The thing I can't get passed is Carver wrote SPN Xmas and Mystery Spot, so I keep hanging on to him actually getting those brother feels right. Yeah, it is puzzling. I think that maybe we have to attribute Carver's outstanding episodes to a close collaboration with the rest of the writing team, like Gamble, Edlund and Kripke. For example, if I remember right, Kripke mentions in the audiocommentary for In The Beginning, that Carver wasn't comfortable with writing important mytharc developments, so that most of the exchange between the YED and Dean in that epsiode was written by Kripke. Maybe Carver had more help overall than we realised. Personally, I can't get over the contrast between Point of No Return and Sacrifice. Both episodes written by Carver, both episodes feature a reconciliation between Sam and Dean, and the first is so subtle, so layered, so rife with understanding for the nuances in the brothers' relationship, while the latter really seems to miss all that. So, yeah, I really don't know what to make of Carver anymore.
I will still write up ep reviews. Oh that's good. :) I always look forward to your episode reactions. They are usually a good indicator for how I will feel about an episode. I won't write in-depth reviews anymore, but I will probably write some kind of episode reaction as well. After 8 years, it's pretty much impossible for me to just stop thinking about the show. As long as I am watching the show, I will have thoughts about it. But I won't invest 70% of my free time anymore to write up 3000-4000 words of meta every episode.
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Yeah, it is puzzling. I think that maybe we have to attribute Carver's outstanding episodes to a close collaboration with the rest of the writing team, like Gamble, Edlund and Kripke. For example, if I remember right, Kripke mentions in the audiocommentary for In The Beginning, that Carver wasn't comfortable with writing important mytharc developments, so that most of the exchange between the YED and Dean in that epsiode was written by Kripke. Maybe Carver had more help overall than we realised. Personally, I can't get over the contrast between Point of No Return and Sacrifice. Both episodes written by Carver, both episodes feature a reconciliation between Sam and Dean, and the first is so subtle, so layered, so rife with understanding for the nuances in the brothers' relationship, while the latter really seems to miss all that. So, yeah, I really don't know what to make of Carver anymore.
I will still write up ep reviews.
Oh that's good. :) I always look forward to your episode reactions. They are usually a good indicator for how I will feel about an episode. I won't write in-depth reviews anymore, but I will probably write some kind of episode reaction as well. After 8 years, it's pretty much impossible for me to just stop thinking about the show. As long as I am watching the show, I will have thoughts about it. But I won't invest 70% of my free time anymore to write up 3000-4000 words of meta every episode.