Poll: Most rewatchable episodes of season 8

[caranfindel]

Like season 7, season 8 is a mixed bag for me. I tend to not remember it as one of my favorites, mostly because of the front half (yeah, Amelia, I'm looking at you). And yet I'm going through this list and realizing there are a lot of episodes that I really love. And then, of course, there's Sam's S8 hair!

So, let's pick the most rewatchable episodes of season 8. Remember, in this round, you can vote for as many episodes as you like - we'll narrow it down in the next round. And tell your friends, because the more votes we have, the more scientifically accurate the poll is.

Mmm. You know me. I'm in it for the science.

Please vote by midnight (your time zone) on Friday, July 31.

[Poll #2017998]

(I am so not fine...)

Comments

[kalliel]

I've willfully forgotten most of this season, but I should probably go back and rewatch it all in a row, because there are some really lovely things I'd completely forgotten about--like the hellhound episode! Like, I remembered the ending to it, but I forgot how much I loved the stablehand lady.

[caranfindel.livejournal.com]

Yes, and they were going to save her by closing the gates of hell. Whoops.

[kalliel]

Yeaaaaaaaah, about that. XP Maybe, um. All the Hellhounds had an in-service day, so her date got postponed and then due to bureaucratic inattention her contract got misfiled and she's actually totally fine!

[caranfindel.livejournal.com]

Yes, I'm sure that's what happened.

[ex1led-nyer.livejournal.com]

Seems like forever since your last poll! This: "Man's Best Friend With Benefits - Um. Yeah. Next!" Yeah, exactly. There were some real dogs in this season, no pun intended. It was hard to pick ones that I liked pretty well. I did like Everybody Hates Hitler. It had Barney Miller, Adam Rose, and Sam rockin' the LC classification system.

[caranfindel.livejournal.com]

Some bad ones, but a few gems too.

[celtic-forest.livejournal.com]

Thank you for including the concise (yet awesome!) summaries :)
Ah, S8 Sam hair... *happy sigh*

[caranfindel.livejournal.com]

Sadly, they're more concise than I want them to be. I wish LJ didn't limit me to 255 characters. But some of these episodes, I'd have no idea what they were without a summary.

[cuddyclothes.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for your one-of-a-kind summaries! I liked this season a lot (and Sam at the beginning, that hair OH MY GOD).

Any episode that had S&D, Kevin and Cas had me rewatching repeatedly. And Sacrifice..."so?"

AUGH!!!!! I cried so hysterically for HOURS after that episode!!

ETA: I pimped this poll on my LJ.

[caranfindel.livejournal.com]

You are awesome, my friend. (AND YES. THE HAIR.)

[madebyme-x.livejournal.com]

Yeah, my votes were definitely second half of the season heavy - I don't think I clicked one episode from the start.

But there's some strong episodes here and a few that I had to look up because I can't remember them at all (Man's Best Friend With Benefits - are we sure this aired? I can't remember it at all!) Also lots of lovely hair Sam, with glasses, and being all trial sick, and Dean feeding him, and some wonderful bro-mos!!! So yay, sucky start (although purgatory Dean is still very distracting being all BAMF and it gets a few votes for that) but a strong finish!

[caranfindel.livejournal.com]

Oh yes. Trials Sam ranks right up there with Soulless Sam in my heart, which is funny because they're almost complete opposites. And Purgatory Dean is dear to me as well.

[madebyme-x.livejournal.com]

Trials!Sam FTW! Is it bad that I clicked The Great Escapist purely because Sam passes out and we get a ice bath?

[caranfindel.livejournal.com]

It's not bad at all. That's my favorite Trials Sam episode.

[ladykorana.livejournal.com]

Nope! That's the exact reason I clicked it too!

The heart wants what the heart wants...

[caranfindel.livejournal.com]

This is a very appropriate reaction.

[madebyme-x.livejournal.com]

He he, it absolutely does! And it wants sick trials Sam passing out with yummy hair, and then an ice bath! ;)

[ladykorana.livejournal.com]

I still feel sometimes like I can't believe it was real. I mean, most shows I hope and wish and get maybe one good hurt/sick moment a year for my fave character, if that! To have it written into a half season arc...

I mean, pajamas, sleep-ruffled hair, weakness, coughing, tissues, rough sounding sexy voice (literally the only redeeming quality of 8x15), fainting, fever, blankets, a thermometer, and an honest to god Freaking ICEBATH!! And that's not even touching on the self-esteem and other mental issues. I feel like we won the fave character H/C lottery!

[madebyme-x.livejournal.com]

\o/ Yes to all of that!!! We totally lucked out on the second half of the season!! Plus I'm a sucker for caregiver Dean too!

[cuddyclothes.livejournal.com]

Ditto. Not only did I rewatch it a lot, I later ff'd to the Trials!Sam parts.

[madebyme-x.livejournal.com]

SNAP! Sometimes when I need a little shot of h/c I search for that one scene on youtube and watch on repeat!

[ladykorana.livejournal.com]

I do this with Pac-Man Fever super often!

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

I've clicked away but to be honest, the answer is which episodes do you rewatch from Season 8 - none. I've watched some more than once but since the season ended I've been telling myself I should do a season rewatch of 7, 8 and 9 and haven't got round to it.

[caranfindel.livejournal.com]

I don't think I'd want to watch the whole season.

[citrusjava.livejournal.com]

YAY POLL!

I almost wanna give a point to Man's Best Friend because it id THAT BAD.

S glad the hunter Hogwarts of sexual harassment got nothing, and will continue to try not to look at it in hopes of it staying that way.

[caranfindel.livejournal.com]

LOL

[cuddyclothes.livejournal.com]

NO. STEP AWAY FROM THE POLL.

(Somebody clicked on it; I hope I never find out who.)

[citrusjava.livejournal.com]

* steps away from the poll, hands raised * Just glad it didn't become a spinoff