Episode insta reaction - spoilers (obv)

[amberdreams]

I live-streamed at 3am (well I missed the first 20 minutes as I hadn't set an alarm and was taking pot luck as to whether I'd watch it live or not) but yeah, I was there for the ride. Insta-ish reaction after having watched the whole thing through at 8:30 this morning with two fellow JIB attendees I've just met - it was an emotional roller coaster ride.Or at least, the Dean parts were. The Metatron parts were annoying and didn't bear close scrutiny, the Castiel Gadreel parts were interesting but not that gripping, and Crowley was so busy being mysterious I wasn't sure what to make of it.

The ending left me thinking - WHY was this not the mid season finale? Thie whole season could have been so amazing if they'd condensed the Mark storyline they've given us over a torutous 23 episodes into the first 11-12, leaving the 2nd half of the season for Sam attempting to cure Dean of his demon-hood, while Crowley presumably tries to use Dean for nefarious purposes. Now that is a storyline that would have kicked ass, big time. I wouldn't even have complained if they'd thrown in some Castiel trying to sort out Heaven and Metatron trying to escape or whatever Angel boringness they wanted to roll out in order to keep Misha on the show. I'm most dischuffed that they got rid of poor Gadreel just as he was getting interesting.

So what I'm basically saying is - I liked this episode, but it was in no way a cliff hanger season finale. Maybe I'll get more excited when I've watched it again. It does at least offer some fuel for fanfics over the summer, which is a good thing.

Comments

[tifaching.livejournal.com]

I don 't know. It WOULD have been amazing as the mid season finale, and less of the crap angel storyline would have been fantastic. But as a season finale I'm pretty happy with it too. It's sure going to keep me hanging over the summer.

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

oh I'm hanging now, especially the longer I think about it! After all, Dean is freaking DEAD.

[lylithj2.livejournal.com]

Honey you need to put this behind a Jcut. Not everyone seen it yet.

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Sorry, done. I don't think there was too much in there (hopefully)

[lylithj2.livejournal.com]

Good job!

I watched it. But our friends in other counties may not have.

[thursdaysisters.livejournal.com]

Same here, last year's season finale was a much bigger gutpunch, this just felt...meh

[disneymagics.livejournal.com]

Awww, I'm sorry you were disappointed. I absolutely loved this episode. After a very weak and, in many ways, irritating season, this episode made me excited about SHOW again. There are so many possibilities for next season and I'm interested to see exactly how dark Dean will get. Of course, I'm hoping for Sam to save the day and find a way to get Dean's humanity back, but I'm ready and willing to have this plot line take up at least a half season, long enough for Jensen to really dig his teeth into a more meaty role than he's had in quite a while. *hugs*

[cordelia-gray.livejournal.com]

Yes! It would have been much better as a midseason cliffhanger. As long as Metatron actually got stabbed, so we knew he was dead and wasn't coming back to bore us all to death again.

As a season-ender, it kind of sucked.