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SPN Rewatch: Season 7, part two
Jan. 19th, 2019 12:12 pm I finished S7, mostly by keeping it in the background. I had forgotten that the second half especially was so very 2011/Occupy-ish. The Leviathans become corporate raiders and directly use the language of the 1%, and their goal is to basically dumb down/fatten up all the humans to go Soylent Green on them. This could have been an interesting storyline if it wasn't so ham-handed, I think.
At the same time, Bobby lingers as a ghost, becoming increasingly problematic as ghosts do. He does remain enough of himself that he and the boys can have a final goodbye before they burn his beloved flask. "Promise me, when you die--you go straight into that light." Ow my soul ow.
(Sideways, this week in S14 Billie/Death handed Dean the book that shows the ONE way he dies that doesn't involve Michael destroying the world. Dean looks shocked, bewildered, and unhappy. It was very odd to have these moments very close to back-to-back, let's say.)
Cas returns in the final episodes, first as an amnesiac faith healer "Emmanuel" in "The Born-Again Identity" and then he gets his memories back and then uses his power to--**wavey hands**--heal Sam and take Lucifer's crazy into himself. On another note, I dig the characterization of Sam in this ep that even in a psychiatric hospital and having constant hallucinations of Lucifer he can help someone. Because Sam. But Cas is left ...in a very problematic way. Which is to say: He's a manic pixie dream angel? When Sam is hallucinating, its a constant battle of him trying to tell the difference between what is real and what is not and we get his pov. We don't get this with Cas after the final minutes of this episode, where he sees Lucifer and is terrified. He doesn't seem to have hallucinations after this, he's just easily distracted and kind of child-like and it is both strange and annoying. When he and Dean reconcile--"I'd rather have you, cursed or not"--it's the first of many such moments where they admit they need each other, and it hit me in the feels. And of course, when they end up in Purgatory together, it sets up a LOT about their relationship in more recent seasons.
Other notes: I'd forgotten all about "The Slice Girls" and think it may be the last time we actually see Dean have sex with a woman when not under the influence of demonic possession--which may or may not be meaningful. He is seduced by an Amazon who quickly gestates a daughter from their encounter named Emma. The teen Emma goes to him with the mission to kill him but it seems like he might almost get her to not do so...and then Sam shoots her. (A clear parallel to Dean's killing of Amy way back in "The Girl Next Door." Also, Amy's kid promised to come kill Dean one day. It's been seven years....boy should be showing up soon, if they opt to do that...)
Man, SPN can be a misogynist mess sometimes. I'm glad they're working on their optics these days. Oy.
Three recurring characters are also introduced--Garth the Hunter, Kevin the Prophet, and Charlie the Hacker. So in minor ways S7 continued to have significant influence on the show.
But man, I'm glad it's time for S8!
At the same time, Bobby lingers as a ghost, becoming increasingly problematic as ghosts do. He does remain enough of himself that he and the boys can have a final goodbye before they burn his beloved flask. "Promise me, when you die--you go straight into that light." Ow my soul ow.
(Sideways, this week in S14 Billie/Death handed Dean the book that shows the ONE way he dies that doesn't involve Michael destroying the world. Dean looks shocked, bewildered, and unhappy. It was very odd to have these moments very close to back-to-back, let's say.)
Cas returns in the final episodes, first as an amnesiac faith healer "Emmanuel" in "The Born-Again Identity" and then he gets his memories back and then uses his power to--**wavey hands**--heal Sam and take Lucifer's crazy into himself. On another note, I dig the characterization of Sam in this ep that even in a psychiatric hospital and having constant hallucinations of Lucifer he can help someone. Because Sam. But Cas is left ...in a very problematic way. Which is to say: He's a manic pixie dream angel? When Sam is hallucinating, its a constant battle of him trying to tell the difference between what is real and what is not and we get his pov. We don't get this with Cas after the final minutes of this episode, where he sees Lucifer and is terrified. He doesn't seem to have hallucinations after this, he's just easily distracted and kind of child-like and it is both strange and annoying. When he and Dean reconcile--"I'd rather have you, cursed or not"--it's the first of many such moments where they admit they need each other, and it hit me in the feels. And of course, when they end up in Purgatory together, it sets up a LOT about their relationship in more recent seasons.
Other notes: I'd forgotten all about "The Slice Girls" and think it may be the last time we actually see Dean have sex with a woman when not under the influence of demonic possession--which may or may not be meaningful. He is seduced by an Amazon who quickly gestates a daughter from their encounter named Emma. The teen Emma goes to him with the mission to kill him but it seems like he might almost get her to not do so...and then Sam shoots her. (A clear parallel to Dean's killing of Amy way back in "The Girl Next Door." Also, Amy's kid promised to come kill Dean one day. It's been seven years....boy should be showing up soon, if they opt to do that...)
Man, SPN can be a misogynist mess sometimes. I'm glad they're working on their optics these days. Oy.
Three recurring characters are also introduced--Garth the Hunter, Kevin the Prophet, and Charlie the Hacker. So in minor ways S7 continued to have significant influence on the show.
But man, I'm glad it's time for S8!
