The Magnificent Seven: A Supernatural Episode Review

[sylvia_bond]

You can read my review of the Supernatural episode "The Magnificent Seven" at PinkRayGun.com. Thank you!

Comments

[grand-sophy.livejournal.com]

Delightful insight and empathy into the characters, and beautifully written, as usual. I think Dean is still coasting on the huge wave of relief he felt when Sam was revived, his dad rescued from Hell, and his mother avenged. Sam, on the other hand, is still trying to find his feet after the overwhelming realization (powerful crashing waves and killer undercurrents are my imagery here) that he was dead, and that Dean is not only dying for him, but damned for him. I share your love of Dean's crassness and smartassery, and of Sam's exasperated, haunted eyes. Looking forward to more reviews.

[sylvia-bond.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, oh my yes...killer undercurrents is the perfect way to put it. I was so distracted by the haunted look in Sam's eyes the entire time, and couldn't figure out what was wrong until the end when he told us...not crying, you know, that would be too easy, but choking on his rage and his fear and his grief, like he could already taste Dean's death around him. I like your idea that Dean is still coasting - that sums it up perfectly and explains so much about his actions. Thank you for liking my reviews, I really appreciate it! And the feedback too!

[write-light.livejournal.com]

You're welcome to my cap of Sam at the very end of the ep, if you like it!

http://write-light.livejournal.com/10150.html

Dean IS f*ing unbelievable.

[sylvia-bond.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the great pic! Sam's eyes are so marvlous in this ep, so full of rage and feeling! I might become a Samgirl if Dean is not very very careful....

[write-light.livejournal.com]

Hmmm. Could I be Sammy's boy? Nope. Not even after that thing he did with his eyelids in S1. You know what I mean. Nope, it's Dean. He needs the lovin'.

[sylvia-bond.livejournal.com]

Dean needs the loving and a whole lot more. A hot meal, I'm thinking, followed up by about a month of vacation from saving people and hunting things....

[write-light.livejournal.com]

:stunned: she didn't even mention sex!

[sylvia-bond.livejournal.com]

My hot meal will include homemade macaroni and cheese, which, if you'd ever tasted, you would understand why I didn't need to....

[apgeeksout.livejournal.com]

Fun review, as always. You've been busy this week!

...when I mull over the realism of this, I generally allow myself to get distracted by his marvelous eyes or that strong jaw, and then my doubts fade away.

I find myself doing this all the time. Show can make me believe just about anything as long as the boy they've tasked with telling me about it is looking particularly adorable.

I was a little disappointed not to hear which sin they felt Sam embodied too. But this "boy king" revelation is potentially delightful, so I forgive it.

[sylvia-bond.livejournal.com]

Yes, today was a big day...my first review of a brand new ep. I was up way late, trimming it back to a reasonable length.

Sam is so cute. I'm almost a Samgirl....

And the boy king comment...definately seems a thread that Kripke is leaving. You can't say something like that and have it mean nothing! That along with the whole "open season" are going to lead to some intersting tangles.

[apgeeksout.livejournal.com]

I know what you mean. I'm a Dean-girl by only the barest of margins, & I find Sam's dry sense of humor sexy as hell, so when they give him lines like "So I can gouge my eyes out.", I always find myself in Sam-girl territory.

[sylvia-bond.livejournal.com]

Funny how that works, eh? Sam keeps pulling and pulling at me, and it might be just because he loves Dean so much. His sarcastic remarks help. And those eyes...or those shoulders. Ah, me....

[runedgirl.livejournal.com]

Ahhh, what a fabulous review! That last scene was worth the entire hiatus and all the flack about the girls, because yes, *that* is what this show is all about. I had to laugh, because you always stop short of acknowledging it right out, but you never miss the hits-you-smack-in-the-face subtext between Sam and Dean either. Like a courtship ritual -- yep. Dead on. And the purposeful innuendo of 'we're going down together'? Ahhh, they're playin' with us. Deliciously. :)

I see Dean's resolute "I don't give a damn, gonna live it up" attitude as just one more way he's determined, always, to protect Sam. Doesn't want Sam to know how terrified he is, and can't bear the thought that the deal might get broken and Sam end up dead (again).

Also thought the exact same thing, that Dean being 'twisted and broken' is canon in fandom, and loved seeing that reflected in canon itself.

Thanks for a great review,
Lynsey

[sylvia-bond.livejournal.com]

And what fabulous feedback!! Yeah, the courtship ritual, it took me a few viewings to understand it, but it was obvious right away. And sure, yeah, I stop short because it's more fun to play with innuendo there, because I'm sure the average viewer sees the subtext, even if its not clear to them what they are seeing. One of my goals is to build fans of the show, so I don't want to shove it at them, but nor can I ignore it. Can't ignore it, don't want to, and it's so delicious and subversive and, frankly, obvious to me that there's a subtext there. "Going down together?" Oh man.

I like your idea about Dean's live it up attitude - hadn't thought about it that way, that he's terrified that Sam will find out that he's terrified! So he's playing the fool, a bit, to hide that. (I never thought, foolish me, that he's afraid for Sam, because I was thinking that he was really afraid of death and not willing to admit to it.)

And you have to wonder, have they been reading fanfic to get the whole twisted and broken vocabulary? Seems to me that they have been, because it's a direct correlation between fanfic and the script. Which is fine, because it means that they are listening.

[ckll.livejournal.com]

I think you made a terrific review. I liked the intro and how you continued with the episode and how much you described the room candle lit scene :)

[sylvia-bond.livejournal.com]

Thank you. That scene hit me rather hard, so I figured it must have hit other fans the same way. Or at least in a similar way. Besides, it was so beautifully lit, there was no way I could gloss over it, because the whole 30 seconds is burned into my brain now.

[leenys.livejournal.com]

I left a comment on the site, but want to post here again thanking you for pointing out the scene between the boys when they are prepping their weapons, so deep and meaningful...THANK YOU.

Kam : )

[sylvia-bond.livejournal.com]

You are welcome and believe me, it was my pleasure. I wish I'd written that scene, or imagined it in a fanfic, because to me it was perfect. There are so many times the boys talk without talking, and this was a very powerful one.