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[xaara]

The first time I watched this, I was drinking a rather strong Russian ale and I hadn’t had anything to eat for approximately fifteen hours. So. These aren’t precisely my first reactions, since my first reactions went tipsily along the lines of omg you sad adorable impossible amazing boys.

These are, however, squee-worthy moments, snatches of good dialogue, and four or so points that I want to follow up in more coherent form later.

I am so tired of that "saving people, hunting things, the family business"

The janitor! I loved the yellow-eyed demon in the janitor guy. I want janitor guy back.

Oh, this show loves its slow motion. It loves its slow motion like woah.

GUN PORN. GUN PORN LIKE A PORNY THING.

Dean with beer and jerky! Sam on floor! Dean killing people! Yay episode.

Oh, Sam, you are such a dork with your little navigator toy. What happened to using an atlas?

We need a better name for the yellow-eyed demon. (My roommate and I have shortened it to YED. Yed. Hee.)

"And I ventilated him?" (Except when Dean says it it sounds more like venniladed.)

Yup, this would be small-town Oregon. Complete with canoes and old trucks and a place called Myrtle's.

U.S. Marshals! Oh, pilot flashbacks. (And Billy Gibbons and Frank Beard. *snort* The boys are lucky they don't run in to more musically-literate people. *hums "Sharp Dressed Man"*)

Dean has no people skills. But he's a military brat. And such a military brat.

And then Sam RUNS INTO A POLE WITH A CLUE ON IT. OMG, SHOW.

SCHOOL HOUSE ROCK! It was totally better than school. Also: Sam totally learned how to read while Dean was sitting in the backseat singing "Conjunction junction, what's your function?"

I love Dean's new cell phone. It's tiny and sexy and beautiful.

Dean has totally planned how to massacre a town. (Same thing we do every night, Pinky.)

Born to fish, forced to work. Strange-looking child with unfortunate hair and bullshit smile. And he and his father are lying like low-down dirty liars.

And then they creep towards the window, where there is fortunately a gap in the curtains, so they can see the strange men BLEEDING ON THE WOMAN. And Dean shoots someone. And Sam hesitates as always. And Dean looks absurd staring over Sam's shoulder.

OMG DEAN IS CARRYING A DEAD DUDE. THERE IS ROOM IN THE TRUNK FOR A DEAD DUDE. "No, actually. He did the attacking and then he got himself shot."

Mass-possession? That is an interesting idea. Could one demon possess multiple people at once? What if they were somehow vulnerable, like it could possess a lot of kids but only a few adults. Demon possession has seemed pretty one-on-one in the past, but maybe demons could, like, influence people without actually possessing them. Follow up. ("Could be like a freakin' Shriner convention." LMAO)

"It was a kid." "No, it was an it."

Re: the police radio business. Sam is an amazing liar. I'm constantly surprised by how good a liar he is.

WTF 4C7. Best. License. Plate. Ever.

Bloody car. Bloody knife. Which Dean is touching without gloves. BAD DEAN. NO GLOVE, NO LOVE.

Sulfuric residue? OMG, it's a DEMONIC VIRUS. There are no depths to which this show will not sink. *hearts show*

Lots of dudes with guns. Creepy dude who talks to Dean. Really creepy guy, actually. Good casting, good writing, good acting.

"Well you are a handsome devil, but I don't swing that way, sorry." Oh, DEAN.

YOU DO NOT SHOOT AT THE IMPALA. BAD DEMONIC VIRUS.

And then Beverly lady goes batshit insane until Sam clocks her with the tank.

"Are you one of 'em?" "No!" "You could be lying!" "So could you!"

"My neighbor, Mr. Rogers." "You got a neighbor named Mr. Rogers?" "Not anymore." *glee* "He came at me with a hatchet." *extra-super glee*

And then they sit in the car and point guns at each other. And my love KNOWS NO BOUNDS.

Okay, so shooting people? Whose blood will make you an evil killer? Doesn't seem highly effective. I'd recommend giving them a lethal dose of something, not so much splattering their blood everywhere.

Lots of weapon porn. Lots and lots and lots. And I love it.

Oh, Sam, you pyro.

"Has anybody seen my mom and dad?" "Awkward."

Dean's incredibly twitchy. I really like the turn his character's taking. I love the complexity of his thought processes, and the darkness of him. I love that he can't deal with Sam. I love that he can shoot people if he needs to. I love that he can lock Sam in a room. And I love that he can't shoot Duane.

Beautiful trigger-finger shot. And wibbly lips. Seriously, sometimes I just want to roll in the aesthetic of this show.

"It'll all be over soon" = BAD BAD BAD BAD BAD. RUN, SAMMY!

Dude. Dean has now killed three people in this episode. That's pretty intense.

"Nobody's shooting m'brother."

"You make a move on him, you'll be dead before you hit the ground. You understand me?"

THE KEYS! THE CAR!

Oh, come on, Sam. Dean's not ever going to leave you. He's just not. If you're going to die, he's going to die with you.

"Actually, we're not really marshals." Smile.

Meaningful Eye Contact.

See, this is interesting: Sam can (and would) kill himself to protect someone. But he can't kill someone else to protect himself or others. Interesting.

Also interesting: borderline suicidal Dean. Both of these points need expansion and exploration. Self, note.

So where did the people go? Are they now part of Yed's army? Does Yed have an army? Why does Yed want an army? Does Yed have a plan other than wreaking havoc for the (no pun intended) hell of it?

Stupid little conversation over the car about losing sleep and the one that got away. Editing is your friend, writers.

So is Duane a Meg!Demon? Also: I love Duane's little bear claw-ish knife push dagger. (Thanks to tabaqui for correcting my knife-illiteracy.)

"Nothing left behind." Except the doctor lady and Dean. Does that mean that they're going to kill the doctor lady? Will she ever be back? I didn't get a recurring character vibe from her, but that's one of those niggly plot holes that's going to annoy me.

"Then I guess I'll just have to keep asking until you do." Oh, Sam. I love how gentle he is with Dean sometimes.

See if we could bang Lindsey Lohan? Dean? You just lost points, honey. Except the "we" almost saves it. Almost.

Sam, your shirt is disturbingly ugly.

AND THEN THE CLIFFHANGER OF DOOM. KRIPKE, you BASTARD.

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Okay. So. I have to get to class and have no time to properly speculate on the meaning of the episode an Sam's vision arc, but I have a number of interesting ideas now, since this episode really said a lot when you think it through. Will be back later to follow up.

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[your-hero-died.livejournal.com]

I think you should drink more rather strong Russian ale before every episode/recap. Because this rocks my socks. OMG, YOU. OMG, SHOW. ♥

[xaara.livejournal.com]

Hee. I am so incoherent when I'm trying to do these, because I need to get the reactions down (sometimes they change on subsequent viewings and aren't as fresh) and because I need to keep watching. I don't usually post them, because on the whole they're saturated with profanity and capslock and OMGs. But sometimes they're fun.