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Tired of Glee hijacking 75 percent of Ask Ausiello week in and week out? Or are you peeved that it’s not 100 percent? Well, I figured out how to make everyone happy… at least this week.
Feast your eyes on this, a special edition of AA that focuses exclusively on Glee — or more specifically, on next week’s standout episode, “Asian F,” of which I have seen (and adored). But how about we start off with a massive spoiler about an episode a little further down the road…
To Read the Spoilers click this link
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He's back - and I went back to him to get the dish. Check out my new interview with Devon Sawa before his return to Nikita, which airs tonight at 8 PM ET/PT. There are minor spoilers.
Stay tuned tonight for my recap and review of "Falling Ash," including all the Owen goodness.
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Archer's three-part story is over, and you can check out my thoughts on "Heart of Archness, Part 3." What did you think of the three-parter?
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia - Episode 7.03 - Frank Reynolds' Little Beauties - Advance Review
"OH...STRANGE MAN...T**** BAR...A GREAT INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY...BEAUTY PAGEANT!"
Nothing's more inspiring than finding awful things that we Americans do and then twisting them around to be the patriotic! The more Frank tried to look less creepy, the more he looked like some kind of psychopath. I love the whole part where these women leave their children in a bar with these sociopaths! Nothing like snarky little brats filling a bar while an obese man sucks down pizza and wheezes to himself tragically.
So who's participating in this pageant? A snippy little "star," a yankee doodle dandy boy, a random prostitute's handling the soundboard, and there's a delusional mortician lurking around with a dry mouth... So, there's that. Meanwhile, the true story is how the gang does their very best to take the children out of the equation and make the entire show all about themselves! So it's pretty much exactly what they're always up to!
Meanwhile, Frank just becomes increasingly disturbing to behold, as he repeats to the crowd how "legitimate" his "kid show" is... Sweet Dee airs out her mommy issues in a crass performance, but they still manage to save the most uncomfortably funny parts for the end!
Stick around for the big twist at the end as well!
WATCH IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA, TONIGHT @10PM ON FX!
"I'M NOT GONNA DIDDLE YOUR KIDS!"
I give this episode THREE OUT OF FIVE TINY TIARAS.
Check out my review of the season premiere of Luther, starring Emmy nominee Idris Elba. How many other people were surprised by the last few seconds?
Survivor South Pacific, Episode 3 Recap: “Maybe He’s Trying To Cover His Tracks Before He Makes Them”
Here is Sean Furfaro's recap of Survivor South Pacific, Episode 3.
My Random Thoughts:
- This week’s Night Vision recap starts at Redemption (Non) Island where Semhar doesn’t like being woken up, and groggily talks to Christine about what happened at Upolu, while clearly being disinterested in anything but sleeping. Christine vented about Coach, at one point calling him King Farouk, which seems like a horrible name for a Dragon Slayer.
- At Upolu, Mikayla was shocked at finding out she was the target of Brandon’s attack, and was talking to Coach about it when Brandon walked up and inserted himself in the conversation. How on earth does Brandon expect us to believe that he wants to avoid Mikayla when all he does is seek her out and try to be near her at every opportunity?
- At the Redemption (Non) Island Duel, Coach, Stacey, Ozzy, and Elyse all got to watch Christine take on Semhar for a chance to stay in the game. Did you notice that Semhar always looks unhappy? Of course, she’s the tortured artist. When Jeff asked her what Redemption Island was like, I wrote in my notes that I was surprised she didn’t answer him with a poem.
No sooner had I written that, then she started reciting a poem to herself to pysch herself up for the Duel. The best part of that whole segment was watching the reaction of Jeff and the other contestants as she rambled about some other love, and at one point said “I would give birth to 10 of his children without using drugs to ease the pain.”
Semhar was obviously more focused on the thought of double-digit offspring with some unseen partner instead of trying to balance her mini-totem, and predictably lost the Duel, nearly getting nailed in the head with the totem in the process.
Turn on the drama from Semhar, who then went on about her Tribemates being cruel for voting her out and feeling like she was abandoned. What the hell? Then, before she left, she handed her sweater to Christine and told her that she loved her. The previous night, they were asking each other’s name, and now Semhar “loves” her…after just a few hours together, most of which were likely spent sleeping? I predict a poem will be written at some point in the future about how her “best friend in the world” let her leave the South Pacific while she stayed behind selfishly.
He then decided that excessive honesty was the way to deal with his past dishonesty, so he took off his shirt, and revealed the ink he had been hiding, owning up to his family name. His logic: “I’d rather make friends out here than the million dollars.” Quite a left turn from last week’s statement: "Ain’t no chick in this world gettin’ in the way of me, my family, and a million dollars.”
So, aside from my earlier assessment that it is a Hantz family trait not to be able to keep your mouth shut (proven by this tattoo reveal), but now I’m realizing that being Bi-Polar might be an issue as well.
Somewhere at home, Russell Hantz threw something at his television.
- After the Hantz reveal, Stacey chose to speak only in clichés, saying , “water’s up under the bridge” and “can’t judge a book by its cover.” I’m sure CBS just edited out when she was talking about not counting her chickens before they’re hatched, not putting all of her eggs in one basket, and calling a spade a spade.
- At Savaii, Papa Bear talked of a pecking order at camp (Damn you and your foreshadowing!), which was a pretty astute observation. Ozzy told Keith about having the Idol, showing that he wants to trust Keith in the way that Rob couldn’t trust Grant last season. Keith immediately told Whitney, showing that Ozzy is an idiot, and said that the reason was to build trust with her. Personally, I think the reason was “I want the pretty girl to like me and swing me when I’m in the hammock.”
- She then went right at Brandon and asked why he had targeted her. Brandon said it was just because he didn’t like her and made up an excuse that he was still trying to apologize to her. Newsflash, Mr. Honesty, by not telling her the real reason you are threatened by her, you’re still lying!
Brandon then called a Tribe meeting where he accused Mikayla of verbally attacking him, and that no one spoke at except for him, which ended with him saying “keep me out of the drama.” Kind of tough to do, Brandon, because YOU CREATE THE DRAMA.
- At the Immunity challenge, Probst went with the teal shirt again, making me wonder if he’s working towards a gradual shift to green instead of blue. Edna couldn’t stop smiling at Savaii, I was impressed by Dawn, and Brandon gave a finger-pointing-upward shout out to God…who I don’t believe was cranking the winch, unless I missed it.
Did you see that part in the challenge where Ozzy lost hold on his board, and then just swam after it with no penalty? Shouldn’t he have had to bring the board back to where he let go of it? Otherwise, couldn’t you just let the team crank the board back empty while you swim after it? In the end, it didn’t matter since his team lost, but something was fishy there.
Speaking of fishy, watching the last part of the challenge, with one tribe member throwing a grappling hook over the edge, hooking something and hauling it up while the other one coiled up the rope…made me feel like I was watching Deadliest Catch. I kept waiting for someone to yell up at Whitney and Elyse “Hurry up, Greenhorns!”
Upolu won, because, as Probst said, “Coach has been phenomenal with the grappling hook.” I’m thinking that was probably the first time that has ever been said, but I bet if you asked Coach, his response would start with, “Well, actually…there was this ONE time…”
- Last year we had a wild kingdom of nature shots in Nicaragua. So far, all I’m seeing are crabs and lizards this season. How many HD shots of crabs do we really need?
Since he didn’t, he made a fake one and put on a horrible act back at camp that he had found it. Let me be clear about this strategy: IT NEVER WORKS.
Cochran talked about his act by saying “Papa Bear comes waltzing into camp with this big smile on his face and an extra large bulge in his underpants.” Look…gay, straight, or anything in between…that sentence is just wrong.
- Tribal Council was uneventful, we all knew Papa Bear was going home, but can we please get a template in the voting booth with the proper spelling of everyone’s name? “Cockran”? Really, Jim?
Next week: Cochran makes a move, and Brandon is paranoid.
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Did Matt Devlin live or die? The answer is in this week's Law & Order: UK. Read my review of the episode "Survivor's Guilt." What did you think of the conclusion?
Here is Sean Furfaro's Recap of The Amazing Race, Episode 1.
To the returning readers, Welcome back! It’s nice to see you again. And for those of you new to my blog and my Amazing Race Recaps, a hearty welcome as well, and a couple of things you should know: a) the recaps should be up within 30 minutes (often less) of when the show ends on the East Coast, b) the pictures will all have hidden captions underneath, so make sure to mouse over them if you want to see them, and c) I love Comments, so let’s all get involved in the Comments section for this season.
As I normally do with the Season Premiere, tonight’s recap is going to be my first impressions of this season’s teams, along with my Random Thoughts at the end.
The Teams:
Andy and Tommy, The Snowboarders – These guys are so laid back, they decide who does Road Blocks with Rock, Paper, Scissors, and scared a shirtless Taiwanese man by accosting him since he appeared to be wearing “Race Boxers.” Repeated use of “gnarly”, “brother”, and “bud” reinforces stereotypical perception. One of them is wearing what I believe must be the first flat-brimmed ball cap in TAR history.
Laurence and Zac, The Father and Son Sailors – Didn’t get to see much of them yet, no real opinion yet.
Ernie and Cindy, The Recently Engaged Couple – Apparently, they like to dance in public parks and tickle each other while running. Oh yeah…and she’s a control freak.
Justin and Jennifer, The Southern Siblings – Type A sister and inferiority complex brother, who like to fish and rock climb.
Bill and Cathi, The Oldsters – Retired educators from Oregon who enjoy doing chin-ups together, and completely disregard safety when riding a tractor. Did you see that in their intro video? What the hell was Cathi doing, just riding along the side of the tractor…was that the farm equivalent of letting someone ride on the handlebars of your bike?
Liz and Marie, The Twin Sisters – Not a lot to go on yet, but one of them is really bad at repeating things.
Jeremy and Sandy, The Dating Couple– A dating couple who appear to just act like idiots on a golf course…driving the golf cart too fast with arms and legs hanging out, taking perfectly timed bunker shots in unison, and then dancing…and showing that they’re on the golf course in bare feet (her) and flip-flips (him). That wasn’t staged at all. Jeremy says that running the Race with Sandy is like “taking the car into the shop and seeing if you want to buy the car.” Um…Jeremy, if you’re taking the car to the shop, you already OWN THE CAR. And if not, you have some serious explaining to do to the Car Salesman who let you take it for a test drive.
Ron and Bill, The Gay Flight Attendants – Domestic partners who dress alike. What else do we know so far? Nothing.
Amani and Marcus, The Ex-Football Player and Wife – Marcus told us that “anything less than winning is not an option.” Well, considering that he played 10 years with the Indianapolis Colts, and they only won one Super Bowl over that time, seems like not winning is perfectly fine in his world.
Kaylani and Lisa, The Former Showgirls – Passport losing Vegas gals who want to show that their brains are in their head, not their chest.
My Random Thoughts:
- What the hell was with that Bus on the intro? Did CBS really shell out the cash to paint a bus for 3 camera shots that totalled about 4 seconds? Are they planning on using that bus later this season? Future seasons?
- I like the return of The Express Pass, which is good up to and including the 8th leg, and I thought I liked the idea of a new penalty, The Hazard, before I realized that it’s just a Speed Bump for One.
- Kaylani and Lisa, meanwhile, lost one of their passports in approximately 12 minutes. Upon realizing it was gone, Kaylani said “I’m seriously gonna vomit…all over the place”, which I guess was important to mention, as opposed to vomiting in one confined area.
- In Taipei, the Road Block was pretty simple: an old-fashioned game of Telephone that saw the teams dialing 1-800-CONFUCIUS and needing to repeat the phrase on the line word-for-word. I was seriously howling at the giant WRONG stamp graphic on the screen every time someone screwed up. Reminded me of the ‘Eat the Wasabi’ challenge from Season 15.
- At the Dragon Boat Race, Cindy said “I feel so Asian right now”, which may have made sense…if she wasn’t already the only Asian contestant. Marcus said that his team got excited when he saw them coming. No, Marcus…when they saw the giant black man in a bright pink shirt running towards them waving a paddle and screaming, they were terrified.
- Ernie and Cindy earned the Express Pass for finishing first on this leg. Ernie said “Control freak Cindy on the Race is actually a pretty good teammate”, and Cindy responded by saying “which should have been obvious.” I think these two are going to make for some good TV. Remember Team Jungle Fever, Brian and Ericka…these two remind me of them.
- In the most predictable last-place finish in TAR history, Bill and Cathi sidled up to the mat to learn that the very first leg of the Race is a non-elimination leg. So next week, they will encounter a Speed Bump, and be forced to deal with a new twist: a Double Elimination leg that will see two teams leave the Race. I like it.
- Where was the Detour? Will the Speed Bumps be lame this season? And who will be edited to be this year’s villain? My leading odds: Jeremy (5-2), Jennifer (4-1), Cindy (6-1).
- I think it looks like it will be a pretty good season. As I said earlier, my pick to win is Ethan and Jenna…like they need another million.
Next Week: Sibling Rivalry brews and Two Teams hit the bricks.
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Esteban Reyes? A Hired Assassin?
THE ANSWER FINALLY REVEALED!!
"Nancy was "shot" by Tim Scottson, who is the son of Peter Scottson, the DEA agent Nancy married in season 2. He is seeking vengeance for Nancy's responsibility involving Peter's death. I had heard from a couple of insiders that this Is what was going to happen, and then after comparing a close-up screenshot of the shooter to a cutesy picture of Daryl Sabaras, who plays Tim, I can confirm that he is the shooter. However, keep in mind that you never actually see Nancy get shot..."
#RobotHouseBlog
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It looks like the honeymoon is over for Kurt and Blaine.
Sources confirm to TVLine exclusively that Glee has tapped up-and-coming theater actor Grant Gustin to play the recurring role of Sebastian, a gay Dalton Academy Warbler who sets his sights on Blaine.
Both Fox and the show’s producers declined to comment, but the buzz is that Sebastian is the polar opposite of Kurt in every possible way. He’s more like the male version of Santana in that he’s both promiscuous and kinda-sorta scheming.
Full Article @ TVLine
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Tonights episode of Glee was a whole new kind of episode, the whole plan of back to basics is defantly underway...just in a slightly semi darker way. I am Unicorn was a great follow up to last weeks equally as amusing episode
Here's the plot Mr. Schue enlists coach Beste and Emma to direct the school musical along with Artie. Although the latter two seem unfit for the job but the combination of all three defiantly leaves room for equal opportunity. Mr. Schue with the help of Mike decide to have a booty camp that will help those who are not dancing inclined to get better jn hope of uniting the team in all aspects for Nationals. Obviously Finn is part of the group as is Puck, Kurt who cannot resist jazz hands, Mercedes and Blaine who whiling offers in order to catch up.
We also learn that Kurt is starting his campaign and class president an gets a surprising counterpart in Brittany. Her focus, Kurt is a unicorn beautifully unique. Brittany wants Kurt to embrace all his 'gay gay gayness' he however is hesitant for obvious reasons.
And the biggest storyline of this episode is the return of Shelby (Idina Menzel) who was head hunted by Al Motta to create a new glee club that's stars his daughter. The return Of Shelby means all kinda of bad things for Rachel and Quinn, Puck however is excited for her return and can't wait to be a part of baby Beth's life. As of fan of the Puck/Quinn relationship to see Puck stand up and fight to see his daughter and help knock some sense into Pinked out Quinn. It's all kinds of awesome to see Mark with a storyline as well as Dianna who truly knows how to play heartbreaking.
The return of Shelby also means an inevitable meeting with Rachel who is not so forth coming with the return of her mom. Like she points out she is her mother not her mom, an issue she has not let go of. Their interaction also provided the best song of the episode the beautifully appropriate 'Somewhere'.
Quinn's constant denial of her feelings puts her at odds with Mr. Schue who she blames for all the wrong doing in her life. And although Matthew Morrison completely over acted his scenes, again, he raised the best point abs that is grow up and take responsibilty for your mistakes. And she does, kind of like she tells Puck
If it takes her dying her hair back to blonde and re joining the Glee club, she will because she is going to do what ever she can to get her baby back. Now this was the biggest issue I had with the episode, I don't understand the writers need to constanty take away from the integrity of their characters. Quinn is clearly unstable and instead
of her seeking help their going to make her steal her baby back? It just makes
no sense and is taking away from the amazing story arch that was formed.
Over all the episode gets 4/5 music notes it had many more highs than lows.
The best part of the episode is also the best song of the episode, its hands down the scene with Idina and Lea the song was so perfect for their situation as well as their voices. To see two generations of Broadway stars coming together and singing within the same range and the same power is truly extraordinary.
Second goes to Puck fighting to be part of Beth's life really fantastic acting.
Better late than never: my thoughts on this week's Hawaii Five-O. The show has tried for a second time to introduce a new female regular - what did you think of Lori? Keep her, dump her, or wait and see?
Welcome back Fringe! It has been a long summer, but well worth the wait. I am so glad to see all of our favorite players back (and some still to come, later). This first episode felt a little odd, but given the circumstances, it was meant to be that way for us viewers.
Hola, Mishamigos! It's that time of the year again, and Supernatural is back with another season, that looks - as opposed to the name of the song in the Road So Far recap - like one hell of a ride. Wow, I missed this show. Lots of stuff went down, and we've only just begun! So let's meet the new boss...
Good God, Ya'll!
As usual, the show delivers another awesome rock-recapping of last season's events. We had a season of Alphas, Campbells and Braedens, but it all came down to Cas absorbing the souls from Purgatory and becoming the new God.
Now, before the season started, I thought maybe we'll actually get to see God, the actual God, because...I mean, if I was God and some angel of Thursday declared himself the new me, I'd be pretty pissed. But I guess, as Zachariah said in the season 4 finale, God has really left the building. Hell, he let the apocalypse happen, so what's an impostor, right?
So Cas asks the guys to bow down and profess they're love, which Bobby does. Understandable. Being destroyed doesn't sound fun. But then Cas regrets. He wants to be worshiped, loved. Not feared. Sam starts talking, but gets interrupted.
"Sam, you have nothing to say to me, you stabbed me in the back."
Would it be too obvious if I write LITERALLY? it will? well too bad, I just did.
Cas keeps talking about how disappointed he is from the boys, and warns them not to try to rise against him. He also refuses to "repair" Sam, since they tried to stop him from becoming a douchebag. He poofs away, and Sam stumbles down and cuts himself after having some flashbacks from hell.
It's a minor detail, but I just found it curious - Why show him cutting his hand? Is there some significance to it? Did Jared have an accident on set and they used some hand-double to fit it in? Is it just there? To be continued...
Cas beams up to heaven, and starts telling the other angels that he is the new God, and all of those who supported Raphael back in the day are basically doomed. The camera zooms out to reveal that, well, apparently all of heaven supported Raphael...No love for Cas.
BOOM! New title card! I'm gonna go out on a limb here and guess that's not ink. Do our new baddies bleed black? Some people say it's that black goo stuff seen at No Exit, After School Special, And Then There Were None, etc. Anyway, it's awesome. Me likey.
Déjà Vu
Back in Bobby's place, Dean is starting to fix the precious Impala after the backflip it took in the finale. He discusses with Bobby about how to find Cas, which is obviously pretty impossible. I'm pretty sure God won't be found unless he wants to be.
Sam wakes up, and this makes me think about Like A Virgin, where he woke up after getting his soul back. That scene was all hugging and emotional, whereas this one is pretty casual, like he woke up from a nap or something. He tells Dean he's fine, which we know Dean doesn't believe from the jump, but he doesn't say a thing yet. After Dean leaves, Sam's Hell-sense begins to tingle, but he doesn't see anything...
What Religion?
Meanwhile, a priest is preaching something about Hollywood and Lady Gaga (She really does need to shut up), when Cas bursts in and chokes him for lying in his name. Yup, God no longer works in mysterious ways, folks. He just storms into churches and chokes people. Cas trips as he starts hearing creepy voices. He leaves, but not before making the most awesome church window ever.
In Bobby's basement, Sam is getting something, when suddenly the basement turns INTO A GIANT MEAT PLANT! NOOOO! Ok, I guess it's supposed to be hell. Hey, they gotta save budget for other cool stuff. Luckily, Bobby comes to call Sam, and he snaps back to reality.
Boy, Cas was busy. Mostly with killing religious leaders and motivational speakers plus dismembering the KKK. Sam again suggests they try to talk some sense into him, but Dean refuses and says the time for words is over.
Hell of A Time
Aaaaand scene to a trailer covered with protective sigils. The inhabitant of this trailer is a black-wearing booze-loving demon we all know. The former king of Hell is just getting comfy when God comes to visit. Wow, that's a weird thing to write. Crowley is sure Cas is there to smite him, but the megalomaniac angel has other plans. He will give Crowley his job back, but will keep track of the soul flow.
"So what you're saying is Hell is being downsized."
-"I would've done away with it completely, but I need a threat to hold over my enemies."
That's kinda funny. Can you imagine Cas going to the pit like "Hey guys, I'm the new God, and I'm making some changes, including removing this place from existence, so….yeaaaah." What would happen to all the residents of Hell? Would they go to heaven? Would they just vanish?
Due to lack of option, Crowley accepts Cas's offer, and the latter vanishes after his hand starts melting. I've always said, Cas and Batman should have a competition to see who's better at vanishing when people are looking away for a sec.
Meanwhile, Sam is minding his own business when another hallucination begins. This time, a chain comes down from the ceiling and yanks him up by the throat, but he wakes up after a few moments. Damn, these things are getting worse and worse…
He goes to the garage and hears Dean telling Bobby he doesn't think Sam's fine (Duh). Dean says the reason is that they never "catch a break". Well Dean, if you did, the show would get kind of boring (See – Lisa). Even though he hears this, Sam tells them again he's fine. He then asks Dean if there isn't anything to use to stop Cas.
This felt kinda out-of-character to me. I mean, a few scenes ago you wanted to talk to the guy, and you're going full-on offense? That's kind of a big change… But Sam does tell them the bodies keep stacking, so maybe he decides to do it for all the potential dead people. What a sweetheart.
Deathly Hallows
Dean suggests calling Crowley. And he doesn't react well to their "invitation". They ask him for a spell to bind Death. Now, this is another pretty weird thing.
Death was first released by Lucifer, who bound him to do his will for the apocalypse and all, but Death teamed up with the brothers to lock Lucifer away so he'll be free again. Now, I guess Death didn't like being bound, so why not track and destroy every trace of the binding spell as soon as he was free? If he can kill God, how hard can doing that be? Was he positive that no one would try it again? Did he hide it, but Crowley found it anyway? Did he think no one actually owned a crystal-thingy?
Cas is doing his second good thing (After healing lepers in India or something) and restores a blind man's vision. Nice try, Cas. You're still a power-hungry douche to us. Cas begins to have marks on his face as well, plus he hears the voices again, which appear to be the souls inside of him, and they want out. (The "other cool stuff" I said they were saving budget for earlier – this is an example).
The first time he heard the voices, a few seconds before I realized it's the souls, I thought maybe it was people. You know that scene in Bruce Almighty, after he becomes God and starts hearing people's prayers and it drives him crazy? At first, I thought it was something like that – Cas is hearing prayers because he's the new God. But nah, it's the souls. Though it would've been cool if that happened.
Back to the episode. Crowley mails the guys the spell they need, but there's something they don't have – an act of God, AKA perfectly crystallized sand. Bobby tracks down an owner of one of those things, and they hit the road to find it. (Come on, show! After being fixed for half an episode, this is all we see of the Impala driving? The post-fixing scene in season 2's Bloodlust with Back In Black in the background was way cooler).
After getting to the guy's house, knocking out a cop and tying up the house's residents, the gang finds the crystal and begins the ceremony. In that family's house (What? They're not gonna drive 9 hours back and do it at Bobby's). The house begins to shake and crack, and at first it seems nothing happened. Until…
God VS Death, Round 1(?)
Welcome back, Julian Richings! Man, I love Death. Don't wanna meet him, though. He's one creepy dude. Dean offers him some pickle chips (Silly Dean, you should've brought Pizza!) but Death cuts straight to the chase, telling them he assumes they called him to fix Sam's hallucinations. Whoops. Dean and Bobby both give Sam the "we'll-talk-about-this-later" look. But come on, guys. You knew he wouldn't be OK. Is it really that surprising?
They tell Death they want him to get rid of Cas, which he told Dean he will do someday back in season 5. Death asks them why he should obey them.
"Because…We said so…And we're the boss of you. Respectfully."
Jensen's acting in this whole scene is really great, but he delivers that line perfectly – ballsy, but also terrified as hell.
Cas appears and looks both shocked and surprised about how far they went in attempt to kill him. He says he must regretfully kill them, but Dean reminds him he can't, because Death is their bitch. Death says Cas looks mutated, and warns him he won't be able to fix it, because what he absorbed from purgatory wasn't only souls, but also the first beasts that walked the earth – Leviathans.
Cas has heard enough, and he and Death begin some divine cock-fight about who's more powerful and who's gonna kill who first. Dean interrupts them and tells Death to finish Cas. Just as he is about to, Cas releases him from his binds – much to the horror of everyone - but decides to poof away.
Even God Knows Politicians Are Evil
He goes to a senator's office, who he believes is abusing her power. I love how Cas just walks into places, telling people he's God, like it's obvious. Dean mentioned earlier that there's some of the old Cas left in him, and I think that the naïve part also stayed.
Back in the house, the gang asks Death for help again to defeat Cas. Death says they had enough time to stop Cas from getting to where he is now, and it's their fault it's happening. Sam says that Death must care a bit about the people on Earth.
"You know, I really don't."
Haha, ouch. Sorry, humans, Death cares only for Numero Uno. Eventually, Death decides to help them anyway, since he's angry with Cas's arrogance. He says he will arrange another eclipse (Yeah, he can do that) so they can re-open purgatory and make Cas put the souls back. It will happen on Sunday, 3:59 AM (Damn, sucks to be up in such an hour. But the world is at stake, so…)
Cas wakes up in a pool of blood and finds out he massacred all of the people in the senator's office. Well, it wasn't really him, something possessed him, probably a Leviathan. Guess this is their idea of fun. I like them already.
Me Love You Long Time
At Bobby's, Dean tells Sam he's already given up on the plan, because making Cas even come to the place AND putting back the souls seems impossible. He also confronts him about the hallucinations.
"I gotta find out from Death?!"
That sounds funny. Like a mother asking her kid about a bad thing he did which she heard from someone else.
Sam says he didn't tell Dean because he can't help him. Ouch. Very brotherly of you, Sam. But his excuse is pretty accurate – After the betrayal by Cas and the wrecked Impala, Dean was so depressed Sam didn't wanna make him deal with this too. Dean sticks to his decision to do nothing but eating, drinking, and watching Asian cartoon porn. Sounds good to me.
Dean finds a video of Cas from the senator's office. He's talking to someone, then after being possessed, looks at the camera with a creepy grin and the feed dies. Going back to his original plan, Sam walks outside and prays for Cas to come to them and get help. He returns inside, and Dean offers him a drink while executing his plan.
"Only if you turn that off."
Well said, Sam, well said. They sit down to drink WHEN CAS APPEARS!
Before The Devil Knows- Oh Crap, He's Here!
(Little thing I noticed, this episode had a lot of blood – Sam cutting his hand, Dean cutting his arm for the ceremony, all those dead people at the office, and now blood-covered Cas. And there's even more blood coming with the purgatory sigil. Bloody hell.)
The gang goes with Cas to…Crowley's old hideout (Thanks, SN Wiki! I didn't remember what that purgatory-door place was) and starts preparing it while Sam goes to get the blood. Cas apologizes to Dean, but neither of them are comforted. Sam finds the blood but runs into LUCIFER!
Welcome back, Mark Pellegrino! Wow, I didn't notice his name at the credits, so this was without doubt the Holy Crap! moment of the episode for me. I'm kinda sorry for people who did notice it and got the surprise ruined. He should've asked to remove his credits, like Mark Sheppard did in season 6. That would've totally blown people's minds.
Lucifer drops a possible game-changing bomb on Sam – He never left the cage, and everything he's seeing so far is one big hallucination. Which means the entire season 6 and this episode aren't real. I would rather think Lucifer is BSing, and just trying to drive Sam insane by deceiving him (Which is supported by next week's promo).
Meet The New-New Boss
Dean goes to find Sam, but he vanished. Now they're really messing with our heads. Which is awesome, and leaves a "where-the-hell-is-Sam" cliffhanger. Dean grabs the blood, and they begin the ritual. Cas belly-vomits the souls back to purgatory and collapses. For a few moments it seems like he's dead (Dean raises an interesting question – Do angels actually breathe?) but he revives shortly.
Cas apologizes again and promises to redeem himself. Suddenly, he's getting all shaky again. Apparently, the Leviathans held on and remained inside him. Uh oh. By the way, kudos to Misha for the sudden creepy voice change.
"Cas, he's….He's gone. He's dead. We run the show now."
Wow, is it just me, or did Misha just channel Heath Ledger? That was some creepy Joker shit right there. He then throws Dean and Bobby on tables. So much for redemption. "This is going to be so much fun," he says, followed by a creepy laugh, as brown vein-things appear on his face.
THE END
Rating – 11 Fried pickle chips out of 10
That's it?! NO! I want more! I NEED MORE!
A-hem. Wow, this episode was mind-blowing! A series classic, and easily the best premiere ever! This was the guest-filled beginning of a wild roller coaster ride that is season 7. As long as they can keep out boring relationship storylines, I see a bright future for this season.
We now know the Big Bad for the next while – Leviathans. In definition, they're biblical sea monsters (Livyatan in Hebrew is Whale), but will they all be sea-related? I don't think so, but we'll have to wait and…sea!......*chirp chirp*
There's also a little analogy – In the season 6 finale, Cas was standing as the new God, with the boys at his mercy. Now they're standing there again – minus Sam – in his mercy, only this time, he's a Leviathan. Will he be as merciful as God-Cas was? Or does he have different plans? Bottom line, how will they get out of this one?
I have two theories – 1. Cas will manage to regain control for long enough to save them somehow. 2. Cas's vessel will explode, releasing all of the Leviathans to the world. It was said that the next episode will be Misha's last appearance for now. I hope it won't be his last.
Now Sam – Where the hell did he go? Is Lucifer right and he's still in Hell? That doesn't make any sense. Did he slip out of there? And if so, where to, and why? Also, while talking to Lucifer, he was still in the storage room. So how did the jar get to the middle of the hallway? The possibilities are various here, so I don't really know what to think.
See ya next week!
Some nice quotes:
"What a brave little ant you are."
"So are you fixin' her or primal screaming?"
"He was young…And sexy. He had a raincoat."
"What do you think he's gonna do when he finds out we've been conspiring?....You DO wanna conspire, don’t you?"
"Excuse me, you got any Grey Poupon?"
"I found the God-thingy."
"Sorry, Death. This isn't what it seems." (Plus almost every line from that scene)
"Too late!"
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