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3.3 Bad Day at Black Rock Dean: "I say we hit Vegas. Pull a little Rain Man. You can be Rain Man." They're three for three. I had tears in my eyes from laughing so hard. And I thought Dan was going to pass out laughing when Dean took out Kubric with the remote control. Like all good "Supernatural" episodes, this one was heavy on the brotherly interaction. Jared Padalecki in particular deserves a lot of credit, because slapstick that good is hard to do. I think this was also the first time that Sam was funnier than Dean. He looked like a four-year-old when he said plaintively, "I lost my shoe." And Dean was very clever not once but twice: grabbing the foot during the apartment standoff, and tossing it to Bela in the cemetery. It would be tempting to keep the thing, wouldn't it? I was coming up with all kinds of scenarios, although I bet none of them would work for long. Another new girl. Bela Talbot, not Lugosi, and she's a thief, not a hunter or a demon. Except for the fact that she's an utter bitch, she was beautiful and dangerous, sort of Dean's type. Now there's a girl for each of boys. Except that both Bela and Ruby (Blondie the Demon has a name now) are outright evil, or at the very least, ambiguous. They're antagonists, not love interests. For now, anyway. Even more interesting than Bela was the return of sociopathic hunter Gordon Walker, who still has a burning desire to kill Sam. I loved Gordon's new partner, Kubrick (Michael Massee), and his painting of Jesus on black velvet that looked like Elvis. The bumper stickers on his RV had me howling. (If you missed them, they're in my "Bits and pieces" section.) Unfortunately, I don't think Kubrick has much in the way of life expectancy. As I'm sure we all remember, Gordon doesn't do well with partners. Bits and pieces: -- Apparently, we're going to be getting movie titles for episode titles this season. There was the name "Kubrick" as well. And Bela Lugosi. -- Lauren Cohan (Bela) was listed as cast, but not Katie Cassidy. It must be a "listed when you play" sort of deal. We also saw Bobby, but only briefly and on the phone. -- Ben Edlund wrote this episode. He also wrote one of my favorite episodes of Angel (and hands-down the funniest), "Smile Time." -- Sam already told Dean that Ruby was a demon. I didn't expect that. I thought he'd keep it from him. -- It was confirmed that Sam doesn't have powers or visions any more. But apparently, he's still the antichrist. Or antichrist-like. Or in line for the throne. -- Kubric's bumper stickers were: "How would Jesus drive?" "Bethlehem or Bust," and my favorite, "Don't make me come down there. --God." -- Bella had a super ouija board. Which was how she found the rabbit's foot. -- Dean kept John's phone. That made sense. As did the storage locker. Where else would you keep all your stuff when you live on the road? -- Dean did "What's in the box" again, but much less Brad Pitt. -- Death by barbecue fork. Shuddery. It looked like a serpents tongue. It was even red. Good touch there. -- Someone psychotic named Luke wanted the rabbit foot. Will we hear about him again? -- This week: Queens, New York. and Black Rock, which is apparently somewhere outside of Buffalo. -- In this week's hair report, Sam's is getting rather long and flippy, which will only encourage Dean to keep calling Sam a girl. Quotes: Sam: "Hello? Yes, this is Edgar Cayce." If you don't know who that is, look it up. :) Kubric: "Don't play with my Jesus." Sam: "Whoever broke in here got tagged." Dean: "Dear old Dad." Sam: "That's my division championship soccer trophy. I can't believe he kept this." Dean: "It was about the closest you ever came to being a boy. Oh, wow. My first sawed-off. I made it myself. Sixth grade." Kubric: "What do you like? I got canned everything." Creedy: "We didn't even have to touch you. You just went all spastic and knocked yourself out. It was like watching Jerry Lewis try to stack chairs." Dean: "I'm Batman." This was such a four, Billie |
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