tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post4843818642700130126..comments2024-03-29T06:56:12.797-04:00Comments on Doux Reviews: Supernatural: Jump the SharkBillie Douxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-82407329818201428882018-07-30T13:14:32.338-04:002018-07-30T13:14:32.338-04:00I stopped watching when sam didn't use his pow...I stopped watching when sam didn't use his powers to escape. It had nothing to do with draining his blood that didn't happen till he was tied down. A very sad time in the early series for the writers they dropped the ball on this episode bad. I've loved most shows this one was horrible. And it's sad to see all the fans on here ling to themselves making excuses as to why it was good.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15563941719547338102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-14046883421145149642014-12-21T08:03:32.504-05:002014-12-21T08:03:32.504-05:00I half expected Sam's "different blood&qu...I half expected Sam's "different blood" to poison the ghouls and was mildly disappointed it didn't as then Dean would start to wonder how that would have happend. Tishereynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-71733443106743754532013-03-27T17:59:46.509-04:002013-03-27T17:59:46.509-04:00I completely expected Adam to die this episode. It...I completely expected Adam to die this episode. It would be so cliché to suddenly have a third Winchester. But he'd been dead the whole time? That really surprised me. I didn't guess he was on the side of the icky. Awesome episode in a string of awesome episodes. :)sunbunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08553429350476841139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-26395886786063229532012-02-27T01:37:41.539-05:002012-02-27T01:37:41.539-05:00Great review and great comments.
I must admit th...Great review and great comments. <br /><br />I must admit that every time we see a flashback, my irritation with John has grown. This is the episode in which I am now firmly in the dislike camp. <br /><br />I disagree that John had no choice but to be a hunter. Of course he did, but he was so consumed by the need for revenge that nothing else mattered. If he had his two elder sons' best interest at heart, he could have stayed in Lawrence, taken them to baseball games and hugged them goodbye as they went off to college. <br /><br />Instead, he dragged them from town to town leaving Dean to raise Sam while he "rode into town, killed the monster and got the girl." He couldn't even make it 'home' for Christmas. <br /><br />If he really felt that he had no choice but to make his sons hunters, then he would have made Adam a hunter. Instead, with this one, he got to play a normal dad -- something he never did for the other two. John did take Adam to baseball games and he did make it home for birthdays. No wonder Dean is so angry -- and rightly so. <br /><br />Dean is right about Sam being just like their father. Sam is so driven by his need for revenge right now, that he's willing to take everything away from Adam for that to happen. What a shift from season one. And, Dean's comment was by no means a compliment. <br /><br />When I saw the title of the episode, I thought we might be getting a comedy break before the final three. When I'm wrong, I'm wrong!ChrisBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04454170781697615407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-21715295419668838322011-01-31T06:13:38.045-05:002011-01-31T06:13:38.045-05:00Love the title and love the episode. I also believ...Love the title and love the episode. I also believed that Adam was the real deal. So sad he had to go! And funny how Sam was using John´s words to convince Dean to train him? I guess four years of hunting really get to a person.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-33982539953277571862009-05-03T11:00:00.000-04:002009-05-03T11:00:00.000-04:00Thanks, Nitewoman! As much as I love Lost, I'll re...Thanks, Nitewoman! As much as I love <I>Lost</I>, I'll readily admit that <I>Supernatural</I> is where my heart is. And I see from your avatar that you love Jensen Ackles as much as I do. :)Billie Douxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-32824235122543338792009-05-03T02:02:00.000-04:002009-05-03T02:02:00.000-04:00Hi Billie,
I have just found your website and I'm ...Hi Billie,<br />I have just found your website and I'm really enjoying it. I'm a huge "Older (young at heart) Supernatural fan. <br />Wanted to say your review was great and had some great humour in it. So agree with all your commentsNitewomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06835720948698824035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-75864629403270432632009-04-25T15:15:00.000-04:002009-04-25T15:15:00.000-04:00Hi Billie,
Excelent review as allways. A brillian...Hi Billie, <br />Excelent review as allways. A brilliant episode in a brilliant season so far. Every time I’m loving more Dean, if that’s even possible. I just love how despite his first doubts, was so determinate to protect his new young brother. He was determinate to save him from whatever was chasing him, and also to save him from the live as a hunter. Of course he was jealous, who wouldn’t? the kid had the live that was denied to him. On the other hand, I didn’t like Sam this episode, I don’t think as you said Billie, that his reaction to Adam was more positive and that he played the wiser brother here, I agree with Jess Lynde, I do think that when Sam was training Adam, he was more driven by his personal unresolved problems than by a genuine interest in protecting the boy. <br />And also to see him so helpless at the end and Dean being the one to save him was a little shocking, considering the last events. Don’t know, I really have problems to figure him out… Having said that, in fact, I really have troubles to imagine the season final, oh well, I’m sure will be great and unpredictable, but as you said, no happy ending for the boys.Cecilnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-70423504623542161202009-04-25T09:39:00.000-04:002009-04-25T09:39:00.000-04:00Mark and Jess,
Great comments. Very helpful. I r...Mark and Jess,<br /><br />Great comments. Very helpful. I really wasn't familiar with the Cousin Oliver stuff. And I think Jess is right about Sam's powers and the blood, because that makes a lot of sense.<br /><br />Dean may have finally realized that Sam is a lot like John, but I'm not sure Dean will ever push John off that pedestal. My older sister, who babysat me all the time when I was growing up, was the same way about our mother; the two of them were very much alike and nothing Mother did was ever wrong. Every time I challenged her belief, we'd get into a fight. I see this family dynamic all the time on <I>Supernatural</I>. Another reason why this show speaks to me.<br /><br />I honestly don't know how they can top this season. But I can't wait to see them try.Billie Douxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-64545383643240559502009-04-25T08:55:00.000-04:002009-04-25T08:55:00.000-04:00I thought this was a fantastic episode. I know th...I thought this was a fantastic episode. I know the fandom was pretty tweaked when they heard a long-lost Winchester brother was going to be introduced. But the writers did a great job of using the situation to explore Dean and Sam's psychology (as per normal). I loved all the scenes in which Dean and Sam debated Adam's fate and what to do about him.<br /><br />My favorite part was the end when Dean told Sam that he was just like John. Sam took it as a compliment, but I don't think that's the way Dean meant it. The scales have finally fallen off Dean's eyes in regards to John. The whole time Sam was training Adam, all I could think was that here he was dooming this kid to a horrible life because of all his unresolved feelings about getting his own revenge. The same thing John did to Sam and Dean. He says he was protecting them, and maybe he was to a certain extent, but I think it was more about his needs than theirs. Very, very sad.<br /><br />Billie, I thought maybe Sam couldn't use his powers on the ghouls because they were sucking and draining his blood, which is the source of his power. They didn't give him too much "evil dialogue" time before drinking him. So maybe he just didn't have time to react and try to work his mojo. Or maybe they just weren't susceptible.<br /><br />I also have to agree that all the crawling in duct work and tunnels and then getting trapped in an underground crypt had me sweating it a little bit, too. Great review.Jess Lyndehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14165015932507376656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-67564465944375806792009-04-25T04:55:00.000-04:002009-04-25T04:55:00.000-04:00Hey, Billie, great review as always.
Can’t think ...Hey, Billie, great review as always.<br /><br />Can’t think of any other show that would deliberately let their audience think they were leaping that notorious marine predator then us a great episode. Only three more episodes to go on what has been an amazing season. I just hope that can maintain this quality next season. <br /><br />Introducing a long lost relative that no one has ever heard of is a typical shark jumper (anyone else catch the Cousin Oliver Dinner? :) but they subverted it brilliantly here and turned a horrid cliché into another sorry chapter of the tragic Winchester family history. Adam was doomed the minute his mother saw the glint in John’s eyes. Hunters are destined to die horribly and, as history has shown, so are their family and loved ones. <br /><br />I twigged early on that they were dealing with ghouls the minute grave robbing was mention. Ghouls are shape shifting creatures for Arabian mythology that rob graves, eat the dead and do take on the form of the last thing the consumed or that of a hyena. They often lure travellers into the deserts to kill and devour them, much like they did with Sam and Dean. They usual drink the blood separately before eating flesh, that’s why they were draining Sam’s blood. Hope that helped. <br /><br />The one thing that did bother me was that Sam didn’t use his powers on the ghouls, his pretty powerful now, powerful enough to kill a demon (something that shocked even an angel) but ghouls are immune? Was it just narrative cheat to keep him in danger or can Sam only go Dark Willow after a fresh fix from Ruby?Mark Greighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12984193299389764649noreply@blogger.com