#6 Couldn’t agree more. We need more scenes like this, STAT! We need them digging and sweating, and lighting things on fire. Preferably with their shirts off.

#7 I love your panels! Except the first panel would have an adjunct title: “How the Winchester boys make ANYTHING look sexy!”

#12 Fans complain. I complain. We all complain endlessly. Why do we complain? Because its in our nature to do so? I think if they were more naked more often, I’d be complaining a whole lot less…..

Until next time!

And yeah, that’s quite a delay! It’s like (*counts on fingers*) eight weeks? Heck, it’s not like they don’t already have this ep in the can!! But it looks like a good ‘un, right up my alley. : D

It’s now my favorite show currently running. And after tonight’s (11/19) emotional episode, all I can think is

“WHAT DO YOU MEAN I HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL JANUARY 21st 2010 FOR THE NEXT NEW EPISODE?!”

I hope my list will be great next week cause I love when you comment on it.

Take care, Joan

Best Regards,

Sylvia

It is Thursday! Are you excited? I honestly couldn’t bring myself to watch your spoiler video but I know, in my gut, that tonight it going to be awesome!

Joan

Thanks so much. You are not crazy cause if you are then I am also.
I just love it when our boys are battered and bruised….and I thoroughly enjoy any scene in which they are sewing up their wounds.

Joan

How are you? I wondered where you were. I am glad you are okay! I completely understand ‘being busy’, as you well know. I missed out on several months of Winchester joy because work took over my life. But, things are better now. I am glad you enjoyed this episode. I thought it was so much fun. But, I am ready for my world to be turned upside down again….(see below)….I want darkness!

Take care, Joan

Closing thoughts

Sigh, I do so take pleasure in the light-hearted episodes. And, I am so afraid this is the last time we will see Dean smile or Sam laugh in a LONG, LONG time. But, as much as I enjoy rejoicing in seeing our Winchester boys happy, now is the time to get serious. I want to see pain and suffering….on my TV screen again. So, here is my open letter to Kripke.

Dear Mr. Kripke;

I love you, you know I do. But, I am beginning to lose patience. I like when you balance the lighter fare with the darker fare and when you ‘gift’ us with the awesomeness of ‘Changing Channels’ and ‘The Real Ghostbusters’ back-to-back, it is hard for me to complain. I don’t mean to sound ungrateful, but there has been more lightness than darkness lately and Dean and Sam are facing the apocalypse. Are you trying to lull us into a sense of false security? As much as I enjoy the light-hearted Supernatural episodes I am so ready for the return to gloom and despair. I want to see progression in the apocalyptic storyline. I want to be punched in the stomach. I need to see gut-wrenching scenes…played out on my television screen. I desire to hear secrets spilled. I am yearning for revelations to be unveiled. I want to see tears and hear screaming. I want to throw things at the TV screen. I want to yell, cry and be scared out of my wits. I want Sam and Dean to be thrown into turmoil. I long to see them ‘pushed to the brink’. I want to see blood spilled. I am craving episodes that will make me think. I want ‘Supernatural’ to make my head and my heart hurt. I want to see our boys with bruises and cuts. I want them to be united as brothers should be and I want to see them ‘fight the good fight’. I want them to conquer all that is evil and save the world. I trust in you so please don’t let me down.

Your fan,
Joan

PS. I know nothing about this week’s episode, because as always….I have been avoiding spoilers….even yours Sylvia ! However, if the title of the episode is any indication of what is to come, I believe I am going to get my wish.

#1 – As a fan girl, I am beyond happy that Supernatural has lasted long enough to poke fun at itself and its fans. And, as a fan girl, I can understand why I obsess over Sam and Dean with every part of my being. Supernatural is real to me and I care deeply about these two brothers. As fans, we just ‘get it’ and Sylvia, what you said about the void and the fans, was right on target.

#2 – The return of the magnificent Rob Benedict. I have such a crush on Chuck! His outtakes, at the end, were a hoot. In a perfect world, Chuck and the Trickster would be in every episode.

#3 – Dean’s ranting! I didn’t realize how much I missed him being enraged about something. It has been awhile since we witnessed him reacting like that and it was a joy to behold. He has such fire and passion when he is riled. Dean is a man a few words so when he gets worked about something and it really hits close to home…he really lets loose. “The Dean and Sam story sucks. It is not fun, it is not entertaining. It is a river of crap that would send most people howling to the nuthouse. So you listen to me. Their pain is not for your amusement. I mean, you think they enjoy being treated like circus freaks?”

#4 – Dean’s smile, when he was standing next to his car….waiting for Sam. That smile on his face, spoke volumes. I wish I knew exactly what he was thinking but we all know he was thinking about Sammy.

#5- “He sells stereo equipment. I fix copiers. Our lives suck. But to be Sam and Dean…to wake up every morning and save the world… to have a brother who would die for you… well who wouldn't want that?"

#6 – The graveyard scene. A throw back to the older seasons. Yet another thing I truly missed. Sam and Dean make digging graves so unbelievably appealing and incredibly sexy. I love it when they just ‘take charge’ of the situation!

#7 – Panels I would have loved to have seen
‘Why the Winchester boys make cleaning guns sexy’
‘How to say I love you ‘Winchester Style’
The Ins and Outs of the Winchester Family Business’
‘How to pose as fake FBI agents and get away with it’
#8 – Sam’s reaction when Becky told him their time together was over. OMG! The look on his face was hilarious!

#9 – "If you really want to publish more books, I guess that's OK with us." "Wow. Really?" "Not really. We have guns and we'll find you." "Ok. Ok. No more books."

#10 – The return of super fan girl Becky. Now I would like to think that I would not ‘be’ her if I ever met Jensen or Jared, in real life, but my obsession holds no bounds, so there is no telling how I would react.

#11 – The return of an old-fashioned, creepy ghost story. I was actually, on the edge of my seat, when the disturbing children were getting ready to scalp our Winchester boys. I am so happy it didn’t happen because Sylvia, Sam just wouldn’t be the same without his hair.

#12 – "Yeah, how original. Supernatural bringing in more creepy children!"

#13 – “Real enough for you?”

#14– We got a tidbit about the Colt!!!!

to be continued…. Joan

I'm really glad that you liked that paragraph, in particular, I thought that was what the whole ep was about. At least for me, other people's mileage might vary. And I've always thought that about fandom, and Show might not be talking about that at all, but about halfway through writing this review I came upon the idea of what the Faux Dean was saying – what I've been saying all along (at least to myself) that there are some actors, I think, who don't get it, who don't understand how powerful fandom can be.

Whether or not you Larp or Cosplay or even own a leather jacket, or sneakers like Starsky had, even if you own not even a single trinket nor picture, there's a lot of weight behind our love and passion for a particular show, be it SPN or Rat Patrol. A fan finds, and then connects, and then grows. Fandom changes you, forever, and even if you leave it, you cannot turn your back on it. Anyway….the boys are cute, and the actors' hearts are in the right place for going to conventions and giving fans a little bit of their time. I'm glad you had a good time, and got to wear your shirt! And they signed it!!! Whoot, whoot! Those are some damn fine memories, woman!

I mean, I can totally sympathize with your running away; the first time I met Mr. Ackles, my mouth fell open and no words came out. Can you imagine? Me without words? The second time, my mouth fell open and I couldn't shut up. I'm sure I left no impression either time of any note…..But yeah, the whole experience is overwhelming and with as much pressure and stress as there is in the world, do we need more? Okay, sure, it comes in such a beautiful package….

I prefer the little cons, the fan-based ones, where there are no lines and just a room full of fannish women (and some men) who are just dying to hear your theory on why what type of tires the Impala runs on makes a difference on how well Sam sleeps sitting up – and how it's important to Dean to get the RIGHT kind, so Sammy CAN sleep sitting up. And that's just at the bar, it doesn't even begin to go into the kinds of discussions you get into in the panels!