" ... and look what happened," Dean Winchester, Sympathy for the Devil.
There has been a lot of talk about my life and most of it was my deeper, more serious thoughts. So I figured that I might as well discuss lighter topics. Therefore, it is only right that I discuss my favourite obsession: Supernatural. Oh yes, this show has my heart, soul and everything in between and I have a strong feeling that it will always be a part of me. It's got a pretty good grip on my being and it is essential to my sanity. So, you can imagine my complete and utter undiluted horror when I realised that I would not be able to see season five, because I am at university.
Let's have a quick run down of why it sucks to be in England, with regard to TV:
- You need to have a TV license to buy, and own, a TV
- You need a TV license to watch TV
- You need to pay for cable (Sky, Virgin Media etc) in order to get all those juicy channels that showcase America's best.
- I have none of the above therefore,
- NO SUPERNATURAL FOR ME IN FEBRUARY!
Yes, it sucks to be English. Or it sucks to be a poor English student. I mean, I already have to wait four extra months to get to watch season five, because the USA gets it before England, so to take away my joyous right in many different ways is just cruel. How am I supposed to get my weekly fix of Jensen Ackles and brotherly angst? Not to mention the angelic delights that Castiel offers up ... mmm, yummy. Okay, visual drooling over, back to the seriousness of the situation Everything I outlined would be okay, if only ITV 2 had kept their Supernatural rights, because ...
ITV 2 HAS A CATCH-UP PLAYER ON THE INTERNET.
Next catch ... ITV 2 did not pay up for Supernatural, deciding to let it's best show go to LIVING TV, which does not have catch-up player. So there we have it. The reasons why I cannot get to watch season five. But despair not, amigos, for I have seen the first episode of season five of Supernatural, the reason for this post. How, I hear you say, for it is not yet showing in the UK. Well, I reply, listen to my tale.
Okay, I won't go into the boring messy details but I have managed to secure myself a viewing of the first episode of the next Supernatural season, "Sympathy for the Devil". Lucky me. Ah, very lucky me. I squealed when I watched it. Without giving too much away, I thought it was a fantastic opening to the season, especially if it is the last ... aw, sad faces all round.
"Sympathy for the Devil" (5.01) :
*CONTAINS SPOILERS*
The highly anticipated (at least in my world) opening episode to the highly anticipated (very much so) next season of Supernatural. All in all, highly anticipated, several times over. And I have to say, it was worth the very long, but not as long as it would have been, wait to see it. Supernatural is back, and I couldn't be more thrilled.
The beginning of the episode was slow, and it dragged in certain places, as the brother's try to figure out how they escaped from Lucifer's chamber. I felt that they could have made it a little more interesting, by making it fast paced. I also disapproved of the introduction of one new character. If you've seen it, you should know who he/she is, if you haven't, you will. Anyway, said new character does not exist to me, as his/her place was not needed and is causing Supernatural to blur lines that do not need to be blurred.
Another great point of this episode is the dealing of Sam's betrayal. Of course, this episode picks up straight after the end of season four, where Sam and Dean had a massive fight, and were pushed apart by Zachariah's doing. Neither of them have had time to adjust or apologise after that fight, and they definitely haven't had time to deal with Ruby's lies and Sam's willingness to believe or the obvious betrayal of Sam to Dean. So it was interesting watching their relationship play out, watching how Dean tried so hard to be normal and treat Sam the same, even though he was hurting underneath it all.
The scene with Bobby and Sam's reunion tore me to shreds. It was clear that Sam was looking to pick a fight with someone, wanted to be screamed at and told of all the wrong he had done, and he wasn't finding that with Dean who was trying to be calm and controlled, a first for the hot-headed older Winchester. Sam's feelings of looking for a fight were made clearer still, when he told Bobby of what he did. He wanted to be punched, just a little, so he could feel satisfied. Yes, it hurt when Bobby told Sam to "lose" his number.
The kick ass action at the end of the episode was so Supernatural, so old school, I squealed with delight. I loved everything, from the fights with the demons, to the fights with the angels and seeing Dean finally stand up for himself made me nearly burst with pride. Of course, there were times when he was bullshitting, but you could see why he was doing it and he reminded me of his father, trying to keep everyone else calm and safe, whilst figuring a way out of the mess they are in. Sam, on the other hand, is heading down a self-depreciating road, one similar to the one Dean trod in season four.
Ah, the ending. My favourite part, because I love me some Winchester angst. I just knew I was going to get riled, because the episode was down to its last four minutes so there was going to be a cliffy, emotionally. When Dean told Sam that he couldn't trust him anymore, seeing Sam's face crumple killed me. It really did. Just the way, one minute he was taking the hits, calm mask on, the next it was gone, a hurt despair settling in. And the way that Dean was hurting too, saying his blasphemous lies out loud, the way he didn't want to hurt Sam, but had to.
Perfect ending to a perfect opening.
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