I somewhat enjoyed the episode--I liked the early season style monster of the week, and most of the interaction between Sam and Dean. I've seen people complaining that Dean's leering was overdone, but I think that may have been deliberate? I mean, the show does get cartoonish sometimes in how it portrays Dean's appetites, but coming after an episode where we saw Dean announce he was going to take better care of himself, followed by an episode where he fell off the wagon with alcohol, I think maybe the hyper-intense hunger and horniness were supposed to be Dean sublimating his lust for violence into more acceptable desires, or else just losing control of his id in general. Maybe I'm giving the show too much credit.
The one teen scene that really rubbed me wrong was the second kill with the two girls. I'm pretty sure it was deliberate caricature, but it was painfully unfunny. Edlund was the only writer who ever pulled off broad comedy, as far as I'm concerned, and only sometimes. I generally wish the show would stay away from it. I see your point that it can be kind of limiting and unpleasant to treat anyone over 30 like they might as well head off to the retirement home, but it amused me to see Sam and Dean framed as "old," because on a network or cable show they'd be the young up-and-comers. It's only on the CW that 35--at least for a man--is over the hill. And it reminded me of my life in fandom, which is the one place where, at the ripe old age of 32, I regularly feel like an old woman yelling at the kids to get off her lawn.
I may have liked it disproportionately because I watched it live, though. I've watched the last two episodes when they aired after spending the past season or so watching them on DVR, and it made a big difference to me. I like to think that post-episode spoilers and wank don't affect my enjoyment, but it seems like they do. I'm definitely trying to watch the show live from now on, to the extent real life permits.
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The one teen scene that really rubbed me wrong was the second kill with the two girls. I'm pretty sure it was deliberate caricature, but it was painfully unfunny. Edlund was the only writer who ever pulled off broad comedy, as far as I'm concerned, and only sometimes. I generally wish the show would stay away from it. I see your point that it can be kind of limiting and unpleasant to treat anyone over 30 like they might as well head off to the retirement home, but it amused me to see Sam and Dean framed as "old," because on a network or cable show they'd be the young up-and-comers. It's only on the CW that 35--at least for a man--is over the hill. And it reminded me of my life in fandom, which is the one place where, at the ripe old age of 32, I regularly feel like an old woman yelling at the kids to get off her lawn.
I may have liked it disproportionately because I watched it live, though. I've watched the last two episodes when they aired after spending the past season or so watching them on DVR, and it made a big difference to me. I like to think that post-episode spoilers and wank don't affect my enjoyment, but it seems like they do. I'm definitely trying to watch the show live from now on, to the extent real life permits.