Supernatural report

[zubeneschamali]

Well. That wasn't quite what I expected.

I saw the preview for this ep last week and squeed at the sight of Meg. I'm an agnostic when it comes to Castiel: I have no problem with his existence, but I'm not a Cas!girl. So I was mostly curious to see what the writers were going to do with him.

Apparently, they were going to use him to write themselves out of the corner they'd painted themselves into.

It's been a great source of tension all year: Sam being more or less able to deal with his scrambled brains. And now, at the point where he literally can't keep it together, where the poor guy can't even sleep (and how many times did I go, "Oh, SAM!" during this ep?), we have not one but two deus ex machinae (dei ex machina?) magically fixing everything: the mysterious Bobby wind that blows the business card onto the floor, and Cas taking away Sam's hallucinations. The writer in me does not approve.

Not that I didn't appreciate Cas taking a turn at being a martyr and suffering for his sins, and the moment when Lucifer called him brother was chilling and well-played by both Mark and Misha. But the overly-convenient aspect of him fixing Sam bugs me, especially as Cas is apparently going to be locked away in Riverview a corner until he's needed again.

Speaking of...MEG! So excited to see her back. So thinking the actress is better at one-liners than multiple sentences of dialogue in a row.

Love that Sam managed to do a salt-and-burn even while in the psych ward. Now that's dedication, people.

I thought Jared's acting was phenomenal in this ep. Slowly getting more and more worn down, trying so hard not to react to Hallucifer while having to indicate to the audience that he knew something was there. And then the way his expression changed when Cas took away Hallucifer was great, that same bewildered relief as when Bobby and Dean burned Meg out of him in BUABS.

Thoughts?

Comments

[juice817.livejournal.com]

I found myself missing Nicki Aycox, even though I know they couldn't bring that meatsuit back. I know they need a point of reference for the character, so we know who it is, but Meg was that body. Then again, maybe the demons don't have names and just borrow them like they borrow the bodies. I always think this new Meg sounds like she's got something in her mouth, and her inflections can be really weird. And I hope the boys aren't ever dumb enough to trust her - they learned that lesson pretty thoroughly with Ruby.

Randomly, I noticed one of the demons is an extra they've used as a demon before.

[gypsy-atavari.livejournal.com]

I miss Nicki Aycox as Meg, too. :-(

[zubeneschamali.livejournal.com]

I always think this new Meg sounds like she's got something in her mouth, and her inflections can be really weird.

I guess we've never heard her deliver that long of a speech at once before, so the odd inflection hasn't been as noticeable. IDK, I was so excited to see her, and then she started talking and I was like, whut? :/

[juice817.livejournal.com]

Maybe it's because I've become hyperfocused on auditory things, but I noticed the inflections before. I was excited to see her, because it adds a twist and the character has always been interesting to me. I'm just not quite sold on the actress.