Archive for May, 2010

accelerating, season five, season two

Rewatching season one: 1.05-1.08

I finished up disc two and watched 1.07 Hookman and 1.08 Bugs  the past couple days. Now, I’ll admit I wasn’t looking forward to either of them as much as 1.05 Bloody Mary and 1.06 Skin, but I was surprised.  A person who is open to speculating that nothing in S4 and S5 isn’t an [...]

accelerating, season five, season one

5.22 Swan Song: it’s never too late

Surely, I’m the last person to post up my thoughts about the S5 finale. I do love it. I am able to keep my theories alive -  though again there’s no real confirmation that I haven’t been off my rocker the past two seasons watching the show. I felt badly about that for a little [...]

accelerating, season five

5.21 Two Minutes to Midnight: What exactly are you afraid of?

Lots to love about this episode, but it’s so obviously a lead in to the finale that I want to wait and see how it plays out before commenting too much. Certainly, a lot of the motifs and themes I watch for showed up. There were sleep and dreams. Dean is napping during the video [...]

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5.20 The Devil You Know: sparks

I just spotted this after following a link to megTDJ’s livejournal in the spnnewsletter. Look! Another example of showering sparks. I missed it while flipping through still screencaps. I can’t say it clears up my understanding, but I’m glad the show is continuing the motif.

accelerating, season five

5.20 The Devil You Know: history is written by the victors

I’m unspoiled for what is coming after 5.20. This post’s subtitle is a Winston Churchill quote brought to mind while thinking about the implications of the bit of background we were given on Crowley. In this episode we’re told Crowley is possessing a “moderately successful literary agent out of New York.”  (bolding mine) That’s on [...]

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