Overall, I'd give this ep and 8; it automatically lost a point because of you-know-who. But in many ways, for me, it surpasses "Sin City", and raises a lot of interesting questions. Unlike "SC"'s talking heads--good vs. evil debates, this ep showed that some people and not only easily corrupted, but eagerly corrupt themselves: a woman has an affair with a married man, and when he ends it, the woman takes revenge on the man's wife. There's something very female about the woman wanting to disfigure the wife (which I think was her true intent). I'd give the ep a half-point by not making the coven out-and-out seductresses, but I would have preferred that the women had been a little less upscale, or that they would have wanted to use witchcraft to solve worse problems--an abusive husband, for instance. Glad to see that Dean recognized the herbs in the wife's garden, and not Sam. And it was very interesting to see how, somehow, the boys are slowly trading places--and how that seems to upset Dean. Is he afraid that Sam's changing means that there is truly something wrong with Sam, and he is going darkside?
I definitely loved Dean's faceoff with Ruby--'black-eyed skank' was my favorite. And Sam busting in on the coven with the gun. AND Dean's 'get in line, bitch' when Ruby breaks into the hotel room(nobody uses a doorknob in this ep!); even spitting blood and on his hands and knees, Dean doesn't beg to NOBODY.
The most chilling thing about the ep was the demon's "who did you think you were praying to?" This scene alone, for me, beat most of "SC" to Hell(hee...)...and her telling Sam "you're not our Messiah, we don't believe in you"? Wonderful. Beautifully done.
And as for Ruby and The Big Reveal about her? Sorry, no...I kept thinking if Nikki Aycox had played Ruby, this ep would have blown the roof off.
Still, Dean is burdened (is he?)with another terrible secret...that Sam can't save him, and Ruby lied about that. And next week, Dean has demon eyes...can't wait!
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My thoughts on "MM"(SPOILERS AHEAD!)
Date: 2008-02-03 09:12 pm (UTC)I definitely loved Dean's faceoff with Ruby--'black-eyed skank' was my favorite. And Sam busting in on the coven with the gun. AND Dean's 'get in line, bitch' when Ruby breaks into the hotel room(nobody uses a doorknob in this ep!); even spitting blood and on his hands and knees, Dean doesn't beg to NOBODY.
The most chilling thing about the ep was the demon's "who did you think you were praying to?" This scene alone, for me, beat most of "SC" to Hell(hee...)...and her telling Sam "you're not our Messiah, we don't believe in you"? Wonderful. Beautifully done.
And as for Ruby and The Big Reveal about her? Sorry, no...I kept thinking if Nikki Aycox had played Ruby, this ep would have blown the roof off.
Still, Dean is burdened (is he?)with another terrible secret...that Sam can't save him, and Ruby lied about that. And next week, Dean has demon eyes...can't wait!