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amberdreams) wrote2013-04-25 08:53 am
amberdreams) wrote2013-04-25 08:53 am
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Pac Man Fever insta reaction
Warning for disconnected and nonsensical ramblings.
I don't know why, but this one left me feeling a bit flat. I had a few laughs (something about exploding bodies appeals to the 12 year old boy in me) and I really liked the first two or three scenes, then somehow it lost me. Maybe it was the whole trying to make Charlie an FBI agent thing, which for me really didn't work. I think Charlie is a fun character, but I'm not invested in her, and to be honest, I would rather have seen Garth working with Dean here than Charlie. Though obviously for the purposes of the story, Garth having a Mom in a comatose state probably wouldn't have worked. I get the feeling with Charlie that fans reacted so well to her first appearance, and everyone in the industry seem to LOVE Felicia Day (I seem to remember Jensen saying something about how awesome she is) that they are just looking for excuses to bring her back, when there have been so many fabulous guest characters that could have had more air time and produced better stories.
I can see how they were trying to mirror Dean's scenes with Cas the hopeless FBI agent, but I just thought, this is old, it's been done before, when Charlie did the whole upside down badge. And the modelling costumes thing was downright annoying.
Okay, it looks like the more I think about this, the more I realise it was when Charlie became the centre of the episode's attention that it lost me. I want to watch again now and maybe fast forward her parts so I can appreciate sick!Sammy more - which is what I should have been emotionally engaged with, not the distraction of Charlie's letting go of her Mom. And was that some sort of bludgeon to the head hint that Dean needs to let Sam go? I kind of assumed so when Sam turned up in Charlie's dream.
Argh! Show, what are you trying to do?
Consolation - there was a LOT of hugging, and we do wuv hugz.
I don't know why, but this one left me feeling a bit flat. I had a few laughs (something about exploding bodies appeals to the 12 year old boy in me) and I really liked the first two or three scenes, then somehow it lost me. Maybe it was the whole trying to make Charlie an FBI agent thing, which for me really didn't work. I think Charlie is a fun character, but I'm not invested in her, and to be honest, I would rather have seen Garth working with Dean here than Charlie. Though obviously for the purposes of the story, Garth having a Mom in a comatose state probably wouldn't have worked. I get the feeling with Charlie that fans reacted so well to her first appearance, and everyone in the industry seem to LOVE Felicia Day (I seem to remember Jensen saying something about how awesome she is) that they are just looking for excuses to bring her back, when there have been so many fabulous guest characters that could have had more air time and produced better stories.
I can see how they were trying to mirror Dean's scenes with Cas the hopeless FBI agent, but I just thought, this is old, it's been done before, when Charlie did the whole upside down badge. And the modelling costumes thing was downright annoying.
Okay, it looks like the more I think about this, the more I realise it was when Charlie became the centre of the episode's attention that it lost me. I want to watch again now and maybe fast forward her parts so I can appreciate sick!Sammy more - which is what I should have been emotionally engaged with, not the distraction of Charlie's letting go of her Mom. And was that some sort of bludgeon to the head hint that Dean needs to let Sam go? I kind of assumed so when Sam turned up in Charlie's dream.
Argh! Show, what are you trying to do?
Consolation - there was a LOT of hugging, and we do wuv hugz.
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I do get what you mean about Charlie. She is a bit much for my personal taste, but I don't mind watching her. She sorta comes in like a hurricane and steals the show, but if you squint and ignore the red blur ... the episode is great.
Lots of witty dialogue, gorgeous shots of the boys, action, cool Jinn (Djin?) tattoos, stubble, suits, Dean being a hero, Sam being a hero, Dean being a softy, Sick Sam, THAT EPIC HUG.
I have goose bumps. Do watch it again.
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Oh well - I did watch again and it was better second time round!
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I do like the trend Show is setting with regards to what happens to Dean every time she makes an episode appearance ... costumes: first Dean in mail and now Dean in uniform.
Always find the silver lining ;-)
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Sorry, you didn't like it, but I thought R.Thompson did good with this one.
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