Mama Mia insta-reaction - spoilers!
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amberdreamsSeason 12, Episode 2 : Mama Mia insta-reaction
Well, that was quite the roller coaster of emotional reactions!
I couldn’t believe they addressed Mary’s guilt over Sam straight away and so bluntly. It was actually well done. I love how Mary and Dean are dealing (or not dealing) with her return. It’s being handled openly but not unsubtly. I’d feared they might have used an emotional brickbat and been beating us and the characters over the head with it, but no, it’s sweet and lovely. Not least because Sam Smith is playing her part so well.
Those last scenes in the bunker between Sam, Dean and Mary, then between Mary and each of her boys separately really gripped my heartstrings and gave them a good thrum. Sam and Mary’s little conversation in particular – beautifully done.
I’m sure some people won’t have enjoyed the Crowley, Rowena and Lucifer interludes, but though they broke up the tension of Sam’s search and rescue, I actually liked them. And I am not a huge fan of Rowena, or Crowley. I love Mark P’s Lucifer, but this new chap is pretty menacing, I was newly convinced that Lucifer is mad bad and dangerous to know. I wonder about this vessel – they haven’t said anything about Vince yet apart from showing he’s strong enough to tolerate Lucifer for a while, but will he be like Nick and gradually decay? And if not, does that mean Vince is related to the Winchester/Campbell bloodlines?
I’m still not convinced by the British MoL motivation, that doesn’t make much sense to me yet. I don’t understand why they would suddenly be interested after all this time. They have all the information about the Winchesters’ pasts (Benny, Ruby etc) yet took no steps before? At the moment they just feel like a plot device introduced to provide a more personal hazard for the boys. Mr Ketch (or whatever his name is) as the enforcer is on his way with a Boondock Saints-type tattoo and briefcase full of weapons. It’s all rather James Bond/secret service, isn’t it?
It’s not necessarily a bad thing, other than more opportunities for them to bring in terrible British accents. Which brings me to a few things that threw me right out of the story:
– Sam’s dream sexy scene with Toni for starters. I mean, you’d have to be a stronger woman than I to NOT sit there and hit the pause button a few times to drink in that lovely hairy chest and adorable hairy arm pit. Plus how lovely did Sam’s face look, bathed in the glow of the candlelight?
– Another thing that threw me out of that scene was the wrongness of it, (I mean, Sam and Toni? Really?) but then that might have been deliberate.
– Then there was that weird and frankly dreadful accent Mick was using. That meant I had to pause the play again to look the actor up on IMDB and find that he’s Irish, which explains why his pseudo-Cockney (or whatever it was he’d been asked to do) sounded so ridiculous. Ouch, ouch, ouch. Come on American TV, let the actors use their own fecking accents for Chuck’s sake.
– And at the end, after the boys got back to the bunker, suddenly and miraculously Sam’s wounds were healed without a trace. That really pissed me off big time. It was bad enough both Dean and Mary’s bruises had washed off, but we’d had loads of time to admire that inch and a half bloody cut on his cheek, and bam, it had completely vanished. I really thought after last season the show had realised they needed to keep injuries in place for at least the length of that episode, but it seems not.
All small things I know, but distracting and sloppy, and unnecessary.
Hey ho, now it sounds like all I want to do is complain about it, and I really don’t. It was fun, and tense, and there was SO much pretty. Those scenes in the sunshine outside Toni’s den were just lovely. And I’m loving Mary so much. So yeah, I’d still give this one 8 out of 10.
Well, that was quite the roller coaster of emotional reactions!
I couldn’t believe they addressed Mary’s guilt over Sam straight away and so bluntly. It was actually well done. I love how Mary and Dean are dealing (or not dealing) with her return. It’s being handled openly but not unsubtly. I’d feared they might have used an emotional brickbat and been beating us and the characters over the head with it, but no, it’s sweet and lovely. Not least because Sam Smith is playing her part so well.
Those last scenes in the bunker between Sam, Dean and Mary, then between Mary and each of her boys separately really gripped my heartstrings and gave them a good thrum. Sam and Mary’s little conversation in particular – beautifully done.
I’m sure some people won’t have enjoyed the Crowley, Rowena and Lucifer interludes, but though they broke up the tension of Sam’s search and rescue, I actually liked them. And I am not a huge fan of Rowena, or Crowley. I love Mark P’s Lucifer, but this new chap is pretty menacing, I was newly convinced that Lucifer is mad bad and dangerous to know. I wonder about this vessel – they haven’t said anything about Vince yet apart from showing he’s strong enough to tolerate Lucifer for a while, but will he be like Nick and gradually decay? And if not, does that mean Vince is related to the Winchester/Campbell bloodlines?
I’m still not convinced by the British MoL motivation, that doesn’t make much sense to me yet. I don’t understand why they would suddenly be interested after all this time. They have all the information about the Winchesters’ pasts (Benny, Ruby etc) yet took no steps before? At the moment they just feel like a plot device introduced to provide a more personal hazard for the boys. Mr Ketch (or whatever his name is) as the enforcer is on his way with a Boondock Saints-type tattoo and briefcase full of weapons. It’s all rather James Bond/secret service, isn’t it?
It’s not necessarily a bad thing, other than more opportunities for them to bring in terrible British accents. Which brings me to a few things that threw me right out of the story:
– Sam’s dream sexy scene with Toni for starters. I mean, you’d have to be a stronger woman than I to NOT sit there and hit the pause button a few times to drink in that lovely hairy chest and adorable hairy arm pit. Plus how lovely did Sam’s face look, bathed in the glow of the candlelight?
– Another thing that threw me out of that scene was the wrongness of it, (I mean, Sam and Toni? Really?) but then that might have been deliberate.
– Then there was that weird and frankly dreadful accent Mick was using. That meant I had to pause the play again to look the actor up on IMDB and find that he’s Irish, which explains why his pseudo-Cockney (or whatever it was he’d been asked to do) sounded so ridiculous. Ouch, ouch, ouch. Come on American TV, let the actors use their own fecking accents for Chuck’s sake.
– And at the end, after the boys got back to the bunker, suddenly and miraculously Sam’s wounds were healed without a trace. That really pissed me off big time. It was bad enough both Dean and Mary’s bruises had washed off, but we’d had loads of time to admire that inch and a half bloody cut on his cheek, and bam, it had completely vanished. I really thought after last season the show had realised they needed to keep injuries in place for at least the length of that episode, but it seems not.
All small things I know, but distracting and sloppy, and unnecessary.
Hey ho, now it sounds like all I want to do is complain about it, and I really don’t. It was fun, and tense, and there was SO much pretty. Those scenes in the sunshine outside Toni’s den were just lovely. And I’m loving Mary so much. So yeah, I’d still give this one 8 out of 10.
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Date: 2016-10-21 02:59 pm (UTC)And one addendum - MARY F*CKING WINCHESTER IS A LEGEND! *ahem*
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Date: 2016-10-21 05:43 pm (UTC)Then again, in the past I think putting people to sleep and healing were pretty easy things for him to do.
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Date: 2016-10-21 06:07 pm (UTC)But yeah, that they didn't even acknowledge Sam's injuries pissed me off. Couldn't they at least give us a little bit of worry/aftercare with what he has been through?
I love Mary abd her interaction with the boys. That final scene with the boys, especially the one-on-one with Sam got me all emotional. So perfectly acted as well.
The BMoL don't make sense to me either, especially Toni
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Date: 2016-10-21 06:12 pm (UTC)And it's the writers being sloppy. One moment it's one punch and they are down and the next they are the badass freakin Winchesters, who won't be defeated.
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Date: 2016-10-22 05:40 am (UTC)And pie!
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Date: 2016-10-22 05:44 pm (UTC)The Sam/Toni scene in the beginning was so wrong that I didn't buy it and since it didn't take very long for her to mention that there are more questions before fun times, I was sure that she was somehow messing with Sam's head again. The one problem I do have with the British MoL is that how they know everything about, like, Ruby and Benny and nothing about who recruited the boys etc.