I thought it would be easier and quicker to write my reactions to Supernatural instead of filming videos. I will occasionally film a video if the episode is intense or super eventful, but in general I can write up a reaction a lot faster and more thought out. This will have spoilers, just to warn anyone who reads this. I will preface them.
The episode I am reviewing today is the episode that aired Tuesday February 4th, season 9 episode 13, entitled "The Purge". I saw the extended trailer for this episode and was immediately turned off. It looked like a funny concept, but the stereotypical midwesterner accent is so offensive to me. I know Supernatural writers don't mean it offensively and it's all in good fun, but a lot of people seem to think that is how we talk. It makes us seem uneducated, which is not true. I live in Wisconsin, very close to the Minnesota border and have never once heard someone say "dontcha know" or "you betcha" in conversation. We don't talk like that. I think a lot of people would be surprised to see the way we live. It's very similar to other urban areas of the country. But rant over, back to the episode. Sam and Dean were finally working together, although I stand by my previous statements that Sam is being dramatic and a big baby.
*INSERT SAM RANT*
I understand he is upset and tired of dealing with all the pain, but the way he is SO ready to give up makes me mad. Sam has always been the one to run away from conflict (ahem ran away to college) and at the same time, he is so naive and still expects the best from people who turn out to be bad. By this point in the show, we realize this life was chosen for them and there was no escaping it. They both have died countless times only to come back. They have a duty. Dean picks up SO much crap trying to protect Sam and you can just see the pain in his face. But he would NEVER give up. He knows what they're doing is for the better good.
(On a semi-related note, I do like Sam. I have always been more partial to Dean, as I relate to his viewpoints more, but I do like Sam. And Jared is a phenomenal actor who portrays Sam very, very well)
*END SAM RANT*
I live-tweeted the whole episode, as I have been doing the past few episodes and I absolutely LOVE doing it. The fans of this show are just the best. I had so many mentions and retweets and I kinda felt like a celebrity lol. It is always awesome talking about the show with others who are just as into it as I am. And it DEFINITELY helps get over some of the parts that kick me right in the fan girl feels.
SPOILERS
Onto the episode, it was a good old fashioned episode of the brothers hunting like the early episodes and I enjoyed that. We haven't had an episode like that in awhile. The end, of course, had to stab me in the heart, but we will get to that later. The premise was there was something that was essentially making overweight people lose astronomical amounts of weight which killed them. Like they literally deflated. Sam and Dean go to a weight loss spa to investigate. Sam gets to be a yoga teacher and Dean a cafeteria worker. Sam in shorts and a tank top doing and teaching yoga was pretty fun to watch. And watching Dean serve health food and overdose on poisoned pudding was just as fun. ("Pudding!" anyone, anyone?!")
Through their investigations they learn that one of the founders is some kind of creature with a name very similar to fish taco...pishtaco I think it was?! I will forever refer to them as fish tacos. Holla, Dean. They are parasites, but she found a way to not hurt people by sucking their fat out. Win/win. Well, her brother wasn't following her rules and was sucking too much and killing them. He even killed her husband, who was a normal guy. Then the brother was about to kill Sam when Dean rushed in and ripped off his throat sucker thing and killed him. They're obviously a lot more to the episode than this, but I'm not going to summarize everything. Dean wanted to kill the girl, but Sam didn't want to. OF COURSE. Typical Winchester roles. Sam talked about how he was a monster when he didn't have a soul and Dean wouldn't have liked it if someone would have killed him during that time, so Dean decided to just make her go back to Peru, where she was from.
Now the last 5 minutes, of course, had to hit us where it hurts. Dean confronted Sam about how he saved him- and keeps saving him- and how he should view him as his brother again. Sam went on this heart-killing speech about how Dean only saved him for selfish reasons. Dean said Sam would have done the same thing in his situation (save his life) and Sam said "No, I wouldn't" </3
*INSERT SAM RANT #2*
Fans of the show seem to be either Team Sam or Team Dean and will defend their side to the death. I guess this makes me a Team Dean because I HATE what Sam has become. From the beginning of the show, we see Sam is selfish. He left his family for college, he started hunting again only out of obligation, he didn't try to bring Dean back when he went to HELL to save Sam's life, he didn't look for a way to get him out of purgatory, and he is so quick to throw his life away without thinking about how that would affect others. Sam is the epitome of selfish. Like I can't even comprehend how he became this person. It really is making me start to hate Sam's character. And I hope there is a turning point in this because I don't like what he has become.
Dean is undoubtedly going to be tested and put up against many struggles with this whole mark of Cain thing and I really hope Sam is there to get his back. If we have to rely on Cas because Sam is a bad brother then I don't know what he is even doing here. I really like Jared and the old Sam, but I don't want to continue to see selfish, whiney Sam. It frustrates me so much. This hits close to home for me because I care a lot about my younger sister, who doesn't feel the same back and is very selfish in her actions. We are Sam and Dean minus all the cool stuff. I relate to the value Dean places on family. I also value it. What it should mean, at least. And that is the whole basis of it. They would have never been able to survive all the things they have if they weren't able to rely on each other. I don't know why Sam acts like Dean Yeah, Dean doesn't want to be alone. He doesn't want to lose his brother. That's NOT selfish. Sam isn't suffering. Sam is fine. He's just being stubborn. And for Sam to say they're not doing more good than bad is CRAZY. They most definitely are. They world would be run by Leviathans if it weren't for them. They are doing good. So his arguments just anger me.
*END SAM RANT #2*
Anyway, those are my general reactions for the episode. Feel free to share yours in the comments. I LOVE a good supernatural discussion. Or leave your tumblr/twitter links and we can share on there.
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