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Best Teaser
"Appointment in Samarra." This is a long one, which I like. It’s Dean nervously walking into a butcher shop. I’m paying attention. Ooh, Dean is seeing a back room doctor about a risky procedure. What am I saying, the odds are excellent. 75 percent! Dean’s farewell letter goes to Ben, not Sam. What’s going on here?Death! That’s what! I can’t think of a better way to let the dark one return to our screens, and the results are even better. Dean talks to Tessa, and there he is, trademark scowl and all. “Hello Dean.†What an absolutely perfect way to get us excited about what’s coming next. Actually, it was one of the very few this year that achieved that.
Honorable Mention
"Frontierland." This would actually rate higher if it was longer, and wasn’t used later in the episode. Still, Dean as the oh so hot looking sheriff doing a gunfight at high noon? Oh my, I feel a faint!
Comments
Best ending of an episode? Without doubt I am in agreement with Unforgiven. I nearly started chewing on the toenails at the end of that one. Was there ever a week as long??
Best brotherly moment? Definitely that scene, without a shadow of a doubt. While not diminishing the hugs we do get, we do, in fairness, expect (or at least hope for) a hug at least twice an episode, every episode, so when we DO get them, they can be a bit of an anticlimax. This moment, however..... The faith and trust Dean had in Sam, after being without it for so long. He knew, KNEW, Sam would come out of it, not because he’s an expert in comas or neurophysics etc, he knew he’d come out of it because Dean’s an expert in Sam.
He didn’t leave Sam food, water or a phone, he left him a gun and an address; and the result of this was much more than the sum of their parts. This was more than a piece of paper and a piece of metal; it was an invitation for Sam to join him in the fight. After years of trying to keep Sam protected from everything, he knows now he wants/needs Sam beside him, not behind him. Jeez, was there ever so much said with so little? I love that scene!
In relation to the worst ending, I’m not sure I’d call it the worst (Lucky walking off at the end of All Dogs Go to Heaven kinda had me rolling my eyes, he's not Lassie, ffs), I do agree that the season finale was a bit muted but that’s actually a good thing.
For the past few years the finales have shown Sam and Dean completely apart, either physically and/or emotionally. I didn’t have the ‘Omigod, what about the boys’ I usually do at finales because Sam and Dean are together at the end of this one. They might not have spoken, or hugged or even acknowledged each other but they didn’t have to, they’re so united it’s unreal. How can we fear the future when the brothers are together? How can we fear for them when they have each others backs? So while I might be intrigued by this new Castiel, I’m not necessarily afraid of him (yet!). He’s up against ‘The Winchester’, for heaven’s sake. I almost feel sorry for the guy!
Oh lads, this truly is a beautiful show.
Those are awesome, but please don't forget Best Samhair Moment!
I love your irrelevant and arbitrary categories for these awards, they're fun... I don't need more.
It's inspiring, too, though, as I am working on my favourite moments of season six, to follow the tradition established with the other seasons... I'm curious whether my faves will be the same... or completely different? Ah, so much to do...
Concentrate on getting better, dear friend. I'm with you in my thoughts, hoping for a soon recovery!
I agree with your awards and I so look forward to the rest of them. I love the stare down between Sam & Dean in Appointment in Samarra (my favourite episode of this season BTW). And being from Canada, I loved all the little Canadian asides in The French Mistake, especially when Dean gives the hobo $50.00 and it's pink (gotta love the colour of our money)!
Thanks again for so much info on a great show.
Having said that I need to admit I love your awards but i have to agree with Tim on that Lassie statement. Never the less I am looking forward to the other parts just don't stress yourself over it.
This was a wonderful article and I agree with all your award winners. I think that Tim has a point, too. That AlphaVamp did make an excellent honorable mention as MOTW. I found him fascinating and scary!
I hope all is going well with you. Please take care of yourself.
Ruth
Yeah, I have to agree, the Alpha Vamp is a good call for honorable mention. I have tons more categories though, so he might still make the cut! The goal is not to repeat in the categories.
Hell ya Sam's hair is part of the awards! Always has been. Best appearance/Wors t appearance. Strangely, I'm having a hard time finding a worst appearance. It was a damn good year. Anyway, those categories will be in part two.
I agree with best teaser. I love when we start off a episode and have no idea what we missed. Why is Dean pulling up to this store, and what is Freddy Kruger going to do to him?
Best ending, agree with this one also. One minute Dean is having a nice conversation with Sam, and then he (and us) hear this loud bam
The un-retiring of the Impala, with the return of Dean's ringtone, what is there not to love.
I never liked the Charger and when it first got put into it's place by the Impala (with a little help from Dean), and then got crushed by Castiel, I couldn't have been happier.
Just a question: the Soulless One had puppy dog eyes????????
Soulless One deserved the beatdown that he got from Dean, especially now that we know what his problem was, but I also think that when he was shot by Sammy in TMWK2M, that may have been Sammy's payback for his brother.
Sorry, Alice, but THE HUG has to win. If Dean had touched Sammy's shoulder or his head when he left the panic room, then maybe it would have beaten out THE HUG.
I think honorable mention should go to a scene in 'Let it Bleed': when Dean walks into the room with two coffee mugs in hand, one for himself and one for his Sam, that small gesture spoke of how much the two of them are back as a unit. Maybe it is me, but that was almost as good as THE HUG.
Just for the record, I agree with Soulless One, I do not see Dean as a golf fan, Jensen maybe, not Dean.
Alice, glad to hear that you are feeling better. Take care of yourself. Do not rush back, we still have a lot of summer hellatus to get thru.
STOP THROWING TOMATOES!!
It's hard to watch that beat down, but I think it had to be done for many reasons---some I'm exploring in the essay that just won't seem to end on Soulless Sam.
I love the second hug for the brotherly moment. It was one of those cheer and little girl clap moments. I love how united they are and while this hug was that big moment for us as viewers that came over half way through the season, we felt like the boys were finally together again after the events of "Swan Song." But I almost love the moment that Dean puts that gun down by Sam more. He's fully trusting Sam will wake up and know what to do. If that's not true brotherly love I'd love to see someone tell me what is.
I actually rather liked Lucky myself. But then I had just gotten caught up on True Blood and kinda saw the whole episode as an homage more or less to Sam Merlotte on that show. Maybe that's just me. . .
I would definetely add for Crowley's lines the ''Exit stage Crowley'' xD Don't ask why! Just love how he talked about himself at the third person
I love your Award choices.
Can’t wait to see what else you have.
P.S Keeping my fingers crossed that your recovery is quick and you can go home soon.
Just kidding, I agree there should be a separation between the Soulless One's best/worst moments and the real Sam's moments.
I will throw no tomatoes at anyone b/c I do not want any thrown at me.
My personal picks:
1) The working out
2) Soulless Sam deceiving the ghouls in Caged Heat (badass)
3) Drinking tea in tiny cups with his enourmous (and sexy) hands in Clap.
I have others but I'm minority here so I better shup up while I'm in one piece.
Personally, I love that tea cup scene myself. It's as close as he ever got to having an innocent expression on his face.
I'd have to say I agree with you on your picks, but for some reason I just really love it when he tels that woman she puts too much glitter in her glue. Sure, it's rude as hell, but it's funny!
I actually loved the "Third kind already? You better run, man. I think the fourth kind is a butt thing."
It's funny as hell but it's also got a serious undercurrent that makes you think. That's what makes it work so well.
And yeah, I love that look on Soulless Sam's face when the hippie girl says "Look Sam, they brought your brother back!" That almost happy but twisted in a bizarre way makes me laugh every time.
There’s loads of things you can do with tomatos besides throw them, (not eat them raw, urgh. They’re like Satan’s testicles). You can whiz them up and make them into sauce for pizza, you can... ah, that’s about it really.
AndreaW, NancyL, you’re not alone in your admiration for Soulless Sam; such a complex character. My favorite moments of him are too numerous to mention but I've very fond memories of him. I'm delighted we got to meet him, to be honest!
Glad to know that I've got company regarding Soulless Sam. He's a bad boy, but a sexy one, huh? Like you, I've got my personal collection of delightful (to me) moments. So yes, I'll miss him.
He didn't have to lose his soul to become sexy.
For the record, I hate raw tomatoes. I like my tomatoes in sauce or as ketchup.
Would you not agree that Sammy was missed?
Love your awards and agree mostly with them.
I do think puppets and mannikins are creepy though (think of Chucky)
My most depressing ending was "Exile on Main Street" with Sam leaving Dean and seeming not to care too much. Geez! What's happening?
And I loved Lucky so that Lassie like ending was the saddest one for me.(So sue me, I love dogs)
Also I thank Kripke that I don't have to suffer all summer with the boys at odds. They are together better than ever and I hope they stay that way from now on.
Looking forward to the rest of the awards.
He crashed the Impala with the boys and Dad inside, at the end of season one (and we didn't even know if the show was renewed)
Season two gave us Sam returned from the dead, and Dean's deal.
Season three, never mind.
Season four, Lucifer rises, Sam and Dean in danger.
Season five, Dean is with Lisa (do not get me started) and Sam (with an unseen Castiel) is under the streetlamp.
So, I agree with you, this season didn't end that badly. Okay Castiel has gone completely power crazy, but as you say Sam and Dean are season one close.
Thank Chuck for small miracles.
Oh yes, the soulless one makes these lists several times. Who do you think takes the hair awards? There's another biggie too.