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Post by Eve Vardell on May 20, 2011 22:53:14 GMT -5
I'm still reeling from this finale. While not nearly as dramatic as season 5's finale (and face it, how could they hope to top that?) I was completely hooked in to Sam's mental battle (and he's not a vegetable!! Definite bonus points to Sam for not being a vegetable!!!).
And Castiel. What to say about Castiel??? We knew he was taking steps in the wrong direction, down a slippery slope with poor visibility, but who could've possibly realized how fast and far he'd trip and tumble? From trapping Sam within his own traumatized psyche, to betraying Crowley (when even a demon wouldn't break a contract that big) to killing Balthazar to... well... pronouncing himself God. I mean really, how is he possibly going to come back from that?
Still reeling. Will comment more when I'm less shell-shocked.
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Post by Kasen Rowe on May 21, 2011 23:15:00 GMT -5
WARNING! I wrote way too much, but am too lazy to delete it now! Wow! I loved this season finale!! These last two eps were awesome! The last one especially, but let me not get ahead of myself. First episode “Let There Be Blood”, I quite enjoyed. I do wish there was more Sam in it though. I feel like he was shunted off to the side on purpose. Which … if you can’t write Sam, you shouldn’t be in charge of the episode. Or get someone else to help you write the script… I did like how they wrapped up the story of Lisa and Ben. Dean’s reactions were all very real. You could see how his guilt drove him. Sam’s reactions too, what there was of them, seemed fitting. Whereas his brother had given up on Castiel, Sam still prayed to him for help. And didn’t get it of course, but he still kept an open mind. Very Sammy. I liked the end too. Castiel shows up and despite his differences with Dean, still helps him, still heals Lisa and does the mind wipe thing. Which, although I don’t agree necessarily that mind wiping was the way to go, seems like something Dean would think was best. The last episode though was just plain awesome. I think it was definitely my favorite of this season. There was action, it brought back plots from earlier like opening Sam’s mind to Hell and the dragon lady from Purgatory whose name I can’t recall at the moment, there was brotherly report despite the fact one was unconscious for most of it, and there was the final showdown. Again, first things first. Sam being split into pieces was a great way to go. I think it was great that they sort of differentiated between the Sams because although they were one person, they all represented different sides of him. Different people he had become throughout the last year (–two years?). Innocent-mind-wiped-Sam, Souless-Sam, and Hell-Sam. The results will be very interesting to play with next season. Hopefully they won’t shove it to the background. And all the Sams made sense! They were believable as pieces and people… Does that make sense? Then the ending… Castiel killed Balthazar!? More surprises! Who would’ve thought when they first introduced that laid back and flippant thief of an angel that it would be Castiel instead who went dark side?! Then Cas turned on Crowley after a bout of what seemed like good conscience, which was very unexpected and somewhat underhanded –but since he was doing it to save souls from the King of Hell, I could forgive him that. (to Eve: I think if this was an official deal, Crowley wouldn’t have been able to go back on his word even if he’d wanted to. I know in the past demons have said that they actually can’t break a contract, like it’s in ‘the rules’ that they physically can’t break. Angels have no such restrictions.) But then Crowley came back with Raphael which was exciting and an unexpected twist. THEN Cas tricks Crowley and Raphael and sucks in all those souls… And in a very Lucifer-esc fashion snaps his fingers and kills his brother. If he’d stopped there and turned to Dean and said “told you so” everything would have turned out fine. BUT Instead Castiel has become the new big bad?! He’s proclaimed himself the new God?? I know he was getting prideful and everything, but I’ve got to hope that those souls and all that power is messing with his head! How is he going to come back from this? Can he come back from this? I can’t see Dean forgiving him. Not after what he did to Sam. Sam… I don’t know, Sam’s more lenient, but this could be too much. And he obviously thought Castiel’d gone too far and was too dangerous because he stabbed him in the back! Bobby is a self proclaimed paranoid bastard ( ) and was never very close with him to begin with… And God? God’s probably the one person in the universe Cas would listen to anymore… maybe… but God cast Lucifer into hell for not bowing before humans. Now Cas is sort of becoming the new Lucifer, thinking he can do a better job than God… Will this earn him a cage next to the devil in the Pit?
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