Archive for April, 2010

accelerating, season five

5.19 Hammer of the Gods: you boys are on a leash

A few unspoiled thoughts before the next episode…. We, the audience, see the resurrection of the Elysian Fields Hotel with the potted purple flower (a spring crocus maybe?) – in a reverse of the plants dying in 2.04 Children Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things – brought back to life. I’m seeing it as a continuation [...]

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5.16 – 5.19: Can’t start a fire without a spark

Click images for full size. I’m unspoiled for anything coming after 5.19 but have been speculating like a shameless crazy person since mid fourth season. I don’t know about anyone else, but I suspect I won’t ever be able to look at this memory of Dean’s from 5.16 Dark Side of the Moon without sobbing [...]

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5.18 Point of No Return: we’re working on the power of love

Sam: There’s another way. Adam: Great. What is it? Dean: Well, we’re working on the power of love. Dean is in smart-ass mode here, but I think this is EXACTLY what we’ve been watching over the past couple of seasons. It’s nearly unmistakable if (like me) you look at the cases of the week as [...]

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5.18 Point of No Return: how far? how long?

I’ve had company this weekend. Thankfully, it’s my youngest brother who appreciates the show and who is tolerant of – if not a little bemused by – my SPN obsessing. I’m not sure when I’ll get to rewatch, read reactions, and really think the episode’s implications through as a whole. This post is being written [...]

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5.17 99 Problems: whatever you’re thinking of doing, don’t do it

Unspoiled and wanting to stay that way…. Man, it’s difficult to enjoy episodes where Dean is so very hopeless and broken. How did the Whore of Babylon put it? Pathetic, self-hating and faithless? Ouch. They could have gotten away without including the line because Jensen Ackles has made me believe it so completely. Even the [...]

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