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1.5 Bloody Mary Dean: "This has gotta be like, what? Six hundred years of bad luck?" This one was darker, bleaker, and downright creepy. Even the photography felt darker. Maybe it was because the emotional focus was on Sam, who was in a pretty dark place. Sam wanted to save Charlie, like he couldn't save Jessica... despite the prophetic dreams he had about Jessica's death that he wasn't telling Dean about. Sam told Charlie not to blame herself, but that was exactly what Sam was doing. Do as I say, not as I do. Mirrors can be freaky. There's a reason why some cultures have traditions and superstitions about mirrors. Superstitions have power, too, even when you don't believe in them. After this episode, I told Dan that I was going to go into the bathroom and say "Bloody Mary" in front of the mirror three times, and he said, "Don't you dare." He meant it, too. Well, pretty much. (Yes, I did it, anyway.) Maybe they should have taken that mirror out into a parking lot or something, instead of confronting Mary in a room chock full of other mirrors. Blood and glass all over the place. Someone's going to have to clean that up. Bits and pieces: -- Dean insists on calling Sam "Sammy" even though Sam keeps telling him not to. My older sister used to do the same thing to me. -- What usually works in this series is the way that they twist it. Here, Bloody Mary only went after people who felt massively guilty about something. As Sam did. Note the parallel between Charlie's "crime" and Sam's. -- My mother loved musicals. There's a number from South Pacific called "Bloody Mary." If someone sang that in front of a mirror, would it count? -- The mirror images of Mary, and that last scene where she crawled out of the mirror, were right out of The Ring. -- This week's itinerary: Toledo, Ohio; Fort Wayne, Indiana. -- The guys masqueraded as med students from Ohio State, and as reporters. -- The last scene was Sam seeing Jessica standing on the street. Is she going to be haunting Sam in real life like she does his dreams? Quotes: Dean: "I earned that money." Sam: "You won it in a poker game." Dean: "Yeah." Charlie: "I'm insane, right?" Dean: "No, you're not insane." Charlie: "God. That makes me feel so much worse." Dean: "I'll go check that out. You stay here. Be careful. (pause) Smash anything that moves." Dean: "Now that this is all over, I want you to tell me what that secret was." Sam: "Look. You're my brother, and I'd die for you. But there are some things I need to keep to myself." This one rated pretty high with the creep factor. Three out of four stars, Billie View all comments or post a comment. |
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