Review | 7x16 | Out With The Old
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galatheaOut With The Old by Robert Singer and Jenny Klein mostly feels like a transitional episode, i.e. it introduces a couple of new plot points and poses more questions than it answers, but it is done well and makes for an enjoyable watch, even on repeated viewings. The episode not only delivers some surprising developments on the mytharc front, but also moves Sam’s arc forward in a satisfactory manner and offers some insight into Dean’s current state of mind. Moreover, the one-off characters are highly entertaining, and the brothers’ case of the week puts them into some very amusing situations. So, while not an outstanding instalment in the current season, Out With The Old is still a solid episode that successfully maintains the overall high quality of S7 so far.
Out With The Old is one of those episodes that start out as an ordinary monster of the week episode, but then turn out to be mytharc related, and that always makes for a nice change of pace. What stands out to me as different from other episodes of this type though is that Sam and Dean wrap up the cursed objects case rather swiftly and without effort. Of course, said case was never intended to be the main point of the episode, so the writers wanted it to move along rather quickly, but still. I think it is interesting to see the brothers on a hunt that is a simple routine job, i.e. a hunt that is done and dusted in next to no time and where Sam and Dean encounter no major problems, suffer no physical harm and save all the civilians involved. A normal monster of the week episode simply does not allow for this kind of storyline – there is not enough drama, obviously – so I am delighted that the narrative structure of Out With The Old offered the opportunity to act a scenario like that out. Moreover, the competence and relative ease with which the brothers handle the case stands in stark contrast to their helplessness when confronted with the leviathans, and that makes the threat these creatures pose to Sam and Dean all the more tangible. By the way, I love that the brothers just happen to stumble over the leviathans while working an ordinary case. I mean, considering that Dick Roman’s corporation seems to have grown into a nationwide net of conglomerates that was bound to happen sooner or later.
Sam: "Every time I close my eyes, Lucifer is yelling into my head. It’s like I let him in once, now I can’t get rid of him."
Dean: "You know he’s not actually …"
Sam: "Yeah, I know. Try telling that to the volume control inside my brain."
I really have to say that the continuity between Repo Man and Out With The Old is excellent, especially where Sam’s current storyline is concerned. I mean, in the final moments of Repo Man, Lucifer successfully prevented Sam from falling asleep by demonstrating that the methods that allowed Sam a reprieve from his presence do not work anymore, and Sam’s insomnia storyline in Out With The Old ties in nicely with that development. Throughout the episode, Sam is fighting with the side effects of severe sleep deprivation, namely attention deficits, fatigue, disorientation and micro-sleep episodes, and his ever-increasing exhaustion is tangible. Kudos to the make-up department, by the way, Jared looks progressively worse over the course of the episode, which makes Sam's ordeal even more palpable for the viewer. Now, despite his problems, Sam tries to keep it together, unwilling to admit defeat just yet, but the fact that he falls asleep at the wheel and almost collides with a semi effectively illustrates that he will not be able to hang on for much longer. Sam is clearly at his limits, and since it seems unlikely that he will find a way to regain control over his hallucinations, Sam's eventual collapse is inevitable. Given that a continuous deprivation of sleep can result in delirium, dementia and, in extreme cases, death, things are looking pretty grim for the younger Winchester.
Anyway, I love that Sam tells Dean about the deterioration of his mental condition right away and makes no attempt to hide his struggle from his brother, near misses with semis notwithstanding. Dean’s reaction to Sam’s new situation is relatively restrained, and while I would have loved to see Dean in full protective big brother mode, I love it even more that he treats Sam as an adult and allows him to deal with his problems in his own way, trusting that Sam will come to him in case things spin out of control. Dean’s concern is clearly there, in the way he pays attention to Sam’s caffeine intake, in the worried glances he throws Sam’s way and in his attempts to get his brother to sleep – Dean’s offer to play a soft-rock station in order to put Sam to sleep is my favourite brotherly moment of the episode ♥ – but he does not automatically assume that Sam is on the brink of breaking down again, and that is a nice contrast to the beginning of the season. However, I think it is important to keep in mind that, unless Dean is able to experience Sam’s hallucinations first-hand or his brother starts shooting at thin air again, Dean has no actual means to truly assess or understand Sam’s situation. I mean, it is one thing to know that Sam sees/hears Lucifer on a daily basis, but another thing entirely to comprehend what that actually means; Repo Man made that particular point very clear. All Dean really has to go on is Sam’s behaviour and since that did not radically change, I do not find it particularly surprising that Dean does not react overly anxious to Sam’s current bout of insomnia.
Scott: "You know, I keep thinking if I hadn’t pushed her then …"
Dean: "Hey, little tip. Feeling guilty ain’t gonna bring ‘em back. Best you can do is live your life the way that you think would make her proud. Or at least not embarrass the crap out of her."
So, let’s have a look at Dean. I think it is worth noting that, ever since Sam pleaded with his brother to not get himself killed, Dean’s psychological condition has drastically improved. The depression that has been Dean’s constant companion this season seems to have finally worn off, and he generally appears to be more focused and clear-headed, which is undoubtedly due to the fact that Dean has been completely sober these last couple of weeks. Dean is not only more alert when on the hunt, but also less emotionally withdrawn in his interaction with Sam, and it is heartening to witness the improvement in his demeanour after seeing him miserable for so long. Out With The Old adds interesting new layers to that improvement by allowing us some insight into Dean’s current frame of mind, most notably in Dean’s conversation with Scott, who feels guilty for pushing his late mother into selling her antique shop. Dean’s advice that the only way to deal with his feelings of guilt is to live his life in a way that would make his mother proud is remarkably positive and pragmatic, and I have little doubt that he is talking about his own feelings in regard to Bobby's death here. "You find your reasons to get back in the game. I don’t care if it’s love or spite or a ten dollar bet," Bobby told Dean shortly before he died, and it seems that honouring Bobby, trying to make him proud, has become that very reason for Dean to pull himself together again. And, ultimately, that is all I ever wanted from the writers’ decision to kill Bobby off this season. Moreover though, this is the first indication that Dean started to channel his feelings of guilt into something constructive rather than using it in a self-destructive capacity, and I find that exciting.
Now, given that Dean overcoming his depression and letting go of some of his guilt is such a significant development for his character arc this season, I really wished the writers would have given it more weight, not only in Out With The Old, but also in the previous two episodes. Obviously Dean managed to reclaim some of his old optimism and spirit, but we do not exactly know how and why. Of course, we can establish a row of basic cornerstones, like Dean’s pep talks with Bobby, Frank and Eliot Ness, as well as Sam’s desperate plea for Dean to not get himself killed, but there is no definitive line of cause and effect. As it is, it is not entirely clear if Dean’s characterisation these last couple of episodes is a deliberate narrative decision that signifies Dean turning a corner and moving forward with his life, or if it is just a fluke, i.e. a random upswing in Dean's condition. I really would have liked to see a specific cathartic event marking a change in Dean’s demeanour or at least a central scene that offered some insight into Dean’s thought process in the matter. Similarly, the writers spent a lot of time this season on highlighting Dean’s severe alcohol problems, and I had high hopes that this plot point would eventually be addressed in a more explicit manner, like Sam staging an intervention, for example, or Dean realising just how much the alcohol impairs his ability to think clearly. I assume Dean’s throwaway line at the beginning of Plucky Pennywhistle’s Magical Menagerie was intended as such, but again, I would have preferred had his decision to stop drinking been given more weight.
George: "This, gentlemen, is where we are going to cure cancer."
Sam: "Wait. That doesn't make any sense. I mean, why would Dick Roman want to cure cancer?"
George: "‘Cause we’re only here to help."
George’s revelation that the leviathans intend to build a medical research facility to develop a cure for cancer is a rather unexpected turn of events, but it opens up a row of interesting new possibilities for the mytharc this season. Of course, it is entirely possible that this is a simple misdirection. I mean, George could be outright lying here, in the hope that Sam and Dean will let him go if he garners their sympathy, or he could simply reiterate a corporate line fed to him by the upper management. After all, there is a distinct possibility that the lower ranks in the leviathan hierarchy are not actually in on Dick Roman’s ultimate goals. In fact, considering that George does not hesitate to help Sam and Dean – the leviathans’ enemies number one – just to get rid of his boss, Dick would be wise to keep his underlings on a strict need-to-know basis, so they are unable to reveal vital company secrets to the wrong people. Now, if we assume that George is indeed telling the truth about the leviathans’ plans to cure cancer, the obvious conclusion would be that they want to keep their food supply healthy. However, when they first arrived, the leviathans set up shop in a hospital and that suggests to me that eating sick people does not really bother them. Not to mention that they have been perfectly willing to pump the human population full of drugs to keep them docile, so I do not think they are particularly concerned about producing healthy, organic food.
There is only one thing that we know for sure: So far all of Dick Roman’s activities revolved around gaining power, money and real estate around the globe. Frank’s frequent updates on Dick’s business proceedings these last couple of weeks clearly showed that the leviathans have insinuated themselves into every aspect of human society, from cultural projects to political campaigns, and they have expanded their range of influence to every major country/city in the world – except for Tromsø, Norway, apparently. So I think it is safe to say that, whatever their exact goals, global dominance is part of the leviathans’ agenda. And what corporation would have more global power than the one controlling the medicines to cure humanity's worst diseases? Furthermore, George’s statement that the leviathans are just here to help evokes memories of Angel’s S4 storyline, where Jasmine, a godlike supernatural being, offered world peace in exchange for free will – and a small number of daily human sacrifices to keep her well-fed. It is possible that the leviathans, too, plan on presenting themselves as humanity’s greatest benefactors – of course in human form – and thus become untouchable in the public eye, while feasting on humans behind closed doors. Of course this is all wild speculation and the whole cancer cure could simply be an elaborate ruse, but my interest is certainly peaked now.
What else is noteworthy:
(1) As usual, Frank’s appearance in the episode is delightful – the banter between Frank and Dean in particular is highly entertaining – and I admit, I was not at all prepared for the possibility that something could happen to him at this point in the season. So, when Sam and Dean discovered Frank’s wrecked RV at the end of the episode, I was quite distraught. However, despite the blood splatters, I am not actually convinced that Frank is dead. In this particular case I will just go with the rule that the lack of a body – or, you know, the lack of half-eaten remains, since we are talking about the ever hungry leviathans here – suggests that Frank survived their attack. I mean, it is not entirely unreasonable to think that Frank’s paranoid nature motivated him to install a wide net of traps and defence mechanisms that would allow him to escape in case he makes the leviathans’ radar. Besides, I would not put it past the writers to pull the same stunt as in Hello, Cruel World, where they tried to insinuate that Bobby died in the fire the leviathans set to his house. Quite frankly, I think from a narrative point of view, it simply makes no sense to kill Frank off yet. The emotional impact is not profound enough, given that Sam and Dean (and the audience) had barely any time to develop a solid relationship with the character, and his death does not advance the plot either, at least not in a way I can see at the moment. So, unless the show tells me otherwise in no uncertain terms, I am just going to assume that Frank is still alive and kicking somewhere.
(2) I admit, at first I was rather nonplussed by the fact that apparently Dean had been able to see Black Swan two times in a row without Sam knowing about it. I mean, given that the brothers are together 24/7, it is rather unlikely that Sam would have missed Dean sneaking out to go to the movies. However, Black Swan first aired in the US in 2010, and at that time Dean was living with Lisa, so obviously Sam could not have known about Dean’s cinematic adventures. By the way, I imagine that Lisa was the driving force behind Dean’s repeated viewings of that movie. Not that I think Dean would not enjoy it – the movie has plenty of thriller elements, after all – but I doubt that he would have considered watching it without being prompted first. And while we are talking about Dean living with Lisa: I really wished the writers would be a little more consistent where that missing year in the timeline is concerned. In some episodes they seem to completely forget about it – like in Repo Man, for example, where the intro sequence stated that four years have passed between the present and the end of S3 (2008), even though it has actually been five years, if we count the year Dean spent with the Braedens – and in others they seem to remember the correct timeline.
In conclusion: Out With The Old may not be as exciting as other episodes this season, but it is a solid follow-up to Repo Man. The forward momentum the previous episode provided for Sam’s hallucination storyline in particular is still tangible, and that alone would be enough to make me happy for the moment, but the continuous upswing in Dean’s psychological status certainly adds to my contentment. Obviously, the episode leaves us with a lot of new questions. What are the leviathans really up to? Will Sam be able to gain back control over his hallucinations or will he crash and burn? Is Frank really dead? However, I have little doubt that the upcoming episodes will address these questions in a satisfactory manner. Only seven episodes to go now. It’s amazing how fast this season flew by, especially given how many mini-hiatuses we had to endure this year.
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Did you know? Director John Showalter pitched the idea that Dean not only becomes mesmerized by the ballet shoes, but also puts them on and starts to dance around. Jensen's reaction was: 'No way in hell am I gonna do that!' So sadly that idea never saw the light of day. (S7 companion)
Out With The Old is one of those episodes that start out as an ordinary monster of the week episode, but then turn out to be mytharc related, and that always makes for a nice change of pace. What stands out to me as different from other episodes of this type though is that Sam and Dean wrap up the cursed objects case rather swiftly and without effort. Of course, said case was never intended to be the main point of the episode, so the writers wanted it to move along rather quickly, but still. I think it is interesting to see the brothers on a hunt that is a simple routine job, i.e. a hunt that is done and dusted in next to no time and where Sam and Dean encounter no major problems, suffer no physical harm and save all the civilians involved. A normal monster of the week episode simply does not allow for this kind of storyline – there is not enough drama, obviously – so I am delighted that the narrative structure of Out With The Old offered the opportunity to act a scenario like that out. Moreover, the competence and relative ease with which the brothers handle the case stands in stark contrast to their helplessness when confronted with the leviathans, and that makes the threat these creatures pose to Sam and Dean all the more tangible. By the way, I love that the brothers just happen to stumble over the leviathans while working an ordinary case. I mean, considering that Dick Roman’s corporation seems to have grown into a nationwide net of conglomerates that was bound to happen sooner or later.
Sam: "Every time I close my eyes, Lucifer is yelling into my head. It’s like I let him in once, now I can’t get rid of him."
Dean: "You know he’s not actually …"
Sam: "Yeah, I know. Try telling that to the volume control inside my brain."
I really have to say that the continuity between Repo Man and Out With The Old is excellent, especially where Sam’s current storyline is concerned. I mean, in the final moments of Repo Man, Lucifer successfully prevented Sam from falling asleep by demonstrating that the methods that allowed Sam a reprieve from his presence do not work anymore, and Sam’s insomnia storyline in Out With The Old ties in nicely with that development. Throughout the episode, Sam is fighting with the side effects of severe sleep deprivation, namely attention deficits, fatigue, disorientation and micro-sleep episodes, and his ever-increasing exhaustion is tangible. Kudos to the make-up department, by the way, Jared looks progressively worse over the course of the episode, which makes Sam's ordeal even more palpable for the viewer. Now, despite his problems, Sam tries to keep it together, unwilling to admit defeat just yet, but the fact that he falls asleep at the wheel and almost collides with a semi effectively illustrates that he will not be able to hang on for much longer. Sam is clearly at his limits, and since it seems unlikely that he will find a way to regain control over his hallucinations, Sam's eventual collapse is inevitable. Given that a continuous deprivation of sleep can result in delirium, dementia and, in extreme cases, death, things are looking pretty grim for the younger Winchester.
Anyway, I love that Sam tells Dean about the deterioration of his mental condition right away and makes no attempt to hide his struggle from his brother, near misses with semis notwithstanding. Dean’s reaction to Sam’s new situation is relatively restrained, and while I would have loved to see Dean in full protective big brother mode, I love it even more that he treats Sam as an adult and allows him to deal with his problems in his own way, trusting that Sam will come to him in case things spin out of control. Dean’s concern is clearly there, in the way he pays attention to Sam’s caffeine intake, in the worried glances he throws Sam’s way and in his attempts to get his brother to sleep – Dean’s offer to play a soft-rock station in order to put Sam to sleep is my favourite brotherly moment of the episode ♥ – but he does not automatically assume that Sam is on the brink of breaking down again, and that is a nice contrast to the beginning of the season. However, I think it is important to keep in mind that, unless Dean is able to experience Sam’s hallucinations first-hand or his brother starts shooting at thin air again, Dean has no actual means to truly assess or understand Sam’s situation. I mean, it is one thing to know that Sam sees/hears Lucifer on a daily basis, but another thing entirely to comprehend what that actually means; Repo Man made that particular point very clear. All Dean really has to go on is Sam’s behaviour and since that did not radically change, I do not find it particularly surprising that Dean does not react overly anxious to Sam’s current bout of insomnia.
Scott: "You know, I keep thinking if I hadn’t pushed her then …"
Dean: "Hey, little tip. Feeling guilty ain’t gonna bring ‘em back. Best you can do is live your life the way that you think would make her proud. Or at least not embarrass the crap out of her."
So, let’s have a look at Dean. I think it is worth noting that, ever since Sam pleaded with his brother to not get himself killed, Dean’s psychological condition has drastically improved. The depression that has been Dean’s constant companion this season seems to have finally worn off, and he generally appears to be more focused and clear-headed, which is undoubtedly due to the fact that Dean has been completely sober these last couple of weeks. Dean is not only more alert when on the hunt, but also less emotionally withdrawn in his interaction with Sam, and it is heartening to witness the improvement in his demeanour after seeing him miserable for so long. Out With The Old adds interesting new layers to that improvement by allowing us some insight into Dean’s current frame of mind, most notably in Dean’s conversation with Scott, who feels guilty for pushing his late mother into selling her antique shop. Dean’s advice that the only way to deal with his feelings of guilt is to live his life in a way that would make his mother proud is remarkably positive and pragmatic, and I have little doubt that he is talking about his own feelings in regard to Bobby's death here. "You find your reasons to get back in the game. I don’t care if it’s love or spite or a ten dollar bet," Bobby told Dean shortly before he died, and it seems that honouring Bobby, trying to make him proud, has become that very reason for Dean to pull himself together again. And, ultimately, that is all I ever wanted from the writers’ decision to kill Bobby off this season. Moreover though, this is the first indication that Dean started to channel his feelings of guilt into something constructive rather than using it in a self-destructive capacity, and I find that exciting.
Now, given that Dean overcoming his depression and letting go of some of his guilt is such a significant development for his character arc this season, I really wished the writers would have given it more weight, not only in Out With The Old, but also in the previous two episodes. Obviously Dean managed to reclaim some of his old optimism and spirit, but we do not exactly know how and why. Of course, we can establish a row of basic cornerstones, like Dean’s pep talks with Bobby, Frank and Eliot Ness, as well as Sam’s desperate plea for Dean to not get himself killed, but there is no definitive line of cause and effect. As it is, it is not entirely clear if Dean’s characterisation these last couple of episodes is a deliberate narrative decision that signifies Dean turning a corner and moving forward with his life, or if it is just a fluke, i.e. a random upswing in Dean's condition. I really would have liked to see a specific cathartic event marking a change in Dean’s demeanour or at least a central scene that offered some insight into Dean’s thought process in the matter. Similarly, the writers spent a lot of time this season on highlighting Dean’s severe alcohol problems, and I had high hopes that this plot point would eventually be addressed in a more explicit manner, like Sam staging an intervention, for example, or Dean realising just how much the alcohol impairs his ability to think clearly. I assume Dean’s throwaway line at the beginning of Plucky Pennywhistle’s Magical Menagerie was intended as such, but again, I would have preferred had his decision to stop drinking been given more weight.
George: "This, gentlemen, is where we are going to cure cancer."
Sam: "Wait. That doesn't make any sense. I mean, why would Dick Roman want to cure cancer?"
George: "‘Cause we’re only here to help."
George’s revelation that the leviathans intend to build a medical research facility to develop a cure for cancer is a rather unexpected turn of events, but it opens up a row of interesting new possibilities for the mytharc this season. Of course, it is entirely possible that this is a simple misdirection. I mean, George could be outright lying here, in the hope that Sam and Dean will let him go if he garners their sympathy, or he could simply reiterate a corporate line fed to him by the upper management. After all, there is a distinct possibility that the lower ranks in the leviathan hierarchy are not actually in on Dick Roman’s ultimate goals. In fact, considering that George does not hesitate to help Sam and Dean – the leviathans’ enemies number one – just to get rid of his boss, Dick would be wise to keep his underlings on a strict need-to-know basis, so they are unable to reveal vital company secrets to the wrong people. Now, if we assume that George is indeed telling the truth about the leviathans’ plans to cure cancer, the obvious conclusion would be that they want to keep their food supply healthy. However, when they first arrived, the leviathans set up shop in a hospital and that suggests to me that eating sick people does not really bother them. Not to mention that they have been perfectly willing to pump the human population full of drugs to keep them docile, so I do not think they are particularly concerned about producing healthy, organic food.
There is only one thing that we know for sure: So far all of Dick Roman’s activities revolved around gaining power, money and real estate around the globe. Frank’s frequent updates on Dick’s business proceedings these last couple of weeks clearly showed that the leviathans have insinuated themselves into every aspect of human society, from cultural projects to political campaigns, and they have expanded their range of influence to every major country/city in the world – except for Tromsø, Norway, apparently. So I think it is safe to say that, whatever their exact goals, global dominance is part of the leviathans’ agenda. And what corporation would have more global power than the one controlling the medicines to cure humanity's worst diseases? Furthermore, George’s statement that the leviathans are just here to help evokes memories of Angel’s S4 storyline, where Jasmine, a godlike supernatural being, offered world peace in exchange for free will – and a small number of daily human sacrifices to keep her well-fed. It is possible that the leviathans, too, plan on presenting themselves as humanity’s greatest benefactors – of course in human form – and thus become untouchable in the public eye, while feasting on humans behind closed doors. Of course this is all wild speculation and the whole cancer cure could simply be an elaborate ruse, but my interest is certainly peaked now.
What else is noteworthy:
(1) As usual, Frank’s appearance in the episode is delightful – the banter between Frank and Dean in particular is highly entertaining – and I admit, I was not at all prepared for the possibility that something could happen to him at this point in the season. So, when Sam and Dean discovered Frank’s wrecked RV at the end of the episode, I was quite distraught. However, despite the blood splatters, I am not actually convinced that Frank is dead. In this particular case I will just go with the rule that the lack of a body – or, you know, the lack of half-eaten remains, since we are talking about the ever hungry leviathans here – suggests that Frank survived their attack. I mean, it is not entirely unreasonable to think that Frank’s paranoid nature motivated him to install a wide net of traps and defence mechanisms that would allow him to escape in case he makes the leviathans’ radar. Besides, I would not put it past the writers to pull the same stunt as in Hello, Cruel World, where they tried to insinuate that Bobby died in the fire the leviathans set to his house. Quite frankly, I think from a narrative point of view, it simply makes no sense to kill Frank off yet. The emotional impact is not profound enough, given that Sam and Dean (and the audience) had barely any time to develop a solid relationship with the character, and his death does not advance the plot either, at least not in a way I can see at the moment. So, unless the show tells me otherwise in no uncertain terms, I am just going to assume that Frank is still alive and kicking somewhere.
(2) I admit, at first I was rather nonplussed by the fact that apparently Dean had been able to see Black Swan two times in a row without Sam knowing about it. I mean, given that the brothers are together 24/7, it is rather unlikely that Sam would have missed Dean sneaking out to go to the movies. However, Black Swan first aired in the US in 2010, and at that time Dean was living with Lisa, so obviously Sam could not have known about Dean’s cinematic adventures. By the way, I imagine that Lisa was the driving force behind Dean’s repeated viewings of that movie. Not that I think Dean would not enjoy it – the movie has plenty of thriller elements, after all – but I doubt that he would have considered watching it without being prompted first. And while we are talking about Dean living with Lisa: I really wished the writers would be a little more consistent where that missing year in the timeline is concerned. In some episodes they seem to completely forget about it – like in Repo Man, for example, where the intro sequence stated that four years have passed between the present and the end of S3 (2008), even though it has actually been five years, if we count the year Dean spent with the Braedens – and in others they seem to remember the correct timeline.
In conclusion: Out With The Old may not be as exciting as other episodes this season, but it is a solid follow-up to Repo Man. The forward momentum the previous episode provided for Sam’s hallucination storyline in particular is still tangible, and that alone would be enough to make me happy for the moment, but the continuous upswing in Dean’s psychological status certainly adds to my contentment. Obviously, the episode leaves us with a lot of new questions. What are the leviathans really up to? Will Sam be able to gain back control over his hallucinations or will he crash and burn? Is Frank really dead? However, I have little doubt that the upcoming episodes will address these questions in a satisfactory manner. Only seven episodes to go now. It’s amazing how fast this season flew by, especially given how many mini-hiatuses we had to endure this year.
Did you know? Director John Showalter pitched the idea that Dean not only becomes mesmerized by the ballet shoes, but also puts them on and starts to dance around. Jensen's reaction was: 'No way in hell am I gonna do that!' So sadly that idea never saw the light of day. (S7 companion)
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Date: 2012-03-22 08:28 pm (UTC)I don't think they were very specific with when the flashback took place, just that it was four years ago. Some fans believe the flashback was set in S3, some in S4, depending on whether the 'missing' year is counted or not.
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Date: 2012-03-22 08:54 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-03-25 02:09 am (UTC)The missing year is kind of mind-boggling to think about, I generally forget as well...the idea that they are in what, 2013 right now is just weird, lol. These year jumps are easier when it's Merlin and there are no dates anyway!
Good review though!
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Date: 2012-03-25 08:29 am (UTC)Yeah, the missing year is easy to forget. But that's what the writers get for making a timejump in the first place. Heh.
Thank you. Glad you enjoyed reading. And LOL @ your icon.
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Date: 2012-03-22 08:32 pm (UTC)Once upon a time I used to keep track of the show's timeline, and it was possible. These days? No chance!
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Date: 2012-03-22 08:55 pm (UTC)ROFL yeah, by now everything is just pretty complex, timeline, mythology, impossible to keep track. *g*