SPN 5:08

[oselle]

I don't really know what to say about this week's episode. I laughed a lot at all the show parodies and I'm sure everyone involved had a fun time making this one. My own personal favorite moment was Jensen doing the medical side-effects voiceover on the herpes commercial. His voice is just far, far too sexy for warnings about diarrhea. I mean, he almost makes it sound like something you'd want to get. Ooh, baby...diarrheaaaaaahh...

But it seems like every single episode since "The End" (including next week's offering) has been kind of gimmicky and jokey. Sure they try to slip in some serious stuff, but it gets buried under all the yuks. What stood out about this week's episode? The serious part about Gabriel or the riffs on Grey's Anatomy and CSI? What stood out about last week's episode besides Old!Dean is funny? And then before that we had Paris Hilton, and whoopee cushions and next week we've got some self-referential tomfoolery about fandom, which I may skip altogether because you know how I feel about that stuff.

They usually slip in at least a couple of funny episodes per season but next week's episode will mark a string of 5 episodes since "The End" that have either been completely or partially silly. And the "serious" parts of these episodes haven't even been working for me...the Trickster was really the angel Gabriel all along? Bzuh? Sam and Dean were "always" meant to be Lucifer and Michael's vessels? Double-bzuh? What about Azazel and the psychic kids contest? What was the point of all that if Sam was "always" the one? And wasn't Azazel supposed to be Lucifer's enemy? Or was he on Lucifer's side? Or does it even matter? Did it ever matter?

Seriously (no pun intended), I want them to quit fooling around. I like my laffs just as much as the next gal but you can't give us something like "The End" and then crank out 5 consecutive episodes that feel more like crackfic than the show. Unless they're getting all the hilarity out of the way so we can get down to business in the latter half of the season. That would be cool.

ETA: Okay, I did laugh at the "prettyboy angel" crack. Who couldn't?

Comments

[mews1945.livejournal.com]

I'm with you. A little humor is a good thing, but this is just getting boring.

[oselle.livejournal.com]

Exactly. It's like ariadnes_string said downthread -- it's getting very Scooby-Dooish.

[oxer12.livejournal.com]

I'm with you on this one, too. I did like the episode, and I haven't minded the meta stuff about fandom, but when I saw the promo for next week, I said, "Again?" It's getting old.

[oselle.livejournal.com]

I'm just surprised that they're lumping all the goofiness in, one after the other. Usually they at least try to spread it out. And what's with the Winchesters starting every episode in their FBI suits? That's getting pretty old too, although Dean always looks lovely dressed up.

[tskterata.livejournal.com]

I agree, while I enjoyed watching it, I felt kind of empty after. Kind of the way I feel after eating pancakes for breakfast, like if I don't eat some real food soon, I'll never make it 'til lunch.

[oselle.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I think this is the first episode since "The End" that I've even commented on because I haven't even found much to say about the past few outings. Time for something a little meatier.

[ariadnes-string.livejournal.com]

I couldn't agree more. There's been absolutely no forward movement on the narrative. It's like watching Scooby Doo and Shaggy run away from something, and their little cartoon feet just dig them a big hole in the ground and they don't go anywhere at all.

I also may not watch next week. I usually don't mind the fandom thing, but this one might put me over the edge....

[oselle.livejournal.com]

and their little cartoon feet just dig them a big hole in the ground and they don't go anywhere at all.

Yes, exactly. Plus I feel like they're acting like this is definitely their last season (even though I'm sure that Season 6 is a pretty safe bet) and they're doing whatever the heck they want, i.e., just having a good time. Which is fine, I have nothing against having a good time but it makes it look like the Winchesters are just goofing around while the world burns, or is about to burn and it doesn't make any sense at all.

I usually don't mind the fandom thing, but this one might put me over the edge

I know I'm really in the minority over how much this bothers me -- most other fans seem to feel like the show's depiction of fandom is very good natured and we're all in on the joke, and I think some fans even see it as a tribute of sorts, but it always rubs me the wrong way. Plus I just hate this breaking-the-fourth-wall bullshit altogether.

[mangokulfi.livejournal.com]

I loved this episode and I'm just relieved that it surpassed the quality of the last three which I found seriously lacking in the writing department. Also fanboy Dean and a Dean who is just irrationally irritated by police procedurals, are quite possibly the most adorable things on the planet. Sam as KITT isn't far behind.

You know I get the feeling that The End was so epic and awesome and took so much out of the writers that they were totally punch drunk in the writers' room when they came up with this latest batch of episodes. Like you, I hope this where they get their jollies out for the rest of the season and get back to the srs bzns of the apoklips for the rest of the year.

I actually haven't minded the meta too, too much until now mostly because I think some segments of this fandom are so ridiculously entitled that it doesn't bug me if Kripke wants to thwat them gently on the nose with a newspaper. But I do admit that I am extremely nervous about next week's episode and I've never even been to a convention.

But I do admit that I am deeply amused at how butthurt TWoP Demian already seems to be, that his namesake is being portrayed as an overweight lout. That might make all the rest of the possible cringing, worth it for me.

Petty? Who me? *snerk*

[oselle.livejournal.com]

Are you saying there is going to be an actual character named Demian in next week's episode? Tell me you're speaking figuratively. Please. Because otherwise, overweight lout or not, it's giving that asshole far more attention than he deserves. In my opinion, TWoP in general gets far more attention from the show that is anywhere near merited.

[mangokulfi.livejournal.com]

Yep the casting sides had characters named Barnes (the mod) and Demian. They could have changed the names on the show itself. And yes I agree that giving either of those asswipes that much attention is way too familiar of the show. But for some reason, Kripke seems intent on playing this game.

I just realized that I didn't leave a spoiler space in my last post. Crap. Sorry about that.

[oselle.livejournal.com]

Well, that settles it. I know what I WON'T be doing this Thursday at 9:00. Thanks for the heads up.

[layne67.livejournal.com]

But at least this one is good!!

5.05 and 5.06 are so-so, 5.07 was mind-numbingly boring, but yeah, I thought this one was excellent :)

[oselle.livejournal.com]

I know, a lot of people enjoyed it and I found some of it funny but I'm just tired of funny and I'd like the show to get on with the story.