Glad to hear that because it was beginning to feel like whereever I went, all that existed was the hate for Swan Song. Made me wonder if I'd missed something..
I'm sneaky like that ;) Look forward to the winter hiatus then. Lack of time? I can understand that ;)
As for your review - interesting as always. I agree on a lot of these points and I too felt that the Perstilence/Niveus storylines felt rushed and they didn't get the room they'd need. It was much too easy and Castiel as the surprise fix for Perstilence didn't fit. As you mentioned, how was he able to do it when it is quite clear that there's nothing angel left in him, which was proven with his surprise return in the hospital.
What worried me through the last few episodes and what came to a definition (not the right word) in this episodes was Castiel turning human. This is a storyline I wasn't happy about. What about Jimmy? Personally I thought that all of this destroyed everything behind Jimmy willingly letting Castiel in again and use him as his vessel for the greater good. What was the point if Castiel goes human, and what happens to Jimmy? Sorry this is a plotpoint that's been nagging at me for a few months.
Something I noticed in this episode and was hoping to see mentioned in your review, but wasn't, was the fact that when Sam, Bobby and Castiel go to the Niveus loading center, Sam was using Dean's gun (the one with a pearl handle). To my recollection I've never seen him use it before, so why now? Was it like when Sam wanted to give Dean the knife but Crowley getting in between. Dean giving Sam his gun because he'd need the best weapon Dean could give him outside the knife? Idk, I just found it interesting and curious. What say you?
As always, I enjoyed this review a lot and you came at things in a new place that I'd forgotten - Sam's character and the brotherly moments. All of which I enjoyed as well when watching but didn't reflect on the why or if it had been absent for a while. (I'm just busy worrying they're gonna die ;))
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Date: 2010-09-25 02:34 pm (UTC)I'm sneaky like that ;) Look forward to the winter hiatus then. Lack of time? I can understand that ;)
As for your review - interesting as always. I agree on a lot of these points and I too felt that the Perstilence/Niveus storylines felt rushed and they didn't get the room they'd need. It was much too easy and Castiel as the surprise fix for Perstilence didn't fit. As you mentioned, how was he able to do it when it is quite clear that there's nothing angel left in him, which was proven with his surprise return in the hospital.
What worried me through the last few episodes and what came to a definition (not the right word) in this episodes was Castiel turning human. This is a storyline I wasn't happy about. What about Jimmy? Personally I thought that all of this destroyed everything behind Jimmy willingly letting Castiel in again and use him as his vessel for the greater good. What was the point if Castiel goes human, and what happens to Jimmy? Sorry this is a plotpoint that's been nagging at me for a few months.
Something I noticed in this episode and was hoping to see mentioned in your review, but wasn't, was the fact that when Sam, Bobby and Castiel go to the Niveus loading center, Sam was using Dean's gun (the one with a pearl handle). To my recollection I've never seen him use it before, so why now? Was it like when Sam wanted to give Dean the knife but Crowley getting in between. Dean giving Sam his gun because he'd need the best weapon Dean could give him outside the knife? Idk, I just found it interesting and curious. What say you?
As always, I enjoyed this review a lot and you came at things in a new place that I'd forgotten - Sam's character and the brotherly moments. All of which I enjoyed as well when watching but didn't reflect on the why or if it had been absent for a while. (I'm just busy worrying they're gonna die ;))