...really, the last truly great episode (for me) was "The End" and that was a whopping two years ago.
It's ironic how the name of that particular episode signified more than what happened within the ep - it signified the literal end of creativity and solid story-telling. I now believe the show should have ended with season five, because then maybe the original finale would have played out, and not the bastardized version that was more a prelude to Gamble's impending vision (or lack thereof) for season sux that we got insttead. And maybe Kripke would have stayed interested and engaged if he had known there really would be no more after season five.
I'm not watching live, and frankly not really watching later as much as FF'ing. Took me two weeks to watch the first couple of episodes, I don't even remember when I FF'd through last week's, and this week's is sitting on the dvr. I'm not inspired to give it a go.
I miss when I used to love the show, and don't like that I'm just hanging around it now solely to catch a glimpse of Jensen Ackles. I miss the Dean/Cas relationship, I hate the craptacular exit for Cas, and nothing I've seen and nothing I hear isn't anything that hasn't been done before, countless times.
I'm kind floundering too WRT fandom. Don't get me wrong, I watch a lot of other stuff, and almost all of it is wildly better than SPN. But I'm not fannish about anything else, really. I'm waiting and wanting the next thing that's going to make me all giddy again.
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Date: 2011-10-16 12:23 am (UTC)It's ironic how the name of that particular episode signified more than what happened within the ep - it signified the literal end of creativity and solid story-telling. I now believe the show should have ended with season five, because then maybe the original finale would have played out, and not the bastardized version that was more a prelude to Gamble's impending vision (or lack thereof) for season sux that we got insttead. And maybe Kripke would have stayed interested and engaged if he had known there really would be no more after season five.
I'm not watching live, and frankly not really watching later as much as FF'ing. Took me two weeks to watch the first couple of episodes, I don't even remember when I FF'd through last week's, and this week's is sitting on the dvr. I'm not inspired to give it a go.
I miss when I used to love the show, and don't like that I'm just hanging around it now solely to catch a glimpse of Jensen Ackles. I miss the Dean/Cas relationship, I hate the craptacular exit for Cas, and nothing I've seen and nothing I hear isn't anything that hasn't been done before, countless times.
I'm kind floundering too WRT fandom. Don't get me wrong, I watch a lot of other stuff, and almost all of it is wildly better than SPN. But I'm not fannish about anything else, really. I'm waiting and wanting the next thing that's going to make me all giddy again.
Sorry that RL is sucking for you right now. :(