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Appointment in Samarra
Oh, for Pete's sake.
I was excited at the idea of Dean taking Death's place, but I didn't realize they were going to have Dean go through the most cliched progression of being death EVER. Is there anyone, watching this, who didn't call ahead of time that (a) Dean would have to kill a kid and (b) that he would refuse and (c) that it would cause BAD THINGS to happen? I was especially pissed because this could have been a really interesting episode if they hadn't decided to be so formulaic.
Though I was predicting the final scene would be Dean having to choose between either (a)reaping Bobby or (b)letting Sam's soul go, so I guess it wasn't as cliched as it could have been--though that at least would have been real drama, as opposed to Dean agonizing over a bunch of strangers.
However, the final scene between Dean and Death was almost enough to make up for the rest of the episode. And I am morbidly fascinated that they depicted Sam's ensoulment as a sort of rape--somewhat like being possessed by a demon or angel. I'm not quite sure how we are to take that--I want to mull it over some more.
Oh, and I almost forgot to mention, I was kind of loving the Sam v. Bobby showdown, at least until Bobby got that attack of the stupids and went into the basement. WTF, Bobby? You know better than that.
I was excited at the idea of Dean taking Death's place, but I didn't realize they were going to have Dean go through the most cliched progression of being death EVER. Is there anyone, watching this, who didn't call ahead of time that (a) Dean would have to kill a kid and (b) that he would refuse and (c) that it would cause BAD THINGS to happen? I was especially pissed because this could have been a really interesting episode if they hadn't decided to be so formulaic.
Though I was predicting the final scene would be Dean having to choose between either (a)reaping Bobby or (b)letting Sam's soul go, so I guess it wasn't as cliched as it could have been--though that at least would have been real drama, as opposed to Dean agonizing over a bunch of strangers.
However, the final scene between Dean and Death was almost enough to make up for the rest of the episode. And I am morbidly fascinated that they depicted Sam's ensoulment as a sort of rape--somewhat like being possessed by a demon or angel. I'm not quite sure how we are to take that--I want to mull it over some more.
Oh, and I almost forgot to mention, I was kind of loving the Sam v. Bobby showdown, at least until Bobby got that attack of the stupids and went into the basement. WTF, Bobby? You know better than that.