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ratcreature) wrote2007-11-03 12:10 pm
ratcreature) wrote2007-11-03 12:10 pm
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this week's Supernatural
I didn't really get into this ep. I think it wasn't the plot but the structure. The last bit with the demon felt kind of tacked onto the rest, so while the fairy tale manifestation plot unfolded I kept waiting for an additional twist (based on the time) that never manifested.
Also, while the little girl was creepy (actually strangely enough the unconscious adult version was creepy too, maybe because she seemed artificially healthy for a long-term coma patient), the hunt wasn't that interesting. At least Dean or Sam could have had to kiss the cryptic frog. I liked the girl's father though, and that he acknowledged the problem and helped with the solution fairly quickly.
I liked that last segment with Sam and the Crossroads Demon. I've seen comments that take Sam killing the demon without angsting over it as a sign for him being on the Path to Darkness or not really Sam or something because he killed the human host too, but that's not my impression. I can see the point, and agree that Sam is harder now that the goal is saving Dean, but it's not as if exorcisms are a really ethical option in the SPN universe either, because while they save a specific human, the demon will likely just take another host, so you exchange another life for the one you save. And iirc, they have yet to find a way to kill a demon besides shooting them in a human host with that Colt with a fatal shot. Also, we've seen with Meg that demons don't have to take care of the body they are occupying for it to continue working, so while that first host of the Crossroad demon still seemed okay after the exorcism, I think it's quite likely that many humans hosting a demon longterm won't have a viable body left anyway.
Anyway, my main thoughts at this point were more about whether it was tactically sound for Sam to kill the demon. I liked that she claimed to have a boss and maybe killing the minion will draw that one out, but maybe he should have researched more. It seemed hasty somehow.
Also, while the little girl was creepy (actually strangely enough the unconscious adult version was creepy too, maybe because she seemed artificially healthy for a long-term coma patient), the hunt wasn't that interesting. At least Dean or Sam could have had to kiss the cryptic frog. I liked the girl's father though, and that he acknowledged the problem and helped with the solution fairly quickly.
I liked that last segment with Sam and the Crossroads Demon. I've seen comments that take Sam killing the demon without angsting over it as a sign for him being on the Path to Darkness or not really Sam or something because he killed the human host too, but that's not my impression. I can see the point, and agree that Sam is harder now that the goal is saving Dean, but it's not as if exorcisms are a really ethical option in the SPN universe either, because while they save a specific human, the demon will likely just take another host, so you exchange another life for the one you save. And iirc, they have yet to find a way to kill a demon besides shooting them in a human host with that Colt with a fatal shot. Also, we've seen with Meg that demons don't have to take care of the body they are occupying for it to continue working, so while that first host of the Crossroad demon still seemed okay after the exorcism, I think it's quite likely that many humans hosting a demon longterm won't have a viable body left anyway.
Anyway, my main thoughts at this point were more about whether it was tactically sound for Sam to kill the demon. I liked that she claimed to have a boss and maybe killing the minion will draw that one out, but maybe he should have researched more. It seemed hasty somehow.