I actually liked this episode right up to Claire's diary at the end, which 100% didn't need to be there and would have been better without it. I feel a need to support it as a spinoff just because we've been trying to get more women on TV for how long now and it's got a lot of potential. I think it needs a female showrunner, though, not Dabb, because it seeme to need to put spotlights on points that absolutely didn't need them (like Claire's diary).
I don't think there's a direct 1:1 map to Sam and Dean with Claire and Alex. Sam wanted out of the hunting business altogether; both Alex and Claire are willing to hunt, but Claire's busy rejecting parental figures not because they're controlling assholes but because she's been let down and abandoned by them most of her teenage life. Personality- and attire-wise, she's closer to Dean, but the motivations are different.
I think what Claire meant was, "Now I know what it means to lose someone because I was too caught up in thinking I knew best" - Jody didn't just lose a son, she lost a husband who she couldn't protect from her zombie son.
I liked Dean being fine eating the lizard not because he'll eat anything, but because after a year in Purgatory, I can't imagine he'd have any trouble with that level of survival.
Also, am I the only one getting serious Lovecraft vibes from the Bad Place? Fish men, cultists and humongous looming monsters?
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Date: 2018-02-28 09:21 am (UTC)I actually liked this episode right up to Claire's diary at the end, which 100% didn't need to be there and would have been better without it. I feel a need to support it as a spinoff just because we've been trying to get more women on TV for how long now and it's got a lot of potential. I think it needs a female showrunner, though, not Dabb, because it seeme to need to put spotlights on points that absolutely didn't need them (like Claire's diary).
I don't think there's a direct 1:1 map to Sam and Dean with Claire and Alex. Sam wanted out of the hunting business altogether; both Alex and Claire are willing to hunt, but Claire's busy rejecting parental figures not because they're controlling assholes but because she's been let down and abandoned by them most of her teenage life. Personality- and attire-wise, she's closer to Dean, but the motivations are different.
I think what Claire meant was, "Now I know what it means to lose someone because I was too caught up in thinking I knew best" - Jody didn't just lose a son, she lost a husband who she couldn't protect from her zombie son.
I liked Dean being fine eating the lizard not because he'll eat anything, but because after a year in Purgatory, I can't imagine he'd have any trouble with that level of survival.
Also, am I the only one getting serious Lovecraft vibes from the Bad Place? Fish men, cultists and humongous looming monsters?