tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704831286962568940.post5021145009174761566..comments2023-04-11T16:46:28.774-04:00Comments on Scene Three, Take Six Hundred...: The Walking Darkness: Supernatural Review, S11 Ep 1: "Out Of The Darkness Into The Flame"Elisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01469334728733896989noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704831286962568940.post-66015818744338005272015-10-13T14:40:54.511-04:002015-10-13T14:40:54.511-04:00I wasn't expecting much from this episode, eit...I wasn't expecting much from this episode, either, and I agree with a lot of what you've said here. Every once in a while, they come out with an episode that *is* good and is unexpected and it takes me pleasantly by surprise, but I haven't enjoyed their season finale/premiere pairs since the end of S7/the beginning of S8. <br /><br />The show seems to be rehashing the same things again and again. Once again, Castiel has misjudged how other angels will receive him. Once again, Castiel had a chance in that phone call to ask the Winchesters for help and he didn't. Once again, Castiel *and* Sam have both tried to make the right decision and have ended up making things worse (this time, worse for themselves). Once again, an angel is is going to be tortured with that damn head torture device thing. Once again, Sam makes an appeal to Dean in a grand speech to change their ways. Once again, Dean and Sam lie to each other right off the bat and withhold what will of course turn into very, very crucial information that the other Winchester really could have used.<br /><br />I haven't seen the Walking Dead, but what this Darkness disease reminds me of is Croatoan. It's even passed on through an exchange of fluids, just like Croatoan. At least the Darkness victims die after awhile, unlike Croatoan.<br /><br />I thought the Darkness's modern fashion sense was ridiculous, too, but at least that could be explained as being Dean's subconscious perception of her.<br /><br />That being said, I did like some parts of this episode. It was good to see the boys fighting together (even if I thought Sam's plan was stupid from the get-go and I was proved right). Crowley's orgy side-storyline was hilarious (but I do wish he was the bad guy more often and that the Winchesters didn't treat him as a harmless irritant half the time just because he kills or kidnaps other people but leaves the two of them alone). Crowley's far more interesting when he's being evil. It was nice that Dean was actually willing to listen to Sam, and that Sam stopped him from stupidly charging after the bad guys...although I wish Dean had vetoed Sam's equally stupid backup plan where Sam acted as bait/decoy. I kind-of liked the deputy sheriff (although at the same time, her character and storyline aren't new to the show, either--after all, Sheriff Mills becomes a friend of the Winchesters and ends up adopting a daughter, just like this new deputy sheriff character).Danielle F. Ducresthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03257794681542158390noreply@blogger.com