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Doctor Who | 1X07 / 14X07 | The Legend Of Ruby Sunday | REACTION

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14x07: Unhuman Business

Then:

LaLaLa, this is not happening, LaLaLa

Now:

Uh, something seems to be wrong with my TV. Just Lucifer Nick blabbering on about his family and his regret for killing people that won’t help him find who killed his family.

At the bunker, Jack is not doing great, guys. Cas is attempting to heal him, but whatever is wrong with Jack is beyond his angel powers.

As the boys discuss their impossible situation, Jack falls to the floor, coughing blood and foaming at the mouth. They rush him to the hospital ASAP. 

Worried Dad Dean is HIGH MAINTENANCE, but I’ll forgive his overbearing ways. Jack is in deep trouble. First, the hospital just needs some basic data, like name and date of birth, both of which the Winchesters fumble on. Jack’s a Winchester you doofs! And I guess Jack is 18. And his dad exploded. Jack then collapses and the medical staff rush him to a room, Sam, Dean, and Cas by his side. 

(That framing tho)

God, my TV buzzed out again. Please stand by while I figure out WHY WE SHOULD CARE ABOUT NICK. He talks to a reporter and learns there was a cop, Frank Kellogg, who was patrolling Nick’s neighborhood the night his family died.

At the hospital, Jack’s tests results all came back negative. They’re going to have to run more tests. (Lol, I love how all of this is put in the vaguest way possible. Like not all tests are positive or negative, and what are they testing for?) The one thing they do know: His body is in complete systemic shutdown. (I read on Twitter the friendly reminder that you’re not a real hunter until you’ve died and come back again. Coolcoolcoolcoolcool.)

The brothers decide it’s time to explore other options: Rowena. Dean suggests calling her. Sam already did. (Samwitch! --my Saileen heart hates me every time I goof about this) (Natasha: SAME) The doctor walks in on the boys dressing Jack to leave. AND LET ME JUST FALL INTO A PIT OF EMOTION watching Cas put his coat on Jack.

ROWENA arrives as fast as she can (like, oof, there isn’t anything in this for her. She just showed up to help the Winchesters? Guh.) She thinks Dean is in trouble, but Sam reveals it’s really Jack, Lucifer’s son. Rowena’s out. Before she bolts though, Jack works his magic nougat ways.

Rowena breaks the bad news that without Jack’s grace, his nephilim body can’t sustain itself. Cas offers up his own grace to save him. I’M NOT CRYING, YOU’RE CRYING! As Ro is nixing that idea, Dean’s vision starts to blur and his hearing warbles in and out. 

Not sure what was happening in this next Nick scene. He’s weird around a woman in an alley. She invites him back into the bar (WHY?) (Natasha: WHYYYYYYYY?) and then he secretly pulls a knife. In a brief moment of clarity, he yells at her to get away and she runs. And for the record: the giant neon S stands for Satan.

At the bunker, Overprotective Dean brings Jack a sandwich and milk. PURE. Jack is packing up and ready to hit the road, live a little before he dies. I’M NOT DYING, YOU’RE DYING.

Dean gets some serious dimples of discontent after listening to Jack but he’s not disagreeing with the boy.

Sam and Cas AND Rowena are on the research train. Cas presides over a mountain of books while Rowena and Sam call everyone they think might be able to help the poor young wee nephilim.

Dean gets the updates. The books are a bust, but Sam talked to Ketch, who has tipped them off about a shaman who might help. Dean takes all this in...maybe? In actuality, Dean wavers in and out of focus again. Oh, Dean Bean. Cas offers to tackle the shaman lead and the Winchesters can stay behind to look out for Jack. Enter Jack, with backpack, ready for adventure! Dean and Jack are heading out, to Castiel’s disapproval.

A little while later, Dean and Jack pick up some burgers and Dean tosses Baby’s keys to wee Jack. It’s driving lesson time! There’s so much wrapped up in this scene: Dean’s stunted childhood, his incredible capacity to nurture, Jack’s hero worship. MY HEART is wrapped up in this scene. They ease out on the road and Jack gains confidence quickly.

Dean turns on some tunes and BTO’s “Let it ride” sets the mood. Classic rock is such an important aspect of this show, and we didn’t realize how much we missed it as a set piece until this scene of open road driving.

(I’ll confess that I spent the first viewing of this scene ready for Jack to pass out and the car to careen dramatically off the road. I’m glad it didn’t.)

Cas heads out to find Sergei the shaman but before he goes, he talks with Sam about Dean’s reaction to Jack’s illness. “He seems to be taking this particularly hard,” Castiel observes. Sam tells him that Dean feels bad for the time he spent wishing Jack a swift and painful death at the beginning of last season.

Heartbreaking dialogue alert:

Sam: He’s lost people. We’ve all lost people but…

Cas: This feels different. Losing a son feels different.

But stow away those emotions, friends, because it’s time to go back to fun!Dad Dean. They’re eating more fast food, pulled over on the side of the road. “I’m a driver!” Jack announces gleefully. Yes, bby. Dean suggests a bar with promising hook-up potential. (Me: flashes back to Dean’s “Last night on Earth” speech with Cas back in season 4...and like, all of season 3.) Jack’s got other plans.

Nick finds Frank Kellogg, brings up the bare facts of his case, and then pushes Frank inside and holds him by the throat. Time to chat.

By a tumbling, small river, Jack gets into Dean’s deepest emotions like he’s ordering an ice cream shake at a diner. While they fish, Jack casually brings up that Dean and his father went fishing and that it was one of Dean’s happiest memories of him. Dean tries to dissemble, but Jack’s sure as a rock. (Now, there’s been some discussion about whether this was meant to refer to John or Bobby. My vote’s heavily on John. Dean loved his father, was disappointed by him, and longed for many things he could never have at the same time. Fishing with John Winchester was probably a shocking circle of calm - a pool of stillness and peace.)

Jack tells Dean that he wouldn’t miss the big, showy things in the world. Instead, he’d miss more time with Dean and the other people in his life.

Dean BARELY holds it together, a quaver in his voice as he returns, “Who’d’ve thought time with me would make you sentimental?” Dean. Bean.

Meanwhile, Cas drives his adorable blue car to meet Sergei the shaman. He’s immediately enveloped in a circle of holy fire. Thanks, buddy.

Sergei lives in a pimped out trailer, with flowers painted on the exterior and lushly colored and patterned textiles draped all over the interior. He proposes a “recharging agent” for Jack - something to shock his system and derail the degeneration. He offers Cas archangel grace (purportedly from Gabriel) and a spell to activate it. And the cost is simply that the Winchesters will owe him a favor. Sounds like a hell of a price to me.

Meanwhile Nick beats the shit out of Frank Kellogg. We learn that Nick’s neighbor saw Frank leave his house the night of the murders and the cops made him cover it up. Frank confesses that he met a man named Abraxis outside of Nick’s house and the next thing he knew, he was covered in blood. Frank was possessed by a demon which is some crazy ass shit, right? Sigh. Nick kills Frank horribly anyway, in a scene that goes on for WAY too long.

WAY the fuck too long.

In a giant breath of fresh air, we get back to the bunker, once again full of TFW 2.0 and Rowena Our Queen. They hand Jack the grace and it enters his body as Rowena chants the spell. Lights flicker. Jack’s eyes glow golden again. It’s worked!

Jack stumbles and falls again, worse than before.

Cas chews out Sergei via phone call and Sergei defends himself by saying that “science is sometimes trial and error.” It’s...awfully reminiscent of Michael’s experimentation, yes? It also reminds me of real world experimental parallels - now and throughout history. In a word: yikes.

Side note: Having once had a loved one’s body try to shut down in the ICU with no discernible cause...this episode really did hit home for me. It’s so easy in fiction to have a magical healing ability, and so much harder when there’s no explanation, no quick cure, and treatments that have your doctors crossing their fingers. I feel for all these dudes, and the doctors as well, is what I’m saying.

Anyway, Cas is pissed, and vows to smite Sergei’s ass if Jack dies.

For Vengeful Science

At Frank’s house, Nick prays to Lucifer and begs him to come back. In the blackness of the Empty, what looks like the Empty entity morphs into being and its eyes glow Lucifer-red. Well, fuck. (I’m actually excited to see the Empty again, but I am quite displeased about Lucifer.)

In the bunker, TFW mourns Jack’s rapidly failing condition. Rowena counsels them to stay by his side, for death approaches on swift wings.

Root Beer Quotes:

He’s sick, his name is Jack Kline, his father exploded.

Samuel, I thought we were beyond this.

Well, if it’s grace he needs, he can have mine.

Eyes on the road.

This is the best day ever!!!

Born with a wheel in your hand, huh?

Life isn’t all these big, amazing moments. It’s time together that matters.

Life - all of it - is a risk.

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Supernatural 14x06

it’s me, ya girl, back with the reactions

oooh ticking clock flashback.  Lots of backstory reminders

mm that ragtime piano tho. AW cute librarian! Probably going to die or be the main villain huh

“Put the stapler down” me, attempting to look threatening in any situation

THEY’RE CUTE GOSH no he’s probably going to be the one to die :(

Yup

Jack, you wish they were on cool adventures, but honestly no that takes a hot minute. 

“I blame me” is the story of your life Dean

The dichotomy of Dean and Sam on this is hilarious. Sam you with the fidget spinner lol 

YES JACK you tell him! Dean’s getting the self-blame thrown right in his face and I’m living for Jack standing up for what he believes in and wanting to do good in the world

Sam you precious overprotective dad of a bunch of interdimensional hunters

Jack taking notes is hilarious. Omg those two are the best investigative team. The small town gossip ugh what a cute montage. 

Charlie.  CHARLIE. I missed you and I love this introspection/observation. 

Okay now Dean with “the Talk” and the dad moments. The PIE thank you for this moment.

Jack, what an actor. “Old man.” Omg. No no no okay. Jack. You’re so cute. The charm. You cinnamon roll. You lovely little hero and Dean using a weird creep factor I really don’t know whether he was attempting to be a sleazeball with Jack planning that or whether that was improv and honestly I’m okay with either

Miles is a creep but he’ll probably end up being a victim too tbh - *dies on screen* aaaaand called it.  

I’m trying to read all of the books says Charlie, and I am the same. “As long as there’s good WiFi” yup. 

HARPER IS SUCH A CUTIE HERE

JACK YOU AWKWARD BABY

Even Charlie calls you a nerd Sam

Oh Jack oh Jack how cute that worked a bit too well huh?

*crashing at the door* Welp now that escalated quickly

And honestly I’m totally for Charlie quitting hunting and occasionally calling in. I also get Sam’s point about social creatures. Ugh I’m torn. 

okay zombie time

and heroic little Jack time omg now there’s zombie romance?

“No apparently my dead high school boyfriend attacked us and I forgot” you are the smart side character you were meant to be and I appreciate you

The flies are really uber bothering me. I don’t know why that aspect specifically does but there you go.

OKAY WEIRD GOO BUG THING THAT I AM NOT INTO

we’ve covered the alien bit of Marie’s musical, haven’t we. Was there not an alien bit? This has got to count fight me it looks like something out of Doctor Who when Capaldi’s doctor was going through that weird time loopy labyrinth thingy

“We got creative”, well, don’t hug me I’m scared rn this is the same vibe

(seeing Crimes of Grindelwald trailer and dying cause I wanna see it)

BUT HE’S DEAD THIS IS ROLEPLAY WEIRDNESS I KNEW SHE’D BE A VICTIM OR EVIL SEE

Oh my goodness gracious Jack you are surprisingly an okay actor when the situation calls for it. Your naivety is what really works for you. 

Poor zombie boy tho

Sam trying way too hard with the metaphor, true. 

“With all the tears and death, it’s worth it.” BEST SAM QUOTE OF THE SEASON SO FAR

Omg is this necromancer girl Harper basically evil Becky for Jack? I can’t handle this

HA Jack got you there Dean

but seriously Jack needs to not be sick please do not kill my baby

SERIOUSLY

SERIOUSLY

JACK

the coughing was way pre-1945 tuberculosis kind of vibes and I was not having it then and the blood on the hand in the way it was was giving me stigmata vibes and NO Jack doesn’t get to die I just know the writers would make it permanent

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Overall, not a bad episode for feeling kind of (very) filler/case-related. Emotional talks that worked well.  I wouldn’t watch it on its own for the heck of it like I would some episodes (Changing Channels, looking at you) but not one I’d necessarily skip through altogether. Harper was way too sweet not to either get killed or be evil, so yeah, a bit obvious, but her flirting with Jack was just . . . wow. His attempt at being undercover was cute and awkward. 

The Sam and Charlie thing felt a bit forced for some reason? but I’ll hand it to both of them, excellent points were made on either side, and Sam’s hopefulness shining through was awesome. They would be the intellectual friends that debate seriously about humanity with Charlie as a cynic and Sam as someone who believes in people ultimately. I don’t know what to do with their actual case - it could just as easily have been a werewolf thing as a weird bug thing imo; they didn’t need new monsters for this. *shrug*

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14x07 Trailer:

Jack no you are not allowed to have a mid life crisis and die so soon nope. I swear to your grandfather you are a child this is not okay. 

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Doctor Who | 1X07 / 14X07 | The Legend Of Ruby Sunday | COMMENTARY