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4.9 I Know What You Did Last Summer Dean: "Please tell me you're here to help. We've been having demon issues all day." Oh my. Sam made a deal, after all. And Sam's deal was even more self-sacrificing than Dean's, if that's possible; Sam tried for an outright trade, and the Crossroads Demon wouldn't take it. And when he couldn't get the deal, an angry, suicidal Sam went into training with Ruby to get Lilith. And he even did it ethically. He refused to deal with Ruby when she was driving the body of an innocent bystander, so she appropriated someone who was brain-dead, someone whose soul had already departed. I feel like I just got Sam back, that I know him again. He had seemed so different. And he *is* different. But his heart is in the right place; he did everything he could to save Dean, and then he did what he could to get Lilith. Of course he did. And Ruby was damned cool, pun intended, and proved herself to be trustworthy. Although I still wonder what she gets out of this. Is she hoping for eventual redemption? Can that even happen? Maybe it's just that there are no French fries in Hell. One assumes. Anna Milton's predicament is really interesting. Why would her "angel-radio" just turn on like that the moment Dean was retrieved from Hell? And why would the angels want her dead? This, and Sam's essential goodness and good intentions, again implies that the angels aren't really good guys after all. Maybe killing Anna is the only way the angels have of protecting her -- sort of an express train to heaven. But it doesn't feel that way. The angels don't seem to care about individual people at all. Which makes their goals antithetical to the Winchesters. Bits and pieces: -- Anna Milton. Good name. John Milton, of course, wrote Paradise Lost. The actress who played Anna has a great face; really spooky eyes. And she may have the reddest red hair I've ever seen. It must have been Feria number three thousand and seven. -- Just loved how Anna said, "And you're Dean. The Dean?" Our Dean is important to the cosmos. It's just so funny. -- So there are 600 seals. That would explain why the angels can't deploy lookouts at all of them. Or can they? How many angels are there? I don't suppose there's a head count in the Bible, is there? -- Sam was doing some serious drinking last summer. And he's still doing some serious drinking. -- Long, intense love scene for Sam and Ruby, with semi-nudity. Something you rarely get to see on Supernatural, so let's savor it. -- Symbolism alert: the brothers jumped out of a stained glass window. And when Anna was hiding in the church, she was behind a stained glass panel of an angel with a weapon. I think. -- A demon called Alistair knew Dean from Hell. Alistair had white eyes instead of black eyes, like Lilith. I am assuming that means he's a lot more powerful than the average demon. -- There's something very Exorcist about Lilith choosing to possess only little girls. -- Ruby was in three different bodies in this episode. Loved the maid. Her brain-dead host was a Jane Doe. There could be a future plotline with that. Like, what if someone recognized her? -- No location given this time. Or if it was, I missed it. And the guys said they were from the Sheriff's Dept. Quotes: Anna: "This demon Lilith is trying to break the sixty-six seals to free Lucifer from Hell. Lucifer will bring the Apocalypse. So... smoke em if you got em." Crossroads Demon: "Let me guess. You want to make a deal. Round and round the Winchesters go." Shrink: "Since when does the Book of Revelations have jack-o-lanterns?" Dean: "It's a little known translation." Dean: "So I'm girl interrupted, and I know the score of the Apocalypse. Just busted out of the nut box, possibly using superpowers, by the way... where do I go?" Ruby: "Proof. This body is one hundred percent socially conscious. I recycled. Al Gore would be proud." Sam: "There's more to the story." Dean: "Just skip the nudity, please." I wonder if that was a little payback on Sam's part for walking in on Dean last season? Loved it. Four out of four stars. What did you think? Want to comment? Step on over to the blog, Billie |
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