SpN 8X06

[roxy]

Wow...it's Dean's turn to kill with the truth now! Boy, no wonder everyone lies about their feelings, it's been shown time and time again that the truth kills, hah! That was so well done that scene, I believed all that frustration and pain and anger. Now mind you, I'll have to rewatch to get the full sense of it because first time watching I'm always distracted by the beauty. Geez, Jensen is unbelievably good-looking this season. And so on top of things acting-wise.

My buddy Garth was perfect! There's another look at grief and how to handle loss. He's being as much Bobby as he can, and boy I get that right down to the soul. It can be a good, positive way to deal and Garth, Garth is wonderful. I can really believe that he has no rage hidden inside of him. I was glad to see at the end that Dean came around, Garth-wise.

Sam's scenes were a little distracting with the soap opera freeze, but it went a way to explaining how he felt. Why Dean insists that Sam react like he would, I don't know, you'd think after thirty years, he'd have some idea of how Sam works, and it's not like him at all. Still liking the girl--excuse me--*Amelia*. I hope they don't fuck it up.

I'm a little flummoxed by Sam's reaction to Benny. It all smacks of jealousy, which confuses me because I always thought of a selfish Sam so far as Dean's concerned as being more of a fanon thing. So, what else is going on here? What's the real reason Sam's so fucked up about it? Is it just because Dean killed Sam's friend the kitsune? Is it because Dean gave Sam rightly deserved shit about Ruby? Hmmmm...*strokes chins*

Well, I'm sure someone on my flist will explain what's going on because damn, ya'll are smart! I can only say that with Sera gone, we're missing prime opportunities for Sam to take his shirt off, tsk-tsk. Last season he'd have been exposed in all his manscaped glory instead of hiding behind a ginormo undershirt what the hell.

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Welp, I just finished the ep, and I did like it up until that final parking lot bit. What the fuck was that? Sam's position with regard to Dean rubbing his face in past mistakes was understandable. I really liked Sammy for putting the cards out there for Dean to see, post-specter rage-haze, but then the bit about Benny? That was just catty! I mean, we know the boys aren't always the most mature or reasonable of people (HA!), but Sam obliquely threatening Benny (and thus [in]directly threatening Dean) just doesn't read true to character to me. It was almost extortion. So, I choose to ignore the last half of the parking lot scene.

Also, I'm getting tired of Show having to justify Dean not murdering Benny whilst still in Purgatory and then feeling it necessary to go even further to explain why Dean "resurrected" him post-Purgatory. There's precedent for him not killing supes, and there's even more precedent for him not murdering them. I feel like the whole series has in part been Dean waking up to the fact that, you know, not everything supernatural (heh) is EVIL. That was a boy's logic, and we know Dean's history growing up and his feelings and belief in his dad, and so that black-and-white position made sense and was probably unavoidable. John might have even encouraged it to a certain degree. But, while Sam has learned to accept himself and embrace the Winchester Gospel that means he's never going to be "normal," so Show has been, I personally feel, leading Dean down the personal discovery path too.

And, I just lost my train of thought, so that's the rant! Sorry, Snuggles!

Garth is so fucking awesome! I hope they don't kill him off for awhile. Maybe we can a few more episodes out of that character before TPTB decide the cast list is too long again. *crosses fingers*

Also, yes, Jensen is simply gorgeous. He is "aging" beautifully. I tend to think he's a member of that celebrity spa where they all bathe in the blood of virgin unicorns (as opposed to those slut unicorns that have to exist because otherwise how do unicorns reproduce?), among the likes of Kevin Bacon, The Denzel, Elijah Wood, Keanu, David Bowie, Halle Berry, and many more.

Additionally, while I'm just fucking rambling here, and while we're on the topic of hotness--Jared has pretty hair and beautiful eyes! And, yeah, like you said, hiding the Chest is a no-no. Who do they think they're kidding with that shit?! This season has had a dearth of abs and male nipples. We're good on the dirt, guys, and the blood's shaping up just fine too, but the Ab Count is way too low!

Hi! :) I like talking at you, beloved! This was fun!