Supernatural 9.07 Review: Family Loyalty

For all those that have yet to watch last night’s episode of Supernatural, entitled ‘Bad Boys’, this is your last chance to do so without possible spoilers. This is not a spoiler free blog. THIS REVIEW MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS! You’ve been warned.

This is exactly what I’ve been missing about this series! This is the best episode they’ve had in seasons. It was just such a true return to form for this series: monsters, being on the road, a few guest stars, some flashbacks from the past, and a whole lot of salt. Honestly, the way this season is going, I’m going to call it right now and say it’s consistently the best season since Kripke left.

Even remembering Sam had an angel in his body didn’t stop this from being anything less than about a ghost and how to stop it. That is exactly what this series started out as. The family business, going on the road to towns to stop monsters and all that entails. Sure they know a lot more than they did back then, but this still made for a great episode.

Everything about this episode was great – except for maybe how cheesy the ghost mother looked – and made me think I could stick around for this entire season. I still think this series needs to end soon, but it’s good to know that it will hopefully end on a note where it’s back to true form. Let’s be real, the only thing that could’ve made this episode better was if Sam had cut his damn hair, and even that was fixed in a few shots by the use of lighting. I can almost forget about the ridiculousness that was the Leviathons, purgatory, and all that entailed. I’m really proud of where this show is getting.

All in all, from about five minutes into this episode I was happy with it. This week was actually about something other than angels, and the fact that we got to see some flashbacks to a young Dean. That being said, while the kid was pretty talented at playing a young Winchester, he didn’t exactly look anything like the last actor that played a young Dean around seventeen. That was about one issue in this episode that I did have, although I was able to get passed it. I’m honestly getting excited about this series again.
EDIT: Also, they remembered the necklace. I miss the necklace.

My rating: 7.5 out of 10.

Best Line:

“I’m gonna go all Guantanamo on you.” – Dean tells the other kids that were bullying Timmy.

All right, that’s all for tonight, I’m off to bed now. Check back in tomorrow night for reviews of Nashville, Revolution (with it’s last new episode before it’s Winter hiatus), and American Horror Story: Coven. Otherwise, goodnight.

Bones 9.07 Review: Who Needs a Relaxing Honeymoon?

For all those that have yet to watch yesterday’s episode of Bones, titled ‘The Nazi on the Honeymoon’, this is your last chance to turn around and do so devoid of spoilers before proceeding ahead. This is not a spoiler free blog. THIS REVIEW MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS! You’ve been warned.

There’s no way they could’ve topped the last new episode of this series, and the creators didn’t bother trying, something smart on their part. Booth and Brennan are on their honeymoon in Buenos Aires, and Booth is finding it easy to relax, but Brennan doesn’t much care for the thought of doing nothing. You see, relaxing makes her tense. Very much her character to pull Booth into an investigation of a murder victim she finds among bodies at the morgue. In that way, Brennan can be something of a workaholic, but she doesn’t seem to like being idle.

Despite the circumstances of this episode, it was kind of a cheerier episode. With the surroundings, and the Argentinian flavoured music, the episode almost had a celebratory feel to it. It almost felt like the writers gave us an emotional break with this little gift after the wedding episode. Even though this series does tend to be lighter, considering the area it surrounds itself with, this was – for the most part – lighter than most. It did happen to deal with a Nazi war criminal’s murder, but even so was able to keep things light and fresh.

Back in Washington, Jack and Angela were babysitting Christine for Booth and Brennan. They kept going back and forth on the idea of having a second child, and eventually landed on wanting another one. Being that Angela once said she wanted a whole bunch, this didn’t completely surprise me, but let’s remember back to when Michael Vincent was still a fetus and they worried about the fifty-fifty chance he could be born blind. Still, it could make things interesting to have a hormonal Angela again, because after that wedding between Booth and Brennan, we all know there isn’t much left of this series to tell.

A few issues with this episode that I did have, one being the fact Michael Vincent did not look nearly a year older than Christine. Another was how the Nazi man’s wife, how everyone kept calling her beautiful, but I just kept thinking her face looked like it was stung by a bee and an allergic reaction ensued. She wasn’t ugly by any means, but not gorgeous in the least. The third thing was the sweeping views of Buenos Aires that gave us a glimpse at their terrible architecture. I mean, really, it looked like a stiff wind would knock those ugly buildings down. Strike Argentina off my list of places I’m ever living in.

All in all, not a bad episode to come back to after the wedding episode. Nice, light, cheery, despite the concept of murder being involved in this show. But then, I suppose these people would have to have a warped sense of humour to deal with all of this stuff daily. I did enjoy the performance by the actress that ended up being the murderer, she definitely fit into her character and wasn’t as over-the-top as some of the acting on this series can be at times. Otherwise, I do think this is a procedural series that doesn’t have quite that much legs to stand on until the series ends. It’s given us all we’ve wanted (other than Zack making another appearance), and when you fulfill an audiences wishes, they begin to tune out.

My rating: 7 out of 10.

Best Lines:

“And don’t touch my bobble head.” – Booth tells Sweets.

“Yes! Good. Murder.” – Jack rambles.

“It’s a book, right?” – a murder suspect fearfully questions, and then Booth gives his best stony cop face.

Okay, here’s this one. I’m going to take a brief break to eat something, then move onto my review of Sleepy Hollow. After that it’s The Blacklist, and then check back later tonight for my reviews of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., The Originals, New Girl, Trophy Wife, and Supernatural. Stay tuned.

How I Met Your Mother 9.07 Review: Secrets Among Friends, Not Significant Others

Anyone that has yet to watch tonight’s episode of How I Met Your Mother, entitled ‘No Questions Asked’, that wishes to do so devoid of spoilers, I suggest you do that now. This is not a spoiler free blog. THIS REVIEW MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS! You’ve been warned.

This is going to be short and sweet, because I’m beyond tired and have very little notes about this episode. It was funny, especially compared to when I turned my television on and heard the terrible laugh track to 2 Broke Girls, but it’s just not exactly the same show I’ve come to love. There’s been too little time packed into this one season, and they have managed to keep it interesting enough for the first seven episodes, but it has been believable.

And where is the mother? I know she meets everyone before Ted, but she’s only been in the first two or three episodes so far, so where is she? She doesn’t necessarily need to be meeting characters, but she could at least pop up every now and again. Also, I’m a little annoyed about Marshall still being on the road, I want to see him actually interacting with the rest of the characters. I sincerely hope he’s in the next episode. And that the next episode doesn’t have some kind of problem between Barney and Robin before their wedding. That’s getting annoyingly old.

Overall, this is a very cute, hurrah kind of season, but it’s nothing compared to how this series developed over eight seasons. I did like the whole no questions asked thing between the friends, and how cute it was for Barney and Robin to make a plan together, only to have had Ted sitting in that chair with a glass of brandy. Probably my favourite moment of the episode right there. So this season is good, for a sitcom, but not as good as it could have been. The way it’s being written, it should’ve just been given a shortened season.

My rating: 7 out of 10.

Best Line:

“Why do you have a gun? Why do you always have a gun?” Ted sputters out the question to Robin.

Okay, I’m off to have a nap. Check back in in a couple hours to catch my review of The Blacklist. Otherwise, I’m out.