5.22, and pre-emptive ranting on Season 6

[glorious_spoon]

I liked this episode. Actually, I loved this episode. I loved the snippets of backstory for Sam and Dean in the Impala, I loved Cas and Bobby and Dean being the stubborn, wonderful fuckhead that he is, Lucifer and Michael and Sam--oh, my God, Sam--

It was a great season finale.

I'm a little concerned that I'm going to completely hate Season 6, though.

See, the reasons I love Supernatural are pretty straightforward: I dislike romantic drama, enjoy gratuitous angst, and am a sucker for emotionally repressed heroes saving the day in spite of themselves. The fact that they're rootless con artists with a sweet car plays pretty heavily into it, too, and the fact that the leads are all so very pretty is just gravy.

In short, if you dug around in my id and came up with a show designed to serve it, Supernatural would come pretty fucking close.

The problem is, now we have the happy(ish) ending. Dean and the pretty girl and the surrogate child who may or may not be his. And that's all well and dandy, but it doesn't really make for great drama.

Or, actually, it does, but not the kind I'm all that interested in watching. See above about disliking romantic drama. I like SPN for its epic battles and its badass drifters with hearts of gold. I don't have a whole lot of interest in watching Dean attempt to play suburban dad while the dark closes in around him.

It doesn't have to go that way, obviously. I've seen this show pull off storylines that I would have sworn up and down were irredeemable. But I'm still feeling...well. Cautious.

Comments

[tigriswolf]

I think season 6 will begin with Dean trying not to hunt, but getting itchy feet, and the brother he thinks is dead/in Hell as his scary-ass guardian angel. Like maybe half of the first episode will have to do with the apple pie life. Would you still not like that?

[glorious-spoon.livejournal.com]

I could live with it but..I dunno. I just don't see a way to compromise the Lisa thing with the hunting thing in a way that would satisfy me, and I really liked the way the boys were shaping up to be partners in this season.

I'm not saying it can't be done, just that I'm a little leery of where they might end up taking it.

[ancastar.livejournal.com]

No, no, no! Dean isn't happy. He's miserable. Did you look at his face? He was drinking in front of Ben during that final scene. The only reason he went to Lisa is because he promised Sam he would, and he wants to keep his final promise to his little brother. He's there for Sam, not for himself.

Sam is going to leave him to his "normal life." And then Dean is going to find out about it--and he is going to be pissed as hell. Then there will be a reunion.

AND I CAN'T WAIT!!!

I liked the episode too. :-)

[glorious-spoon.livejournal.com]

I hope that's how it goes down. I'm just afraid it won't :P

[ancastar.livejournal.com]

Have faith, little buckaroo. :-)

You know they're not going to leave the boys separated. No way.

[glorious-spoon.livejournal.com]

No, I know. I'm just... I really love this show, and I don't want to watch it jump the shark.

*grin* I do believe, I do believe I do believe...

[sjazzmreow.livejournal.com]

I pretty much agree with everything you've said here (including the show for my id part in a really big way).

I like Lisa, and a big sappy part of me loves that Dean's getting a bit of a go at happy domesicity because he so obviously wants it and my heart breaks for him and all that. But I don't want to watch it, not as it is anyway, that's not what I'm here for.

IDK. I really doubt that they'll be keeping him there for long, but even having that tie to a place and to people changes the landscape of the show a bit. And. IDEK. There's a lot of really amazing things they could do with season six. I just hope they actually DO some of them.

[glorious-spoon.livejournal.com]

even having that tie to a place and to people changes the landscape of the show a bit.

Yeah, exactly. And that doesn't necessarily mean that they're going to jump the shark, but I'm still a little worried.

I think this show serves a lot of people's ids, actually. One of the reasons it's got such a disproportionately huge fandom.

[deangirl1.livejournal.com]

Well... here's where we get REALLY cynical - because I hate the harpy in charge and know she has an agenda... this is the beginning of her character assassination of Dean. Yep. He's off the market, he's gone soft, and he's just walked away from his brother in hell and his surrogate father, and yep, his life isn't even about saving people anymore. Where is the hero we all came to love and admire?
Now... having said that, I happen to love Dean with Lisa and Ben - and I really loved the episode - well I was satisfied because I think Kripke got to mostly have his vision play out - except for the last few minutes. There's no doubt in my mind that Kripke's real vision was for Dean to NOT leave Sam at all and it should have been Dean going into the pit with Sam -- all Thelma and Louise.... But now we have angsty, supernatural, outsider, abandoned Sam to focus on next season....
Sorry... I'm really, really dubious about the harpy being able to pull anything coherent together - but this way all the sex and nakedness we'll see when the boys get back on the road will be Sam. Will it in fact begin with Lisa and Ben dying? And then Sam having to help Dean through it - a la season 1??? *sigh* *rant out*.....

[cannnit.livejournal.com]

I would hate it if Deans only concern next season would be that of Sam. I am frankly quite tired of the relationship between the brothers. They need something new and fresh to make it work next season. Dean with Lisa, well, somehow I can see that. But not that he will be gone from hunting totally.

And Sam would be very selfish, if he didn`t make Dean aware of him being out of hell.