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Mittens rewatches Supernatural for the 6548746th time, and is tired of typing about it. Henceforth, I'll be yelling all my meta about it in this space...
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Episode 155 - 8.06 Southern Comfort
Garth! That's really all we need to know to enjoy this one, right? Good!
LINKS!
The Superwiki page
My tag
My rewatch notes from July 2019
A bit of Set Dec Appreciation via the Angry Pig sign
Rewatch notes from May 2017 (i.e. garth is Doing His Best and you can too!)
Amy Pond vs Benny (more tied into 8.09 than here, but also tangentially relevant)
We have call sheets and script sides!
You can read my notes for this one here on AO3
And I will say here very briefly, there will be a change to the format coming up in a couple weeks, more on that soon!
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Episode 154 - 8.05 Blood Brother
no, really, how does benny know how this portal works? how is he the only being in the universe that seems to know about it, and exactly how it works? how does he know it’s only for humans to pass through? why does cas so easily believe it’s truly only for humans to pass through? i have always believed that it’s because it suits their respective agendas to believe that, whether it was the truth or not. In this essay I will…
Okay, that's just one of my usual questions around the beginning of season 8, and I will continue to ask them! But there's plenty of other things to wonder about in this episode, like how did Sam end up spending an entire year with Amelia... mysteries we will never really understand, I suppose. But at least we do get some insight into just why Dean trusts Benny so much. All this and more! including Dean's exasperation with Sam, Sam's exasperation with Dean, and interesting new facts about vampires!
LINKS!
The Superwiki page
My tag
My rewatch notes from November 11, 2020
My rewatch notes from January 2018
Some Destiel for you (i swear, completely relevant to this episode, but still important)
Plus, this week's notes are on ao3 right here.
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Episode 153 - 8.04 Bitten
I forgot to mention the cut scene on the dvd for this one, or maybe I just blanked it out of my mind, but Sam tries to call someone from a phone booth and then hangs up. When she calls back, he hangs up again. After Sam and Dean leave, Kate runs over, calls the last number dialed, and gets Dr. Amelia Richardson, veterinarian, who is very confused about Kate asking if she consults for the FBI.
I think the only thing this tells us is that Sam is having conflicted feelings about having left her, even despite the circumstances we’ll learn about in a few weeks. But I can see why this scene was cut for time. This episode is already jam packed, even if this likely would’ve helped make Amelia feel like less of an imaginary character.
But there are many scenes that did air, so let’s talk about those.
LINKS!
The Superwiki page
My Tag
A short essay on What Makes a Monster, and why I love this episode
The feminist lens of Bitten (written while s8 was still airing)
Lizbob’s excellent thoughts on the character of Kate
my notes for this episode are right here on ao3
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Episode 152 - 8.03 Heartache
why is dean always the target of heartache, heartbreak, heart attacks, and other various and sundry attempts to stab, poke, crush, fold, spindle, mutilate and impale his heart? it is a mystery! but we're gonna wail about it for a bit today...
LINKS!
The Superwiki page
My tag
oh look a destiel mirror
down the bunny hole…
My tag for this one is short, but it’s almost entirely about the heart imagery in the series that gets pinned to Dean. I kind of regret pushing that so hard for so long, considering what happened in 15.20, but >.>
The notes for this episode are on AO3 right here
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Episode 151 - 8.02 What's Up, Tiger Mommy?
We all remember the origin of the tagline, “the destiels will never have that now,” right? When Sam hugs Cas in 9.11, folks cheered that Cas hugged Sam before he hugged Dean, as proof that Dean doesn’t like Cas or some nonsense. And then everyone else just laughed at them, because the destiels had already had the destiel reunion hug in this episode for like a year and a half. So we decided we will also have THIS now!
I swear this episode is about a lot of other stuff, too. We can have it all now!
Including some LINKS!
The Superwiki page
My tag
Lizbob’s Dean and Cas are In Love series, revived for one last ride… (part 1) (part 2) (part 3) (part 4) (part 5) And now that all of those are posted, we’re on our own for the destiel insight. But trust us, it’s there all over the place :’)
And once again, the notes for this week's episode are on AO3.
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Episode 150 - 8.01 We Need to Talk About Kevin
Welcome to Carver Era! Sam hit a dog, and Dean spent a year in Purgatory. Wait, where's Cas, and why is Dean resurrecting and then hugging a vampire?Now you're all caught up! Kinda... :'D
Sometimes I think we need to talk about Kevin so we won't have to talk about any of THAT ^^ yet. But since we're here to talk about all of it, that's what we're gonna do. :)
LINKS!
The Superwiki page
My tag
A post on how I understand the purgatory portal to work
Lizbob’s Dean and Cas are In Love series (part 1) (part 2) (part 3) (part 4)
Why Dean’s so pissed Sam didn’t try to look for him
Vending Machine Meta
This week's notes on AO3
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Episode 149 - 7.23 Survival of the Fittest
As we bid farewell to the Gamble Era and usher in Carver era, Kevin goes from having leviathan troubles to demon troubles, Cas chooses to take responsibility for himself and he and Dean are destined for Purgatory, and poor Sam is left standing all alone in the aftermath... at least the leviathans are effectively washed from the earth...
Gosh that makes it sound like not much of import happens in this one. I'm really underselling it here, so instead let's just jump to...
LINKS!
The Superwiki page
my tag (there is A LOT of good meta posts in the tag for this one, but not so many that it’s overwhelming. Probably a good week to spend half an hour reading :)
lizbob’s dean and cas are in love series (part 1) (part 2) (part 3)
link to my notes for this episode on ao3
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Episode 148 - 7.22 There Will Be Blood
I just realized how threatening the subheading on that graphic looks... I am not actually out for blood over Dabb's nonsense car things... >.>
For those unfamiliar with our longstanding feud with Andrew Dabb over car and driving continuity issues, there’s some pretty glaring examples in this episode. Obviously the Supernatural Universe is not OUR universe, they have cities we don’t and vice versa, you know, like their Lebanon, Kansas is a thriving small town on the show and barely exists enough to mark on a map here, as just one example.
But Hoople, North Dakota to Missoula, Montana is not a 7 hour drive. It’s nearly 15 hours on a good day, on the highway. If that wasn’t enough, they doubled down on looking for somewhere within a 300 mile radius of Hoople. And Missoula is over 900 miles away. So either take this as your occasional reminder that the Supernatural universe is not our universe, and it’s kinda silly to make these sorts of comparisons because of that, or use it to fuel your personal vendetta against Mr. Dabb for not apparently knowing how to read a map.
We’ve reached the penultimate episode of season seven though, and we’re finally almost free of Gamble Era! Everything is coming together now, including a weapon they’re hoping will finally be able to kill the Leviathan, so we get a lot of plot to plow through.
LINKS!
The Superwiki page
My Tag
My rewatch notes from July 2019
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Episode 147 - 7.21 Reading is Fundamental
KEVIN! This poor kid... just add him to the list of Terrible Things Chuck Did.
We have a Leviathan Tablet and a new prophet to read it, which wakes Cas into a state of abject denial and depression of what he did, brings the angels back into play, and sets Sam and Dean on a big scavenger hunt for parts for a weapon powerful enough to end the leviathans.
Also, bees.
I think that about sums it up... oh and there's a lot of suffering of the personal emotional kind for everyone! Wheeee! Thanks, Ben Edlund!
LINKS!
The Superwiki page
My tag
Chuck is a real jerk
A reminder of why I don’t give too much credence to heaven/angel hierarchy
Rewatch notes and general yelling from October 2019
Thoughts on bees and honey on a very very old post
Cas and games and bees by ladyofthesilent
A more recent post by ilarual about the bees and guilt
A post from s13 that covers how I see the tablets and their power
Rewatch notes from January 2018 (focusing on the thread of being sorry and playing sorry connecting back to 4.22)
Lizbob’s Dean and Cas are In Love series (part 1) (part 2) (part 3) (part 4)
Also, reminder that all my notes are on ao3 now! this week's notes can be found right here.
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Episode 146 - 7.20 The Girl with the Dungeons and Dragons Tattoo
CHARLIE!
That's all I need to say, right? Oh, we also get the plot set in place for the rest of the season, with the awesome heist they pull on Dick's Brick. Dean gets to be both a lil geeky AND a lil queer. And Bobby goes terrifyingly close to vengeful. So much happening, and we're at least now pointing directly toward the season finale, so borax ahoy!
LINKS!
The Superwiki page
My tag
scene analysis of the flirting split screen
my rewatch notes from July 2019
an interesting discussion of queer subtext
more on the flirting scene
dean vs harry potter (he’s so right)
the origin of my dean is bi tag
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Episode 145 - 7.19 Of Grave Importance
It's another one of those episodes I always used to forget existed until it came back around on the loop again. Yeah, we get some weird Bucklemming-flavored ghost lore, but it proves at least interesting in context with Bobby's ghost. Because we also finally get to see Bobby's ghost again, right along with Sam and Dean, with the reminder of the mytharc happening elsewhere feels like a throaway line in this episode.
But this one is worth watching, and we can find enjoyment, especially in meeting the hunter Annie, and reuniting with Bobby. Because after this week we'll run headlong into a cascade of mytharc leading up to the season finale. We can enjoy one last little deviation from that plot.
LINKS!
The Superwiki page
My tag
Also, I've finally started importing all my past scripts into Ao3, in case anyone is interested in reading them. Partial notes/intro scripts begin with 3.13 Ghostfacers, and full scripts begin with Chapter 82, Episode 138 - 7.12 Time After Time. I'll be adding scripts weekly when podcast episodes drop, since now that I write them out in full, they might actually be interesting to read. Maybe. If you're really super nerdy about this show like I am. :'D
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Episode 144 - 7.18 Party On, Garth!
We officially have a Gross of SpnGeorg! wheee!
I sincerely appreciate Garth as a person, and as a friend to Sam and Dean. If anyone could've made them feel even a little bit better about the universe after last week, it was Mr. Fizzles Garth.
I also appreciate the expansion of the supernatural universe, especially through the medium of Beer Brands. We talk about beer in Supernatural having meta relevance (think El Sol, Kingdom, and Schultz, for starters), so the genesis of an entirely new category of beer brands (the trendy independent brewery that makes beers that dean ends up enjoying unironically) is fascinating to me personally. I love anything that expands the spn universe like this!
Also filed under things I love about this episode: Dean gets to be the sober one, and for once in his life, it works against him, especially after a season where his excessive and growing alcohol intake had been a lowkey running theme.
LINKS!
The Superwiki page
My tag
My rewatch notes from July 2019
A liveblog chat with Lizbob from July 2017
A Tidy Metaphor for Performing Dean, and Sam’s recurring inability to really understand his brother
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Episode 143 - 7.17 The Born-Again Identity
Do I need to introduce this one? Really? We're all here for the return of Cas, and a massive turning point in the structure and narrative of the series. There's just so much good here, even if Cas gets shoved back in a box at the end of the episode. At least he's ~there~ again.
So much changes after this point, but first and foremost, Dean reclaims just a tiny shred of hope. And in season seven, that's huge.
LINKS!
The Superwiki page (in addition to all the usual great stuff, scroll to the bottom for LOTS of links to PR
My tag (far more robust than most other s7 episodes lolol)
The Studio and Network Draft script
thevioletcaptain’s post about DaphnE AlleN
My rewatch notes from October 2019
Lizbob’s Dean and Cas are In Love series (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5)
Shipper Zero discusses the song choice of Turn Into Earth
Aah, shipper Zero again…
A long collaborative post about Daphne
there’s so much more in my tag, though, so please if you have an hour to kill, think about scrolling through :)
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#spn 7.17#spn podcasts#spiders georg of the tnt loop#i came dramatically close to subtitling this one 'hope is the thing with feathers' lolol
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Episode 142 - 7.16 Out With the Old
Yes, things locked in boxes unwittingly released to wreak havoc and ruin lives. Again. Still kinda shocked at how many times Sam and Dean still attempt to lock things up to solve their problems after all the escaped things they've had to round up and deal with over the years.
We also get a lot of innuendo and queercoding for Dean, and Sam's decompensating fast now that that he can't stuff his hallucinations back in their box with the scar button on his hand. We also finally begin to learn some of what the Leviathans have been planning. And while they may be practically invincible and invulnerable, they're also apparently largely... not all that competent as a whole.
Okay, I think I'm pas de done for now, so let's have some LINKS!
The Superwiki page
My tag
And I guess that’s all for this week, which is probably for the best. Next week is gonna be A Lot.
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Episode 141 - 7.15 Repo Man
Does this make Dean the dog again? Also, a very good reminder that antipossession symbol tattoos are a thing in this universe, and maybe it would've been a good thing for them to have shared with a heck of a lot more people than they did, you know?
Also, some very interesting parallels through the MotW, a guy who went to extraordinary measures to bring back the demon (angel?) because he was in love with him. Two episodes before Cas comes back...
LINKS!
The Superwiki page (including links to minutiae and trivia about the episode, transcripts, promo clips, etc. as usual… I stopped adding all those things separately a while back, so every once in a while I like to remind folks how much interesting info is on the Superwiki page for every episode!)
My tag
Lizbob’s Dean and Cas are In Love series
A life well-lived comes from the structured pursuit of meaningful happiness. (rewatch notes from January 2018)
My rewatch notes from May 2017
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Episode 140 - 7,14 Plucky Pennywhistle's Magical Menagerie
I love this episode. After half a season of beating on Dean emotionally, while all of Sam's crazy fit under the Hallucifer umbrella he could control with the button on his hand, Sam finally gets some horror from the outside.
From clowns.
I mean, Dean has to face some baggage from his childhood, as well, but it's not as dramatic as Sam getting pounded on by maniac clowns. Plus we get an actual (magically created, anyway) unicorn!
This whole episode just feels like a reprieve from their otherwise unrelenting series of losses, and we really needed the break right about now...
LINKS!
The Superwiki Page
My Tag
My Rewatch Notes from July 2019
Lizbob’s notes on Sam and Dean characterization that use this episode as one example
My fic Dean’s Days Off (14k, fluff, destiel) exploring what I always felt Dean was up to when he dumped Sam off at places like Plucky’s for a few hours
More Dean Posting
Even More Dean Posting
My rewatch notes from March 2016
Lizbob’s rewatch notes (long, but worth the read, because we might be the two largest appreciators of this episode in the world lol)
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Episode 139 - 7.13 The Slice Girls
Oh, bucklemming with their fast-growing monster babies... only they foisted this one off on Dean. To me, this one has always felt like a ham-fisted attempt to balance out the Amy Pond storyline from earlier this season, that just makes it all the more unbalanced.
Sam might think the scales are balanced now, but mostly because he's not exactly in touch with reality himself here... or at the very least not seeing Dean clearly. This is the part of s7 where the writers seemed to forget Sam was constantly hallucifering all over the place, but that makes a hell of a lot more sense when we do remember that while watching.
LINKS!
The Superwiki Page
My tag (only two pages of posts!)
The People’s Choice Pantsless Promo video
My rewatch notes from July 2019 (mostly about Sam and Dean and their main conflict throughout s6 and s7, really… and Sam’s dependence on his Magic Anti-Hallucination Button to the exclusion of actually perceiving reality unless it fits with his personal understanding of it. Plus, proof there can be good stuff even in egregious bucklemming episodes… Seriously, if you only click one link here, make it this one.)
My Complaint™ about the handprint disappearing
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