meh.

[alwaysenduphere]

So I missed the first five minutes due to Lee being ass about the tv controller and well, being wrapped up in Plants Vs. Zombies. (I'd recovered from my addiction once, why oh why did I go back. SO MUCH FUN IN CO-OP MODE THOUGH.)

There are a lot of negative opinions behind this cut.


I never thought I'd be the one saying I think I'm done with this show. :/

Biggest problems: Predictability and PACING. So obviously new writers, it was ridiculous. Especially when Veritas captured them, and instead of a commercial break, it just faded to black and then came back with them tied up. A better writer would've figured out a way to fit their act breaks to the commercials. Plus the whole episode was just rather boring and slow.

Bobby's little bit where he told the truth was pretty much the highlight for me. "Did I ever tell you my first girlfriend was a-" LOL. Though I did enjoy what Dean said to Veritas, heart-breaking and OH POOR D:EAN as it was, it does seem like what he would think, with the low self-esteem he has.

I'm pissed about the way they're ending Dean and Lisa, if this is the end, but at least satisfied that we got to see that final conversation, that Lisa called back, and they didn't just LEAVE it with her not answering his calls.

Brett figured Sam would be immune to Veritas, just like he'd been immune to pretty much everything else in life (Croatoan, Lilith) but I wanted to argue that he shouldn't be since he'd been brought back. But unlike Dean, we don't actually know whether or not he's scar-free or whatnot, so I suppose that makes sense.

I still don't fully believe Sam, and his "I need help." I don't think he does, because I don't think he cares. Because...

Like 3/4 of fandom predicted, shockingly (my sarcasm can you feel it), Sam doesn't have a soul. It's all about the soul. He's Spike, essentially.

Remember when this show used to shock and surprise us?

So please, people that liked this episode, help me see what you liked so I feel like watching next week.

Comments

[jacyevans.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure where I stand with this episode - or this season. I don't hate it but I will say that my interest has not been peaked as it has been previously. I was skipping ahead A LOT as I watched. I'm not done with the show but... meh... I'm not as all "OMG!" as I was maybe last season, or even before that.

I'm honestly hoping that by hiatus they find Sam's soul and start something new for the rest of the season like maybe deal with the alpha storyline, I don't know (though I doubt that will happen) because I don't think I can take an entire season of soulless Sammy and Dean angsting over it. The line "We'll be watching every move you make" in the promo made me cringe.

I kind of just want them to be brothers again (you know, like we were promised they would be. ALL SUMMER -_-)

[alwaysenduphere.livejournal.com]

Ugh, yes. But at least theyr'e doing a little what they promised in that the show does have a more S1 feel. The problem being that they've come to far to go back to MotW.

My attention was waning last season, but APOCALYPSE was a pretty big attention-graber as a whole.

~EVERY MOVE YOU MAKE, EVERY STEP YOU TAKE. EVERY SINGLE DAY EVERY TIME YOU PRAY I'LL BE WATCHING YOU~

[jacyevans.livejournal.com]

Yes, I totally agree with you there. I like it better when there's an overlying arch anyway then the MotW, but that's just me.

APOCALYPSE usually is.

The ending just... I was somewhere between shocked and furious. Now, I don't know what I am.

I can agree with what other people were saying that it's like the Spike/soul storyline, at least for me - only in that I did not like it and wanted Spike to go back to NOT having a soul and NOT chasing after Buffy like a puppy. Only in this case I want Sam to go BACK to having a soul and... chasing after his brother like a puppy? (Okay, maybe not. YOU GET WHAT I'M SAYING THOUGH.)

[alwaysenduphere.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I mean, don't get me wrong I LOVE the MotW episodes of season one and two, but I think they were better at balancing them then than now. Once you go apocalypse, you just can't go back.

I GET WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. I hated the tail-end of season 6 of Buffy. I hated the idea that Spike would go and get a SOUL for her, it was so ridiculous. But then...season 7 Spike, not really the beginning, but after he recovered and Buffy trusted him and they were FRIENDS, I liked that part. Sam needs to have a soul just to be SAM again. I miss that.