Supernatural
“Nihilism”
January 17, 2019
THEN
“This time, he’ll be nice and quiet for a change—buried. And he is. He’s gone.”
NOW
“Now this … just feels right.”
So apparently Michael’s finger snap wasn’t just to activate his monsters. It was also to initiate a costume change. And it bears repeating—great day in the morning Jensen Ackles can wear a suit.
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Supernatural
“The Spear”
December 13, 2018
THEN: “I know what it’s like to see monsters. I know that when they’re gone, they never really go away.”
NOW
Jack is stress eating Cookie Crisp cereal in the middle of the night as one does. He’s worried about his mother in Heaven and fretful over Castiel’s deal with the Empty. He asks why Sam and Dean can’t know about it. WHY INDEED, CAS? WHY. IN. DEED.
Supernatural
“Byzantium”
December 6, 2018
THEN: “Watch over him. Stay by his side as he dies.”
NOW
Sam, Dean, and Cas are all gathered in Jack’s room. The Boy of the Camellias tells them not to be sad. A coughing spell comes over him and he drags in a breath from the oxygen mask by his bed—which honestly just made me laugh, because I’m dead inside.
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Legacies
“Death Keeps Knocking on my Door”
December 13, 2018
It’s the eve of Mystic Falls’ Remembrance Day, and the Salvatore students are writing letters to their lost loved ones that will be scattered throughout the cemetery. The TVD Wiki tells me Remembrance Day was started in the 1820s following a cholera epidemic. Clearly the town’s outsized mortality rate has kept the tradition going.
Rafe doesn’t need to write a letter to his deceased love Cassie. She just walked through the school’s front door.
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Legacies
“Mombie Dearest”
December 6, 2018
Lizzie is having the best day ever. It’s her 16th birthday, Caroline is coming home, and she totally had THE WORLD HATES ME EVERYTHING IS TERRIBLE sex with Rafe the night before.
Supernatural
“Unhuman Nature”
November 29, 2018
THEN: “I can’t go out. I’m sick.”
Continue reading “‘Supernatural’: I’d miss more time with you”
Legacies
“Malivore”
November 29, 2018
Ric decides to give his students a greater voice in their school, courtesy of some nudging by Josie and Lizzie. He announces the formation of an honor council, composed of one vampire, one witch, and one werewolf, each elected by their peers.
Supernatural
“Optimism”
November 15, 2018
THEN: “Zombie ghost orgy huh? Well, that’s it, I’m torching everybody.”
NOW
Jack is sitting alone in the Bunker’s kitchen. He takes a sip of coffee, testing to see if it’s right. He picks up the sugar dispenser and holds it over his cup for an 8-count (as one does, if you’re me). Dean walks in and is like, simmer down with the diabeetus, Wilford. Jack explains that, without his powers, everything tastes different. He can’t get his coffee how he likes it, so.
Legacies
“Hope is Not the Goal”
November 15, 2018
“We’re a family. And we will stand together. We will fight together. And we will win or lose this battle together, no matter what comes next.”
Ric brings his students up to speed on the first three episodes and then turns the floor over to guest speaker Sheriff Blue Blue. Not Now Dana and her friend Sasha are missing, and given the recent monster activity, Matt fears the worst.
Supernatural
“Nightmare Logic”
November 8, 2018
THEN: “It was just a wish. I wished for Mom to live. That Mom never died, we never went hunting and you and me just never uh… you know.”
NOW
Dean pauses in the doorway of the Bunker library where Sam is holding a morning briefing with the AV Clubbers. Dean seems amused; Sam seems embarrassed and quickly breaks up the meeting. It feels at first like Dean is busting chops, but it’s not like he can just come right out and tell Sam that he’s proud of him. Approval is something they each got so rarely from John that they don’t know what to do with it. So Dean has to tease.