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2.7 The Usual Suspects Dean: "Our working theory is that we're looking for some kind of vengeful spirit." Diana: "Excuse me?" Dean: "You know. Caspar the bloodthirsty ghost?" Is it me, or is Linda Blair still really creepy? Poor Diana. One day she's your average homicide detective, and the next, she's hunting for a vengeful spirit in order to salt and burn its bones. She had to choose between her boyfriend the cop and two very strange young men with criminal records, and I liked that she saw the truth staring her in the face and didn't even hesitate. I also liked the twist that Claire the spirit wasn't vengeful after all; she was just trying to save other people. Which she did. Dean and Sam break the law constantly. It made total sense that their lifestyle would catch up with them, that the cops would finally realize that Dean wasn't dead and that they'd reopen the St. Louis murder case. I really liked the calm, determined way both of the boys kept working the case, even while they were being grilled by the cops -- as if being arrested for murder just wasn't worth getting all that worked up about. Maybe for them, it wasn't. Lots of movie references. Dean quoted "The Shining" twice. He used a reference to "The Great Escape" to tell Sam to break out of the interrogation room. And, of course, there was that final nod to "The Exorcist." The title of this episode was from, okay, the Kevin Spacey movie, but also from what is probably the most quoted movie of all time. (You don't need me to tell you what that is, right? Tell you what. I'll put it at the bottom of the review, just in case you're not a movie buff.) Bits and pieces: -- Dean was cleared of the Baltimore murders, but is still wanted for St. Louis. -- Sam is now 23. -- Karen's lights went out, her phone stopped working, and her printer started going nuts and printing weird horror movie crap. And she just stayed in the house. I think I'd climb out the window and run through the streets screaming at the top of my lungs. -- This week, we went to Baltimore, Maryland. The motel was a hoot: psychedelic sixties wallpaper. I bet the set designers have a ball creating those weird-ass kitschy motel rooms. -- Dean and Sam were insurance agents. -- Should Jared Padalecki have even pretended to break down a brick wall with a cast on his arm? Quotes: Sam: "I needed some time off, to deal. So I'm taking a road trip with my brother." Diana: "How's that going for you?" Sam: "Great. I mean, we saw the second-largest ball of twine in the continental U.S. Awesome." Dean: "What do you think, Scully. Check it out?" Sam: "I'm not Scully. You're Scully." Dean: "No, I'm Mulder. You're a redheaded woman." Dean: "What do you think? Vengeful spirit, underline vengeful?" Pete: "Talk directly into the camera. Start by stating your name for the record." Dean: "My name is Dean Winchester. I'm an Aquarius. I enjoy sunsets, long walks on the beach, and frisky women. And I did not kill anyone." Loved how he told the cops the exact truth, knowing they would never believe him. Dean: "Go to the first motel listed in the yellow pages. Look for Jim Rockford. It's how we find each other when we're separated." The boys both called their lawyer "Matlock", too. Two television references along with the movie ones. Sam: "Nice lady." Dean: "Yeah, for a cop. Does she look familiar to you?" Sam: "No. Why?" Dean: "I dunno. Anyway, are you hungry?" Sam: "No." Dean: "For some reason, I could really go for some pea soup." Three out of four stars, Billie ("Round up the usual suspects." -- Casablanca.) |
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