I just wrote some of my feelings on last night's ep in my LJ -- go take a look and let me know what you think! :)
I agree about Sam and how he killed Jake. It was startlingly out of character for him. A side of me wondered if this wasn't like what happened with...Ava? The gal who said she was the reigning champ (I have SUCH a problem with names!). She had reached a point where the power felt good. I wonder if Sam felt that, but it was a subconscious or unconscious feeling that prompted him to shoot that many times. Or was it out of vengence for the people Jake killed? I really don't see Sam doing it to get back at the guy for sticking knife in his back. No, that was foreshadowing...and I believe his proximity to the door might've played a big part in that moment. It remains to be seen...next season. :)
I wondered how a demon could cut through those tracks, too, after what Bobby said about the iron keeping demons in. Maybe the tracks were an extra measure of caution to go with the gate/key, but wouldn't be able to hold back the force of so many demons escaping at once (think Ghostbusters when they shut down the containment grid). And if YED was there, and Sam was there, they could've been like enchancers for the energy coming out. Or maybe it's something totally different -- ie, something we as the viewers were supposed to see but that our heroes didn't and it'll turn out to be the biggest monster of them all; something far greater than YED. Maybe...dare I say it?...the Big Red Guy himself (and no, I do not mean Hellboy!). More foreshadowing, I hope!
Sam, Dean and John standing there without talking...I had no problem with this. I think their faces said it all. I mention this in my LJ, wherein John has all the light of love and pride in his face for Dean, telling him with a look alone that he done good, that Dad is proud of him, that he IS worthy. It's between Dad and Dean. Sam, if you'll notice, is standing OUTSIDE that circle, watching the two of them, both emotionally moved and shaken, but he understands what's happening and that it's for DEAN now. He knows this has been a long time coming for Dean, and because he loves his brother he is happy for him...but at the same time sad because John IS dead and not coming back. But at least now he's free, too. I've gotten used to this kind of dialogue-less interaction thanks to LOST, which proves that something can be highly charged emotionally without speaking a word. To me, this whole scene with the three Winchesters was beautiful and powerful and sad at once.
I can't wait to talk about more at the con! See ya next weekend! :)
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Date: 2007-05-18 09:35 pm (UTC)I agree about Sam and how he killed Jake. It was startlingly out of character for him. A side of me wondered if this wasn't like what happened with...Ava? The gal who said she was the reigning champ (I have SUCH a problem with names!). She had reached a point where the power felt good. I wonder if Sam felt that, but it was a subconscious or unconscious feeling that prompted him to shoot that many times. Or was it out of vengence for the people Jake killed? I really don't see Sam doing it to get back at the guy for sticking knife in his back. No, that was foreshadowing...and I believe his proximity to the door might've played a big part in that moment. It remains to be seen...next season. :)
I wondered how a demon could cut through those tracks, too, after what Bobby said about the iron keeping demons in. Maybe the tracks were an extra measure of caution to go with the gate/key, but wouldn't be able to hold back the force of so many demons escaping at once (think Ghostbusters when they shut down the containment grid). And if YED was there, and Sam was there, they could've been like enchancers for the energy coming out. Or maybe it's something totally different -- ie, something we as the viewers were supposed to see but that our heroes didn't and it'll turn out to be the biggest monster of them all; something far greater than YED. Maybe...dare I say it?...the Big Red Guy himself (and no, I do not mean Hellboy!). More foreshadowing, I hope!
Sam, Dean and John standing there without talking...I had no problem with this. I think their faces said it all. I mention this in my LJ, wherein John has all the light of love and pride in his face for Dean, telling him with a look alone that he done good, that Dad is proud of him, that he IS worthy. It's between Dad and Dean. Sam, if you'll notice, is standing OUTSIDE that circle, watching the two of them, both emotionally moved and shaken, but he understands what's happening and that it's for DEAN now. He knows this has been a long time coming for Dean, and because he loves his brother he is happy for him...but at the same time sad because John IS dead and not coming back. But at least now he's free, too. I've gotten used to this kind of dialogue-less interaction thanks to LOST, which proves that something can be highly charged emotionally without speaking a word. To me, this whole scene with the three Winchesters was beautiful and powerful and sad at once.
I can't wait to talk about more at the con! See ya next weekend! :)