Episode insta reaction - spoilers (obv)

[amberdreams]

First viewing, 6am...

Point one - as a monster of the week with Jody Mills kicking ass while being compassionate, I enjoyed it.
Point two - I was frustrated this didn't give us much else - at this stage of the season, I want fecking story arc, thanks very much.
Point three - maybe it did give us something, but if that is what it was supposed to be then it was a big hammer to crack a nut. Family you'd do anything for, clinging onto a past that has gone, forcing someone to fill a role they didn't have a choice about...Dean the cold hearted monster killer. Is that what it was?
Point four - geeze AMB. Maybe the writers and the show actually think they are here to entertain me with a little bit of fantasy horror every week after which I will go back to my day job and forget about it. But I, being a frigging nutcase, am obsessed and so it's my own fault for wanting more/reading more into it.

So - a B minus I guess. I have cravings, guys and I don't think Show is going to satiate me. Fanfic-land, here I come.

Comments

[jj1564.livejournal.com]

Jody is a great character and she really kicked ass in this episode! But I agree with you that it didn't really move the Mark of Cain story forward except showing that Dean enjoyed killing the vamps. Jensen does that blank, cold killer stare so well, and when he growled 'look at me bitch' I got chills!
I think the writers are missing an opportunity to explore Dean's reaction to the Mark so yes it is up to fandom to fill in the gap. Next week will be focussed on setting up 'Bloodlines' so not much room for developing to story we really care about there either!

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

I think next week's will have a very similar feel to this from the point of view of the Winchesters - ie a monster of the week/case episode. Which again, would have been great mid season but not right NOW. I want me some Crowley, Abaddon as well as the flipping angel angle, and I am feeling deprived instead of depraved.