TV Reaction: the_other_sandy Said It Better (SPN FINALE)

[mrwubbles]

Okay, I don't normally have spoilers, but in case you haven't seen Supernatural's finale yet, I'm putting everything in a cut.


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Okay, so basically I'm speechless. Acting was good, excellent. There were nice brotherly moments. Heck, there were nice brotherly moments sprinkled throughout the season that hearkened back to what I had originally liked of the show in the first place. Buuuuut...



Seriously, I have nothing more to say than that.

I'm numb. I'm reeling. I liked it (sort of) for the sake it was Supernatural but sadly, I'm also pretty eff-ing disappointed. (pardon my french) I feel like we've gone so far off the path of family that while family was supposedly the saving grace of the big mythos of the big A, the conclusion wasn't close enough to family and more 'throw the sacrificial lamb into the volcano' for me. In the end, the two brothers are not walking off (or dying) into the sunset together. And that kinda bums me out but I am comforted by the fact we have a season six and Sera Gamble to FIX THIS.

the_other_sandy explains the gut reaction way better than me, like some fricking mind-reader. Was I Obi-waned? No. But if she could used those powers for good and pull all the plot bunnies out of my head, I might get more fic finished. LOL.

( Review aka Holy Mind Reader, Batman )

Note: I know, I'm not the popular opinion. I was getting LJ posts during real time watching the finale on how it was the 'best episode ever' and got burned when I was stupid enough to say "eh, it was all right". I really wish I can get on that bandwagon, but I can't. Sorry. Sandy the mind reader eloquently explains why. -points to above link-

Comments

[gategrrl.livejournal.com]

I wasn't superwowed, either, and it was pretty obvious, from what I saw of the season (I didn't see all the episodes) what Kripke was originally going for as a series finale ender. Don't know if you read my review/reaction, but it's pretty much where you are.

[mrwubbles.livejournal.com]

Same here. Whereas even last year, I was watching every episode as it airs. This season's been tivoed and viewed in chunks. It felt like I'd been watching a different show from the one I had fell in love with.

I am hopeful for 6 with Sera in charge. She'd always been pro-bros.

-fingers crossed-

[khek.livejournal.com]

I have to watch it again, because I've still only watched it once.

I kept thinking it was going to work. That the boys were going to pull it off, and somehow end up together. (To be honest, I thought they might both end up in hell, which may have been the way it would have worked if there hadn't been a season six.)

I can understand why Sam wanted Dean to promise to try to have a life after his...departure, and why he didn't want the cycle of sacrifice to continue. What I didn't understand was why he thought Dean would be happy going back to Lisa, a woman he knew eleven years ago for a weekend, and for a couple days two years ago. They're complete strangers!

It would have made more sense if Sam had asked Dean to complete a mission. Open an orphanage for kids whose parents were killed by monsters, for example. Something like that would be more Dean-like, to my mind. I think Dean would find love if he settled down, it seems silly to have created this "instant family" for him. (To be honest, I wondered if Lisa was even real. She's conveniently still there, still waiting, still single) when he needs her. Shades of Chuck!

And poor Sam. Yes, he's out of hell, but to leave him standing outside, in the dark, looking in on the "happy family"? That's cold. If Chuck were serious about leaving the boys happy, he could have at least left him at the door, with the doorbell ringing! I'm disappointed.

I really hope that they fix this first thing in the first episode. Do I think Dean would pick Lisa and Ben over Sam if he had the choice? Not for a single second. Does Sam? Not if he's thinking straight. Do I fear that one of the writers won't see it this way? Unfortunately, yes.

I hope I'm wrong though. I want to watch two brothers, together. Saving people, hunting things. Forever and ever, amen. :)

[mrwubbles.livejournal.com]

I hope I'm wrong though. I want to watch two brothers, together. Saving people, hunting things. Forever and ever, amen. :)

Well, I need say not more. You echoed exactly how I feel! :)