Reactions to 4.01

[sams1ra]

Hey y'all!  

Been a while.

Not sure what I've missed more, Show, or kroki_refur's episode review of Doom and Ten Expressions…

Anyway, pre-watching stats (1-10): Excitement level – 2. Squee level – 2

Aaaaaaaaaaaand go! (SPOILERS ahead!)

Was kinda hoping Carry On My Wayward Son would be the theme song. *shrugs*

I'm ambivalent about the red font. I liked the gold one.

A recap of season 3. Excitement level – 1.

Cool effect.

Ooh, BtVS/SPN xover! Now would you please do a Psych/SPN xover? Please?

Huh. CSPwDT flashback.

Hey claw-y title card! … … I'm gonna need time to get used to this one. It's creepy, and not in a good way. Squee level – 1.

Man, this beginning totally reminded me of an epocafic I read lately from spn_summergen. Depressed the hell outta me.

O-kay… so, you wrapped up your fist, but you broke the window with your elbow. WTH? 

 

Dear Dean,

 

Did you leave your common sense with Buffy?

 

Ponderingly yours,

sams1ra

 
Yay Bobby!!  Squee level – 7.

Hey, Dean, you pretty! *nods* Also? That tattoo is still there. How long before they forget it? Bets anyone?

Breakfast of champions!

Hee. Busty Asian beauties. Oh, Dean… *smirks*

Written by Kripke, directed by Manners. Hey, this episode actually has a shot of not sucking! Yay! Excitement level – 2.

 Ooh, that can't be good…

It has been a while since hurt!Dean was last seen.  Hi hurt!Dean! D'ya miss us?

Hi Bobby!!! Look guys, it's Bobby! I've missed you Bobby! *hugs him tightly *

What is it with Dean and cutting himself?

 

Dear Dean,

 

Don’t hurt yourself. That's what we're here for.

I'm just sayin'.

 

Helpfully yours,

sams1ra

Hee!  Do it again, Bobby!   Squee level – 8. Excitement level – 3.

I have a feeling there are quite a few things Dean doesn’t know about that kid…

Ok, she's sorta wearing white sleeping clothes. BUT, with Azazel dead and all, what are the chances of her flambéing on the ceiling?

 

Dear Random Girl,

 

You're wearing WHITE? You're sleeping with SAM? Have you not been watching this show?

 

Disapprovingly yours,

sams1ra

Hee. Awkward.

Just for the record, I like where this is going so far. Excitement level – 4.

"I'm a little hungry." oh, Dean! If anyone still had any doubt you're you…

Deeeemonic

*sigh* I miss Missouri.

Flashback time? Right on cue.

Hee. An ipod in the Impala. Hee!

Dean's deathglare of indignity is totally icon-worthy.

 

Dear Sam,

 

You never EVER mess with Dean's car.

EVER.

 

Glaringly yours,

Metalicar sams1ra

 

Really? Hee!

Well, so far I like her.

Oh, no she didn’t…

Hee! 'You are not invited!' Squee level – 8.5

Can I touch him there, too? (Get your heads out of the gutter, I meant the arm! )

Eh… hey, new Ruby?  Well, close enough.

"I like to think it's because of my perky nipples." *snorts water out of her nose *

Dude, did you just bitchslap her?

PIE!! 

Iz puppy being bad naw?

Oh, yeah, puppy iz can be bad.

Dear Random Chick,

 

Oops.

 

Facepalmingly yours,

sams1ra

 
 

"This guy bleeds, the ground shakes." Eh, huh? Wait, what? Did I miss something?

Please don’t kill Bobby!

"But he's your brother, and I'm not gonna come between you." Since when?

Ok, why did he let go of the demon-killing knife and took the gun? 

I'm thinking, oh, crap. And you?

Bobby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (!)

Oh, come on!

Would explain the handprint and the knife though. But come on! Cliché much?

Aaaaaaaand cue wings. Right on time again.

'Buddy, next time, lower the volume.' Hee.

Symmetrical though. Angels vs. Demons. Dean with an angel on his shoulder, Sam with a demon. I wonder if that's why Azazel didn't choose the oldest? If God had a stake on Dean first, even though Azazel wanted him? Still a poor cliché though. No way around that. (That I can see, at least. Still, it is Kripke's sandbox…)

…

 You just killed me. Way to go. "You don’t think you deserve to be saved," Right in the heart.

So, post-viewing stats: Total squee-age = Bobby + fire + lots of Bobby + Dean + lots of too little of Dean skin + deeeemonic + Bobby + snark = 9

Excitement level – 5.5 (but I'm optimistic so far).

Good job!

Also, a little bit of analysis, since we're already here…

So, what themes repeated here? Pilot (the breakfast thing), Magnificent Seven, CSPWDT, Crossroad Blues, Fresh Blood, Houses
of the Holy, Jus in Bello, Faith (come on, he practically said 'a young man with an important job to do. And he's not finished'. Which begs the question, did LaGrange choose Dean because of higher intervention, or just cuz he was loud?) … any other episodes I
don’t remember yet? *shrugs*

Oh, and Caspiel.

See, the first time they said the name, I was thinking angel. It's the 'el' thing. Many angels have the 'el' suffix. 'el' translating to 'God'
in Hebrew. Like Gabriel – sorta translate to 'my lord God' albeit it's a bad translation. Now, I've looked for Caspiel, and there isn’t a
"famous" angel by that name, BUT, there's Cafziel, the angel of loneliness and tears, the one who watches the universe and doesn’t
interfere. So… maybe? But I still say cliché.

Although, him being a seraphim would explain the handprint and the burning eyes.

Ok, so my excitement level just went up to 6.

Spoil me and I'll break your computer with Sam's mind.