Oh yeah these recaps are going out of order. I might end up combining them into one for neatness' sake at a later date. Or adding to these posts. Hmm. What to do. Maybe put a new post up saying that an older one has been added to. That could work.
Season 10 episode 3 - Soul Survivor.
I have had a hankering for watching Mark of Cain and Demon Dean for a while now. Demon Dean is intensely attractive. I've seen discussions about whether Demon Dean is actually Dean or not. Here's my take - yes he is.
Regular demons in human meatsuits (and ain't that just a great term) are condemned souls that have been tortured or so many years they have become utterly insane and hurt and twisted. They become demonic. They don't recall being human, despite Ruby's assertion otherwise. These Demons are made of smoke and then come earthside and possess a new body. The key point here being that it is not the demon's original human body. Which makes me want to read a time travelling fic where a demon goes back in time and possesses their original human body, and their human consciousness knows what's going on. That would be delicious.
Back to Demon Dean...well human Dean got the Mark of Cain, he was killed, but was only dead briefly. The Mark affected him and twisted him, twisted his soul, so that he became demonic. His demonic self didn't let his body die (as any demon doesn't let their meatsuit die). Demon Dean's demonic soul stayed in his human body. So, Dean body + Demon Dean soul is actually Dean.
Of course, now I'm thinking of the continuity where if demons who are possessing bodies keep the bodies alive while they are in it, but then the body dies when the demon exits, how is Dean's body OK once he's been returned to human. There might be a canon explanation but I doubt it.
To the ep.
Dean has been a demon since the end of Season 9. Sam intends to cure him, with sanctified human blood I think. He's dressed as a Dr and has a priest saying the necessary words over a bag of human blood. I would quite like to know the back story to this.
Back to the bunker. Dean is tied up. And still immensely attractive. Then he gets splashed with holy water and then we have wet Dean. We get hardly any topless Dean shots throughout the full 15 seasons, but we do get scenes like this.
Next up, 2 flashbacks. The first is Sam doing yet more unethical things in order to fix Dean. In this case it's using an innocent (relatively) human as bait for a crossroads demon. Oh Sam, its this intensity of relationship that we love, but dude, that is a really shitty thing to do.
The other flashback is Demon Dean hanging out with Crowley, and I adore it. Carefree, selfish, no hang ups Dean.
Sam eventually cures Dean, after Dean has got loose and aimed a hammer at Sam's head. Sam looks genuinely terrified at this attack. Whether it's because he know how dangerous Dean is, or because he's worried he won't be able to cure him, is up to the viewer's individual reading of the scene. I think it's both. Sam doesn't often look scared.
When Dean is cured Sam looks so intensely and genuinely happy. Dean is slowly being crushed by guilt, again. And makes a divorce joke. And people say there's nothing unusual about their relationship.
And then there's the other (crap) sub plots that we get after Season 5... Hannah and Castiel and some angel bullshit that I really do not care about. At this point in the show the angels were tedious as fuck. Hannah would have been more interesting had she been brought in earlier. I would like to see her and Anna working together. I have a note that I liked one of her outfits. I think I remember which one.
The other crap in this season is the hell sub plot... Crowley is presiding over trials in hell.... whyyyy... just whyyyy.... The King of Hell should be smiting the condemned souls left right and centre. Don't give them a trial, kill them. Kill the (relatively) innocent too. Strike fear into all their souls, sow chaos. This is absolutely not the terrifying hell that Dean went too, and it's as ridiculous as the angels becoming shitty bureaucrats.
Final notes:
- The brothers have a fair few photos of themselves over the years. I would like to know how took those photos as let's be honest they don't have many friends.
- Crowley has a bottle with a skull emblem on. That tickled me.
- Hannah is not healing from her injuries, I don't know why. I care only mildly.
- The lighting in the bunker is deliciously dark, just like in the first two seasons.
- Dean is intensely crushable when he is dangerous.
Season 10 episode 3 - Soul Survivor.
I have had a hankering for watching Mark of Cain and Demon Dean for a while now. Demon Dean is intensely attractive. I've seen discussions about whether Demon Dean is actually Dean or not. Here's my take - yes he is.
Regular demons in human meatsuits (and ain't that just a great term) are condemned souls that have been tortured or so many years they have become utterly insane and hurt and twisted. They become demonic. They don't recall being human, despite Ruby's assertion otherwise. These Demons are made of smoke and then come earthside and possess a new body. The key point here being that it is not the demon's original human body. Which makes me want to read a time travelling fic where a demon goes back in time and possesses their original human body, and their human consciousness knows what's going on. That would be delicious.
Back to Demon Dean...well human Dean got the Mark of Cain, he was killed, but was only dead briefly. The Mark affected him and twisted him, twisted his soul, so that he became demonic. His demonic self didn't let his body die (as any demon doesn't let their meatsuit die). Demon Dean's demonic soul stayed in his human body. So, Dean body + Demon Dean soul is actually Dean.
Of course, now I'm thinking of the continuity where if demons who are possessing bodies keep the bodies alive while they are in it, but then the body dies when the demon exits, how is Dean's body OK once he's been returned to human. There might be a canon explanation but I doubt it.
To the ep.
Dean has been a demon since the end of Season 9. Sam intends to cure him, with sanctified human blood I think. He's dressed as a Dr and has a priest saying the necessary words over a bag of human blood. I would quite like to know the back story to this.
Back to the bunker. Dean is tied up. And still immensely attractive. Then he gets splashed with holy water and then we have wet Dean. We get hardly any topless Dean shots throughout the full 15 seasons, but we do get scenes like this.
Next up, 2 flashbacks. The first is Sam doing yet more unethical things in order to fix Dean. In this case it's using an innocent (relatively) human as bait for a crossroads demon. Oh Sam, its this intensity of relationship that we love, but dude, that is a really shitty thing to do.
The other flashback is Demon Dean hanging out with Crowley, and I adore it. Carefree, selfish, no hang ups Dean.
Sam eventually cures Dean, after Dean has got loose and aimed a hammer at Sam's head. Sam looks genuinely terrified at this attack. Whether it's because he know how dangerous Dean is, or because he's worried he won't be able to cure him, is up to the viewer's individual reading of the scene. I think it's both. Sam doesn't often look scared.
When Dean is cured Sam looks so intensely and genuinely happy. Dean is slowly being crushed by guilt, again. And makes a divorce joke. And people say there's nothing unusual about their relationship.
And then there's the other (crap) sub plots that we get after Season 5... Hannah and Castiel and some angel bullshit that I really do not care about. At this point in the show the angels were tedious as fuck. Hannah would have been more interesting had she been brought in earlier. I would like to see her and Anna working together. I have a note that I liked one of her outfits. I think I remember which one.
The other crap in this season is the hell sub plot... Crowley is presiding over trials in hell.... whyyyy... just whyyyy.... The King of Hell should be smiting the condemned souls left right and centre. Don't give them a trial, kill them. Kill the (relatively) innocent too. Strike fear into all their souls, sow chaos. This is absolutely not the terrifying hell that Dean went too, and it's as ridiculous as the angels becoming shitty bureaucrats.
Final notes:
- The brothers have a fair few photos of themselves over the years. I would like to know how took those photos as let's be honest they don't have many friends.
- Crowley has a bottle with a skull emblem on. That tickled me.
- Hannah is not healing from her injuries, I don't know why. I care only mildly.
- The lighting in the bunker is deliciously dark, just like in the first two seasons.
- Dean is intensely crushable when he is dangerous.
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