I've been rewatching Supernatural! Currently up to 'Home', the ninth episode of the first series.
I'd forgotten how depressing this show could be. Which is odd, because it doesn't really seem an easy aspect to forget. Supernatural is not a happy work of fiction! It begins to take itself less and less seriously as time goes on, though, so maybe the early episodes feel darker because the 'depressing' to 'completely ridiculous' ratio is so different.
I never really cared for 'Bloody Mary', so I was surprised when I rewatched it and realised it is actually a fantastic episode. Maybe I was distracted from all the great Winchester stuff going on by my distress at all the bleeding eyes.
'Bugs' is not a fantastic episode - the climax depends on the sun somehow rising four minutes after midnight - but the first half is still quite fun, if you ignore the KILLER SPIDERS COMING OUT OF THE SHOWER. I like that Dean doesn't have a big manly I'M THE STRAIGHTEST, HOW DARE YOU freakout when he and Sam are mistaken for a couple; he just points out that they're brothers the first time, naturally, and the second time he doesn't even bother to correct it. He's been very much portrayed as the ladiesest ladies' man up to this point, so his 'well, fine, guess it doesn't really matter' reaction to being perceived as gay is a surprising and pleasant one. I suppose you probably wouldn't feel terribly threatened by a case of mistaken sexual identity if you fought monsters on a daily basis.
Sam doesn't react badly either - he's just amused - but he isn't characterised in a way that would make me expect him to react badly, so it's Dean's response that stands out to me.
The first series feels very much from Sam's point of view, which is interesting; in later series (I've seen up to the end of the fifth), the perspective shifts over to Dean. I suppose it's to do with how much we as an audience are allowed to know. Sam gradually starts keeping more and more secrets, not only from his brother but from us.
I remember I eventually sort of lost interest in the Winchesters, so I was worried I wouldn't love them on this rewatch. I'm delighted to find myself slowly falling back in love with these boys and the dynamic between them. (It's a dynamic that almost verges on healthy in the first series, which is bizarre. I look forward to watching as it becomes steadily more screwed-up and codependent.)
Maybe I'll actually be able to catch up on all the billions of episodes there are now? We'll see.
I'd forgotten how depressing this show could be. Which is odd, because it doesn't really seem an easy aspect to forget. Supernatural is not a happy work of fiction! It begins to take itself less and less seriously as time goes on, though, so maybe the early episodes feel darker because the 'depressing' to 'completely ridiculous' ratio is so different.
I never really cared for 'Bloody Mary', so I was surprised when I rewatched it and realised it is actually a fantastic episode. Maybe I was distracted from all the great Winchester stuff going on by my distress at all the bleeding eyes.
'Bugs' is not a fantastic episode - the climax depends on the sun somehow rising four minutes after midnight - but the first half is still quite fun, if you ignore the KILLER SPIDERS COMING OUT OF THE SHOWER. I like that Dean doesn't have a big manly I'M THE STRAIGHTEST, HOW DARE YOU freakout when he and Sam are mistaken for a couple; he just points out that they're brothers the first time, naturally, and the second time he doesn't even bother to correct it. He's been very much portrayed as the ladiesest ladies' man up to this point, so his 'well, fine, guess it doesn't really matter' reaction to being perceived as gay is a surprising and pleasant one. I suppose you probably wouldn't feel terribly threatened by a case of mistaken sexual identity if you fought monsters on a daily basis.
Sam doesn't react badly either - he's just amused - but he isn't characterised in a way that would make me expect him to react badly, so it's Dean's response that stands out to me.
The first series feels very much from Sam's point of view, which is interesting; in later series (I've seen up to the end of the fifth), the perspective shifts over to Dean. I suppose it's to do with how much we as an audience are allowed to know. Sam gradually starts keeping more and more secrets, not only from his brother but from us.
I remember I eventually sort of lost interest in the Winchesters, so I was worried I wouldn't love them on this rewatch. I'm delighted to find myself slowly falling back in love with these boys and the dynamic between them. (It's a dynamic that almost verges on healthy in the first series, which is bizarre. I look forward to watching as it becomes steadily more screwed-up and codependent.)
Maybe I'll actually be able to catch up on all the billions of episodes there are now? We'll see.