Mini Review – “Asylum”
The brotherly issues get dark though and are intense for this early in the series. I still wonder to this day what Sam told that psychologist about Dean. Was he honest, or did he avoid? Maybe he said exactly what he tells Dean later. Sure the nasty spell that Sam is put under by the evil Dr. Ellicott had him projecting a bit too much. He couldn’t even kill Dean when he was hopped upon demon blood so it was definitely the spell talking when he tried here. His resentment though, freaky!! It’s the first showing of evil Sam and we love it. Did Dean learn a lesson through this whole ordeal and come out with a better appreciation of his little brother? No, not really. Still the family drama is fun to watch.
Sam: It’s kind of our job.
Katherine: Why would anyone want a job like that?
Sam: I had a crappy guidance counselor.
I love a good ghost story, and having the ones they encounter (save for the obviously lunatic doc) be friendly walking (floating?) DSM-IV case files was certainly a nice twist from the standard. One of the finest and creepiest set jobs in the history of the series doesn’t hurt either.
It was certainly a plus that we never learned exactly what Sam and Dr. Ellicot talked about, keep those deep-set emotions obscured. One of those “where exactly is the Simpsons’ Springfield?” moments.
Do they even have dedicated guidance counselors any longer? My oldest is 100% sure what she wants to do, so it’s been a non-entity. 😀
Loved this episode, too, a nice ghost flick… Thanks Alice, I second all of this here. The little drama, ‘evil Sam’ and messed up souls of the brothers surfacing very subtly… Wonderful.
And thanks for not including me in that bunch of wacko-therapists (believe me, I know some, too). I hope I’ll never turn into one of them. Don’t think I will, actually, but you never know… I guess some were nuts before they started studying. Should I ever begin talking or behaving like that, go ahead and kill me! Any hitman will do. :roll::
Still kicking, Jas
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lol whut?
I liked this episode, it had a light side to it but still managed to give a very interesting glimpse into Sam and his relationship with Dean. I always thought it was interesting that Elcot went for Sam instead of Dean. On purpose?
I doubt that they’ll ever say what Sam, said but it’s interesting that even then Sam wasn’t telling Dean things and that there was this pent up darker side to Sam just bubbling away underneath.
also loved Katherine’s boyfriends response to Dean’s question “can either of you manage a shotgun?” He seemed a little surprised that she was no damsel in distress!
For anyone who might be interested, the facility in question is called Riverview and if anyone’s seen the Paley Festival footage when Supernatural was honoured in it’s first season, Jensen talks about the place.
It is actually haunted and they were warned not to go to the 4th floor. Jensen said he thought he’d be smart and take a short cut when they took a lunch break. There is no power on in the building expect for the location the crews are working at so the long hallway he opted to go down was dark. He didn’t say it outright, but with his wonderful facial expressions he showed that it creeped him out. GRIN.
Hi Alice
This was the first one that I realized that Sam had some feelings of resentment towards Dean. Up until this point I had believed he only had issues with his Dad not Dean. Except for Dean’s blind faith in their father.
BTW I’m enjoying all the reviews for Season One. I really love Season One, even Bugs and Route 666. There may have been some flaws or characters I didn’t care for but they all had something to offer.