LOL Hey, you actually have a life, not to mention a baby, it would be a miracle if you were able to keep track of online life as well. I would suspect you of not actually being human. *g*
I'm not sure why they stuck in a series of mostly sub-par episodes right in the middle of the season (5x05-5x12). Well, I quite liked 5.10 and 5.11, actually I think the run from 'Abandon All Hope' to 'My Bloody Valentine' was really good - in terms of character exploration - with the exception of 'Swap Meat', which was just seriously misplaced in the season. It's really 5.05-5.09 taken together that pose a problem for me. However, like you, I feel like the writers found their footing again now and are actually going somewhere with their plot, so my hope has been rekindled as well. Whatever follows from here might never make up for the negligences of those sub-par middle episodes, but if they manage to at least salvage some of the season, I would be more than happy.
I'm ambivalent about a S6, half of wants nothing more than more SPN no matter what and the other half doesn't want to be frustrated/disappointed/annoyed if what we get isn't quality storytelling. I hear you! If I could be sure that a S6 would maintain a S1-2 level of quality writing, I would embrace S6 with all that I am. I'm just not sure I trust the writers that much anymore. Half of the writing staff from those seasons is gone and the replacements just haven't shown a similar steady level of quality, well, with the exception of Jeremy Carver.
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I'm not sure why they stuck in a series of mostly sub-par episodes right in the middle of the season (5x05-5x12).
Well, I quite liked 5.10 and 5.11, actually I think the run from 'Abandon All Hope' to 'My Bloody Valentine' was really good - in terms of character exploration - with the exception of 'Swap Meat', which was just seriously misplaced in the season. It's really 5.05-5.09 taken together that pose a problem for me. However, like you, I feel like the writers found their footing again now and are actually going somewhere with their plot, so my hope has been rekindled as well. Whatever follows from here might never make up for the negligences of those sub-par middle episodes, but if they manage to at least salvage some of the season, I would be more than happy.
I'm ambivalent about a S6, half of wants nothing more than more SPN no matter what and the other half doesn't want to be frustrated/disappointed/annoyed if what we get isn't quality storytelling.
I hear you! If I could be sure that a S6 would maintain a S1-2 level of quality writing, I would embrace S6 with all that I am. I'm just not sure I trust the writers that much anymore. Half of the writing staff from those seasons is gone and the replacements just haven't shown a similar steady level of quality, well, with the exception of Jeremy Carver.