Season 13 Wayward episode insta-reaction

[amberdreams]

I'll put this up front - UGH.

So if you loved it and only want to read squee, go no further.

My main problem is Clare. Nothing she's done or said so far in any episode has made me warm to her one iota. Part of which is the writing, but I think it's also that Katherine Newsome is just not very good.

Now, apart from being the same sulky, arrogant teenager (even though she's presumably now supposed to be in her early twenties which makes those traits even more irritating), they're writing her as some sort of miraculously awesome fighter. It's utterly unbelievable. Fifteen minutes into the episode I had to take a break, because really? Jody shoots the growly alien creature but Clare is the only one who's badass enough to stab it in the head with a stupidly small knife that had no effect on it moments previously? Gordon Bennet.

So yeah. UGH.

If Wayward is going to be all about Clare, her bravado, her stupidity and her ridiculous artful blonde coiffure, count me out. Especially after killing off one of the best of their young characters for the sake of the weakest one. I mean. Killing off Kaia? Now I'm pissed off. Having Kaia then turn out to be the Wayward's big bad doesn't make up for the fact that we're stuck with Clare and dishwater Patience, with only Alex having a bit of pazzazz about her.  Even Jody felt watered down.

Bad!Kaia = Assassin's Creed/Jurassic Park can suddenly open doors to the SPN universe? Huh. Who knew it was that easy.

So please, Wayward, give me more Donna, her D-Train, her smile and her trunk full of Minnesota. Which, by the way, Jody and Donna did NOT make use of when scouting out the ship. Really? Now they are being extra stupid too? Gimme a break!

So, anyhoo - the good bits! And there were a few. Some gorgeous shots of the autumn leaves by the lake or river where the girls meet up with Donna, and equally gorgeous shots of the Larson's Boat Yard. Donna. Just everything about Donna. Tried up Winchesters (even though that was such a weak plot device to have Clare save them *sigh*).

Now this backdoor pilot is out of the way, I really hope the Winchesters will be up front and centre of every other episode this season, because waiting nearly 20 minutes into an episode to get a fresh Winchester scene was agonising.