The submarine stuff resonated with me, in part because I remember what my dad told me about being in the navy in wartime, how hellish and unending it was. He didn't talk to me about it until near the end of his life. He described typhoons and being in a ship that dropped 20 stories straight down in the pitch dark. So when the sailor was talking with Dean about when the war would end, I totally lost it (plus, I saw Das Boot). On rewatch it was even sadder, because I knew at the outset that all of those sailors were going to die. Robert Berens is probably the best writer they have, and he's definitely the best at creating strong female characters. I cried through most of the damn thing, including the end when Dean says, "I did nothing. I was just a witness". SO SAD.
The stuff between Sam and Cas was disjointed. Casifer is making a spell and doesn't need Sam's help, and I didn't understand why he decided to stop what he was doing, which was all-important AND time sensitive, to shove his arm into Sam. As you do. I also felt jilted out of a spell scene.
Nobody mentions the hilarious sight gag of Casifer, soaking wet, clomping down the bunker stairs. That was genius.
I loved Tiny Demon, and that scene didn't work. For one thing, I still can't buy Misha as Casifer. He's just not that good an actor. He's played one character for 7 seasons now. Misha said how hard it was to play Jimmy (for a few scenes!) and that was being a normal person. Mark Pellegrino is a better actor, hands down. And when he brought out Crowley, all I could think of was, "what can you do to me that I don't do to myself every Friday, for kicks?" In other words, bullshit.
But they took all of the cool fun out of Crowley ages ago. Especially this season, he's a dishrag. And Hell is still in the men's room.
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The submarine stuff resonated with me, in part because I remember what my dad told me about being in the navy in wartime, how hellish and unending it was. He didn't talk to me about it until near the end of his life. He described typhoons and being in a ship that dropped 20 stories straight down in the pitch dark. So when the sailor was talking with Dean about when the war would end, I totally lost it (plus, I saw Das Boot). On rewatch it was even sadder, because I knew at the outset that all of those sailors were going to die. Robert Berens is probably the best writer they have, and he's definitely the best at creating strong female characters. I cried through most of the damn thing, including the end when Dean says, "I did nothing. I was just a witness". SO SAD.
The stuff between Sam and Cas was disjointed. Casifer is making a spell and doesn't need Sam's help, and I didn't understand why he decided to stop what he was doing, which was all-important AND time sensitive, to shove his arm into Sam. As you do. I also felt jilted out of a spell scene.
Nobody mentions the hilarious sight gag of Casifer, soaking wet, clomping down the bunker stairs. That was genius.
I loved Tiny Demon, and that scene didn't work. For one thing, I still can't buy Misha as Casifer. He's just not that good an actor. He's played one character for 7 seasons now. Misha said how hard it was to play Jimmy (for a few scenes!) and that was being a normal person. Mark Pellegrino is a better actor, hands down. And when he brought out Crowley, all I could think of was, "what can you do to me that I don't do to myself every Friday, for kicks?" In other words, bullshit.
But they took all of the cool fun out of Crowley ages ago. Especially this season, he's a dishrag. And Hell is still in the men's room.