Once again, there were things I liked about this episode, and things I really didn’t. So instead of recapping chronologically, I’ll talk about the good stuff up front, and give fair warning if you want to bail before we get to the parts that have my knickers in a twist.
Lots of action, some good character development, and no one making easily preventable mistakes. This episode was a win!
The Morning After Maybe you can help me figure something out about Walker. After watching 11 episodes, I’m still trying to decide if they are writing down to the audience, purposely creating a show that we’re supposed to superficially enjoy and not examine closely; or if they are intentionally making plots that require us to…
There was a lot to like about this week’s episode, and some things that made me go ‘hmm’. All the mini-hiatuses make it hard to keep the flow. I know they’re a necessary concession to the current pandemic situation, and I’m sure the cast/crew would prefer not to have the interruptions either. But they do…
Editor’s Note: It is with great sadness that we learned this week of the passing of Charles Beeson. Charles directed 14 Supernatural episodes, beginning with “Playthings” and ending 13 years later with season 15’s, “The Gamblers”. Charles made an unmistakable imprint on Supernatural, as noted in Alice’s review below. Her commentary was written earlier in April,…
I’m going to structure this week’s review a little differently. That’s because there was some of it I really liked….and some not so much. Instead of going through the episode chronologically, I’m going to put all the stuff I liked at the top, and the stuff that made me twitchy at the bottom, with a…
Cordell and Emily walk silently into the night, side by side. Tears well up in their eyes, sharing together for the first time the secret that Emily’s killer is still walking free. Fade to black, with the audience feeling the weight of their emotions. Fade in on a flashback of Cordell visibly upset, waiting to…
There were so many secrets, lies, and people making choices for others ‘for their own good’ that it almost felt like an episode of Supernatural. No one is having the hard conversations necessary to heal. Withholding information to retain a feeling of control seemed to be a theme, which of course just created more problems.
Despite the name of Walker’s 8th episode, “Fine is a Four Letter Word”, the more obvious theme was secrets, and the lies people tell to protect secrets. The tornado that ripped through Austin was an apt metaphor for the swirling lies that ripped apart everyone’s lives without much warning. Confusion, destruction and pain were the inevitable…
Well, the cat is out of the bag now. Dean finally fessed up and told John’s secret to Sam. What do you know, things ended up getting interesting. Now I feel like we’re getting some momentum in this mytharc. “Hunted” is something I really needed at this point in season two. It was a chance…
Secrets and lies seem to be at the heart of this episode, and nothing is as it seems. Last week and this week the series’ potential felt like it gelled and instead of a scattered bunch of random people and pieces, connections were made—some good, some not so much. This episode had lots of action,…
“Croatoan” has always been an odd duck for me. The theme of this episode is “important for later.” This was a setup episode, one clearly designed to push events into motion for the next installment, “Hunted,” and beyond. Real action was sacrificed for a character story, namely Sam and Dean, and in reality, Dean. His…
