9.02 Initial reactions

[caranfindel]

I didn't expect this episode to be as good as 9.01, since it would have to set up a story, and I was right, but it still had its moments.

Things that made me go squee

• Dean calling Kevin "Katniss."  \o/


• Samzekiel's angel wings! \o/


• "You killed three demons by yourself?" "I'm awesome."


• Are we gonna fight or make out, cause I'm getting mixed signals.


• Kevin's in the family! Though, given the family history, this may not be such a good thing for you, Kevin


• We were given hope that Mama Tran is alive.


• Kevin Solo!

Things I'm ashamed to admit I really enjoyed

• Abbadon threatening Dean


• Abbadon pawing at Dean.


• Basically, Abbadon and Dean

Things that made me sad

• Abbadon asking Dean if he's ever heard a woman screaming because he's pulling her guts out. You know what? He probably has. See: Hell.


• No Castiel. Although this plays into my theory (see below) about Ezekiel.


• Sam is finally happy? Surrounded by "family" and "friends" which consist of one brother, one prophet, and a demon chained in the basement?  THS IS A BAD SIGN, SAMMY.


• Tracy being mean to Sammy. I will smite you, bitch.

Things that made me yell at the TV

• The brothers' plan to get the names of all the demons from Crawley and then go kill them. Seriously? When it takes, like, 5 seconds for a demon to posess a new body? You think you're gonna be able to just round them all up that way?


• They just left Irv's body? Didn't give him a hunter's funeral? WTF?


• "I'm a good guy, but I guess that's what a bad guy would say." YES, DEAN. YES IT IS.

My predictions

I haven't seen the previews and I don't even know the episode title for next week, so this is all just conjecture on my part, and it may already be known to be true or untrue. I was disappointed that we didn't see Cas, and I'm anxious for him to get to the bunker, but it occurred to me in the shower (where I do all my thinking) that they could be dragging this out because once Cas sees Samzekiel, he's going to know it's not really Ezekiel in there. Samzekiel's raggedy, damaged angel wings give credence to his claim to have been injured in the fall, but I still don't trust that guy.

Also, I was initially disappointed in Jared's portrayal of Samekiel because, while he usually does a FANTASTIC job of playing Not!Sam, I thought he was really too wooden and robotic compared to the guy who played Zeke in 9.01. But now I know Jared actually came up with that character first, so the other actor (whose name I can't recall) is the one who wasn't following Jared's lead. Too bad. (Also, Jared tweeted that his father wanted to name him Zeke! Hee!)

Comments

[thursdaysisters.livejournal.com]

I just love the fact that all of the bad guys were SMART. Crowley egging on Kevin, demons switching to combat-ready meatsuits, Abbadon wearing body armor against the devil's trap bullets, Grandma getting all up with logic in Abbadon's plan like "well honey, that's a nice idea, BUT..."

[caranfindel.livejournal.com]

Yes! Smart villains are awesome. Demon Grandma was a hoot!

[indiachick.livejournal.com]

I thought this was a very smart, very well-paced episode. Agree with all your points, especially Samzekiel's WINGS. HOOOTT. :D Yes, I was wondering last week if the problem with Jared's Ezekiel was that he played the character that way first (I knew 9.01 was technically 9.02 and this was filmed first) but Guy Bee's tweet confirmed it, so... I also thought a healthier-looking Sam makes a better Ezekiel.

I think the idea of the brothers' plan, which I confess made me go WTF at first, is that if anyone knows all the current meatsuits, it's the King of Hell. And as long as they have the demon-knife and stuff, it shouldn't be too hard if they know who the demons are occupying. My only quibble is that it ALWAYS seems like there's hundreds of demons topside, so...um...guys, isn't that gonna take a while? Okay, I don't get it.

I wonder if Cas will recognize Ezekiel? He's a human, so I don't know if he can sense angels. He couldn't sense Hael.

[caranfindel.livejournal.com]

I think the idea of the brothers' plan, which I confess made me go WTF at first, is that if anyone knows all the current meatsuits, it's the King of Hell. And as long as they have the demon-knife and stuff, it shouldn't be too hard if they know who the demons are occupying. My only quibble is that it ALWAYS seems like there's hundreds of demons topside, so...um...guys, isn't that gonna take a while? Okay, I don't get it.

Yeah, I just don't see it happening. HUNDREDS of them, like you said, and they can switch bodies quickly and easily. By the time the boys find Joe Shmoe in Indiana, that demon could already be in someone else. Oh well. Must continue to handwave the illogical and distract myself with the pretty.

I wonder if Cas will recognize Ezekiel? He's a human, so I don't know if he can sense angels. He couldn't sense Hael.

Ah, good point. He does know Ezekiel personally, but it's not like he's going to tap on Sam's head and say "Zeke? Is that you?" and recognize that it's not.

[kalliel]

I'M REALLY ENJOYING THE WAY THIS WHOLE EZEKIEL THING IS PLAYING OUT. Though I too hope that it takes them a while to meet up with Cas, specifically because it will coincide with some kind of 'oh shit' moment wrt what Castiel realizes about E.

I'd love to see Linda back. I think Kevin could do with some real family right about now; and actually, hell with Kevin, I NEED LINDA TRAN IN MY LIFE. XD

And ahahaha, I don't even know, with their whole 'give us all the names' plan. It sort of felt like they were like, hell yeah, we have the king of hell in our basement, let's get info from him. And then they were like, wait, ANGELS ARE OUR PROBLEM NOT DEMONS, but hey, we're down here, so we might as well find something to chat with Crowley about... / s h r u g

gg, guys. gg. XP