Far Away Eyes’ Deeper Look: Supernatural 11.06 “Our Little World”
The imagery of constraint plays heavily into the story of “Our Little World.” Chains, jail cells, handcuffs, and a cage visually cue us.
The imagery of constraint plays heavily into the story of “Our Little World.” Chains, jail cells, handcuffs, and a cage visually cue us.
Threads 11.05: “Could the Darkness be God’s equal, i.e. the Mother of the Universe?” WOW! In tracking and discussing episodic clues all season, we were SO CLOSE to the big reveal! “Our Little World” didn’t include just one huge revelation, though, there were several! One after another. Answers, myth arc conclusions, surprises. The hits just…
I’m smiling right now. Oh sure, “Our Little World” was a good episode, but that’s not the reason. Its episode six into this eleventh season and except for the notorious episode 3, this season has been amazingly awesome. And it’s all due to the one thing that I’ve been picking apart in my reviews since…
Tonight’s episode, penned by Bob Berens and directed by John Showalter, focuses on several threads of the current season. The episode opens with a conversation between two girls on a porch and then Lolita, I mean Amara, shows up and soulgorges on student athlete number two. Older, still Lolita age, Amara goes back to Crowley’s…
Welcome to “Memorable Moments”. Each week I will visually recap what I felt were the best and most memorable moments from that episode. The list may vary from week to week, depending on what has transpired in that particular episode.
WEDNESDAY’S WATCHING “Thin Lizzie” 11.05 Writer: Nancy Won Director: Rashaad Ernesto Green Airdate: 04.11.15 BY WEDNESDAY What did I watch? And what did the Tumblrs see? THEMES There was some abusive parenting in this episode starting with Lizzie Borden’s axe murder of her father and step mother. Len believed the Uncle, their original mother’s brother,…
On it’s surface, Thin Lizzie is a standard episode of Supernatural. A pretty good one, granted, with decent quips, a not too bad urban legend tossed in for kicks and some general investigation of the supernatural variety. But as we scratch a little deeper – this is where it gets a bit interesting, especially when…
“People react differently to loss.” Within the construct of “Thin Lizzie,” this statement has more earth shattering meaning than grief—it has cosmic shades of meaning that become all too clear.
What is happening to Supernatural?? When did my horror show turn into a horror show?? For the second time in only 5 episodes, I was actually scared to the point of squirming in my chair and closing my eyes!
The fifth episode of season 11, written by new writer Nancy Won, is titled “Thin Lizzie” and focuses on the case of a seeming haunting by Lizzie Borden that quickly turns into a myth episode about the power of Amara. The episode begins in a bed and breakfast with a young couple and there…
WEDNESDAY’S WATCHING “The Bad Seed” 11.03 Airdate: October 21, 2015 Writers: Brad Buckner, Eugenie Ross-Leming Director of Photography Serge Ladouceur Director: Jensen Ackles BY WEDNESDAY What did I see? Can Action!Ackles direct? ACTION!ACKLES Use of COLOUR “Sowing Seeds of Doubt” Crowley considers the possibility that the world is not BLACK and WHITE. Good and evil….
Welcome to “Memorable Moments”. Each week I will visually recap what I felt were the best and most memorable moments from that episode. The list may vary from week to week, depending on what has transpired in that particular episode. Side note: When I first heard that this episode was going to be from the…