Supernatural 5x6"I Believe the Children Are Our Future" spoilerish

[Dorian Thompson]

Here's the promo from Canadian SPACE channel.

9 months

Looks to be pretty grim, but it doesn't start that way. I guess we have the whiplash in tone a la "Mystery Spot."

I Was Bored

 

[KeepOnTrekking]

Let's hope so! I loved "Mystery Spot"!! I used to joke around about that one with a fellow fan at my last job.
"How's it goin'?"
"It's feels like Tuesday again today. Wake me up already!!"

 

[Dorian Thompson]

Holy mother of God.

That. Was. Gross. I don't care if it was a big hairy guy in a ballet tu tu. The thought of it gives me the willies. Were those pliers?

 

[Dorian Thompson]

Well hairy palms and itching powder, I didn't expect that ending. It is rather a clever set up for a potential sixth season, though, to have this child running around. The kid was a good little actor. He brought the childlike innocence well.

I loved the tension between Castiel and Sam. I like it that he likes Dean but doesn't care for Sam.

 

[Thrall]

Well hairy palms and itching powder, I didn't expect that ending. It is rather a clever set up for a potential sixth season, though, to have this child running around. The kid was a good little actor. He brought the childlike innocence well.

I loved the tension between Castiel and Sam. I like it that he likes Dean but doesn't care for Sam.

Well, yeah. The whole Anti-Christ thing.

 

[Dorian Thompson]

Maybe Jesse wiped out the angels in the other time line. I wonder if the Trickster could dispose of Jesse. The kid's destined to go bad.

I can't wait until episode 10 when Mark Sheppard's Crowley is introduced. He's going to be the best demon this show ever introduced. I doubt Dean would put a whoopee cushion on his chair. How Misha Collins managed to keep a straight face is beyond me.

 

[Mr. Adventure]

I always hate the episodes where demons just pin Sam and Dean against the wall. At least, they never seem to be able to keep them from opening their mouths. It's just so deflating to watch.

And turning Castiel into a figurine.

 

[Dorian Thompson]

In all fairness, she did try to twist Dean's head off but Jesse compelled her to stop. And she was under orders not to kill Sam.

 

[Bad Atom]

^^^
Hey! Spoiler alert above!

Anyway, I'd give it a C+.

Definitely better than last week, but I really don't care for these standalone episodes that try to connect with the larger storyline in the end. It worked in the past, but there's an apocalypse going on and going back to "business as usual" doesn't cut it anymore. Even when the episodes are good (and this wasn't a bad one by any means) it feels like filler.

The whole anti-Christ thing felt shoehorned in and making the kid that powerful opened a huge can of worms. (Or a possible season-ending deus ex machina.)

Some great humorous moments though, and I don't know what it is with Jensen Ackles and kid actors but it always works.

Oh, and Castiel has still not learned the concept of personal space...

A couple of questions, though:

When did Dean have a babysitter? I always assumed he was taking care of himself (and Sam) by the age of five. I found that weird.

When will they start selling the Castiel action figures? I now know what to get my brother for Christmas...

 

[LeahBoBo]

I doubt Dean would put a whoopee cushion on his chair. How Misha Collins managed to keep a straight face is beyond me.

You're kidding, right? That's exactly the kind of thing Dean would do.


I love Misha. He is perfect for Castiel. He looked different last night, though. Haircut? Shave?

P.S. Please try to refrain from mentioning particulars about future episodes. I want to remain SPOILER FREE. Thanks!

 

[Checkmate]

You're kidding, right? That's exactly the kind of thing Dean would do.

My only character problem is that, after learning how and why the toys were acting the way they were, Dean didn't immediately head back to the store to score a pair of X-Ray Glasses. That would have made the hairy palm gag all the better.

 

[LeahBoBo]

The kid was a good little actor. He brought the childlike innocence well.

I totally agree. He had a great pair of eyes, too.

I loved the tension between Castiel and Sam. I like it that he likes Dean but doesn't care for Sam.

Well, Dean is Castiel's charge, too. I think Castiel has the potential to be at least tolerant of other humans who are close to Dean. Sam just has to earn Cass's trust, I guess. (Wonder if that will happen before or after Hell freezes over?)

 

[Dorian Thompson]

Definitely better than last week, but I really don't care for these standalone episodes that try to connect with the larger storyline in the end. It worked in the past, but there's an apocalypse going on and going back to "business as usual" doesn't cut it anymore. Even when the episodes are good (and this wasn't a bad one by any means) it feels like filler.

I prefer the mytharc eppies myself, but the larger fandom demands these stand alones. More stand alones with just Sam and Dean, blah blah blah. Don't ask me why. They whine about it constantly. We want a break from the apocalypse, blah blah blah. Myself, I think the arc improved the show tremendously and I can't wait to get back to Lucifer and other demons. As for Jesse, I seriously doubt they'd bring him in just to give everything a magic fix at the end of the season to kick Lucifer to the basement. If Sam and Dean don't have an active role, what would have been the point? That would be incredibly deflating.

If anything, I see the possibility of him in reserve for season six if there is a season six.....or as a last sort of five minute segment after Lucifer is defeated to show the audience that he's lurking in the wings (corrupted of course) and that the hunters will never really be done. That sort of thing.

 

[LeahBoBo]

Oh, and Castiel has still not learned the concept of personal space...

Cass can invade my personal space anytime.

When did Dean have a babysitter? I always assumed he was taking care of himself (and Sam) by the age of five. I found that weird.

I think Dean was just trying to get the kid to trust him.

When will they start selling the Castiel action figures? I now know what to get my brother for Christmas...

I really liked how the kid (was his name Jesse?) handled his power and the information the Winchesters gave him. Instead of destroying Cass, he just neutralized him. The action figure was great!

This was an okay episode. I give it a C.

 

[Othello]

Hmmm.. very mixed feelings on this episode. There was some really good stuff but given how powerful they made the kid it brings up lots of seriou plot holes and stuff that I really hope don't get ignored.

 

[Dorian Thompson]

Perhaps so, but what other show can boast a solemn, horrific pronouncement of the existence of the anti-Christ followed by an angel sitting on a fart cushion? And hacking off Paris Hilton's head with an axe? Only our little show. I told my sister about that and she didn't believe me. She actually went to the trouble of registering for itunes to see if it's true. I've hooked another one.

 

[Thrall]

My God. This show IS turning into Good Omens. Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchet should sue.

 

[Bad Atom]

Perhaps so, but what other show can boast a solemn, horrific pronouncement of the existence of the anti-Christ followed by an angel sitting on a fart cushion? And hacking off Paris Hilton's head with an axe? Only our little show. I told my sister about that and she didn't believe me. She actually went to the trouble of registering for itunes to see if it's true. I've hooked another one.

The show does have a rare gift for mixing high drama with slapstick humor.

 

[Dorian Thompson]

The look on Dean's face when Sam yelled at him not to use his razor was classic. Talk about mixing drama with slapstick humor. The next new eppy on the 29th of October will do that times ten.

That wonderful humor, and the rich characterization that makes you feel for these guys, really carries this show during those episodes where there are plot nitpicks IMO. Castiel calling Sam out about not making the right choices when everything was put on the table for him...so why would little Jesse....was terrific. Once upon a time Dean would have jumped in the middle of that and gone into automatic protection mode when someone outside the family got all over Sam. Not now. The look on his face was telling. This is a character who's undergone a great transition. I saw the pilot the other day, and that Dean was so much closer to the Brock Kelly version of high school age Dean than he was to the Dean character now. I think that's why it's so endearing that Dean can keep a childlike sense of humor after all the trauma he's endured.

 

[3D Master]

Maybe Jesse wiped out the angels in the other time line. I wonder if the Trickster could dispose of Jesse. The kid's destined to go bad.

Here's a theory: the Pagan Trickster God IS God.

Think about it. You have a universe with a couple of hundred billion stars, with hundreds of billions of planets and moons, in a galaxy, with more galaxies in a universe than there are planets and moons in a galaxy; and that's not even counting other dimensions, and alternate timelines, and completely different universes or even multiverses...

And the devil, demons and angels think it matters, or it can somehow piss off the creator of all that, if they fight over one measly insignificant little ball of iron and rock - one tiny dot so small, a grain of sand on a beach is more significant to that beach than that one little planet is to this universe.

Is that not the ultimate trick? The ultimate prank? The ultimate joke a trickster god could play upon his subjects the angels? The ultimate test to everyone here; can you see beyond this petty little rock.