"No destiny. Just a rabbit's foot."
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Yay, recap! (pt. 2)
Date: 2007-10-24 04:20 pm (UTC)Since Bobby has turned this up so quickly, I can't help but wonder why John didn't look for a way to destroy the rabbit's foot in the first place, rather than locking it up like that. Maybe the simple fact of Sam's life being in danger provided added motivation in the research stakes, whereas back then with perhaps no lives in danger that they cared about, it seemed simpler to just lock it up and have done with it.
I'm going with, this was pre-Internet and electronically searchable databases, libraries, and so on. It's very possible that at the time John encountered the foot, there simply wasn't any way to parse the information, certainly not in as digestible a format as Bobby might have at his disposal now.
"We didn't even have to touch you. You just went all spastic and knocked yourself out," Creely gloats. "It was like watching Jerry Lewis ride a stack of chairs."
This is one of those transcriptions... I'm fairly certain he says, "It was like watching Jerry Lewis trying to stack chairs," but again, wouldn't swear to it without re-watching.
And that is the only continuity blip I choose to refer to in this episode, because I enjoy it too much to nitpick.
I understand and agree - the episode is definitely one of the top 5 ever, possibly even top 3 - but I *have* to point out (besides the physical impossibility of Buffalo and Queens being anywhere near 2 hours apart) the fairly major continuity bobble that Sam is wearing both shoes when Dean walks him into the motel room. (And later he's wearing only one shoe, but it's the shoe he supposedly lost, and his stocking foot is the one that supposedly still had a shoe back at the drain.) But I *forgive* this error only because the rest of the episode is just so delicious.
"Hey, back off, jinx. I'm bringing home the bacon."
Hee. Sam's bad luck makes fantastic fuel for brotherly tormenting. Also, it could be argued that there's a strong streak of practicality in there, too, wound in around the gleeful opportunism. Dean always has been the breadwinner of this partnership; wanting to make some easy money to support the two of them while the opportunity presents itself is very in character.
Agreed, agreed. I love the way Jensen delivers the line, too, without any hesitation whatsoever, calling him a jinx. You could substitute just about any pejorative there and it would be any other brotherly conversation, but somehow calling him a "jinx" at once embraces his brother's misfortune and gives us one final moment of seeing them as kids...because "jinx" is just so juvenile a thing to call him. Hee!
Re: Yay, recap! (pt. 2)
Date: 2007-10-24 05:33 pm (UTC)Bobby doesn't strike me as much of a techno-whizz - he seems more of a book man. But it's as good an excuse as any!
This is one of those transcriptions... I'm fairly certain he says, "It was like watching Jerry Lewis trying to stack chairs," but again, wouldn't swear to it without re-watching.
Yep, that was one of those where I listened a few times, couldn't make up my mind what he was saying exactly, considered leaving it out, then ended up going with my best guess and hoping for the best!
but I *have* to point out (besides the physical impossibility of Buffalo and Queens being anywhere near 2 hours apart) the fairly major continuity bobble that Sam is wearing both shoes when Dean walks him into the motel room. (And later he's wearing only one shoe, but it's the shoe he supposedly lost, and his stocking foot is the one that supposedly still had a shoe back at the drain.) But I *forgive* this error only because the rest of the episode is just so delicious.
Again, geographical impossibilities zip right over my head! So the show can get away with just about anything on that front with me. I have to admit that I don't actually notice Sam's feet in the motel scene, I'm too busy looking at the pretty faces, and the way Dean's dragging Sam along by the sleeve, Sam wearing his sulking-five-year-old expression again. Even after you pointed it out last time, when I watched the ep again I got past that scene and realised I'd forgotten to look at the feet again!
Agreed, agreed. I love the way Jensen delivers the line, too, without any hesitation whatsoever, calling him a jinx. You could substitute just about any pejorative there and it would be any other brotherly conversation, but somehow calling him a "jinx" at once embraces his brother's misfortune and gives us one final moment of seeing them as kids...because "jinx" is just so juvenile a thing to call him. Hee!
J'adore! It's a gorgeous episode.
Re: Yay, recap! (pt. 2)
Date: 2007-10-24 07:12 pm (UTC)Oh, come on! I'm sure he's not an early adopter, but he's probably got at least a 386 somewhere in the house. /sarcasm Actually, the bigger obstacle is probably whether he gets cable internet connectivity at the junkyard, or whether he has to do it on dial-up.
Jared does five so well!
Mais certainement! Les freres Winchesters sont magnifique. "Je suis incroyable! Je suis Bat-man!"
Re: Yay, recap! (pt. 2)
Date: 2007-10-24 07:42 pm (UTC)Re: Yay, recap! (pt. 2)
Date: 2007-11-03 01:51 am (UTC)Unfortunately, it's been a long, long time since high school French.
I WOULD LOVE TO LEARN WELSH! My SCA persona is Welsh - I have about 12 drops of Welsh blood (similar to Sam having several drops of Demon blood - the gift that keeps on giving). I know folks who've learned from language tapes.
Re: Yay, recap! (pt. 2)
Date: 2007-11-03 07:42 am (UTC)My Welsh isn't completely fluent, but I can get by. Would be more fluent if I used it more, languages being what they are. I don't think it's that hard to learn, once you get your head around the fact that the grammar is about as far from English grammar as you can get. The phonetics are easy compared to English! Then again, just about anything is easy compared to English, when you think about it. All those words that sound the same but are spelled different, or spelled the same but pronounced different...
Mae'r Cymraeg yn hawdd, yn gymhariaeth! Welsh is easy, in comparison.
Re: Yay, recap! (pt. 2)
Date: 2007-10-25 03:29 am (UTC)I just wanted to pop in and say that's what they said.
I tend to run from Jerry Lewis but I assume they're refering to when you put a bunch of semi-stackable chairs into a stack and then sit on them. It's really hard to find a center of balance so you'll be calm and then all of sudden lose balance and your body goes spastic trying to find another center of balance. Repeat! *heart* (oh no, i've never tried it...*blush*) XD
And yeah the Buffalo to NYC thing bothered me, but apparently at some point they were in Black Rock, New York which looks to be about 3-4 hours from NYC. So it's really not that much of an insynchronicitity.
*hugs* So glad to see your reviews!!!
Re: Yay, recap! (pt. 2)
Date: 2007-10-25 06:57 am (UTC)I think most of the episode was in Black Rock - the lousy thieves and the motel, the diner. All Black Rock. American geography goes right over my head, and in terms of TV watching sometimes that's best!
*hugs Lyn back* You probably disagree with half of what I say, but that's half the fun, no?