Things to do on a Saturday.

[zinnith]

* holmes_big_bang status report: 8k. Plot pretty much figured out. I have no illusions about the quality of the writing but hey, at least I'm writing! That's a good thing, right?

* I seem to be on a films-based-on-comic-books roll. Saw The Losers yesterday after mainlining the comics. The comic made more sense plot-wise than the film, but at least the film did not break my heart at the end. The characters are awesome in both comic and film. Cougar and Jensen and Aisha all own my heart.

* It's been a weird week, emotion-wise. I've been going around feeling guilty for no reason at all. I have nothing to feel guilty about! Even if I had, I would grab that feeling by the scruff of the neck and kick it out of the door, because my life? Guilt free zone! But to do that, I need to know the source of the guilt so I can just tell myself that it's really nothing to worry about in the long run. Whatever.

* The Mentalist is beginning to bore me. Castle still holds my interest. I cannot wait for Psych and Leverage to start up again.

*

5x20 - The Devil You Know

Yay for the demonic zombie virus! (Yes, yes, I know. Not technically a zombie virus. Let me have my fun, okay?)

I think Crowley might be my favourite demon and it's so, so sad that Zachariah is dead because those two would be hilarious together. However, dear boys, I thought we had learned our lesson about working with demons? Especially letting them run the show? Oh, apparently not. Nobody does smug bad guys like Mark Sheppard though, so I'll forgive you.

And apparently it's Sammy's turn to get stupid ideas. Oh, Sam, of course you believe you'll be able to take back control from Lucifer's possession, don't you? You're just that much better and smarter than everyone else. Bobby managed to fight it off, John managed to fight it off, so you believe you should be able to do it too. (Ummm, remember Born Under a Bad Sign? No, of course not. Because you were possessed.) This will not end well. Just sayin'.

A few words regarding salt - don't you just love how, in this show, there are always big convenient packets of salt around? Let's just say that if the Winchesters needed to raid my kitchen for demon repellant, we'd be toast. Hm... maybe I should go out and buy a big sack of salt, just in case.

Remember what I said back at 5x15? How Bobby is not getting out of this alive? Yeah, just that. Come on, Bobby, you're smarter than this!

5x21 - Two Minutes to Midnight

CAS! He's alive and... um, not really all that well. But he's back! The nods to The End!Cas just keep coming and I'm not sure how I feel about that. I like that Show is consistent, but on the other hand, The End!Cas pretty much broke my heart. Anyway, he might be powerless but he's certainly not helpless. Go, Cas!

Sleepy!Dean is adorable. I had a theory that Dean was immune to the power of the horsemen since War and Famine didn't seem to affect him much but that's obviously not the case. The Pestilence thing was over pretty fast though and felt a lot anti-climactic. The other two got a whole episode each to themselves and poor Pestilence only got fifteen minutes. Not to mention Death. Show put a lot of work into making him out to be a Big Bad, and then he won't even put up a fight.

Bobby, you're an idjit. The whole 'Did you kiss him?' thing though - easily on the Top Ten funniest moments of the Show.

Saaaaam, saying Yes to Lucifer seriously is the worst plan I've ever heard! It simply cannot end well. It's the bad idea to trump every bad idea you've ever come up with! I thought you were supposed to be the smart one!

Dear Cas,
Don't agree with him you blockhead!
No love (okay, a little love because I still think you're awesome)
Zin

And Death thinks it's a good idea too. Is no one on my side here? However. "You can't cheat Death." Um... you do know who you're talking to here, right? But I suppose it's true, in the end. As Deaths go, I quite like this one. He's not bad, he just is, which is a lot like I want to imagine Death. Not as something evil but simply as something eternal, something inevitable, something inescapable, something that's always been and always will be. So all in all, I'm glad there wasn't a huge epic fight where Dean kills Death. Show is at least a little bit smarter than that.

It's safe to say that I am very very nervous about the finale.

Also, I'm not sure about season six. I get that Supernatural probably brings in a lot of money to CW but continuing Show after this just feels like a big set-up for fail to me.

Comments

[mesmorizee.livejournal.com]

I really don't get how a sixth season is going to work. The boys are seriously messed up by now there is no way they can just go on like everything is normal. And how do you go on like everything is normal after this? I mean they need serious counseling just because of their trust issues and on top of that there is Sam's anger and Dean thinking he isn't worth saving ever.

Oh, and Cas suddenly being human or sort of human, I'm not sure what he is. But Dean and Sam have their own issues how are they going to stop Cas from becoming The End!Cas?

And speaking of The End seeing as Cas for the past episodes been working his way slowly towards that Cas, Sam saying yes to Lucifer can only if they continue with this continuity lead to one thing.

And there is only one episode left? O_o How are they wrapping this up in one episode? Especially considering this last one basically had two episodes worth of storylines crammed into one.

And for the past episodes I've been mostly watching for the guest actors and recurring characters. I am starting to wonder if I can watch for Sam and Dean a whole other season (I will do it though) especially since I worry that they'll just kill off all the other characters.

Uh, I am sorry for this long comment. I just needed to get this out. I hope I don't sound too pessimistic and negative because I still like my show. Sort of. I just haven't felt the same way about it lately.

[zinfic.livejournal.com]

I think it's pretty clear the the sixth season is only an excuse to milk some more money out of the show... After what I've heard Kripke only ever intended there to be five seasons. And honestly, I want Show to end with a bang so I can remember it fondly. I don't want it to be beaten to death by boredom.

I have no idea how they're going to get an end to all this in just one episode! And apparently someone's going to die. The strongest candidates from a story-telling point-of-view are Bobby and Cas. They won't kill Sam n'Dean, not if there's going to be a season six because no one's going to watch Supernatural if the main protagonists are dead. Bobby and Cas are the only two characters left who are established enough that their deaths will cause an impact, so one of them is going to have to go. Personally, I don't want to lose either of them, but my bets are on Bobby because I think they've been setting him up for it all season *sadface*

Sometimes I think I'm making the mistake of watching Show with my writerbrain.

[mesmorizee.livejournal.com]

I want Show to end with a bang so I can remember it fondly.
Exactly! This is how all shows should end and especially this one! I kind of really don't want a sixth season. I've been torn about it but right now I feel that I definitely don't want one. I am going to give it a chance though but I don't see how it's going to work when they just want to make more money.

I am watching it going "based on what we've seen earlier in the show this is probably going to happen" so far I've only been surprised by Crowley surviving since he is one of my favorite characters he should have died. But yeah, it isn't going to come as a shock if either Cas or Bobby dies and from the first episode of this season I started suspecting that Bobby was the one to go. I don't want to lose either of them, but it's Show so I'm not even going to be surprised. Just sad I guess.

[sgamadison.livejournal.com]

I'm sad to say the Mentalist lost my interest around the end of season 1. I liked the characters, I loved watching Simon Baker in action, but I got tired of spotting the villain as soon as he/she was introduced, because of clumsy writing and LOUD, obvious 'tells'.

I am still enjoying Castle as well, but I recognize that it is a little crime with my banter, thank you, which makes me wonder how long it will stay on the air. Kind of like the Remington Steele of the decade. :-)

I'm worried about In Plain Sight because there have been big changes in terms of production and secondary characters and rumors that they want the show to be lighter and less about Mary's personal life. Hello? The dark, biting humor is what makes it different from anything else out there and the delving into the characters personal lives is what makes it a character driven show. *headdesk*

I'm waiting for White Collar to come back on. There's nothing much else that I'm watching at the moment. *sigh*

*misses my sci-fi fix*

[zinfic.livejournal.com]

White Collar too of course! How could I forget about that one?

I so miss having a Show I'll just drop everything to watch as soon as there's a new episode out. I haven't had one of those since SGA season 4 *sadface* Supernatural is the closest thing I have to one of those, and it's just soon to be over, not to mention far too depressing to really look forward to.

Sister #1 recently started watching SGU and keeps throwing in my face how good she thinks it is and how bad she thinks SG-1 and SGA were. She's not very good at recognising the line between teasing and hurtful when it comes to my nerditude... SGA was far from perfect, but to me it's like a beloved lost friend, who might have had a lot of flaws, but who I still loved, and am still grieving for.

Now I'm trying to catch up on Fringe again, for lack of better things to watch.

[sgamadison.livejournal.com]

I so miss having a Show I'll just drop everything to watch as soon as there's a new episode out. I haven't had one of those since SGA season 4 *sadface*

I know what you mean. My must!watch shows have been few and far between, but they've mostly been sci-fi. Star Trek, the original BSG, Babylon 5, SGA.

SGA was far from perfect, but to me it's like a beloved lost friend, who might have had a lot of flaws, but who I still loved, and am still grieving for.

It's hard to say why you connect with one set of characters and not another. I was kind of meh about SG-1 and I adored SGA. I loved Defying Gravity and I am not willing to give SGU 'a chance'. (I do find it interesting that Gateworld seems to have dropped the weekly rating reports that they used to do for all the shows. I had to look really hard on the internet to find them and could only find them on the website sgusucks.com, where, with the exception of a small uptick on last week's episode, SGU has scored ratings remarkably similar to SGA's *last* season. But hey, what do I know? :-)

I would dearly love for another sci-fi show to come about and catch my fancy. Unfortunately, the trend these days seems to be about creating shows where you can trust no one--the characters can't trust each other and you can't trust TPTB not to crush you. I'm hoping this trend will get old and tired soon and someone will think making a show about the best and the brightest who work together as a *team* will be new and edgy again. *sigh*

[ariadne83]

I think the nods to The End are a smoke screen. Because the Dean from that scenario didn't know Adam was Michael's vessel.

[zinfic.livejournal.com]

Good point. I'd like to know how much of The End was real and how much was just Zachariah messing with Dean's head.

[ariadne83]

I like to think, not all that much. I just don't see how Dean and Castiel could've got there from where they are now.

[zinfic.livejournal.com]

From where they are now, no. But if the Plan goes terribly wrong and Sam ends up being Lucifer's meatpuppet, it still could happen. It's right that Adam wasn't part of that scenario, but on the other hand he was never supposed to be Michael's vessel in the first place. Just like Nick, he's the plan B and Michael might affect his body the same way Lucifer is affecting Nick's.

Ah well. All I know is that as soon as I hear the word 'Detroit', I will start shouting at the screen for the boys to not go there.