Comments on: Supernatural: All Hell Breaks Loose, Part 2

By: John D.

John D. — Sun, 08 May 2011 14:32:09 +0000

Never apologize for enthusiastic commenting.

By: Meg

Meg — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 03:17:59 +0000

God that is horrifyingly long. SORRY!

By: Meg

Meg — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 03:17:09 +0000

I'm loving reading your reviews. Thank you so much for posting them! Honestly, what I appreciate the most is your universal love of both brothers while still loving Sam extra specially. They're both such amazing characters whose thought processes are winding on two different twisted paths and I love that you poke at those paths in your reviews. Many times it's really gotten me thinking, thank you again for putting these up!

RE: Dean's Deal, some thoughts
I was always one of the ones who thought Dean's deal was more than partially selfish. (and on the brother preference scales I lean in Dean's direction, though I love Sam too) But Dean had a slew of reasons in his head to bring Sam back, in my opinion, so sometimes it baffles me when other fans will be so focused on ONE reason. Hell, I bet Dean didn't even realize how selfish his choice may be until way later. Most people aren't telling themselves the entire truth when they try to rationalize difficult choices.

But I agree with you on how dark and shocking his choice was. His absolute terror at being alone, self loathing in general and over not being able to protect Sam, it totally rendered his life meaningless in his eyes and he couldn't live like that. It was like watching a horrible, bloody, fiery train wreck and not being able to look away. And honestly I didn't realize how little Dean thought of himself until this point, gah. These episodes killed me!

And ditto on the scene with the crossroads demon. They did that scene beautifully, my husband and I were all saying 'No Dean! Don't!' while she played him so freaking cruelly and whittled him down because she knew he'd give everything for Sam back. Another painful look into Dean psyche, his desperation was hard to watch but again, I couldn't look away.

I swear JA and JP and their facial expressions. Totally amazing. The 'you were dead' scene with Jake and Sam was as you said, Sam's telegraphed those thoughts loud and clear, such an incredible acting moment there.

I'm totally rambling! Anyways, your review was great. Now I just need to catch up on my season 4 so I can start on 5!

By: Chris K

Chris K — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 05:12:34 +0000

Wow…all I can say is wow! I don’t know which one I’m more impressed with: the undeniably fantastic episode or this beautifully written review. lol. Are you a writer? Your descriptive devices are amazing! Well done!

By: Sylvia_Bond

Sylvia_Bond — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:31:14 +0000

You're more than welcome and thank you!

I'm not sure what it is. I'm thinking it might be a combination of factors, starting with the J's and the fact that we the viewers like this kind of story. Plenty of crime drama abounds on TV, but not much like this. Except…yeah, a lot of vampire/demon huntery stuff is starting to become popular. I think that Show is the main reason why. Show and Ackles and Padalecki. And then, of course, Sam and Dean, who are the ultimate heroes.

I'm with you. Show grabbed me and has not yet let go!

By: Sylvia_Bond

Sylvia_Bond — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:29:13 +0000

Thank you. It was encouragement from readers like you that helped me make it a complete set. And it was rather zen, now that you mention it! I just felt so bad for the boys, that's what made it hard, even if it was a delight to watch the pretty and shiny. : D

By: Sylvia_Bond

Sylvia_Bond — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:27:56 +0000

Hey, thank you so much! It was fun, in a way, to experience that kind of grief all over again.

By: Lory

Lory — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 02:41:36 +0000

Loved re-experiencing this classic episode through this beautifully written review!

By: Pat

Pat — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 02:25:46 +0000

This will sound pathetic, but reading this review gave me closure. I've read and enjoyed all of your SPN reviews, but I was always felt like a piece was missing, waiting for these last two reviews to complete recaps of the entire 4 seasons. I feel very zen now – the circle is complete. Yay and thank you.

Now looking forward to season 5……

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:21:18 +0000

Thank you. An amazing review of this amazing ep. Gods, what is it about these two people that makes us feel so strongly about them and their tragic lives? It's not their looks and charisma, I swear, despite the fact that they have both by the truckload. It's more than the combination of script and acting – it's something primal. Tales told around the fire at the cave mouth…
[Heh. Can I get more pretentious?] But JA and JP yank the viewer in and sell every scene with gut-wrenching intensity. Few TV shows have pulled me in so deep.