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3.6 Red Sky at Morning

Dean: "So what happens? You see the ship and a few hours later, you pucker up and kiss your ass goodbye?"

This one should have been called "Double Date." And what a double date it was. Actually, my favorite part of the whole thing was Sam getting groped by Gert. What a wonderfully comic performance by Ellen Geer. It's not easy to be that revolting and uncomfortably funny at the same time.

We were probably supposed to warm up a little toward Bela. Characters like Bela are usually naughty but in an endearing sort of way, starting out as an adversary but ending up a reluctant friend. But I found her so completely unlikeable that I'm starting to wonder if there's any way for the audience to relate to her character. Maybe I'm wrong about the endearing thing. Maybe she's supposed to stay a villain. Even if she and Dean end up having angry sex. (And I'm sure they eventually will if she stays in the cast.)

Much like the whole "demons are just like people" thing, Bela apparently believed that causing death and destruction in order to make a profit was pretty much okay. She translates everything into money, which was why she paid them in the end. So what member of her family did Bela kill? Is there some heartwrenching story in her past that will make her sympathetic? I suppose stranger things have happened.

And I suppose the killing-a-family-member thing was also intended as a contrast to the Winchesters, who keep selling their souls to save each other. Different extremes. I hope the ghost ship brothers weren't some sort of foreshadowing that things will change between Dean and Sam. They're certainly not communicating. Dean won't try to save himself. Sam won't apologize for trying to break the deal, and he won't stop. Sam is sacrificing his closeness to Dean in order to save him. Hey, I'd do it.

Bits and pieces:

-- These people *so* don't watch horror movies. That woman in the opener certainly never saw "Psycho".

-- Tuxedos. Yum. And then Dean stuck his gum under the punch bowl rim. You can dress him up but you can't take him out.

-- At one point, Dean called Gert a "broad", but his lips clearly formed the word "bitch." They must have decided "bitch" was too harsh.

-- So where were they? Sea Pines, somewhere in New England? (Even though the Vancouver mountains in the background made it obvious that it was west coast.) When they left, they were on their way to Atlantic City, New Jersey.

-- This week, the boys were with the Sheriff's Dept.

-- Squatting at an empty, boarded up house. Different from the usual seedy motel room.

Quotes:

Dean: "Can I shoot her?"
Sam: "Not in public."

Dean: "A hand of glory? I think I got one of those at the end of my Thai massage last week."

Bela: "You know, when this is over, we should really have angry sex."
Dean: "Don't objectify me."

Gert: "You remind me of my late husband. He was shy, too. Until we got below deck."
Sam: "Whoah!"
Gert: "You're just firm all over. Oooh."

Sam: "Tell me I didn't get groped all night by Mrs. Haversham for nothing."
Dean: "I got it. Missus who?"
Isn't that Miss Haversham, not Mrs.?

Dean: "So ponying up ten grand is easier for you than a simple thank you. You're so damaged."
Bela: "Takes one to know one."

Another good one. The standard three stars,

Billie





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