Season 2 recap continues.. spoilers ahead.
Ep 18 - Hollywood Babylon
The boys investigate a haunted movie set, but it turns out to not be haunted. Other things are afoot. They manage to get jobs on the set, Dean makes a particularly good PA. He also eats everything he can, I do enjoy Dean eating, and he gets laid, by the star actress no less. We learn about Dean's love and knowledge of crappy horror films. This is very much a Dean-centric episode and I heartily approve. Particularly as I feel that season 2 is overall more Sam-centric. It is about his psychic powers after all, and it's a good storyline, but I do like Dean stories.
Through looking at other recaps just now I see that Something Wicked in season 1 is also Dean centric. Normally I would watch it, but it deals with ill children so I am so not up to watching it at the moment.
Ep 19 - Folsom Prison Blues
This is a bonkers premise. There's a haunting in a prison so the boys get themselves arrested (easy enough to do with the files the police have on them), and they get sent to the haunted prison. Convenient. Dean fits in particularly well, he's all swagger and bravado and instantly gets on with some of the prisoners. Others he gets into a fight with. Of course he does, he's Dean.
Dean charms their lawyer and convinces her to get him information about the ghost's body, and the boys escape.
This is a wonderfully fun, charismatic episode. Dean is having far too much fun and Sam thinks the whole idea is bonkers.
Ep 20 - What is and what should never be
Ooof. if you are a fan of Dean this might well break your heart.
Dean get attacked by a Djinn and is thrust into what he thinks is a new reality. In this new reality his mum is alive, the family aren't hunters, and Sam and him don't get on. Given that this is meant to be his greatest wish fulfilled, I find this ep a bit unbelievable, as I don't think he would ever dream of a reality where Sam and him weren't joined at the hip.
Their Dad is dead, of a stroke, small mercies and all that, but then Dean realises that all the people they have saved in the other world are dead in this one. He decides that he needs to sacrifice his happiness and go back to his old world. And that is why I love this show and I love Dean. he's a hero through and through, he (nearly) always does the right thing and he's committed to improving the world. He decides to give up his own personal happiness in order to do what is right. That is amazing and something to aspire to.
Dean decides to go find the Djinn and kill it, thereby reversing the spell, and Sam comes along with him (because they are destined to be together), Sam finds out about the supernatural and then Dean realises this isn't a new reality, it's an illusion. And he end sup back in the real world and he's quite broken.
Ep 21 - All hell breaks loose part 1
The start of the epic season 2 conclusion!
Sam get kidnapped to a weird deserted town. The other psychic kids are there. They learn about Azazel's deathmatch plan. Sam is stabbed by the remaining psychic kid and dies in Dean's arms.
My heart is broken, again.
This is an excellent death scene, watching Dean react to his brother's death tears me apart.
Ep 22 - All hell breaks loose part 2
And then I get torn apart even more.
Dean's words to Bobby and his monologing over Sam's body illustrates to me how much of a parental role Dean has to Sam. He has seen his charge die, his role in life has been to keep Sam safe, at all costs, and now he's failed him. Dean expected Sam to outlive him, but now Sam has died and it just reminds me so much of a parent's grief when their child dies. Dean will do absolutely anything to get Sam back. So he does. He makes a deal with a crossroads demon - to get Sam back Deans gives up his soul in 12 months time. Seems like a pretty good deal to me.
The thing I don't like about this episode is John's ridiculous return. It's not needed and it cheapens what has gone on earlier in the season. The brothers have worked through their feelings about John's death and we've had a huge focus on the brother's relationship. John does not belong there.
So, that's a shitty note to end the season on. If we forget about that part then season 2 remains glorious and worth many many watches. I've started rewatching season 3 already.
Ep 18 - Hollywood Babylon
The boys investigate a haunted movie set, but it turns out to not be haunted. Other things are afoot. They manage to get jobs on the set, Dean makes a particularly good PA. He also eats everything he can, I do enjoy Dean eating, and he gets laid, by the star actress no less. We learn about Dean's love and knowledge of crappy horror films. This is very much a Dean-centric episode and I heartily approve. Particularly as I feel that season 2 is overall more Sam-centric. It is about his psychic powers after all, and it's a good storyline, but I do like Dean stories.
Through looking at other recaps just now I see that Something Wicked in season 1 is also Dean centric. Normally I would watch it, but it deals with ill children so I am so not up to watching it at the moment.
Ep 19 - Folsom Prison Blues
This is a bonkers premise. There's a haunting in a prison so the boys get themselves arrested (easy enough to do with the files the police have on them), and they get sent to the haunted prison. Convenient. Dean fits in particularly well, he's all swagger and bravado and instantly gets on with some of the prisoners. Others he gets into a fight with. Of course he does, he's Dean.
Dean charms their lawyer and convinces her to get him information about the ghost's body, and the boys escape.
This is a wonderfully fun, charismatic episode. Dean is having far too much fun and Sam thinks the whole idea is bonkers.
Ep 20 - What is and what should never be
Ooof. if you are a fan of Dean this might well break your heart.
Dean get attacked by a Djinn and is thrust into what he thinks is a new reality. In this new reality his mum is alive, the family aren't hunters, and Sam and him don't get on. Given that this is meant to be his greatest wish fulfilled, I find this ep a bit unbelievable, as I don't think he would ever dream of a reality where Sam and him weren't joined at the hip.
Their Dad is dead, of a stroke, small mercies and all that, but then Dean realises that all the people they have saved in the other world are dead in this one. He decides that he needs to sacrifice his happiness and go back to his old world. And that is why I love this show and I love Dean. he's a hero through and through, he (nearly) always does the right thing and he's committed to improving the world. He decides to give up his own personal happiness in order to do what is right. That is amazing and something to aspire to.
Dean decides to go find the Djinn and kill it, thereby reversing the spell, and Sam comes along with him (because they are destined to be together), Sam finds out about the supernatural and then Dean realises this isn't a new reality, it's an illusion. And he end sup back in the real world and he's quite broken.
Ep 21 - All hell breaks loose part 1
The start of the epic season 2 conclusion!
Sam get kidnapped to a weird deserted town. The other psychic kids are there. They learn about Azazel's deathmatch plan. Sam is stabbed by the remaining psychic kid and dies in Dean's arms.
My heart is broken, again.
This is an excellent death scene, watching Dean react to his brother's death tears me apart.
Ep 22 - All hell breaks loose part 2
And then I get torn apart even more.
Dean's words to Bobby and his monologing over Sam's body illustrates to me how much of a parental role Dean has to Sam. He has seen his charge die, his role in life has been to keep Sam safe, at all costs, and now he's failed him. Dean expected Sam to outlive him, but now Sam has died and it just reminds me so much of a parent's grief when their child dies. Dean will do absolutely anything to get Sam back. So he does. He makes a deal with a crossroads demon - to get Sam back Deans gives up his soul in 12 months time. Seems like a pretty good deal to me.
The thing I don't like about this episode is John's ridiculous return. It's not needed and it cheapens what has gone on earlier in the season. The brothers have worked through their feelings about John's death and we've had a huge focus on the brother's relationship. John does not belong there.
So, that's a shitty note to end the season on. If we forget about that part then season 2 remains glorious and worth many many watches. I've started rewatching season 3 already.
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