didn’t feel the Wow moment that some people apparently felt.
Thanks for the comments! I love the show, be assured of that – but this one still doesn’t do it for me. Next week, I think I’m gonna love.
WonderBoy and Emo-puppy, while cute for a series just starting out, would have sucked monmumentally three seasons into a show. If we’re going to have new characters in a show, we’re going to need backstories and episodes that show us that for the good of the guys in the long run – we’re not going to get our answers and pay-offs ASAP. This entire season has a long running arc. It’s so strange to see people complain about the show being too restricted in focusing on the boys and then complaining when they take the time to show off the backstories for the other characters. Ruby would be nothing more than a one-note bore if she didn’t have this episode – and I’d like to point out she got beaten by the big bad in this episode (to the point of being unconscious and not being able to do anythign until the last remaining witch distracted the demon in the end), and one of the guys stabbed the demon – it turned out to be more of a team effort. In regards to her backstory bowling us over – it wasn’t supposed to – her backstory is a turning point for Dean, ’cause guess what? He’s now knows he’s going to become exactly everything he’s hunted and feared his entire life. His grand sacrifice is going to mean his humanity is going to be lost completely – everything he’s afraid is happening to Sam. Everything tied back to the brothers in the end.
You ought to know the next episode is about Bobby’s backstory as well, which hopfully will tell us more about the brothers, as well as him as this one did.
HAHA… fun that what you think about Ruby is exactly how i feel about Bela !!! Guess we can’t all think alike !!
You hate the truth/lie/yes/no cycle… I love it… they are manipulating us and there’s nothing we can do… trust them or not that’s all – I keep comparing that to the movie “The Game”… similar. They are the puppet masters…
I liked having a little backstory for Ruby… sure we don’t really care that she was a witch before or not… they just needed a link to the story and to bring the fact that Ruby was Human before and that it’s what Dean is now facing.
I loved this episode. Definitely in my top7… mostly for the end tag… heartbreaking… I love to see Dean in all this emotional turmoil. I admit it would be nice to have a relief episode and get our S1 boys back, but I’m really enjoying this heavy atmosphere and all the major things that are at stake here.
I’m sure you enjoy the coming 3 ones… even if it will have major deal allusions and major Demon/darkside Sam allusions… Mystery Spot should be totally awesome and less arc related though.
Take Care.
Lizz
Cynthia,
This was a great episode. The next three are sure not to disappoint.
Cheers from your sister blog!