Awesome, awesome stuff!

[katikat]

Final ratings...

Smallville 3.67 mil., 1.5/4 demo
Supernatural 2.97 mil, 1.2/3 demo

Awesome, isn't it? SPN didn't drop a single digit and even grew 20+ thousands viewers, making the retention rate from SV 81%! *dances*

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More thoughts about the latest ep of SPN - yes, I watched it three times already. Me obsessed? Naaaah :P

What I loved? Dean staring Sam in the eyes when he was dying for the first time, like "this is what I want to remember". Sam's look when he wakes up the first and the second time. And the last time of course, seeing Dean again after three months. Sam's craziness after Dean's "real" death. I mean, this is what I imagine terrorists to be like - obsessed madmen. That scared me more than Sam's powers or his demon blood. I wonder, if he'll ever tell Dean about these months... Sam's "I'm flipping out!" The whole "deja-vu" discussion. Dean's voice going all soft every time he realized how freaked out Sam is. And Dean's "Yes, that's totally balanced" comment X)

Jeremy Carver, this episode's writer, is awesome. May he write many more episodes!

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Supernatural returns on April 24th with 4 new episodes and obviously, it'll stay on Thursday. Wow, 4 new episodes. The crew will have to work their butt off to get them in the can. The little voice in my head keeps saying "Puh, CW's other shows get 5 eps and we just 4 :'(" but 4 eps is more than I thought we would get and I do understand why there are only 4 of them: the other series are ensemble shows where two or three units can film with different regulars at the same time, with SPN, it's mostly just the J2. They would collapse if they had to film more than that.

I just really hope that they will not film the episode Sera Gamble was yapping about all excited in her interviews. That would piss me off because that would be a terrible waste of time and material, IMHO. And that's why I will not read any spoilers. I don't want that to spoil my fun.

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If you watched and loved the latest episode of SPN, go and read fleshflutter's awesome coda "I Don't Like Tuesdays". Awesome. And creepy! *bounces*

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Last night, I watched 3 eps of Persona ~ Trinity Soul ~ and gosh, that anime is creeping me out in many wonderful ways. Koyasu Takehito always voices such bad-ass characters! And oh my, the youngest of the three brothers, Shin, is kinda scary. Though I feel sorry for Jun and Shin. Ryo is so cold. I wonder if he's doing it because he loves his brothers or if he's really such a bastard!

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Off to work!

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ETA: Spoilers for what Sera Gamble said about a possible upcoming episode in the comments!

Comments

[ckll.livejournal.com]

YAY for good ratings.
can you remind me what Sear said about what she's excited about?

[katikat.livejournal.com]

She said that she was all excited about writing the episode that would describe Bela's background and "redeem" her *rolls eyes* That's the episode that they were working on before the strike.

[ckll.livejournal.com]

Oh i remember. Let's see if that happens in the last 4 episodes.

[ckll.livejournal.com]

P.S.:Brilliant layout!

[katikat.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much :)

[taintedangel80.livejournal.com]

I have a feeling that this will def be one of the 4. They need to create a story for her to be included in season 4. And I think that both girls are def here to stay no matter what they do for the show (good or bad). And all Kripke keeps yapping about is making her human and giving her this and that so the fans like her.

[katikat.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately me too. And it's already spoiling my fun. Just like the knowledge that Kripke will keep shoving Bela down our collective throat next season too. I just don't get it. He said that he didn't understand why people seemed to dislike Bela so much. Uh, let me see? She's an annoying character with no purpose besides being a horny sex object and making the Winchesters look like idiots, a character that Kripke himself has no idea what to do with - is she a love interest or not? is she good or not? Sorry, but they can't present the character as an A-grade bitch and then try to turn her into a good girl. I think that they thought that people would like her as an antagonist and hey, people don't like her. So, let's try to turn her into their luv-luv-friend *gags* It's the Jo fiasco all over again - is she a good little girl or a bad-ass hunter? Choose one trait and keep it that way!

[taintedangel80.livejournal.com]

Kripke knows how this story goes. We must have faith in him.... *mumbles profanity*

Kripke never intended to add TWO girls. So therefor Bela as a permanent fixture was NOT part of his story. He lies when he says he knows exactly how this is going to go. He is literally making shit up as he goes along. And he isn't going about a good job of it with this one. Not in the least bit.

[sharona1x2.livejournal.com]

I'm really liking Persona so far. It's pretty different from most of the other shows I've watched. I haven't figured out Ryo yet.

[katikat.livejournal.com]

I like it VERY much. Though I can't wait for Shinsen to sub the next ep! *impatient*

[kirusai.livejournal.com]

I've basically reached the point of, 'it's sera gamble, try to turn your brain off while watching.' Yeah, I really don't like her, and I make no excuses for it. She just doesn't seem to get the boys, so yeah, if she decides to write a SOB story for Bela...it's TO BE EXPECTED.

And the sad thing is, I like Bela, but I still don't trust her to be written by Bela. LIKE NO.

AND OKAY, I wanted to reply because of your ANIME MENTION. It sounds like something I WILL LIKE TO WATCH. I shall be dl'ing and checking it out. THEN I'll get back to you.

AND YES YES YES to our ratings.

[katikat.livejournal.com]

I kinda really really really don't like Bela. Better said - I hate every frame that she's in. I have yet to re-watch any of the episodes that she was in. My problem with her is her behavior. I hate women who has to prove their strength by demeaning men. And her "oh please please save me I have a sad background" scene in Red Sky really didn't help.

They made her a bitch. If they HAVE TO keep her no matter what, then let her stay a bitch. Her behavior is inexcusable and if they tried to turn her into a goody-goody girl, they would ridicule themselves. To me, it feels like the writers themselves have no idea what to do with her to MAKE fans like her. She didn't pan out as an antagonist, let's try to make her a friend or better yet, a love interest *rolls eyes*

And the anime is really good. Sorta mecha but not really and very very dark. Sorta "people turned inside out" dark. And it's about brothers too, which is the cherry on top! :)

[kirusai.livejournal.com]

Don't worry about hating Bela, I totally get it. The way I see it, as long as they MAKE her continue being a worthy, bitchy antagonist, I'm okay. It's kind of like me not liking Ruby, but liking Cassidy (if that makes sense).

It's like, the girls are going to be here forever, so I'm not even going to bother anymore. I'm here for Sam and Dean, and I'll stay for them. But I really DO NOT WANT sera gamble writing for her. I KNOW I WILL HATE IT.

Trying to find the torrents for the anime, I'm so behind on anime. Haven't really found stuff that pull me in, if you know what I mean.

[jamesinboots.livejournal.com]

WOO ratings! \o/

And hee. You know me. I'm hoping for lots more Bela, and a redemption arc is one of the biggest things I'm looking forward to in the future for her. *ducks for cover* With everything that's happened, though, I wouldn't be surprised to see it shoved back into season 4. Which is cool - spreading it out over a longer period of time would be much better than trying to cram it into one of four episodes, but whatever happens, I'm sure I'll love it! <333

I'm sorry you're so upset about it all, though. :( You're really one of few people on my flist that dislike her, so hearing me talk about her must be pretty annoying. *red*

[katikat.livejournal.com]

I have a serious problem with her. I don't like to hate her, I just hate her. If I didn't like the series so much, I would have stopped watching it after Red Sky because this is not the show I used to like anymore - I for example stopped watching Criminal Minds after Paget Brewster's character was introduced because I just couldn't handle her.

In S1, I loved all the episodes. In S2, I disliked No Exit and Tall Tales. But S3, it's like hit and miss for me. Every episode that Bela is in is a goner for me. I didn't re-watch any of them as a whole, only scenes without her, and I wouldn't touch Red Sky with ten feet pole. Just the knowledge that she will be in those 4 eps and in S4 makes my joy shrivel.

As I said, this is not the show I used to love just a few months ago. And if she got even a bigger role than now, I would seriously consider dropping the show completely or at least not watching the eps as whole, just the scene without her. It would break my heart because I literally live with the show but I would prefer to keep good memories than start hating the One Tree Hill they are slowly but surely turning the series into.

[keire-ke.livejournal.com]

I just watched that episode, and god. It was beautiful. And, like you said, little in SPN was as scary as Sam after losing Dean. And him begging the Trickster to bring Dean back... Not to mention the hug. <3 That episode was wonderful, start to finish.

[katikat.livejournal.com]

It's funny that after Jess died, Sam was desperate and depressed and sad. But when Dean died, Sam frickin' lost it. That makes me quite Wincest-y happy :)

And I think that this will be my most favorite episode of the whole series. There was fun but there was so much angst too! I really hope that Jeremy Carver keeps writing for SPN! :)