don't think the show is actually stretched thin ... but they barely even touched any of that
I meant stretched thin in regards to the execution of this season, not in terms of the potential story material. In fact, I think they're stretched thin because they have so much meaty material. I liken it to a water balloon just about to burst; there's so much IN THERE (potential stories) with so little surface area (only 22 episodes to tell those stories) that the latex just gets thinner and thinner. I think most (fandom) viewers first and foremost want to see the emotional story between Sam and Dean play out, then want to see what's going to happen with the apocalypse and getting a handful of loosely related standalone episodes with disposable characters is lower on the priority list.
S1 actually was nothing like this season. It did actually have a strong, continuous arc with in depth character exploration, strong direction and consistency.
Yes, I agree. I was referring to the format of season one rather than the emotional story/plot consistency, mainly being that S1 had more MotW episodes than full-on mytharc only episodes. However, saying that makes me laugh because, yes, the emotional story and the MotW episodes were so well intertwined in S1 that it's hard to separate them altogether.
It's the shallowness, the sudden urge to sacrifice character continuity and plot consistency to (questionable at best) comedy that really upsets me the most.
I guess I tend to equate this season's MotW episodes with what you mentioned above than the mytharc episodes, which is probably why MotW episodes are not so hot with me right now. But, you're right, S1 (and even S2 and some S3) MotW episodes were pretty good at furthering/supporting the mytharc/emotional journey. Perhaps I should preface "MotW" with this season's and then make my blah face. ;)
I've never felt this way about Supernatural in the last 4 years that I was devoted to this show.
Ditto. And somehow knowing that we're closer to the end of the series imparts a deeper sense of dread for me being that it means there are fewer and fewer episodes to remedy all these issues without Show digging itself in deeper.
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I meant stretched thin in regards to the execution of this season, not in terms of the potential story material. In fact, I think they're stretched thin because they have so much meaty material. I liken it to a water balloon just about to burst; there's so much IN THERE (potential stories) with so little surface area (only 22 episodes to tell those stories) that the latex just gets thinner and thinner. I think most (fandom) viewers first and foremost want to see the emotional story between Sam and Dean play out, then want to see what's going to happen with the apocalypse and getting a handful of loosely related standalone episodes with disposable characters is lower on the priority list.
S1 actually was nothing like this season. It did actually have a strong, continuous arc with in depth character exploration, strong direction and consistency.
Yes, I agree. I was referring to the format of season one rather than the emotional story/plot consistency, mainly being that S1 had more MotW episodes than full-on mytharc only episodes. However, saying that makes me laugh because, yes, the emotional story and the MotW episodes were so well intertwined in S1 that it's hard to separate them altogether.
It's the shallowness, the sudden urge to sacrifice character continuity and plot consistency to (questionable at best) comedy that really upsets me the most.
I guess I tend to equate this season's MotW episodes with what you mentioned above than the mytharc episodes, which is probably why MotW episodes are not so hot with me right now. But, you're right, S1 (and even S2 and some S3) MotW episodes were pretty good at furthering/supporting the mytharc/emotional journey. Perhaps I should preface "MotW" with this season's and then make my blah face. ;)
I've never felt this way about Supernatural in the last 4 years that I was devoted to this show.
Ditto. And somehow knowing that we're closer to the end of the series imparts a deeper sense of dread for me being that it means there are fewer and fewer episodes to remedy all these issues without Show digging itself in deeper.