Season 15 Episode 3 insta reaction
Oct. 25th, 2019 10:01 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
amberdreamsI thought I'd jot a few thoughts down straight away, before I read other people's reactions.
My main takeaway from this one was feeling bad that I couldn't care less about Rowena's death. That scene with Sam in the crypt, which was supposed to be so emotional, actually made me laugh. Then I felt bad that I was so unmoved when Jared was clearly putting so much effort into Sam's raw pain at being asked to do this. Then I felt bad for all the actors who were doing their best with this mediocre material.
The episode wasn't as boring as last week's, but only marginally so. It totally failed to make me feel anything. Well, anything but mild annoyance that Cas killed Belphagor so easily (with his minor angel reduced powers too), when Belphagor had just powered himself up and should have been virtually unstoppable. The inconsistencies and patchiness of the plotting is distracting, and the lack of depth to any character is a total turn off. The only moment I felt anything was the tiny scene in Sam's room near the end, and that was cut short in order to have what was clearly meant to be a hugely weighty scene between Dean and Cas. Which was also annoying, because there was zero chemistry between Jensen and Misha in that scene, and all I was thinking when Cas said he would go his own way was 'about bloody time, mate'.
Pretty much the same thought went through me head when Ketch got his heart ripped out. And that incident was only mildly interesting as the set up for the A-named disposable demon to find out the plans about the horn/crook - which was another throw-away pointless plot device. One among many.
Amended to add - actually I'm BUMMED they killed of Alex's Belphagor so soon. He was the only good thing about this season so far.
I can see potential fun storylines with Soul Power Rowena as the new Queen of Hell (the rate they are getting through major demons she wouldn't have much opposition even without the souls) and maybe Ketch as her side kick enforcer, but this writing team lack the imagination to follow through on such tasty possibilities.
So I suppose what I can take away from this week is that yes, I'm still glad this is the final season and I'm losing hope that this writing team will be able to deliver anything decent as the boys' swan song. If only they put half as much effort into getting some of the past writers back for this season as they have into the grab-bag of returning (and 90% pointless) characters...
And it would appear I had more to say than I expected!
My main takeaway from this one was feeling bad that I couldn't care less about Rowena's death. That scene with Sam in the crypt, which was supposed to be so emotional, actually made me laugh. Then I felt bad that I was so unmoved when Jared was clearly putting so much effort into Sam's raw pain at being asked to do this. Then I felt bad for all the actors who were doing their best with this mediocre material.
The episode wasn't as boring as last week's, but only marginally so. It totally failed to make me feel anything. Well, anything but mild annoyance that Cas killed Belphagor so easily (with his minor angel reduced powers too), when Belphagor had just powered himself up and should have been virtually unstoppable. The inconsistencies and patchiness of the plotting is distracting, and the lack of depth to any character is a total turn off. The only moment I felt anything was the tiny scene in Sam's room near the end, and that was cut short in order to have what was clearly meant to be a hugely weighty scene between Dean and Cas. Which was also annoying, because there was zero chemistry between Jensen and Misha in that scene, and all I was thinking when Cas said he would go his own way was 'about bloody time, mate'.
Pretty much the same thought went through me head when Ketch got his heart ripped out. And that incident was only mildly interesting as the set up for the A-named disposable demon to find out the plans about the horn/crook - which was another throw-away pointless plot device. One among many.
Amended to add - actually I'm BUMMED they killed of Alex's Belphagor so soon. He was the only good thing about this season so far.
I can see potential fun storylines with Soul Power Rowena as the new Queen of Hell (the rate they are getting through major demons she wouldn't have much opposition even without the souls) and maybe Ketch as her side kick enforcer, but this writing team lack the imagination to follow through on such tasty possibilities.
So I suppose what I can take away from this week is that yes, I'm still glad this is the final season and I'm losing hope that this writing team will be able to deliver anything decent as the boys' swan song. If only they put half as much effort into getting some of the past writers back for this season as they have into the grab-bag of returning (and 90% pointless) characters...
And it would appear I had more to say than I expected!