"Looks like you win."
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llywelaSN 3.04 Sin City. Hoooooo! Man, there is a lot going on in this episode. Whoa! I don't even know where to begin. Where shall I begin?
"Think you can have that thing ready by this afternoon?"
"Well, it won't kill demons by then. But I can promise you it'll kill you."
Dean and Bobby working on the Colt together was just so much love. And Sam not working on it with them, because those two are the hands-on mechanic types, where Sam just isn't. Bless his heart. And the three of them so at ease with one another, joking and laughing, and just so comfortable together, and it's wonderful. I love that the boys have a place they can go to touch base from time to time when they don't have a job on, where they are welcomed and feel at home. Also, lots of gratuitous Dean calling Sam 'Sammy' in this, and that always warms the cockles of my heart.
Oh, but when Bobby was working on the gun alone later, and Ruby showed up, then I got all nervous, like, don't hurt Bobby!! Man, he was a one-off guest character, and then, bam! Straight to the fans' hearts. He shot her, right in the chest, so...that's her human host doomed, right, if she gets exorcised? Playing for high stakes this season. I'm fascinated with how quickly she seems to have been able to help him get the Colt back up and running – the demon-killing effect looked a little different, though, so is this a different kind of demon-killing power than Samuel Colt originally used? Or just the special effect department having fun? It feels like a bit of a cheat, though, to have Ruby provide the demon-killing secret off-screen, rather than having the humans figure it out for themselves like Samuel Colt did way back when. Unless maybe he had a little help himself? Who knows?! Also felt a bit odd that Bobby worked with her so rapidly and willingly after that initial confrontation – like there was a whole story there we weren't being shown, because, of course, we were following the Winchester brothers, and only seeing as much of Bobby's story as was necessary for the plot.
"I'll be right there with you. A little fallen angel on your shoulder."
Ruby's kind of a poor man's Meg, no? Right down to the jacket.
Just what Ruby wants with Sam continues to intrigue. Seems she's looking to maybe poke and prod him into perhaps picking up the reigns of ol' Yellow-Eyes' plans, a little at a time. She's got Dean's life dangling on a hook in front of him, and can use that bait to tempt him over one moral line after another, a little at a time. As she pretty much came out and told him in this episode. Damn, he's in a dangerous position right now, and he knows it, and man, this storyline has so much potential for awesomeness and for going to dark and terrifying places down the track. How many lines is he willing to cross for Dean's sake? How far will he be willing to corrupt himself, and what sacrifices will he be prepared to make? How far is too far, and what price will be too high to pay? Where does he draw the line? How long will he be able to keep it all a secret from Dean? How ugly could this get before it all works itself out? Awesome.
"I can do this by myself."
Oh, Sam's poor face on being caught breaking and entering and apologising for it, realising that his target wasn't a demon after all, merely a corrupt human. And so flustered trying to explain to Father Gil about Dean having left the bar with Casey. Heh, and his face again in the bar with the hooker coming on to him, and when the bartender described Dean as 'the big hero'. Hee. And again when he realised he was going to have to bribe the man for information. Sam's expressions are wonderful this season. I kind of love how easily he trusted Father Gil – he's had good experiences with priestly types before now, so that follows well, although the guy then turning out to be a demon wasn't quite what he was expecting. His shoulder seems to have recovered pretty quickly after being shot last episode – apparently, a month has passed since then, which allows time for that recovery.
"There were traces of sulphur and now I can't find Dean."
Sam's anxiety when Dean went missing was great, and a nice parallel to Dean's concern for Ritchie earlier. Also, I believe this was the first time Dean has disappeared into thin air that we've actually followed Sam through the process of worrying and searching. I wonder how Bobby felt on receiving that message - must have had alarming echoes of every time Dean called when Sam went missing!
"Humans ain't our job."
The notion that the demons only had to show up in this run-down little town and whisper a few suggestions for the folk to turn on one another, that was a neat twist. This season, the demons keep insisting that humans are worse than they are. We're getting their point of view more and more as the war intensifies.
"It's been kind of liberating, actually. What's the point worrying about the future when you don't have one, huh?"
Oh Dean! So pretty in this episode. Meeting up with an old friend, an old hunting friend, from Sam's college years, which fills Sam and me both with interest and delight. Being so concerned about him, calling him a sweet moron – and how much did I love Sam's little dig about there being red meat within striking distance! When Dean's off his food, it's always a sure sign of just how worried he is. So angry about Ritchie's death. Dean doesn't have that many people in his life that he'd call friends. And then he outsmarted Demon Casey, which I always enjoy, only to get trapped with her. So much love. With her jibing at him about Sam being the brains of the outfit, and you could see it stung, but hey – he was smart enough to fool her and trap her. The way he and the demon bonded was awesome. Total Stockholm syndrome, but awesome: Dean's hatred of all things demonic has been so well established, so to instinctively call out for Sam to spare her? And her also pleading for his life? That's pretty unprecedented, on both sides.
Hee that it was Dean who got throttled instead of Sam this time, and they both got tossed. So did Bobby. Lots of tossing in this episode!
"Demon is dead. So's that hot girl it was possessing."
I always like when the human collateral damage is noted and grieved for.
"It's a pit of despair. Why do you think we want to come here?"
Dean asking the demon what hell's really like, and then denying that he's afraid of going there – if he wasn't afraid, he really wouldn't have asked the question. How could anyone not be afraid of what he's facing? The bleakness in his eyes as she answered the question said all there is to say on the subject, whatever his bravado later.
"Somehow I see you out in front of the pack. You can do some great things."
Casey revealed so, so much about ol' Yellow-Eyes and his plans – Azazel! She actually named him! And then rambled on about the nature of God and Lucifer, and demons, and hardcore mythology – a bit overtly Christian for this show, but I'm willing to go with it. The show has always drawn its evil creatures from numerous religions and cultural traditions, but the demon element has mostly been drawn from Christian theology – they certainly have always used Christian exorcisms and iconography when they battle demons. Casey was a total believer in the cause, and would have followed Sam had he chosen to pick up the reigns. I got the impression that Father Gil felt much the same way - well, they were partners, after all. That's all kinds of amazing and chilling, and no wonder Dean's getting nervous.
"I like doing what I'm doing, I guess."
I'm still not sure I believe that Sam doesn't still have his powers. I believe that he doesn't want to have his powers, and that he believes he no longer has them now that Yellow-Eyes is gone, but whether they really are actually gone or merely dormant is another matter entirely. I suspect that Ruby is thinking along much the same lines. So many demons out there taking a special interest in Sam for so many reasons. He's their boy-king who isn't. The demons are leaderless, and not all of them are pleased about that. Which means, in effect, that both the hunters and the demons are fragmented. Chaos, like Casey said in this episode. Anything could happen.
"So what, no chain of command?"
"There was. It was Sam... He hasn't exactly stepped up to the plate, has he?"
"Thank God for that."
Learning about this demonic chaos and the willingness of some to follow Sam's lead wasn't what you'd call reassuring for Dean! And he actually verbalised his fears about Sam to Bobby, confided what Yellow-Eyes told him. If that isn't a sign of how worried he really is, I don't know what is. That was Dean looking to an outside source for reassurance, because he couldn't quite muster any up for himself in that moment, and Bobby provided the reassurance he was looking for – but whether or not either of them believed their own denials that anything was wrong is another matter entirely.
And...the rest of my currently jumbled thoughts will have to wait for the full recap later in the week. Unless I come back later and edit more in!
"Think you can have that thing ready by this afternoon?"
"Well, it won't kill demons by then. But I can promise you it'll kill you."
Dean and Bobby working on the Colt together was just so much love. And Sam not working on it with them, because those two are the hands-on mechanic types, where Sam just isn't. Bless his heart. And the three of them so at ease with one another, joking and laughing, and just so comfortable together, and it's wonderful. I love that the boys have a place they can go to touch base from time to time when they don't have a job on, where they are welcomed and feel at home. Also, lots of gratuitous Dean calling Sam 'Sammy' in this, and that always warms the cockles of my heart.
Oh, but when Bobby was working on the gun alone later, and Ruby showed up, then I got all nervous, like, don't hurt Bobby!! Man, he was a one-off guest character, and then, bam! Straight to the fans' hearts. He shot her, right in the chest, so...that's her human host doomed, right, if she gets exorcised? Playing for high stakes this season. I'm fascinated with how quickly she seems to have been able to help him get the Colt back up and running – the demon-killing effect looked a little different, though, so is this a different kind of demon-killing power than Samuel Colt originally used? Or just the special effect department having fun? It feels like a bit of a cheat, though, to have Ruby provide the demon-killing secret off-screen, rather than having the humans figure it out for themselves like Samuel Colt did way back when. Unless maybe he had a little help himself? Who knows?! Also felt a bit odd that Bobby worked with her so rapidly and willingly after that initial confrontation – like there was a whole story there we weren't being shown, because, of course, we were following the Winchester brothers, and only seeing as much of Bobby's story as was necessary for the plot.
"I'll be right there with you. A little fallen angel on your shoulder."
Ruby's kind of a poor man's Meg, no? Right down to the jacket.
Just what Ruby wants with Sam continues to intrigue. Seems she's looking to maybe poke and prod him into perhaps picking up the reigns of ol' Yellow-Eyes' plans, a little at a time. She's got Dean's life dangling on a hook in front of him, and can use that bait to tempt him over one moral line after another, a little at a time. As she pretty much came out and told him in this episode. Damn, he's in a dangerous position right now, and he knows it, and man, this storyline has so much potential for awesomeness and for going to dark and terrifying places down the track. How many lines is he willing to cross for Dean's sake? How far will he be willing to corrupt himself, and what sacrifices will he be prepared to make? How far is too far, and what price will be too high to pay? Where does he draw the line? How long will he be able to keep it all a secret from Dean? How ugly could this get before it all works itself out? Awesome.
"I can do this by myself."
Oh, Sam's poor face on being caught breaking and entering and apologising for it, realising that his target wasn't a demon after all, merely a corrupt human. And so flustered trying to explain to Father Gil about Dean having left the bar with Casey. Heh, and his face again in the bar with the hooker coming on to him, and when the bartender described Dean as 'the big hero'. Hee. And again when he realised he was going to have to bribe the man for information. Sam's expressions are wonderful this season. I kind of love how easily he trusted Father Gil – he's had good experiences with priestly types before now, so that follows well, although the guy then turning out to be a demon wasn't quite what he was expecting. His shoulder seems to have recovered pretty quickly after being shot last episode – apparently, a month has passed since then, which allows time for that recovery.
"There were traces of sulphur and now I can't find Dean."
Sam's anxiety when Dean went missing was great, and a nice parallel to Dean's concern for Ritchie earlier. Also, I believe this was the first time Dean has disappeared into thin air that we've actually followed Sam through the process of worrying and searching. I wonder how Bobby felt on receiving that message - must have had alarming echoes of every time Dean called when Sam went missing!
"Humans ain't our job."
The notion that the demons only had to show up in this run-down little town and whisper a few suggestions for the folk to turn on one another, that was a neat twist. This season, the demons keep insisting that humans are worse than they are. We're getting their point of view more and more as the war intensifies.
"It's been kind of liberating, actually. What's the point worrying about the future when you don't have one, huh?"
Oh Dean! So pretty in this episode. Meeting up with an old friend, an old hunting friend, from Sam's college years, which fills Sam and me both with interest and delight. Being so concerned about him, calling him a sweet moron – and how much did I love Sam's little dig about there being red meat within striking distance! When Dean's off his food, it's always a sure sign of just how worried he is. So angry about Ritchie's death. Dean doesn't have that many people in his life that he'd call friends. And then he outsmarted Demon Casey, which I always enjoy, only to get trapped with her. So much love. With her jibing at him about Sam being the brains of the outfit, and you could see it stung, but hey – he was smart enough to fool her and trap her. The way he and the demon bonded was awesome. Total Stockholm syndrome, but awesome: Dean's hatred of all things demonic has been so well established, so to instinctively call out for Sam to spare her? And her also pleading for his life? That's pretty unprecedented, on both sides.
Hee that it was Dean who got throttled instead of Sam this time, and they both got tossed. So did Bobby. Lots of tossing in this episode!
"Demon is dead. So's that hot girl it was possessing."
I always like when the human collateral damage is noted and grieved for.
"It's a pit of despair. Why do you think we want to come here?"
Dean asking the demon what hell's really like, and then denying that he's afraid of going there – if he wasn't afraid, he really wouldn't have asked the question. How could anyone not be afraid of what he's facing? The bleakness in his eyes as she answered the question said all there is to say on the subject, whatever his bravado later.
"Somehow I see you out in front of the pack. You can do some great things."
Casey revealed so, so much about ol' Yellow-Eyes and his plans – Azazel! She actually named him! And then rambled on about the nature of God and Lucifer, and demons, and hardcore mythology – a bit overtly Christian for this show, but I'm willing to go with it. The show has always drawn its evil creatures from numerous religions and cultural traditions, but the demon element has mostly been drawn from Christian theology – they certainly have always used Christian exorcisms and iconography when they battle demons. Casey was a total believer in the cause, and would have followed Sam had he chosen to pick up the reigns. I got the impression that Father Gil felt much the same way - well, they were partners, after all. That's all kinds of amazing and chilling, and no wonder Dean's getting nervous.
"I like doing what I'm doing, I guess."
I'm still not sure I believe that Sam doesn't still have his powers. I believe that he doesn't want to have his powers, and that he believes he no longer has them now that Yellow-Eyes is gone, but whether they really are actually gone or merely dormant is another matter entirely. I suspect that Ruby is thinking along much the same lines. So many demons out there taking a special interest in Sam for so many reasons. He's their boy-king who isn't. The demons are leaderless, and not all of them are pleased about that. Which means, in effect, that both the hunters and the demons are fragmented. Chaos, like Casey said in this episode. Anything could happen.
"So what, no chain of command?"
"There was. It was Sam... He hasn't exactly stepped up to the plate, has he?"
"Thank God for that."
Learning about this demonic chaos and the willingness of some to follow Sam's lead wasn't what you'd call reassuring for Dean! And he actually verbalised his fears about Sam to Bobby, confided what Yellow-Eyes told him. If that isn't a sign of how worried he really is, I don't know what is. That was Dean looking to an outside source for reassurance, because he couldn't quite muster any up for himself in that moment, and Bobby provided the reassurance he was looking for – but whether or not either of them believed their own denials that anything was wrong is another matter entirely.
And...the rest of my currently jumbled thoughts will have to wait for the full recap later in the week. Unless I come back later and edit more in!
