what are we watching today?

House s06, ep02 – Epic Fail. Well, now I see how they’ve mnaged to get rid of the new ducklings and bring the old duckings back into the fold. Meh. I’m kind of over this show…but the draw of Chase keeps pulling me back in, dammit! Really wish 13 had stayed a lesbian..she’s pretty hot.

Gossip Girl – s03, ep03 – meh. The sparkle is gone. There’s something about this show that’s…missing. And I don’t know what it is, but this season has so far been rather lacklustre. I think it may be seeing Blair at the bottom of the pile, and not triumphing like the Queen she is. We don’t want this to see Serena fall into pieces yet again or to see Blair torn to shreds…we watch it to see Blair tear everyone else into shreds! Can she please move out of the college dorms, get Dorota back on our screens and go find the bloody people she should be reigning over instead?

Glee – last week’s episode. Dammit. I’ve had Beyonce’s Single Ladies in my head ever since. I LOVE THIS SHOW. Had to rewatch Kurt’s dance yet again. I LOVE KURT SO MUCH. I’m flailing. I’m fangirl flailing. I haven’t done this since I discovered Torchwood canon. I HEART GLEE SO MUCH, PEEPS.

Supernatural Season 4 – as long as we have Cas…..

You know I loved this show from the get-go. 2 hot brothers traipsing around the US in a kick-ass metallicar, hunting down demons and ghosts? Seriously, what isn’t there to like?

But this season…it blew me away. I have episodes in every season which I won’t watch again, out of boredom or sheer annoyance (racist killer truck, anyone?)

And yet season 4 was phenomenal all the way through, if a little myth-arc heavy.

Of course, it would start off with a bang, sending off one of the leads to hell at the end of season 3. It was the awesomeness of the first 3 seasons which led me of course to do a Supernatural marathon in the lead-up to season 4 (an event which will never occur again, let me tell you). So there was a lot of anticipation going into the premiere…

And they delivered.

Ripping Dean out of hell, having 10 minutes of pure silence and just seeing the bewilderment on the poor boy’s face, leading up to the joyful reunions, discovering exactly what a bad, bad boy Sammy has been in the 4 months since Dean died and then learning that it was an angel (a very gorgeous angel with bedroom eyes) who pulled Dean out of hell.

And the show got better, bringing back some of our favourite dead characters for a special episode, where we also learn the myth-arc for the season: Lilith is breaking seals in order to release Lucifer.

Then Dean takes a little trip in time and meets daddy with blue eyes, and his sexy mama – and learns his mother was a hunter as well as why she died by ol’ yellow eyes -and how brilliant of them to keep stringing him through the show, even though he died 2 seasons ago? It’s amazing to see a show capable of picking up plot points and continuing to thread them through in such a way. Oh, how I love this show.

There was an homage to old-school horror films in black and white, Halloween (it took them 4 seasons to get to Halloween?), an after school special, a brilliant out-take to the theme Eye of the Tiger, a very meta episode (now with slash!), prophets, and an overdose of angels. It was a very tongue-in-cheek season, but underneath it all, there was beautiful symbolism, as we gradually learn why Dean is so tortured – he started torturing souls himself – and what this meant for the season – this act broke the very first seal to release Lucifer – and why the angels pulled him out – the first man to start it is the only man who can stop Lucifer. EEP!

Meanwhile, Sam gradually fell to the dark side, indulging deeper in demon blood, provided by New Ruby who sucked. Seriously. I was actually a fan of Ruby – she was portrayed brilliantly and you never knew whether you could trust her or not, and begrudgingly started to trust her towards the end of season 3 – but this one just sucked. I did not want to trust her because I hated her so much.

So, we came down to the wire – Sam is not only sleeping with a demon possessing a dead body (ewwww) and gaining in strength, but Dean is yet again in turmoil and carrying the entire world on his shoulders, attempting to save Sammy from his fate. (And attempting to deny his attraction to the lush angel Castiel – come on, we all saw the eyefuckage going on there!)

And then they fight and break up. Dean tends to his wounds with Bobby until the angels put him into a little green room, awaiting the apocalypse, while Sammy makes his own demon road trip to the church where Lilith awaits him.

And here, it all comes full circle. For you see, this has been Ol’ Yellow Eyes goal all along. This was his game plan. The reason he made those kids special, killed several mothers and then got them to pick one another off, was to find the strongest one of them all – the one who would be able to kill the first demon. This is the final seal, and this was Ol Yellow Eye’s game plan all along.

How freaking cool is that???????

Now, Dean discovers the angels want the apocalypse because they want to swipe the slate clean. Luckily, Catsiel breaks him out but he’s too late – Sammy kills Lilith and releases Lucifer.

And now, Ruby reveals she’s also been playing them all along and has secretly been working with both Yellow Eyes and Lilith to lure Sammy to the dark side so this very event can occur.

And then Dean kills her! And I scream ecstatically and dance singing, ding dong, the bitch is dead……

And end season, on the boys grasping each other (together again!), watching the ground break up as Lucifer makes his long-awaited comeback…and leaves wanting more.

This season was pure brilliance, and also improved in the ratings – although that may have something to do with the angels finally coming into play. For a show about the supernatural, they stuck it out with hell and demons for long enough, and I always knew they’d have to bring the other side into it. Of course, I’m not a big fan of the mythology, as I’m not actually a believer, but considering how ridiculous the show is overall, I can overlook it as fiction. After all, I think the Bible is fiction, so it’s not much of a stretch.

I don’t know where to begin with a high point – In the Beginning was the best episode, coming very close to the best episode of the entire show (and yet it still can’t trump Devil’s Trap…I don’t think anything can!). There’s so much that went right this year – Sammy’s descent into darkness, Dean discovering what he really did, breaking out of hell…it’s hard to choose just one.

The weak pint – well besides the overbearing mythology – would have to be Dean’s mopiness. Come on, he spent the entire season crying woe is me! Where’s the tough as nails hunter we first met? Then again, where’s the brainiac normal Sam? He lost the plot too – but at least we can blame his behaviour on losing his brother!

It’s a critical point now for the show – where do they go after this? I hope it can only continue to improve, although it seems we’re moving into the final season. So I’ll be enjoying every single moment there is left and waiting impatiently for the DVD.

watch this space

ooh i’ve neglected you. i apologise! what with holidays and work taking over, life…just moved on.

i’ll be doing overall reviews of each of the seasons in the coming weeks, try and finish a few shows, decide what to watch in the coming season (trust me, the list has narrowed) and go back to the beginning of torchwood (because i need to remind myself why i loved it in the first place and forget the depression of season 3).

so stick around – i’m back!

Eurovision 2009

And here we are! Good evening and welcome….and it’s Graham Norton commenting… Gah, already this show sucks. I miss Terry Wogan!

Ok, he’s not too bad.

We’re starting with an act from Cirque Du Soleil, who are apparently launching their very first season in Russia – any opportunity to plug your show! But it is a very good show.

And now last year’s Dima decides to use a running treadmill thing before starting the winning song from last year….which I wasn’t all that impressed with the first time around – eastern bloc voting for sure!

My money is on Azerbajain – Putin was photographed with this entry and this entry only – a very subtle hint for which country to vote for!

Right – new voting system this year – public vote is 50/50 with a jury of profesional musicians who have already voted. Hmm…We’re in Russia with half the vote already counted…oh yeah, this is rigged.

And we’re jumping straight in -

Lithuania
Sasha Son, Love

guy with a piano , bit ballad-y but actualu music talent. i want his trilby.
Look, it’s a nice song, but nothing special. It sounds like anything you might hear on the radio – ooh, he has a flame in his hand!

Israel
Noa & Mira Awad, There Must be another way

Nice, political song about peace and hope, sung in arabic, hebrew and english. A jew and an arab singing together – not likely to win, but again, nice song about hope. (Although it would be nice if Israel would actually consider it). and they’re on the drums again.

France
Patricia Kaas, El S’Il laffail la fait or something like that

how surprising, the french singing in french. and it’s ballady.
Kat’s response – it’s french. not that there’s anything wrong with that, but…well, can we stereotype much? *I’m agreeing with Kat, by the way.
meh.

Sweden
La voix – Malena Ernman

it’s discopera. and the dress cost EUR 36,000. In a recession? Nice, though. typical blonde girl – verses are slow pop, chorus is operatic. it’s not bad, i quite like it – might make a good music vid. and man, she’s really, really excited about being there – or maybe just happy she made the notes? love the glittery masks.

Croatia
Igor and Andrea, Lepja Tena

oh god the song starts and i’m back in my childhood – mama, what did you do to me? what are the back-up dancers doing? and he has knee-high boots? WTF?
It’s a little too Iglesias-y for me…and now there’s a blonde singer, wailing nicely.
Croatia always has…interesting entries * last year’s was better.

Portugal
Flor-de-lis, todas as ruas do amor

MY FAVOURITE! VOTE FOR PORTUGAL!
it’s oh so bright and happy with flowers, and bright colours and it’s…just happy, folksy, simple and simply beautiful. I think, best way to explain it is…very now. eh i can’t explain it. just vote for it! aww i think she cried again.

Iceland
Yohanna, Is it true?
Another favourite. she’s 18, and looks icelandic. like the top half of the dress, kat likes the satin.
it’s a gorgeous song – you can imagine it on the radio, on a soundtrack, having a cry to it, it’s just beautiful, melodic, very non-eurovision like.
Unfortunately, Iceland can’t win – they can’t afford it.
Graham pointed out no one has ever won wering only blue.

Greece
Sakis Rouvas, this is our night

Gah. I know too many greek people. one of the favourites to win. Greec econtinuing their trend of eurodance. And he’s thrusting. and body popping. upturned collar. this is a favourite to win? It’s…meh. not special. the treadmill is going again.he ripped his top. Um. And there’s a greek flag on stage now. Meh. Graham thinks it’ll do well, Kat mutters, not if there;s any justice in the world.

Armenia
Inga & Janush, Jan Jan
Ooh, I quite like this one, if it weird. Has a brilliant track to it, with a very eastern flavour to it, before adding a basic beat. and they actually have traditional outfits, keeping a bit ot of euro *er, eastern* flavour. I’m not sure why, but I really like this *Kat says that’s because it’s actually a good song*.

Russia
Anastacia Prikhodko, Mamo
ah, the host country. Kat – she looks like a demon. Black eyes, you know!*
she’s aging on the screens…..weird effect.
Kat – what is she singing? Looks like she’s singing for her mummy. and now she’s having a tanty!!!

I’m…yeah. no way they’ll win.it sucked.

Azerbaijan
Aysel & Arash ,Always
if this is rigged, they’ll win.
eastern influence again. very euro-poppy.
not too bad, catchy. i can ehar it playing in the clubs – and on Oxygen. ooh, we have a ukelele!
she’s trying to dance, and well, beyond swinging hips, she ain’t that good. like her dress.
ooh..sparklies!
Apparently biggest cheer so far. see? Putin’s influence

Bosnia & Herzegovina
Regina, Bistra Voda
ah, the weird guy, with the drumming singers! And the awesome group stance towards the end. he’s the guy i wouldn’t kick out of bed, but he has to change his hair first. Cos, ick.
it’s got a bit of balkan folk flavour, which I really like, but overall the song is a little strange. i still like it. And here comes the group stand, in the face of danger! Or wind fans….

Moldova
Nelly Ciobanu, Hora di Moldova
very interesting outfit. it looks like something a girl hidden in the alps would wear.It’s the strange dancing and yelling and…

I like it. So does Kat. Although “looks like the dancers are having spasms”.
it of Irish dancing, Morris dancing, hill dancing….and back to the fun chorus with scremaing and yelping. I like it. lot. Eeep.
Still think her outfit looks wacked out.

You know…Graham isn’t half bad. Terry Wogan, your rep is in trouble.

Malta
Chiara, What if we
To me, this song is very 90’s movie soundtrack ballad. it’s nice, I do like it…but not to win. Although it would be brilliant for music vids. I already have ideas in my head. Like the glittery blue lights. so purdy.

Estonia
Urban Sympony, Radajan
what is she wearing?
there’s a mini-orchestra on stage, it’s nice and melodic but I just….i can’t get my head around their outfits. they’re weird.
the song is alright. Estonia always has such strange songs!

Denmark
Brinck, Believe Again
The Ronan Keating. sounds and looks like him. he wrote it too. has potential?
I’ve never been the biggest Ronan fan, so not sure. Very pop-tastic.
Mmm. I like the guitarist.
Song is very Ronan-esque, so yeah, has strong potential to win if it captures the teenie vote. I like it, but it’s radio stuff.
Can I have the guitarist? The long-haired one? Please?

Germany
Alex Swings Oscar Swing, Miss Kiss Kiss Bang
Dita von Teese is appearing. Well, it worked for Russia.
he really overplucks his eyebrows.
But I like the song.
Hmm, barely seen Dita. I’m sure once she starts stripping, they’ll show her more.
and now there’s tapdancing.
and DITA IS IN A ITY-BITTY CORSET, AND LOOKING HOT. SHE HAS A WHIP, PEOPLE.
I really liked the song, but the performance was not that great and badly taken care of.

Turkey
Hadise, Dum Tek Tek
well, it’s turkish so immediate eastern feel and music, and the belly-dancing. well, kind of belly dancing. as kat says, the ones with the back-up dancers doing the beter singing.
so eurovision. well, recent eurovision-y.
and now we have the acrobat leaping onto stage wearing only silky harem pants.
he’s too skinny.

Albania
Kejsi Tola, Carry me in your dreams
why are there mimes on stage?
and…a man…in a full on green condom body suit? WTF?
and she’s in a tutu.
I like her hair.
another typical europop track. it’s alright, she has a good voice at least. and the eastern bit, with the teensy belly dance bit…and the wind machine on gale force.
That was weird.

Norway
Alexander Rybak, Fairytale
The favourite to win. The one to beat. We have a fiddler on the stage!!
He’s cute.
i don’t know how to describe the dancers.  and now we have girls in pretty dresses.
It’s a different song…not poppy, not really folky *Alexander composed it himself*
I like it…but…i had high hopes and I just can’t see why it’s favourite to win. Until he starts fiddling, that’s pretty good actually! i don’t want it to win. If he fiddled the entire way through…

i like the song, but not as much as i love others.

Ukraine
Svetlana Loboda, Be My Valentine
the one with the hamster wheels!
Th outfit, the stage…I’m seeing Lady Gaga in my head. And the dancers are gladiators!
all I have to say is the Ukraine must have an amazing clubbing scene, considering what they bring to Eurovision each year.
gladiators dancing, thrusting and headbanging. Hee. and she’s probably dizzy from all the twirling.
Did she just say he has a sexy bum? Ooh and drumming! And she broke the stick!
In kat’s words, I’m voting for her…she’s fucking nuts!

Romania
Elena, The Balkan Girls
this one starts off really well, lots of drums…and then flatlines. i like the outfits. I had really high hopes initially but i’m not a big fan of it, it’s too iffy.
hmm graham seems to say the back up singer is the main singer. I don’t know.

UK
Jade Ewen, It’s my time
Ok, can we get over the fact Andrew Lloyd Webber wrote this? His stuff isn’t that great, you know.
she has a sparkly mic.
and violinsts.
At least she can sing. and sing well.
Oh look, the man himself is on stage performing – now I see! He’s using this as his opportunity to perform at eurovision!
Ooh near miss – Jade was nearly taken out by a violin…but recovered.
It’s alright – it’s very…Idol winner-y to me, which are the type of songs I’ve never liked.
But she can belt it out.

Finland
Waldo’s People, Lose Control
Oh, I like this song! I can so see this in the clubs. It’s the rapper, with the girls in gold..and FIRE! Fire twirlers! Anyone with fire twirlers gets my vote. Such a far cry from Lordi.
as Kat says, bit fucking odd, but I quite like this one.
mmm…fire twirlers are hot.
Gah. I really like this.

Spain
Soraya Arnelas, El Noche es para mi
The spaniards have decided to go eastern? Or south american?
what is she wearing? Short and sparkly!
it’s eurodancy.
she’s disappeared. how will she re-appear? somewhere else, apparently. i was expecting more from that. you disappointed me, espana!
It’s a nice song..not good enough to vote for.

And that’s it – we have all 25 songs…and now it’s time to choose!!
It will take some time for the results to come through. Hmm..who will win?  Where will I attempt to go see the final next?

ppst…hopefully Portugal!!!!!

Ack…they’re opening the voting…via space station.
I don’t think Russia has moved on from the cold war.

Europe, start voting! *grabs phone*

Good luck to all the entrants!

Supernatural s04-ep16 – On the head of a Pin

Oh boy. This one is a doozy. It’s one of those episodes which make you turn around and go back, way back, and re-watch specific moments. Now this scene makes sense, now you know why this has happened. And ack, it broke my freaking heart!

The opening montage is beautifully done: a car accident, or so it seems, a woman, and then Castiel lights up the screen, staring gravely at the poor woman…and as the camera zooms out we see the outline of her wings on the bitumen…nice!

Our boys have just buried Pamela, who devastatingly died in the previous episode. I will most definitely miss her; she was the epitome of all the fans. And that would be why they killed her off, as every female character we like on this show never survives for very long. So they get into their hotel room and find Castiel and Uriel waiting for them. They’ve caught Alistair (What? He’s not dead?) And are trying to extract information from him, and for that, they need a torturer. Which is why they’ve come to Dean, the best torturer they know, seeing as he spent 40 years in hell. Sam is not having any of it, because he doesn’t believe Dean can break Alistair, as he sees his brother as weak. And damn Sammy, what has that Ruby girl done to you? Although I guess this is the result of 4 months of learning to stand on your own 2 feet out of your brother’s shadow….err…can you crawl back into it now? I preferred the optimistic, naïve and cute Sammy. Of course, being angels, Castiel and Uriel merely vanish…and take Dean along with them. Hmm. Now, Sammy sees his weak brother as being kidnapped by the angels. You know, I never thought I’d be writing that sentence.

Dean has a little chat with Castiel, who convinces to bring out his bad side and torture Alistair for information on who’s killing angels, and how. So he goes in and tyhey have annoying little moments of chit-chat, with Dean preparing his instruments of torture as Alistair tries to break him. Of course, he’d be the one person who knows how to.

He even drags out old Daddy Dearest yet again, claiming how Daddy dearest never broke, but Dean did after only 30 measly years. Dean calmly and quietly continues preparing his torture devices, which are nasty. Of course, the reason Alistair is baiting him is because he realises there is a leaking pump, resolutely breaking the devil’s trap holding him. He’s keeping Dean pre-occupied so he doesn’t notice.

In the meantime, Anna visits Castiel to tell him to think for himself and be all pale and ghost-like. Sam also has a visit from Ruby, and she helps him find Dean with a really cool trick…and then we find out exactly what Sammy has been getting up all these months, besides exorcising demons and sleeping with one. He’s been sucking demon blood from Ruby. Which…..I don’t think I even have words for. Just. Ick. Dammit Sammy…you are so screwed up right now! He gathers extra-strength from the demon blood, so he sucks some more up in order to go and break Dean free, because he’s so sure Dean is incapable of doing anything himself. Oh, this does so not bode well for our intrepid heroes’ futures. He goes racing off after Dean.

In the meantime…oh, I don’t know if I have the words for it. This bit…

Alistair pulls out his drawcard. He reveals to Dean exactly why he was in hell, exactly what the plan was. Apparently, once Lilith had the contract in her hand, she set the whole plan of releasing Lucifer into motion. Because the first seal had to be broken by a righteous man in hell, torturing others. Do you realise what this means?
It means Dean broke the first seal, he set it all into motion when he picked up that scythe and started slicing and dicing. All of this, all the seals, the deaths, Lucifer…it’s all HIS FAULT.

The close-up on Jensen here is beautiful, you know can see him holding resolutely, but in his eyes, you see him breaking. Gah.

And this is of course when Alistair breaks free and grabs Dean and slams him into the wall.

We come back into it a little later to find Dean practically pulverised and Castiel finally comes dashing into the room to take Alistair on, except, yet again, he is overtaken, plucked onto a meat-hook and nearly killed…when Sam comes in and kills Alistair once and for all. Of course, Castiel is really unhappy now, having seen Sam use his power…to rescue him. Oh the moral dilemmas!

Our next scene is Dean lying in a hospital bed. (SQUEE!) Sam is next to him, all terrified, begging Castiel to help him, but he can’t. I think Sam is also starting to come to some of his own realisations, and he ain’t happy with the angels.

Castiel goes back to the factory and realises the trap was broken, which was how Dean was so badly injured. And then Uriel comes back in..and it’s revealed Uriel is the one whose been killing the angels, because only an angel can kill another angel. He has decided Lucifer had the right idea and has joined a secret underground movement helping Lucifer’s escape, setting the trap to get rid of one his problems, ie Dean. And then we have an angelic showdown, which, inevitably, the gorgeous tousle-headed Castiel wins. Thank the heavens.

We come to our last scene, with Dean waking up in hospital and seeing his guardian angel by his bedside. They have a small chat, as Castiel tells Dean to be more careful, because some of the angels are bad and probably gunning for him. And then Dean asks if it’s true. If it’s true about him breaking the first seal. Castiel can’t lie. And Dean is so heartbreakingly destroyed right here….sniffle. Catsiel reveals ocne they figured out Lilith’s plan they battled their way into hell to try and stop it from happening, to save Dean. But they were too late. Dean wants to know why he rescued him.

Castiel looks at him and reveals, the one who started it, is the one who will end it.

Fudge. Hell. So…my god…..Dean…Dean actually has his own arc? He…has his own little path that is in absolutely no way tied to Sam? Are you people serious? I was terrified it was all tied to Sam, but….it’s all about DEAN! (Cue exuberant squeeing here).

Ahem.

Dean, in typical Dean-esque fashion, tells Castiel where he can stuff it. No, not there, sadly. He tells Castiel to find someone else, because he isn’t strong enough and he can’t do it.

Sounds to me like someone’s been listening to baby brother a little bit too much.

Never fear, 2 crazy ass episodes ahead before another hiatus and then the last 4 in a big bang!!

Supernatural – s04ep15 – Death takes a holiday

Pamela! Tessa! Reapers! Alistair! God, I love this episode.

We’re introduced to a town where people miraculously recover from fatal wounds and diseases, while Sam and Dean continue sniping away at each other. Dean is thoroughly sick and tired of all the crap thrown his way lately and you know, I kind of understand it. After all, this is the same guy who’s been brought up like a soldier by the father who then gave his life for him, thus totally screwing with the poor man’s head, and then given up his own life for his brother and gone to hell. He also understands it won’t end. Sam has his innocence filter on again, believing that once they get rid of Lilith all the bad stuff will go away and he can have a normal life again. Which is absolutely ridiculous, because let’s face it, this is life. You have the good and the bad to balance each other out. And after they took out ol’ yellow eyes (oh how we miss you) the bad stuff didn’t go away, it simply increased. Even stopping Lucifer form rising won’t keep the darkness at bay, and I think Dean knows this, which is why he’s sick of it.; He knows the only escape from this life is death, and come one, the poor guy’s been on death’s door at least twice and has actually died (although that wasn’t so pleasant either), so I totally see where he’s coming from. Meanwhile, Sam in his unbridled optimism truly believes he cans top the upcoming apocalypse and life can be hunky-dory again. Oh, ye of so little knowledge. I thought you’re meant to be the smart one, Sammy?

At any rate, the pleasantries of the last episode with the seductive siren are still eating away at Dean, who also realises Sam believes he doesn’t need him anymore, which is really nice Sam, considering your brother went to hell for you and wow…they’re really trying to make Sammy unlikeable, aren’t they? (Or at least painting Dean as a total martyr). Anyhoo, they make the drive up to the town and discover that no one has in a few days, not since a 12 year old was killed. And why? They boys surmise the town’s reaper is a no-show. So, they drag out the awesome Pamela who helps them leave their physical bodies behind and became part of the spiritual realm so they can communicate with the dead boy who’s been creating a bit of havoc at his mum’s place.

And here we start with some cute jokes as they plunge their fists into each other (depending on what level of slash you read determines how much squeeing occurred on your behalf) and they go find the little dead boy, who tells them about the reaper coming to visit and then being taken away…by a demon. Well, our boys figure that out. And then the wind picks up…and it’s Tessa! OH! The most kick-ass reaper ever makes a return visit to take over reaping duties in this town. Dean knows she looks familiar, and so she taps him on the head and his memory from nearly dying comes back, which just had me squeeing all over, because I absolutely adore In My Time of Dying and if she wasn’t a dead reaper, they’d be an awesome couple.

Anyway, she’s all pragmatic about carrying on with her duties and reaping the poor boy, but our boys convince her to leave him until they’ve rescued with the other reaper. At which point the wind blows up and Tessa is kidnapped.

So, now Dean and Sam need to learn how to move physical objects as our dead boy teaches them (it’s very cute) and they wander off to find where the reapers are being kept…in a house surrounded by charms to keep out angels. Huh. I didn’t think about that.

In the meantime, demons are trying to into the room where the boys spirit-less bodies lie with a blind woman…oh this isn’t going to end well. Pamela starts calling Sam back, but is stabbed in the process. Of course…there aren’t any reapers around, so she’s safe…for the time being. So they get in and try getting rid of one of the demons which they do but then end up caught and the original reaper is murdered and blood spilled…because of course this is all another seal, the blood of 2 reapers will break another seal. Alistair is also hanging around like a bad smell…man really wants his whipping boy back downstairs. (Mmmm…Dean as a whipping boy….sorry where was I again?) and just as he’s about to get Tessa….the boys have been concentrating very hard on pulling the chandelier off the ceiling and it smashes onto the ground, breaking the circle, allowing Tessa to escape and then release the boys (Who’ve been held back by an iron chain. Cute.)

Sam has vanished in the meantime, having been called back by Pamela and he fights off the demon with his super duper evil powers and tries to save Pamela…Dean is still stuck on the spiritual plane. He has a run-in with Alistair and it’s not looking good…and then zap! Alistair’s hit by lightning and vanishes, extra crispy. Heh.

Dean also has a chat with Tessa, who reveals she knows more than Dean does about this whole escapade and I don’t want her to leave my screen. I love her. She tells Dean not to trust the angels, because inevitably, he doesn’t know what their endgame is. And neither do we. After it’s all over and he saves the world, does he go back to hell? How does this all work? They go back to the house and Tessa reaps the little boy, allowing his mother to finally have peace.

And then Dean gets pulled back, just in time for Pamela to die. Oh. Oh no. Really? Oh show! Why do you keep killing off the awesome female characters and keep around the nasty ones? How you make me want to cry…until next episode, that is…

90210 – s01ep10 – Games People Play

I fear this will be the last recap of this show from me, as I really can’t see myself taking the time to actually watch it, let alone try and process it anymore. I’ve been analysing my viewing habits lately and realised while 90210 is highly entertaining, I can’t connect with any of these characters. None of these characters truly entice me in a way to keep me interested, and the acting is too over the top in order to actually allow the viewer to see the character properly. They all constantly look like they’re acting and I can’t lose myself in the show. Even the old-skool crew no longer entice me, what with Kelly’s squeaky whiny voice and Brenda’s chipmunk facelift.

So, in order to preserve my sanity and free time, I’m purging myself of GG’s weak younger west coast sibling.

So, let’s celebrate this final recap with a quick rundown of who’s doing who. Dixon and Silver are both happily floating along in their budding relationship, merely prompting other storylines and exposition at this moment, unaware that this is TV La La land, so something big and nasty (and stupid) will inevitably be heading their way shortly. As the only couple I currently approve of, I’m pleased I will never know what terrible event breaks them.

Adriana and Navid have a weird pseudo relationship where she’s being all touchy-feely and he’s kind of pushing her away and it’s slightly weird, because his character keeps changing practically every week. First he’s the gallant friend, then the gallant gentleman who paid for rehab and made out with her but stopped it going too far, and now he doesn’t want intimacy. Unless this is the whole male virgin storyline I don’t really know what’s going on. And why do they make such a huge deal out of virginity on this show, anyway? Ah right. It’s set in America. Of course. Anyway, Adriana pops by his house and he’s embarrassed by her being there and meeting his family but she loves meeting his family and why am I writing this drivel? My god…how does this stuff make dramatic television? So we leave them being all cutesy together and WHATEVER.

Teacher Mr Matthews is on probation and slumming around at home feeling sorry for himself and angry with the world because he got caught with a student who isn’t actually a student. And of course, they got caught by another student who wanted her for himself. How Shakespearean. Kelly can’t believe he’d do that because of course he was so into her and slam! We’re back into the world of Kelly’s make believe, where everything revolves around her and of course everyone is in love with her. Ooh how it must have burned, knowing he’d moved on with someone younger. And prettier. And sassier. Heh. So the girl whose name I’ve forgotten, not that it matters as she’ll probably never resurface here again anyway, gets her pusher and arrests him and it all finally comes to a close, except he’s not ready to go back to teaching just yet, even though it’s out in the open now. And…stupid. Just because she’s an undercover cop doesn’t make it alright. She’s pretending to be a student and in order to keep up that pretense, he would have to be punished somehow. Unless they want to set up a precedent down the track. Would have been way better if she actually was a student, but sadly, the only thing she was proving was how often adults play teenagers on these shows. Although most of this cast actually seem to be teenagers. Maybe that explains why it’s all so….bad?

Annie and Ethan are continuing to hide their relationship from everyone except Silver knows, which means Dixon knows. They’re trying to figure out how to tell Naomi, except she saw them kissing and has now decided to bring them down, LA style. Inevitably, this means her budding stability with Ozzy has been pushed to the sidelines this episode, which sucks, because I liked his character too.

So as this episode revolves around Annie’s 16^th birthday, Naomi decides to invite her old boyfriend to LA in order to cause some chaos. He admits he still loves her and wants to move to LA to be with her, while Ethan sits on the sidelines getting pissed off. Not like Annie tells him she’s with Ethan, either. And then they have their first argument, over whose idea it was not to tell Naomi. And I find myself putting laundry away, re-organising my cupboards, darning my socks…..this whole relationship here is so damn dull. Ethan deserves better. Gah, the best thing about no longer watching this show will be never having to deal with Annie. She irritates me beyond belief.

So it all comes to a head as Naomi makes out with Annie’s ex and she gets pissed off and then they have a little showdown outside and that’s when their half-brother, the adopted son of their mother and father, pops up on the doorstep. Obviously.

Sigh.

Goodbye 90210. It was an interesting ride, but it’s making me nauseous and it’s time for me to step off.

Supernatural – s04ep05 – Monster Movie

There’s been a healthy debate online regarding this episode, but I remain firmly on the “YAY!” side. I loved it. It was hilariously dorky, in the same vein as Hollywood Babylon, and managed to hit so many of the old-school horror flick veins, proving how much attention to detail there can be in this show, albeit with glaring plot-holes and inconsistencies on occasion.

This entire episode is one giant crack!fic, from the shout-outs to the liederhosen and to the unbelievably dorkable random comments to come out. This episode is AWESOME.

The coolest, and also most annoying thing, is the entire episode is shot in black and white. It’s interesting how it’s annoying at first, but then you just become accustomed to it, even adding in the colours yourself. When I think back on the episode, I have to mentally remind myself it was all black and white.

So, we start with the old-school WB logo, with old-style credits (And the boys getting equal credit – yay!) and a gorgeous long shot of the Impala. A short discussion in the car, where Dean is very excited about getting back into some straight-up black and white huntings (Hee – a whole pile of fans shouted with joy at that) and we jump right into the episode. It’s set around Oktoberfest, so a little bit late as Oktoberfest has already finished, but still, brilliant idea setting a ridiculous episode around a slightly ridiculous themed party (Because Oktoberfest in this day and age, is rather ridiculous).There’s this great exchange of Dean wanting to see the new Raiders flick, Sam saying he saw it, and when Dean becoems indignant, Sam remind shim he was kind of in hell. Dean’s frustrated for all of 20 seconds until he sees giant pretzels. Heh. And we see Sam eat! The GIANT eats!

It’s another Dean-centric episode, with Dean hitting on the local girl, Jamie, who just so happens to be a kick-ass female in the same vein as Sarah. And blonde. And Dean goes after her? Hmm. I always thought Sam was the one with the thing for the blondes.

So, we have someone bitten old-school by Dracula. And then someone ripped to pieces by a wolfman. And then a mummy comes to life. When Dean takes Jamie out, he also runs into Dracula –and rips his ear off. Guess who? Ding, ding, it’s a shapeshifter!

But who is the shapeshifter? And yes, the audience is well aware it’s Lucy, Jamie’s bar-mate, as they’ve spent way too much glossing over her lip-blotting napkins – but you know? I don’t care. No matter what happens in this episode, I will love it. There’s no cringe-worthy Godlike discussions, instead they’ve replaced it by Dean’s belief he’s been…and i quote, “re-hymenated”.

I cannot explain this scene. There is no way to possibly explain it. It’s beyond funny, and just….so ridiculous, and so…so smarmy, and really, yet again, absolute standing applause to Jensen ackles for playing this absolutely beautifully and in the perfect manner. It’s just….go find it on youtube. Seriously. Go find and prepare to laugh.

Um….Gosh, what happens after that? Sam believes it’s the creepy guy, so he goes to find him at the old cinem (now playing Phantom of the Opera), while Dean comforts Jamie in the bar. Lucy comes in, has a drink with them..roofies their drinks and Dean very brilliantly gets up with the bottle to go after Lucy…and falls flat on his face. Heh.

Sam’s in the cinema, and weird Ed is playing creepy organ music..changing it up with schmaltz. I just love all the innuendo and inside jokes here. Anyway, Sam grabs him, threatens him, tries to rip off his ear and says, “It’s supposed to come off” Ed replies with “No, it’s not” Heh, absolute brilliant.

So Dean wakes up…….tied up in liederhosen. Oh boy. FIELD DAY! Dracula wants to fry him like Frankenstein and gets stopped at the critical moment…by the pizza delivery.

Have I mentioned how brilliantly snarky this episode is? He snarks with the pizza boy about garlic, and then wants a discount. The pizza guy’s absolute boredom is just….god, I love love love this episode.

So he goes to find Jamie, blah blah blahs about how lonely he is and how it sent him to murder,e tc etc…and let’s cut back to Dean in liederhosen. And Sa sneaking in to save him. And calling him Hansel. HA! But doe sthat make Sam Gretel?

So, they all get rescued, and go after Dracula, as Sam goes flying through the moviefake wall. heh. Jamie ends up blasting Dracula with silver bullets. And Dan gets to break in his….errr..hymen. Or whatever. Hee. I frekaing love this episode. Jamie can stay over whenever she likes. I love her.

Now if only I can get through Friday so I can rush home and watch the next episode Yellow Fever. Firstly, the sneak preview with the car and the music is solid gold. Secondly….the preview? My god…I haven’t been this excited since….well, since they sent Dean to hell!

Bones – s04 ep03

I seem to have lost my shine for this show a little. Maybe it’s getting a bit long in the tooth? I don’t know, but after 3 seasons I find it hard to find these little gems charming. I guess the new flashy and dazzling shows have dragged me away from the old-school cheesy copper shows.

Anyway, this was a fairly disgusting episode considering it contained an enormous amount of faeces. For some reason, it also involved a vast amount of discussion regarding morality, as Bones is dating 2 guys, one for conversation and one for sex. Something which Booth obviously doesn’t agree with. And which I can’t seem to find any amount of enthusiasm to get involved over.

I don’t know, the cute dialogue and the slightly cheesy interchanges used to make me smile, but nowadays I’m all meh. I think I’m still bitter over the extremely harsh and nasty treatment of Zach, who I really loved. At least they’re not going the House route and having a survivor-esque hunt for new assistants – they’re simply going to be bringing in new ones until they decide on who will take his place. The girl who was sticking around for this one? Annoyed the hell out of me.

And there was absolutely no follow-up with the Angela-Hodges break-up – what the hell is going on there? Why do they have them go through all that crap tog et married then suddenly break up?

This show makes no sense.

But I’ll keep watching.

Day 4 – Home, Asylum, Scarecrow

Oh wow….some of my favourite episodes! I LOVE LOVE LOVE these episodes!

01×09 god, how weird would it be to go home, to where it all began? The house you should have grown up in? Knowing this is where your mother was murdered and where your father started his lifelong campaign?

I wonder if Sam really did want to go back, I mean of course he wanted to protect someone as a result of his creepy nightmare, but by the same token, i think he also secretly wanted to return. He would have no recollection of this life, of this house, and I can see him going back, seeing the room, the garden, knowing he would have played in these streets, walked to school, taken his first girlfriend down to the diner for a milkshake…he wanted to see what his life could have been like. For Dean? I think it’s the last thing he wants to be reminded of. Having memories, even if they are vague, would have made this extremely difficult for him, I’m sure he doesn’t want to be reminded of what his life could have been life, taken back to the very same spot where that entire future was ripped from him with one small fire.

By the way? HAve always loved this episode.

And I like this, although I wonder if the poltergeist was brought there by their mother in order to entice them to return? And why did it appear now, anyway? If the house is a talisman for evil energy, why did it sit dormant for 20 years?

The kid climbing into the fridge? I used to do that with my brother’s cat on really hot days.

I still don’t really get the little pouch thing..in the end, it was useless, and I thought they had to put one in all directions on each floor? Because it sure didn’t look like it….and if they only had to put one on each floor, in north south east and west, no wonder it didn’t get rid of the poltergeist – they missed 1!

Oh and Sam never knowing it was Dean who pulled him out of the house? Awwww…and then using the exact same words to the little girl at the end? That was beautiful symmetry!

Seeing Mary again…wow….she smiles at Dean, she really smiles at him, walks up to Sam and the moment she tells him she’s sorry, the smile vanishes…..so Dean gets all the lovin while Sammy gets all the hatin…..aww I hope Dean didn’t walk away feeling unloved! And yes, we still don’t know exactly what she’s apologising for, it’s something they’ve been holding out on us….apparently it was meant to be explored in season 3, but with the writer’s strike, that didn’t happen…so here’s hoping we get the full story in season 4!

And what a bastard Daddy Dearest, being there, running to help his sons….but not actually showing himself! See, this makes me all the ore curious about “Faith”…..

Missouri…..Why isn’t she back on the show? I want her back! I LOVE HER! She has been my favourite co-star to date. Well, her and Ellen. They have 2 unbelievably kick-ass heroines on this show, which they underutilise and get rid of, and then give us soppy whiny girls each season……GAH! Bring back the kick ass psychic!

01×10 – I never know where to start with this one. Although I’m extremely amused by the couple – there’s a Hero and an Animorph! Hee…And if you actually get that, yes you do know what sad little sci-fi geek I am.

I have to say, have always loved this one. This is where masochist Petra gets her kicks. After all, what can be ore amusing than Sam shooting Dean full of rock salt? (Shooting him with a proper bullet, but that’s another story for season 2!)

I lvoe the dynamic between the brothers here, how their trip home has changed them. It’s really flared up a storm in Sam, i think the trip back and the potential lifestyle he could have had have brought back memories of his childhood, and made hi think about all the bad stuff, think about running around and doing what he was told and never having the opportunity to lead his own life. I think a small part of him also resents Dean for never standing up to their father, for never carving his own way, but being a good little soldier and doing exactly as told. This definitely comes into play in the next episode.

But here, the whole crazy asylum aspect? Is cool. Particularly since I have stayed in a converted mental asylum, and those things creep you out…particularly in the iddle of nowhere and you’re the only one there overnight!

But one thing I never got – the call Sam gets, which he thinks is from Dean and leads him to the basement? Hello!?! Even the first time I watched it I noticed there was EVP on it…you don’t think he would have gone, hmmm something slightly fishy about this phonecall, maybe I should be a little bit more hesitant, rather than rushing downstairs and getting himself banjaxed by Dr Ellicott? Gah. I thought Sa was meant to be the smart one! (Apparently even stupider when it comes to brotherly lurve)

But still, i absolutely adore right near the end, where Sam apologises for what he said, and he’s saying he didn’t mean it..but you can see on Dean’s face he knows Sam is lying.Because let’s face it, often enough, we’re too polite to say how we really feel, and on these type of shows, possession is a terrific moment for one to actually go into detail about how they feel. I believe Sam was telling the truth, a truth he never wanted his brother to know. Similar to Shapeshifter Dean in Skin….Of course, this exchange hurt little bit more…

even better, is how the episode ends unexpectedly..with a phonecall from Dad…which leads us straight into…

01×11

This? This is one of my all-time favourite episodes. Thinking about it…I think it lies in third place.Maybe 4th. Definitely floating around in my top 5, and out of 60, that’s an impressive count!

I love the fight. I love how Sam has taken this mission unto himself, this passion of his to find Jess’ killer is taking over everything, and Dean is trying to work out where he fits into the whole situation.

Where Sam leaves? Breaks my heart to see Dean’s face. All he’s thinking there is, he’s leaving me. again. and that? breaks me apart.

I also never picked up on this, even though I’ve seen the episode several ties, but I’m guessing I’m slow. The conversation at the beginning? ABout being tracked? That’s why Meg was there. I always wandered where she came from. They traced the call to the boys, when Sam ended up on his own and she tagged along, hoping pretty face would convince Sam and he would lead her straight to Daddy Dearest.

It’s interesting to see the take on a pagan ritual, particularly one of Nordic descent! I love how it’s the perfect idyllic town, everyone knows each other, and in order for everything to stay perfect…they send a couple into the orchards each year to be killed by a scarecrow.

Hmmm.

I love seeing Dean struggle on his own – it’s not that he can’t, he obviously doesn’t like being on his own, which i why when Daddy Dearest went missing, Dean did the only thing he could think of and hunted Sam down. His tumble? IS perfect…and seeing him tied to that tree like a sacrificial lamb? Absolutely mind-numbingly sexy.

Also, I find it interesting, there’s this one snippet, where they talk about sacrifice for the greater good, how sometimes you have to sacrifice what you love for the greater good. I just think to myself, that’s Dean all over, always willing to sacrifice himself for everyone around him. And it shows! He never thinks of himself….never.

Sam and Dean both want to call each other but give up…and in the end, what brings Sam back is having Dean’s approval. I think it’s what he always wanted, someone to tell him they’re proud of him, and he did the right thing. Which is what Dean did, he realised he can’t keep Sam, he has to let him live his own life, and that’s when Sam realised the one person who has always supported him, always being there for him, always protected him, was his brother.

I love this episode.

and this? Means we’re halfway through season 1! WOOHOO!