#robbie *is* managing to make me care about john and mary but in my heart i'm watching for carlos and latika

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'Supernatural' 12.18 This Episode is a Memory that will Definitely Remain

It’s been a while since we’ve had a Supernatural episode that made me so euphoric that I could barely contain myself – those kind of episodes are what made me the passionate fan I am. When it’s been too long between them, my enthusiasm quiets down a bit. Not that I don’t always love the show, but not with the OMG this is the best show in the history of EVER OMG jumping up and down that an episode like this one brings. And damn, does it ever feel good to be that squeeful again! I would like to give writer John Bring lots of hugs, and my highest compliment – he wrote a scene that could have been written by former Supernatural writer Robbie Thompson. And that, for me, is REALLY saying something. I’ll get to that wonderful scene soon, but I loved the entire episode. This was an old school Supernatural monster-of-the-week episode, reminiscent of the early seasons in so many ways. I liked the twists and turns of the case, first thinking it was a monster, then a human, then lo and behold it ended up being both. Bring didn’t forget Castiel either. We got another Cas phone call, leading up to the next episode when Castiel reappears. And we got Dean cleaning the Colt and then aiming and fake firing it, which never fails to do things to me. We also got a glimpse of Sam’s email, which it seems includes Sam looking for parts for Dean’s baby and Dean sending Sam links (to who knows what). Oh, and a subscription to Biggerson’s. I love the detail that Show goes to, assuming that some enterprising fan is going to screencap that. Which of course is exactly what happened. Also, am I the only one who gets a kick out of Jared saying “Jared”? The boys look oh so fine in their FBI suits, so who can blame the local diner waitress for flirting with Dean? Not me, that’s for sure. I’m not necessarily a big fan of Dean detouring from working a case to have some fun, but I did like that the waitress (I wish we’d heard her name when Dean asked it, but I’ll have to go with ‘the waitress’) was as much the pursuer as the pursued and more power to her for clearly having a good time. Sam: Dean, focus! So he lives in the woods, so he’s like the local Jersey Devil. And apparently he has the head of a goat. Dean: A goat? Like b-eh-eh-eh goat? Sam: Yeah. A goat. I don’t know why, but that little exchange made me laugh out loud. And Dean making goat sounds is now all over my Tumblr. Dean ignores Sam’s admonition and goes off to chat with the waitress, taking his cup of coffee with him. Sam: Oh, don’t do the hot coffee thing… Dean: Does the hot coffee thing. Sam’s face though, so long suffering and yet so fond. I’ve said this before but it bears repeating – it’s the actors’ ability to show so much with so little that makes this show so incredible. Jared shows us a Sam whose affection for his brother is evident right there in his expression – he’s put upon, sure, but he’s also happy just to see Dean smiling and alive and sitting across from him. It’s those subtle acting choices that bring the bond between the brothers to life and makes their relationship so compelling. Ackles makes some excellent choices of his own. Dean reappears the next morning with the waitress, both of them pressed close together like they’re reluctant to let go of the temporary intimacy. It rang so true, just the way two people would be who know they probably won’t get another chance to be together and aren’t quite ready to let the feeling go. Also, debauched Dean with his tie hanging askew and his collar open is a very good look indeed. Once again, Sam is mostly just amused. Never mind he worked all night, he still seemed to be happy to see his brother happy.  Even that was reminiscent of early season SPN, though I think it made more sense back then. Hearty appetites are part of Dean’s characterization that are sometimes a bit too exaggerated, but it was all in good fun. Dean is so hungry he steals Sam’s food even though it’s very healthy, and later he manages to eat meat (covered in ketchup no less) even after walking through the slaughterhouse. Personally, I was sticking to salad for the rest of the evening. The side characters were also well written in this episode. Sam and Dean meet the quirky creepy sheriff (taxidermy will never not be creepy), and also the poor traumatized kid who tried to save his friend. No wonder he’s constantly smoking something! I felt exceedingly bad for that kid throughout – scapegoated for being different and then fed to a god. Talk about crappy luck. Kudos to Bring for making me care about him even in the small amount of time we had to get to know him. The episode was also very scary, filmed in true horror movie fashion, again reminiscent of early season SPN – perhaps because Phil Sgriccia, who’s been with the show all along, was directing. I absolutely loved the iconic scenes of Sam and Dean exploring the abandoned house by flashlight, coming slowly down the stairs, lit brilliantly and beautifully by Serge Ladouceur. That was such a Season 1 image, I gasped when I saw it I was so happy. Dean: Hello, goat dude? Never change, Dean. The Winchesters are understandably dismayed to find the basement full of knives and cleavers etc. Dean: Why is it always the rich ones? I mean, what are they like, croquet’s all right, but you know what’d be great? Murder! I loved Bring’s dialogue – funny but not over the top, and in character for both Dean and Sam. We get some badass Winchesters as they get the jump on the sheriff, Dean aiming the Colt at him and then holding him against the wall, and wow, is it hot in here? In true horror movie fashion (and true Dean Winchester big brother fashion), Dean tells Sam to stay put and stay safe with the sheriff, while he goes upstairs to see who/what is making noise up there, armed with the Colt. That was a creepy creepy scene, Sgriccia showing us Dean with gun drawn trying to figure out what’s going on, through the cut out eyes of the goat mask. I was biting my nails waiting to see what would happen. And also in true horror movie fashion, the person who foolishly decides to strike out on their own gets taken down – in this case, Dean has the gun knocked away and then is tossed right off a staircase! Ouch!  The bad guy (who turns out to be the other brother, raised in a double wide instead of the big house and still pretty pissed about it) restrains Dean in an office chair by wrapping him in saran wrap….which is a pretty creative way to do that….and probably shouldn’t make me think of anything other than poor Dean, but come on, this is Dean Winchester we’re talking about. Anyway, bad guy wheels Dean right into the cold storage with the monster, after turning the Winchester family slogan into something horrible. Bad guy: Hunting people, killing. The family business. Dean: O—o. That hit hard for me too. The Winchesters’ mantra is important to fandom, as meaningful to us as it is to Sam and Dean. Hearing it twisted around like that was painful. The scenes in the meat locker are also beautifully filmed, lit up red and dark enough that we can’t see clearly – which makes the monster lurking in the corner all the more scary. Dean, badass that he is, wheels himself around and then slips out of the saran wrap and arms himself with a meat hook. Meanwhile, Sam is frantically trying to find his brother, which will never fail to make me happy since it feels oh so very Supernatural. Sam’s yells of “Dean! Dean!” warmed my heart. Sam and the sheriff eventually take down the bad guy brother, and then it’s Sam to the rescue, breaking into the storage room just in time to save Dean from the god. Me: Sam F—king Winchester!! Dean: (wide eyed, looking at Sam like he’s thinking the same thing) Sam: (smirking and quoting Dean) The Colt. Dusts anything. In other words, yeah Dean, you were right. Dean: (falls to the floor) Sam: (a little later, checking on his brother the way the Winchesters always do): Hey, hey how’re you feeling? Once again, it’s those little moments and choices that bring the bond between Sam and Dean to life. Those are the moments that make this the show I love. I’ve been writing about how I need to see that relationship – the one that made me fall for the show – more. Finally this episode gave that to me! I know there are some fans who are impatient for Dean to be the one doing the saving, but I’m pretty happy whenever one Winchester saves the other. Not all that picky about which one it is, as long as in the long term, they take turns. And Dean did get to be the one who killed Hitler not so long ago, after all. He is definitely still badass, of that I have no doubt. Meanwhile, back at the bunker, Mr. Ketch and his band of BMoLs are letting themselves in and going through all the Winchester’s things. I had a surprisingly strong reaction to this – I think I tweeted “No! That’s the Winchesters’ home!!!” I actually felt the sense of violation, and it turned my stomach. There’s something so awful about their enemies invading the only safe space Sam and Dean have ever had. Going through their private things, leaving a bug under their table. I hated them for that. Mr. Ketch, disturbingly charming as always, makes a joke about finding out how Sam gets his hair so shiny, or how many ratty flannels Dean has. And we get a little inside joke too, about the telescope that’s inexplicably inside the bunker. Ketch: Just as I thought, can’t see a damn thing. He also goes through Dean’s porn stash of Busty Asian Beauties and I think his drawer of lots of black tee shirts (which Jensen definitely has plenty of to play Dean…)  Perhaps worst of all, he takes the photo of a young Dean and his mom. Mr. Ketch has it bad for Mary, methinks, and I do not like it! Sam and Dean say their goodbyes to the sheriff, who has been talking throughout the episode about wanting to leave a legacy – he now collapses, saying sadly that this is instead his legacy. That gets Dean thinking about what the Winchesters’ legacy might be. And then John Bring writes a scene that made my LIFE – a scene worthy of Robbie Thompson – a scene that made me so happy, I’m still smiling. Dean: You know, I was thinking about what Bishop said. About... What do you think our legacy is gonna be? When we're gone, I mean, after all the stuff we've done, you think folks will remember us? You know, like, a hundred years from now? Sam: No. Dean: Oh, that's nice. Sam: Well, I mean... guys like us, we're not exactly the type of people they write about in history books, you know? But the people we saved, they're our legacy. And they'll remember us and then I guess... we'll eventually fade away, too. That's fine, because we left the world better than we found it, you know. Dean considers, then gets out his pocket knife. Sam: What are you doing? Dean: Leaving our mark. Me: (bursts into tears) The look on Sam’s face as he watches -- the smile, the pride – it absolutely destroyed me. And then Dean hands him the knife, and he carves his initials too, just as the brothers did as children into the Impala. The flashback comes onscreen, and I sob even harder. [caption id="attachment_44801" align="aligncenter" width="664"] Caps by @kayb625[/caption] It was a perfect scene, reminding me of exactly why I love this show so much. At the same time, it was an ominous scene, just as the title of the episode suddenly became ominous. A shiver ran through me as I thought about the reality of it – that someday the Winchesters really will be gone. Supernatural will be gone. I can’t think about it, even now two days later, without tearing up. Kudos, John Bring, for making me cry twice. Onscreen, the brothers check in with Mick – except they get Ketch, which doesn’t make them happy. Ketch agrees: I’d rather be with your mother…. Hunting…for chupacabra… In canon, Sam and Dean continue talking after they hang up, not knowing Mr. Ketch can hear them. Dean: Low rent Christian Bale, really? Ketch’s face as he listens is stony, repressed anger visible. But because this was a Phil Sgriccia directed episode, and he’s known for keeping the cameras rolling so that the fandom can have the delectable treats that are the Supernatural gag reel, we also get a bonus ‘Shaving People Punting Things’ video – in which Jensen and Jared absolutely lose it cracking up over David Haydn-Jones’ pronunciation of chupacabra. OMG it is pricelessly edited by Mary Manchin and the talented post production team and it’s impossible to watch it without laughing hysterically yourself. And this? This is the other reason I love this show so damn much. [caption id="attachment_44802" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Photo: Twitter[/caption] Tweet by Steve Boyle, who played the sheriff. I’m going to remain euphoric for a while, awaiting the next episode in two weeks. Allow me my bliss. Check out next week's Supernatural 12.19 episode for The Future above.

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A clan of true believers Bob Murphy's parents met when John was a Catholic priest and Monica a nun. They left the order to be together, had Ben, Bridget and then little Robbie. On the eve of his 200th game, they talk to Peter Hanlon about storytelling, crushing disappointment, and keeping the faith - in football and life. JOHN: I vividly remember his first game. He was eight, and there was a lightning premiership out at Buln Buln. Monica and I were wondering, 'He mightn't take to this …' Ben was already playing footy, he was four or five years older. For the first two or three minutes he just wandered around, didn't look completely at home, then the ball bounced loose and he went, whoosh! He swooped on it and kicked it onto a guy's chest. And I thought, 'He's got it. He's got the gift.' MONICA: He was a gorgeous kid. He was number three, what else could he be? Robbie didn't like conflict - he would never tell you that anything was worrying him. He was one of those little fellows who would work around it. Ben and Bridget were in secondary school, and he was going to primary school. I said to him one day, 'Today you'll have to come home when there's no one at home', because we weren't going to get home before him. He said, 'Well, it depends how you look at it, Mum. I could be the latch-door kid, who's neglected, or I could be the kid who's taking responsibility and who's been given some freedom. And that's the way I see it.' He was saying that to accommodate me, to make me feel better. He always looked for the best option, the most positive for everyone. I think he thought I had to be looked after, and he still does that. JOHN: I never heard him articulate that he wanted to be a footballer. MONICA: He plays his cards close to his chest, even as a little boy. He loved everything, every kid and every person. JOHN: He was never one of those driven, 'I'm going to be a footballer' kids. He talked more about playing basketball and cricket. MONICA: I just remember him talking about having a comfortable life, good fun. Ben was strong, wanted to learn and go ahead and break barriers. Bridget was a real leader later in school, before that she was easy-going but still more driven than Robbie. JOHN: You wouldn't have heard him say, 'I'm bored'. There was nothing to be bored about, always plenty of friends, plenty of things to do. But if you were going to talk about them going on to be professional sportspeople, Rob wouldn't have been the first or the second that you'd think of. But I wonder if he was disguising some real ambition or desire. MONICA: I like his columns. I'm a bit surprised by his grasp of structure, but I'm not surprised at his Irish storytelling. He always had that wistful, dreamy way, he's poetic. He always had a different life view from most people. Mary Mutsaers (Rob's secondary school English teacher) said she knew he had it, but he wouldn't put it on paper. But I don't think school was the right forum for him. He said he learnt more from sitting around our table listening to our adult friends than he did from sitting in a classroom. JOHN: We've loved his footy career, it's given us so much pleasure. But his writing for The Age is almost as gratifying to me as his football. I'm rapt, to see him expressing himself like he does. When he was drafted he left Warragul, a country town, and went to Footscray City Secondary College where he told us no one spoke to him for three months. I remember Monica said, 'It's going to be hard, how are you going to go?' It was VCE. He said, 'It is hard, but I reckon at the end of it I'll be really glad I did it.' It was like his ambition to be a footballer - it kind of surprised me. MONICA: We've been very blessed and lucky because Rob hasn't been maligned, he hasn't been slammed onto the front page and embarrassed in any way. It's full credit to him. I think he's established good boundaries, and he's been careful. I feel as though we haven't had to worry, he's managed that. I'm often appalled at somebody's son being condemned, it's so harsh. Just because they're playing footy. JOHN: Society can be very unforgiving, self-righteous. These boys who are becoming young men … we expect too much of them too soon just because they get so much out of their bodies, their skills are so great, and we expect them to be flawless. And of course none of us are. People make judgments prematurely, and I feel sorry for most of the people who are maligned. Rob's had great mentors. He went to the Bulldogs, he didn't have a licence, didn't have a car, Luke Darcy would come around, beep, beep, and take him to training. Then Simon Garlick and Ben Harrison. As parents, we felt that's good. MONICA: I worry when they have a really bad loss, he'll be aching, in a bad space, and there's nothing we can do. Injuries are a different thing - that's manageable, it's in the hands of the medicos. It's the internal sense of disappointment, of failure, that he has to manage. And it's constant. JOHN: The exhilaration of winning is terrific, but then you look at the last few weeks when they lose, then almost immediately they're trying to psyche themselves up physically and mentally for the next game in six or seven days' time. To me that would be so hard - if you have a crash in your life, you want to take your time to get over it. MONICA: We're pretty good watchers, but I'm hopeless if he gets hurt. JOHN: I don't really want to be talking to people watching the game, I like to watch it and him, see what's happening. But we can get annoyed, frustrated. MONICA: We get thrilled, too. I love watching him play. I love watching Griff too, I love watching a lot of them. But when Robbie gets it you think, he's going to do something. I don't want to sound like a boasting Mum, but you think he's going to kick it to someone, or he's going to whirl out of that tackle. JOHN: I think he's different. All through his junior footy confirmed to me that he did have a gift, the gift of speed and skill and know-how. He developed that through coaching, but I think a lot of it was in him too. I always said the same thing to him before games: 'Hold your chest marks, kick with both feet and find a man.' We don't talk about footy all the time, but the times we have he says we shouldn't overcomplicate the game, it's a simple game. I think he's a believer in the basics. MONICA: I think Justine is his strength. She minds their children, she's there for him, she gives him all the right stuff to take to get himself up and about. She's been a terrific support to him. She's only a little girl, but she's a strong girl. They live in a sort of a bubble those two. JOHN: Rob's always been very conscious about having a life away from football, going to music, his friendships, he's got friendships from primary school. He's maintained all of that, and that's healthy. MONICA: Like I said before, he establishes boundaries. JOHN: I wasn't keen to be the celebrant at their wedding, I thought, 'Two hats', but they were pretty keen. It turned out terrific. MONICA: It was lovely … We both had to be fairly resilient in our lives, and had to make decisions to leave something and go into something else, which was a lot more confronting than maybe people realise. You dislocate yourselves from the normal network, and you're aware of that, and you disappoint people. I think that made us fairly self-reliant. Because we were already such good friends, that cemented that, we were pulling this wagon together. JOHN: We shared the same religious culture, values and experiences which were a basis for our friendship. She's the best thing that's ever happened to me. MONICA: Going off to Alice Springs (after marrying) was a metaphor for our life. JOHN: I was manager of an Aboriginal residential college, and Monica taught at the Catholic primary school. We lived there for six years, Ben and Bridget were born there. It was a really good time for us. It gave us a breadth of experience with indigenous Australia which was precious. MONICA: It was a privilege, not many people get that experience of the Aboriginal people, and going into their communities. JOHN: And their communities coming to us, coming to our house. It was great. MONICA: Robbie questions religion, which is good, because he's not taking on the fairytale. JOHN: We question too … MONICA: He's taking on the true message, not some magic religious formula. And we encourage that. He's a questioner, he's a searcher, and so are we. That's good, that's healthy. He's got to believe in the community that he's in at the Bulldogs, he's got to believe in those guys. I think that's the only thing that's going to lift them off the ground. I often want to say to him, 'Just take the young guys out and talk to them, make them feel good'. He probably does. JOHN: We know how he was mentored, and it warms my heart now to see him mentoring. MONICA: I love what he wrote about Andrew Krakouer, he put his hand up and said something. JOHN: I think people think AFL footballers, they're on the front page, they have a profile … but these are real people, flesh and blood people, they get hurt and they get disappointed, they get insulted. And they do terrific things too. MONICA: I think I'll write a book - I want to help all mothers of draftees. It's the closest thing to relinquishment … JOHN: It's a bit like adopting your child out … He's only young and he seems to have taken a lot of things on board - his football obviously, the leadership within the players' association, his writing, marriage and parenthood. It's a big feather in his cap. When Jarvis was born, Robbie held him in the hospital and it was really special - you could see that he was such a beautiful husband and father. MONICA: He's a loving son, he just transferred what you gave him to that little boy. Is AFL football what we expected? I think it's been a terrific ride, and I think, 'Thank God for the Bulldogs'. I think they've been a really honest group, a nice group of men. I think Rob's been very lucky. He's been in a team that's struggled for most of his time, but it's authentic. JOHN: A bit more success would have been nice … MONICA: A bit more success would have been delightful, but they groan and they weep together, they laugh and they play together. It's been a good journey. I think he's been a person of integrity. I honestly get a bit nervous saying that, but what Mum wouldn't say that? Peter Hanlon Jun 16, 2011