Clowns. Oy.

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Finally got this week's SPN review.


Disclaimer: If you don't like someone insulting your favorite character/actor, don't read. If you also don't like someone praising a character/actor not your favorite, this is not the place for you. I am an Equal Opportunity Gal. This means I will compliment Dean/Sam/John and their respective actors when I like what they do. It also means I will call Dean/Sam/John and their respective actors on their bullshit. This goes for the crew as well. You are warned.

THEN:
So watching this again...I have decided I do actually like the choice of song for the beginning. At first I thought it was a good choice, but I didn't like it...now I think it's actually cool, even if the song is weird. Also interesting to note how most of the clips are from last week.

NOW:
We open on a carnival in WI, with a shot of the zipper, a ride I've been on once and was too small, smashed my head (not like bleeding but like OW) and so have never been on again. We also see flame throwers and a contortionist which, I'm sorry but, little carnivals in places like MN and WI? We don't get cool things like that. Trust me.

My first thought of this little girl we see with the clowns. She looks like baby!Samantha. Anyone else see it? The eyebrows, the hair...Also, she looks NOTHING like either of her parents. Come on casting people.

Dad--I hate clowns. LOL Little girl sees random clown standing on the sidelines. Ummm...ok...And then it does this creepy wave. Yes, creepy. Tells parents and poof! it's gone. The the family is driving home and suddenly, who should we see? The clown.

Someone, please, tell me. This girl looks about 11, right? At the age of 11 if I had seen the clown I on the side of the road as I has at the fair, I would have thought to myself a) I'm dreaming or b) ummm...why is a clown in the middle of the forest? I would not be like mom! there's the clown I saw! *headdesk* next we see the girl in her bed, smiling and probabaly thinking about the damn clown, when suddenly on her ceiling is the shape of the clown. Now at this moment, my mind jumped straight to Jose Chung's from Outer Space when the girl wakes to the alien head shadow. Looks like the same window even. She goes to her window, and just like the chick's boyfriend in JC's, she sees the clown on the lawn. At this point, I would have freaked! Not even shitting you. I've seen odd things in my life and had this happened to me, it would have been straight to mom and dad going omg that clown is in the yard, call the cops. But then...I was born with a brain. But instead, this girl goes downstairs and waves and it does that creepy wave again and then SHE LETS IT IN. Did your parents teach you nothing, child? I'm sorry, but at that point, the whole family deserves to be eaten--Malthus' population theory here, people. The world weeds out those who are dumb (or not fit ala Darwin) so it doesn't over crowd. Jeesh. Also, who leaves the key in the door?

Next we go to a cut of a burning body. How did S&D manage that? Must be like a fic I read where they body snatch him. S&D are watching, Dean very stoic and Sam shifting and tears clearly in his eyes. Now everyone is toting this as a Star Wars nod and sure, ok, but it just proves my idea that John shouldn't come back. Since he's dead, and there's no bones, he can't come back. Unless he haunts his truck. Jensen is so pretty and has this one tear and it is so planted (as in eye drop) because its too perfect and yes, you'd all like to think that's great acting, but trust me--it's not. Not saying Jensen isn't a good actor. Just no one can hold a tear on command like that. I have seen many a fake placement of tear/s.

Finally someone speaks. Sam asks if Dad said anything. And I knew it was coming. I fucking knew it but I still want to SLAP DEAN WHEN HE SAYS NO. What a jerk. Seriously. I know most of you don't think so, but that is NOT how someone should react. Or not act, rather. That is not the good way to protect your brother or to be a good brother. *is very upset* I do however, love Jared's lip bite. Oh, yes. And then that single tear and even though I know its fake--it's so pretty and sad and--!! *hugs Dean* *then thwaps him upside the head for not telling Sam*

ONE WEEK LATER:
Bobby's junkyard and look!! The Impala has shape again!! Oh, baby! And OMG Dean is underneath it. Holy fuck. Sam and his chest walk out (and designer jeans might I add) and asks how its going. It appears that Sam has no mechanic skills. Sam was meant to be a lawyer and Dean meant to be mechanic. Ah, the juxtaposition. Dean rolls out and holy hell do I want to tap that. *nods* "Stop asking me if I'm ok, I'm ok." Suuuuure, Dean. Whatever you say, buddy. Sam puts his hands on his hips. And that chest gets even bigger! *flails*

"You haven't mentioned Dad once." "You're right. Come here. I wanna lay my head gently on your shoulder, maybe we can cry, hug, maybe even slow dance." Alright, the sheer Wincest nature of that comment made me go GUH. The sheer sarcasm made me crack up and love Jensen's delivery. And as always, two men slow dancing brings me to the interview David Duchovny did on Conan O'Brien for House of D where they danced to Stairway to Heaven and I cracked up even more.

OMG this entire scene reads like fanfic. But its lovely and powerful and my heart breaks for them both. And Jensen's shoulders. In that shirt. DAMN. So Sam says he cracked Dad's voicemail code (by this does he mean guess or like he went Lone Gunmen on us and hack-cracked it?) and there's an old message from "Ellen". So they plan to check out the address.

And they drive up...in a van. And not a new more chic (though I still hate them) van--no, no. A woody van. OMFG. So funny. And the music? So not Dean. "I feel like a freakin' soccer mom." Dean, you are priceless. You win my soul for that comment. "You bring the uh--" "Of course." So in sync these two. Much love. And the bug, flying into the light. OMG genius. Whoever put that teeny and intricate touch into the ep also wins my soul. At the rate all the SPN people are going...they're all going to get like 1/1 billionth of my soul. Somebody is asleep on the table. Odd. Very odd. At least there is no vomit seen. I was worried at first. Man doesn't move.

The gun. "Please God let that be a rifle." Dean, if that wasn't a rifle, I think you'd know. And still be freaked out cause, well, damn. "Nah, I'm just happy to see you." Yay. Great line. This chick is so small! She's like half his height, I swear. Ok, so that whole 'pull the gun away' thing? Totally lame. Like, it would have been cool, but Dean moved way to slow and had she wanted, she totally could have shot him before he got it. LOVE the punch though. Ah, Dean. Got your ass kicked by a girl. Dean calls for Sam saying he can't even see and sure enough...Sam comes through arms by his head and says perhaps one of the most cliche and predictable lines, "I'm a little tied up." LOL Ellen has totally been around John a long time. "Sonuva bitch." Ahahahahaha! I also love her laugh. Ellen is cool. "You're not going to hit me again, are ya?" Oh, DEAN. *loves*

"Was there an article in demon's hunter quarterly that I missed?" Lines like that make a script. "John was like family once." "How come he's never mentioned you before?" Oh, God. That look on her face. It sure would give credence to a John/Ellen thing except I don't believe Kripke wants another half sister for the boys. Pretty sure that's not his idea. Though maybe there still could have been a J/E thing once upon a time. I love Sam's hair right there. It actually looks good. And Jo is just staring at them. "It's ok, we're alright." Aww, Dean. again, no, you're not. But I admire your admirable attempts to pull through.

"Ash!" Man out cold on pool table wakes up. Oh, Lordy. The hair. As I was telling siberian_skys, I hate mullets. i do not find them funny. Nor cute in a redneck way. I believe they should never have been 'invented' and that the word 'mullet' should never have existed. "That's Ash?" OMG the way Sam points over his shoulder and looks so nonplussed. Perfect. The exchanges between Dean and Ash. He's no genius, he's a LS roadie. "I like this guy." "Thanks." So funny. And Dean has his arms crossed and hello shoulders. At first Sam has this like WTF face on and then as Ash clearly knows the words statistical and correlation (come on I learned that in like eigth grade or sooner people), he and Dean exchange this 'hm' kind of looks. "You ever get struck by lighting? It ain't fun." OMG I knew that was coming but still so funny. And you know...he does kind of look like the DPO kid just with longer hair. I know it's not but...creepy. Ash tells them to give him 51 hours. LOL Like on the dot, Ash?

And then the line. I hate this line simply because you knew it was coming. Like its funny...but totally predictable. Business in the front party in the back...*headdesk* S&D just kind of give these huff laughs. Are you kidding me? I know people from all types and colors and orientations and such, but there is one thing I cannot stand and that is bad taste. And Mullets? Are VERY BAD TASTE. So are rattails if you've seen those. *shudders*

Next we see Dean's gaze on Jo's ass. And was it just me or did that seem forced? Like the camera shot and the way it was directed. It wasn't like previous Dean ooglings. Dean goes off after Jo and Sam asks about a folder. Like he read murder and had to know what it was? If I'd been Ellen I'd have been WTF boy? None of your beeswax. Dean is trying hard to hit on this girl. And she is so not going to let him do it that easy. Jensen is cute here. But the pause drags on too long. It gets uncomfortable. It's like that pause onstage when an actor has forgotten their line. Oy. I do like how she responds about the hunters wanting to get in her pants and Dean's like half embarrassed/half 'oh god i have to cover' innocense "What a bunch of scumbags." Yes, Dean. That's right. take it like a man. You're one too. LOL She just gives him The Look and he's totally squirming and OMG such love.

"You gotta be kidding me." Oh, poor Dean. I would die if I had to hunt clowns too. The whole clown exchange is hilarious. And has been discussed over and over and so I shan't extrapolate but I love that Sam doesn't like clowns. Someone must totally write how the hell Sam became scared, what it is Dean remembers. LOL

Does anyone else think locale is an odd word for them? Maybe I've missed it before but it seems too...stuffy for Dean. Paranormal scavenger hunt. FUN!!! And did anyone else laugh at the TERRIBLE rain/fog special effects? OMG so bad. And Sam wanting to go on a hunt. Hmmm...

Then we get a fun house. And you know, this ones almost creepier than the Tabernacle of Terror (from Humbug). Cause neon? Makes things creepy to me. Kid is so bored. Dad is creeped. LOL Do the bodies in the jars look to anyone else like The Erlenmeyer Flask alien babies? Kid sees clown in reflection. Fucking A that is creepy. No clown of course. Dad says clowns are your friend. Uh-huh. Suuure, Dad. And those jingle bells? The quiet jangle...*shudders* Kid (Evan) wakes up Dad. "you were right. He is my friend!" And seriously? This little kid could have been a good 'creepy little kid' on XF (my term for the Eves and that girl in Chinga and all those other kid stories). Then poor Dad who's still zonked looks and sees the clown. The clown smiles. And jingles. FUCKING CREEPY!!!!! Ok, the clown is not scary. I'm not frightened out of my wits or anything. But DAMN is he one creepy and skeezy dude.

Then, quite possibly my favorite scene. The music. The little clown. SAM IS TWITCHY. OMG I have never seen Sam like that. I LOVE it. Twitch. Twitch, twitch. And Dean. "You get her number?" MORE TWITCHING! "Who fingered a clown." So I totally missed that the first time (they mumble in this ep) and Dean's look. And Sam's clueless. But Dean's LOOK. Bwahahahahahaha. "What?" "Yes, clown." Perfect delivery guys. These two guys, this whole scene is so sarcastic. I love it. So I saw the knives being thrown and totally thought it was Dean because of the Day in the Life extra. Alas. it's a blind guy. I love how Dean is in the worst situation ever and Sam REFUSES to help him. Way to go Sam for getting back at Dean and his clown comments. I love Sam's laugh. Oh, so good. Dean's like, horrified expression. OMG there's a freaky clown chair. Dean totally races for the normal chair and Sam looses and has to sit ON A CLOWN. I'd be freaked too and I don't care about clowns one or the other way. But Sam is again TWITCHY. Hahahahahhaa! Love their bullshit about working a circus. And the guy's like no. You idiots. Dean's liplick. "Nope." Kripke is killing me with the humor. The brotherly play. I so know how Sam feels. My mom likes to say weird things like that (the bearded lady comment) and I just have to look at her like, WTF are you saying mom? So, I feel ya, Sam.

The way Mr Cooper is talking about the circus totally makes me thing of Humbug and it's "sideshow freaks". Mr Cooper goes off about what we've all presummed is exactly what Sam wants. But I say this. No one says 2.anything kids anymore. Do they not understand that that was the nuclear family back in the 50's and you don't have to have 2.4 kids to be normal, that that isn't the ideal, anymore. CLICHES people. STOP. Dean is shifting cause he knows this is what Sam has wanted. Sam stuns them by saying they're not regular and that they want this. Of course, this shocks Dean who brings it up. From the Wincest POV, this is cool. So fanfic-y. From the brothers POV, very sweet. From what we know later in the show? Maybe Sam's only saying it because of Dad. And that once he gets over Dad, he'll still leave. But at the moment, based on Shadows, this has to be (if slightly odd) music to the ears for Dean.

OMG does anyone else hate Sam's hair in this shot? I mean he must be sweating buckets. And that one random chunk floating out there? So retarded!!!

Note we keep seeing the same shots of the carnival. This amuses me because it shows just how small the set is. Like in scale, no, but compared to a true carnival? LOL But Dean and Sam look oddly hott in their jackets and Secret Service type headgear. These boys totally need to play FBI agents. GUH. I love those jackets and the head gear. Sam does not look hapy in that funhouse. LOL His face when the bones come down. Aha! "You sound like you saw a clown." Dean, you're so mean!! *cackles* Blind guy stops Dean on his way. "Dude, your blind man hearing is outta control." PERFECT line Dean. And not at all rude. LOL

They follow the girl who saw the clown home. She's like 9 and she lets it in. If this is the way children of today are raised? God help us all. Aliens will knock on the roof of the world and the people will just let them in to colonize. *headdesk* "I can't believe we keep talking about clowns." DEAN OMG I KNOW. So when Sam wakes up Dean, I totally wanted him to yell "Kelly Clarkson!" Alas. *pouts* lol I love that the family thinks S&D are like molesting the kid. I mean, I would too if I were them but its still damn funny. "They shot my clown." Oh, kid. What an idiot.

Poor boys are walking after they dump the van. Emo follows. Why doesn't Dean think they would have had a thing? I would be interested to hear Dean's reasons. I love Dean here. Ok, I love them both in this covo about Dad. Oh, boys!! Just kiss and make up. Or throw punches. Some kind of man-on-man contact, please.

Ok, so random Hindu creature traveling around an American circus. How far the mighty have fallen. Poor boys, they look like they're walking through Iowa. god, that'd suck. Love Sam's grin at "stickler for details". Awww. Bed bugs! Ha! Sam is totally thought to be a peeping Tom. LMFAO. What things Sam does for the hunt. And Dean goes to blind man to get ablade but oh! Guess the blind man IS the Hindu thing. Go figure. Who didn't see that one coming? And then...CREEPY ASS SMILE!!! *hides* Dean totally gets knives chucked at him (scary!) and does this classic stun of a running summersault that always looks cool. They go into the funhouse. And I just have the most random of comments here (yes, moreso than usual even). This funhouse is exactly how I imagined the one from this one Bobsey Twins horror book. Weird. They get seperated. Of course. Where are the fun mirrors though? I totally want fun mirrors. Sam starts to grab one of the brass organ pipes. And this, ya'll? Totaly tells you how strong Sam must be. Because they're not chintsy organ pipes. Damn. Knives from nowhere snag Dan. And now, motorwill pointed out--why didn't Hindu creature kill Dean? Well, of course, Den can't die, so Hindu creature acts dumb at this moment. Cause without Dean, there wouldn't be a show. Always how it works with things like that. lol And yeah, flying knives? Very dangerous. But Dean uses the dry ice fog to enhance the outline and it sneaks up on Sam and he shoves the pipe into it.

OUCH.

The things eyes kick ass. "I hate fun houses." Me too, Dean, me too.

We end up back at the saloon. Hunters!! Random ones cleaning guns! Ok, so much as I hate the awkward pause, it's funny how Sam isn't able to come up with a good reason why he has to leave. "I gotta go...over there." Wha, wha, wha...*makes incorrect answer sound effect* I love that Dean is so Dean. "See normally, I'd be hitting on you so fast your head would spin." So cocky. So self-assured. Damn, but I like that in a man. Ash comes in saying he's been waiting and totally scratching his chest/belly. OMG so wrong. So funny. "Clowns?" And God,that was a priceless expression from Ash. So is 'fugly' a redneck word or something? Or does Kripke just like it that much? O___o. Love Dean NOT touching the computer. The great Dean backs away. LOL But more mumbling commences to which I only understand the ending word, 'eh?'.

The we have the beer drink bit. Now, I know a lot of people are suddenly into slashing Sam/Ash or Dean/Ash. Why? "Why?" cried Lucy. Ok, it's funny, but...*cries* I believe Ash is just that...hickish to take any beer even if it is a perfect strangers. I can happily say, I'll drink from about 3 people I know glasses. I won't even share one with my mom. 3 friends and that's it. I know where their mouths have been (though that doesn't assure me on one of those people come to think of it *facepalm*).

Back to Bobby's. NICE ass shot of Jared. Wow, they really just got me wired up with the tight shirts, tight jeans and broad chests, didn't they? I love emo!Sam here. It's a beautiful speech, well acted and emotional. Not too much, not too little (heh). My favorite scene of the entire ep is Dean. I knew something was going to go flying or get hit. You could read it in Dean's posture. GO JENSEN. For that, you too get some of my soul. Brillaint, brilliant scene. I haven't seen Jensen act that well since that mirror scene in The Berrisford Agenda (Dark Angel). Love the ending music, as well. Perfect last touch.

MY THOUGHTS:
So I read one of the sides back in what? June at the latest. When I started to hear all the chatter about people hating the new girl and Mary Sues (becaus eif the original writer writes it, its not a Mary Sue by nature) I decided at that point I was going to stop reading spoilers because I wanted to take future girl and new cast members on their own. See them in action. I figure, if I had known and read about Reyes and Doggett before seeing them, I might be like the rest of the bitter XF fans who hate the last two seasons utterly and so I'm glad I didn't cause I like the show for what it is--mistakes and all.

JO. I can't tell you much. She's cute and perky and tough. But there wasn't anything between her and Dean. She wasn't onscreen, didn't say enough for there to be. There wasn't no chemistry (like Dean and Cassie) but there wasn't chemistry at all, either. Does that make sense? I was rather apathetic to her. Hopefully this will change in future eps.

ELLEN. Even with few lines and random stares that tell us she was thinking something but we have no clue what, her, I felt a little bit more than Jo. She seemed to be large enough (personality/character-wise) to fill up the awkward pausings. Again though, not much more so I hope it gets better in future eps.

ASH. Damn funny. Awkward again, still, and I didn't understand a lot of his random pop culture references (read them other places) and he mumbles (the actor) and his hair...but over all, I think he came through the strongest.

Mainly, I am excited to see more of them, but I really wasn't terrifically impressed with this ep. Clowns and stupid kids do not make for good MOTW. The S&D emotional stuff? AMAZING. The new people? We'll have to see.