Showing posts with label season 9. Show all posts
Showing posts with label season 9. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Supernatural Season 9 Episode 17 Reaction

This is my reaction for the season 9 "Supernatural" episode 17 entitled "Mother's Little Helper" Every week, I live tweet while watching the newest episode, but this week I especially highly recommend checking out my twitter @stephtuma . Misha Collins aka Castiel directed the episode and also live tweeted my time zone and he had quite a lot of gems, many of which I retweeted. He is so funny. The episode was really good. We got to see some more depth info on the situation at hand, especially the origins of Abaddon. There is no way for me to discuss this without SPOILERS so this is my warning.

First off, we have Dean, dealing with his reservations on what the mark of Cain is doing to him. So while he is "researching" aka drinking, Sam is off doing some investigating about murders in a town committed by seemingly normal citizens.

While at the police station, Sam meets an older woman who used to be a nun and was there when their grandfather, Henry, and the men of letters were investigating possessions at the convent. There was a woman of letters named Josie and she looks very familiar because she is now the vessel of Abaddon. But she didn't always used to be that way. Upon finding out what the nuns were up to (which I'm not even really sure what that was), Henry got knocked out and the nun which Abaddon was in was going to possess him. Josie sacrificed herself because she was secretly in love with Henry, who was already married and had John (the boys' dad) So Abaddon took over Josie's body and Josie went back with Henry like normal. Which is how she got inside the men of letters. At the time, they were not super aware of possessions and all that stuff. Plus, they were not hunters. They were there to have knowledge. So it slipped by. The older woman saw this all happen and didn't tell anybody because she feared for her life.

Dean runs into Crowley at the bar. He makes some snarky comments and also some hilarious ones (Crowley has the best lines! "You're lying to Sam like he's your wife...which kinda makes me your mistress
) He leaves to shoot up some human blood in the bathroom and a hunter tries to go in after him, but Dean stops him. Dean realizes he is afraid of what the blade is doing to him and Crowley talks to him. When Dean leaves, we see the hunter and Crowley talking. We see the hunter's eye turn black, as in he is a demon. And for some reason, Crowley was testing Dean. I'm not sure what he is trying to do. I am so conflicted about Crowley these days. He screwed them, but they are sort of after the same thing. I wish they could get along and work together. But he IS a demon. However, all this human blood may change him for the better. We can hope.

Modern day, Sam goes to the old convent where he sees a collection of souls. Abaddon is buying souls to build a demon army because there are still people in hell who aren't joining her side. A nun tries to kill Sam and chokes him when he tries exorcising her. Thankfully he had the incantation recorded on his phone. She eventually knocked it out of his hands and crushed it, but at that point he was able to sneak up behind her a kill her with a blade. He then let all the souls out so they could float back to their bodies. But there are other places all over where souls are being kept so Abaddon definitely needs to be stopped.

Sam goes back to the bunker, where Dean is finally back researching. They don't speak much and Sam doesn't tell him the whole story. At the beginning of the episode Sam was giving Dean crap for being so obsessed with finding Abaddon, but at the end of the episode, he tells him he agrees they need to find her immediately.

Storyline aside, Misha did an awesome job directing. I liked the close ups and camera angles. It was very artsy. We haven't seen Castiel in quite a few episodes, but I think we will next week since the preview showed Metatron and Gadreel. Two other people we need to deal with.

Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Supernatural Season 9 Episode 16 Blade Runners Reaction

I did it! I'm writing a reaction on time. Woohoo. I was nervous I wouldn't be able to live tweet this episode because it looked intense, but I did. If you ever want to check it out, I do live tweet every episode on twitter @stephtuma

This episode was episode 16 of season 9 entitled Blade Runners. It was pretty intense. They tend to pack a lot of stuff in the later episodes of every season. We finally got some answers or at least mentions about some things we were introduced to earlier this season. Sam and Dean had a pretty normal dynamic, which was awesome. Sam even got protective over Dean, which is definitely something we don't see usually. I pretty much can't get into it without spoilers, so here we go.

SPOILERS!

It started out with Dean calling Crowley, well trying to. He didn't answer. The caller id for Dean was "Not Moose" LOL But the fact that the king of hell has a cell phone is funny enough. "Too busy inflicting pain to answer, please leave a message" Crowley eventually gets back to them and tells them he has a problem. We see that he is shooting up human blood and has an accomplice, Lola, helping him get it. But Lola is really running things back to Abaddon, so Crowley kills her. But we see him experiencing humanity and emotions from the blood. The boys give Crowley an intervention and tie him up to detox. They were yelling at him and lecturing him, which was hilarious. Dean exclaimed, "You just gonna let hell go to hell?"

Crowley also mentioned in a human-blood drunk stupor the first blade to Lola so Abaddon is aware it exists. The boys all set out to try to find it. Along the the way, Sam and Dean call a demon and draw a devil's trap to catch it to interrogate it. Low and behold, they catch Snooki, which was just funny. She is so short, but looked even shorter next to Sam & Dean/Jared & Jensen. (Speaking of which, Dean just looks more attractive every episode I swear. Don't get me wrong, I like Sam, too, but he needs to do something with that hair. I like season 1 hair lol) They ask her a few questions and exorsize her. We find out even the loyalists in hell are ready to join Abaddon's side. Which is not good for Crowley.

They talk to a few people as FBI agents because they find out it may have gotten sold at an auction, which is weird to me. (one a man who Crowley quickly possessed to find out info and the other a cougar at a museum that flirted with Dean) They do some research and Crowley tells them how one men/man of letters is still around. They go to this field where they talk to him (although they can't see him) and he does a spell to open a portal to transport them into his mansion. He sends two vampires I believe to see if Sam and Dean were worthy and they quickly kill them. They tell him they are looking for the blade and after a little chat, he tells them it is behind him. Then he uses a spell to make Sam disappear, which we find out AFTER commercial is just back in the woods.

So Crowley and Sam work to get a spell to get in the mansion since it is sealed otherwise. Dean is stuck there because the guy wants to keep him. He is a real creep. He has a collection of all sorts of things and people and was excited Dean had the mark of Cain to be a set with the blade. He puts the first blade in Dean's hand and we can see the mark burning and Dean clearly experiences feelings of some sort. Sam and Crowley get in, Sam holds the guy hostage, but we find out it's a shapeshifter. While the real guy is cutting Sam, Crowley unties Dean, who kills him. And then he can't put the blade down and it consumes him, but luckily he does. I can see how this is going to be a problem in the upcoming episodes. It is doing something to him and I am afraid it is going to be bad. But at least this time, he controlled it.

They get back out to the car and see someone keyed Baby, which is not ok to Dean. It is a message for Crowley. Sam tells Dean they have no use for Crowley now and should kill him. Crowley either hears or knows something is up because he confiscates the blade and says he will give it back to Dean when he kills Abaddon. But they could kill Crowley with any angel blade or demon knife, right? So I don't know how that will fully stop them. But they do need the blade to kill Abaddon, which I want them to do. I really hate her. But I'm still mad that they brought her back in the first place. I am sure it is going to get MEGA intense.

Monday, March 3, 2014

Supernatural Reaction 2/25 "Captive"

Yes, I know, I'm late. I don't have a computer and sometimes that happens. I apologize. I try my best to make sure I have posts up in times and sometimes it doesn't happen. But let's get into it.

(Also, I always live tweet every episode so you can definitely check me out on twitter if you're interested in what I have to say as it's happening: www.twitter.com/stephtuma)

Anyway, SPOILERS ahead, the premise of the episode was they thought the bunker was haunted...turned out to be KEVIN. Yes, we got to see more of Kevin, which was what we all wanted. Closure. He had been working to contact them and since heaven was shut down, all the people who have died were stuck in the veil. He asked them to find his mom, because he heard word that she wasn't dead. They thought they owed it to him, so they went searching for her. They contacted a ghost named Candy who said there were two people holding others captive. One guy who was "british...short....loved hearing himself talk." Crowley obvs and another guy. Pretending to be officers like the good old days, they eventually tracked down the storage locker where Mrs. Tran was being kept. The boys separated and I kind of lost track of what was happening as I was live tweeting, but they killed the other demon after it cut Dean's face/neck. I'm not sure what Crowley had to do with any of it. They didn't show him.

There was also a side storyline involving Cas and the angels. Cas didn't want to fight, but killed Bartholomew because he wasn't going to be peaceful about anything.

Anyway Mrs. Tran didn't know Kevin was dead and refused to believe it when they hinted towards it. Finally she saw his ghost and decided to take his father's ring with her, which she believed was the thing anchoring Kevin's spirit to Earth. They explained it could be dangerous, but she didn't care and said it was her son and that was her job. As Kevin was leaving, he told the boys they need to just let it go (their fighting), that he could hear them constantly bickering, and they needed to end it. Which was what all the fans were clearly thinking, too. They both agreed and then Kevin left. Sam just left the room and kind of stormed off to his room or wherever and Dean went to his room and put his headphones on. AND I JUST WANTED TO HUG HIM. I wish Sam would stop being mad and they could be close again. AHH. It's so sad to watch them not be close. But next week we get Ghost Facers, so hopefully some funniness will be in store. We could use that.

Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Supernatural S9E13 Reaction

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.