the Dalaverse

Thank you, 'Supernatural,' for starting off your episode with MY FREQUENT NIGHTMARES. I don't know why I often dream about my teeth being loose and/or falling out, but I do, and that teaser made me cover my eyes and shriek (and I am NOT an eye-coverer, people; I spent all the throat-slitting scenes in 'Sweeney Todd' grinning and clapping my hands in delight). And then run to the mirror to check my own teeth. Just...GOD ::shudders:: Like, I don't even want to watch the rest of the ep now. I have to come down from this.

Okay, finally calmed down enough to watch it - this ep didn't do much for me. The witch plot was more interesting when I was twelve and it was called 'The Craft' and not transplanted to Wisteria Lane. The show's usual treatment of women/female characters was bugging extra hard tonight - from the repetitions of 'bitch,' 'whore' and 'skank' to every single member in the book group biting it (body count of five women and no men...classy) to the gross porny framing of the demon getting killed at the end. And I don't really buy the new kink in demon mythology - seems cribbed from Whedon, frankly. The only giggles I got tonight were at Detectives Bachman and Turner, and 'I've seen "Hellraiser."'

However, I finally found Ruby interesting rather than grating. It seems like Katie Cassidy has dialed the Kristen Bell impression back and maybe taken an acting class or two, plus she and Dean have some nice chemistry. When he's not calling her a bitch. Seriously, STFU, Dean (and no, the show itself does not get a pass just because Ruby called him on it).

So this is the third night in a row I've had a pack of Jaffa Cakes for dinner, so what? Now I really need them.