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While the season opener dealt with the immediate consequences of the S4 finale, Good God, Y’all follows up with some urgently needed character work. Since I always prefer the more character driven episodes, it’s no surprise that I loved Sera Gamble’s latest instalment in the series more than its predecessor. I liked especially that the episode not only heavily featured Sam and Dean, but also returned some long lost recurring characters from the earlier seasons to us, which gave the episode a nice 'back to the roots' feeling, without compromising the tone of the current season. Well done, Sera – oh, and by the way, thanks for, you know - ripping my heart out! Again! *g*

( Can we at least do this like professionals? )

Current Mood: melancholy

The S5 opener Sympathy For The Devil, by courtesy of Eric Kripke, was neither as emotional and character driven as In My Time Of Dying, nor as well structured and groundbreaking as Lazarus Rising, but it wasn’t a disaster like The Magnificent Seven either. Overall the believable character work outweighed annoyances with the mytharc development, failed attempts at humour and badly structured scenes and made it a mostly enjoyable watch. However, the episode did raise a couple of concerns about the direction of the character arcs this season, but it’s way too early to discern how much of that concern is misdirected, so I’ll try to remain positive.

( I don’t think that we can ever be what we were. )