I don't know what's up with Show anymore. Whereas last season and earlier this season I was all about waiting the plot holes and character inconsistencies out because I was hoping they'd be resolved or addressed or somehow make sense in the end, my "things have to get worse before they get better" mentality isn't holding up so well anymore. It's the MIDDLE of the season and we're still doing MoTW, and worse: we're not yet privy to this apocalypse that has apparently started (as you said)!
It's too bad really as the first episodes this season were good. Then Show got lost circling Paris Hilton and never really found its way back. I feel like it can't decide what it wants to be this season: a show about 2 brothers trying to stop the apocalypse or a show that wants to be haha self-referential flavored with tongue-in-cheek comedy. I think it's a byproduct of stretching itself too thin, trying to hold onto what it was (which required mostly S1-like MotW episodes) and simultaneously trying to evolve into something bigger (requiring mytharc/Apocalypse-heavy episodes). If our season was twice as long, Show could do both. But it isn't, and instead of cutting back one in favor of the other, Show is trying to be itself past and present and, as a result, neither version of itself is being done well. The MotW episodes feel weirdly detached and there aren't enough mytharc episodes to feel any sense of urgency about the apocalypse and maintain any sort of emotional continuity regarding the supposed MAIN emotional through line of the story (Sam and Dean's relationship). ARGHHHHHHH!
*cuts self off*
I've not been writing episode reviews because free time has been hard to come by lately but mostly I was afraid of all of the above vomit spewing out (that's just the tip of the iceberg). :( So sorry that it happened at your journal.
In summary, I feel your frustration. I'm totally with you unfortunate as that is for our show.
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This broke my heart.
Oh boys. WHY!?!??!
I don't know what's up with Show anymore. Whereas last season and earlier this season I was all about waiting the plot holes and character inconsistencies out because I was hoping they'd be resolved or addressed or somehow make sense in the end, my "things have to get worse before they get better" mentality isn't holding up so well anymore. It's the MIDDLE of the season and we're still doing MoTW, and worse: we're not yet privy to this apocalypse that has apparently started (as you said)!
It's too bad really as the first episodes this season were good. Then Show got lost circling Paris Hilton and never really found its way back. I feel like it can't decide what it wants to be this season: a show about 2 brothers trying to stop the apocalypse or a show that wants to be haha self-referential flavored with tongue-in-cheek comedy. I think it's a byproduct of stretching itself too thin, trying to hold onto what it was (which required mostly S1-like MotW episodes) and simultaneously trying to evolve into something bigger (requiring mytharc/Apocalypse-heavy episodes). If our season was twice as long, Show could do both. But it isn't, and instead of cutting back one in favor of the other, Show is trying to be itself past and present and, as a result, neither version of itself is being done well. The MotW episodes feel weirdly detached and there aren't enough mytharc episodes to feel any sense of urgency about the apocalypse and maintain any sort of emotional continuity regarding the supposed MAIN emotional through line of the story (Sam and Dean's relationship). ARGHHHHHHH!
*cuts self off*
I've not been writing episode reviews because free time has been hard to come by lately but mostly I was afraid of all of the above vomit spewing out (that's just the tip of the iceberg). :( So sorry that it happened at your journal.
In summary, I feel your frustration. I'm totally with you unfortunate as that is for our show.