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It's actually impressive that my last surviving braincell got 12 and a half seasons into Supernatural before waving the white flag. We followed the plot this far and everything - even the small stuff, and for all the characters at once (except Garth. Lost track of him somehow). Today... blank. What is this Earth thing you call "plot"? Given how Crowley is poking Lucifer, the most powerful being left on the gameboard, with a big stick of uncharacteristic stupendous shortsighted stupidness, and that they just tied off the non-storyline with his son, I'm guessing this is the season where Crowley taps out? Love ya always, Mark A Sheppard.
Braincell and I watched the new Doctor Who episode yesterday while doing the mental equivalent of the 'buffering' spinning circle. I've followed both Doctor Who and the works of Russell T Davies for decades. I know how DW works and I know how RTD builds stories/characters, and this season I'm just confused. What the hell is going on and, whatever it is, why make it any new Doctor's introductory season? I don't know any more about Gatwa's Doctor today than I did after his intro beside Tennant and The Church on Ruby Road, and given the character-relevant events of yesterday's new ep, and how few episodes form a full season/arc these days, that's pretty bad. This story's almost over and there's only so many other-shoes you can drop in a finale.
I'm enjoying watching him do his thing, and enjoying Ruby doing it with him, and I've enjoyed most of the individual ep storylines this season - but I'm not feeling it. Maybe there isn't more to know about him? Is that the point? We knew enough by the end of Eccleston's and Tennant's first eps to take an educated guess at a lot of aspects of their character ("That's who I am - now forget me"/"No second chances"), so maybe... this is it? But Eccleston and Tennant had me riveted by ep 3, enchanted and half in love, and they kept on growing as Rose learned more about them. I'm not feeling it this time, maybe because I keep getting jarred out of the story by the impromptu musical numbers. Ruby seems to know him better and better - when not to offer her hand in support and when to hug him until he hugs back. What has she learned off-screen that we didn't learn on-screen?
Or is it that my braincell's waved the white flag and I'm just completely missing the point?
Oh, Crowley. How do I love you? Let me count the ways. Even his stress is laugh-out-loud funny while being laced with agonising pathos wrapped in a stellar performance. And then he turns around and tries a redemption arc for size, not because he saw the light but because he's sick of everything Hell and wants some friends.
Mark A Sheppard was the lure that finally got me to bite the bullet and watch Supernatural this summer. He did not disappoint.
One of Crowley's funniest moments imo - S09E16
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