Thursday February 8, 2007
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Sam contacts Dean after being missing for a week. When they reunite, Dean finds Sam covered in blood and with no recollection of what happened.
Read Full Recap » (warning: possible spoilers!)Great ep, but a little disapointing hide show
After being missing for a week, Sam appears all covered with blood. It turns out Sam has a demon inside him (not only a demon, a really familiar one too: Meg) and Dean doesnt know what to do.
Supernatural Season 2 is my fave season, so full of amazing eps and is amazing. I was rlly expecting this episode to bbe on of the best, and I gotta say that the story is one of the best and the episode is awesome, but I felt a little disapointed after I watched. It isnt bad or anything, in fact it is great, but is just that I expected much more from an Evil Sam episode. The episode was rlly good, but not as good as I expected it to be.
Meg Masters (played by the awesome Nicky Aycox) is one of my favorite characters: she was sassy and sarcastic, biting and dangerously sensual. Seeing Meg!Demon back inside of Sam was a guilty pleasure and I must say that Jared Padalecki delivered one of his best performances so far while he was playing the subtle ways the demon perverted Sam's psyche. "Born Under a Bad Sign" is one of my Top Five episodes of Season Two, and it is thanks both to a spectacular script and a masterful direction (by J. Miller Tobin). Plus, it featured Bobby Singer - always a pleasure! - and a newly conceived, more mature version of Jo Harvelle: I think it's really a pity that the writers haven't used her more often, and since this is her final appearance I can't help but wish to see her again for the upcoming Season Five.
A pivotal episode, both concerning the overarching mythology of the show and the story arc of Season Two (involving Sam "going dark side" and Azazel's plans for the Special Children), "Born Under a Bad Sign" is also a powerful tale about love (the things Dean would do for Sam) and vengeance (Meg's description of Hell always sent a shiver down my spine). All in all, a masterpiece of an episode!
Sam is possessed in one of the season's better episodes hide show
It's been a long wait, but the demons have finaly gotten to Sam. We knew from previous episodes that Sam wasn't going to be able to stay good forever, and that Dean would either have to kill him or save him somehow. Well that episode has arrived and it's just about everything I was thinking it would be.
Watching Sam act completely opposite of what he normally does was great. We're used to seeing Sam be the sentimental one, the "J. Love Hewitt," in the words of his brother. Seeing him torture and kill hunters, the same kind of people that him and Dean are, was chilling and very well done.
Seeing Jo come back was interesting. They didn't give her a huge plot like they did in the serial killer episode, but they did reveal some interesting facts: John Winchester actually literally killed Jo's father out of wanting to put him out of his misery.. we also learned that John is probably in Hell, suffering with all of the demons.
By the end of the episode, I was left wishing every episode could include some of the season long arc, but I suppose this is what makes Supernatural a good show. They can put that plot on the backburner for a little while so they can focus on more character development. I just hope we meet the Yellow Eyed Demon again soon.
This episode was surprising, fantastic & riveting. This would have to be one of the best episodes of Supernatural ever. First of all, Sam finds Jo, I really missed that character, her ending was perfect. "No you wont" when Dean left. Looks like Sam was telling the truth. And the part when Sam is going to kill Jo, perfect scene. Jared was a really good actor in this episode. Sam & Dean find Bobby. Another character returning. Sam shoots Dean, it is crazy. Then at the end you find out that Sam is possessed by Meg! That was another surprising part but Bobby eventually saved the day. I feel sorry for Jo. Anyways, a great episode!
By all means an epic episode, Sam vs. Dean … downright eerie! hide show
The return of Meg … or the more correctly the demon that possessed her, gotta say though, I preferred the previous meat-suit, I mean sure evil!Sam was freaky but still Nicki Lynn Aycox gave the character far more pizzazz, just my opinion. Nonetheless, the idea of pitting the brothers against each other was riveting, and it looked downright scary. It seems the show is heading down that road anyway, so Born Under a Bad Sign was an early taste of extreme conflict between our boys, whether it'll ever reach full-blown animosity remains to be seen. It's a very interesting concept to explore, no matter how much us fans would hate a Cain-Able scenario, it does make for great drama.
It was really painful seeing Dean struggling with all of this, the idea that something is happening to his brother, NOW, and he couldn't help him or protect him, he was shattered. But even after seeing what his brother has done, his first priority was to protect him at any cost, he was willing to cover up what Sam did to Wandell, on the hope that he can buy himself some time to figure things out and maybe, just maybe, he can still save Sam.
It was great seeing Bobby again, he makes a wonderful father figure for the boys, add to that how smart and experienced he is, he could be of great value to the boys in their quest.
Last but not least, the final scene was … I can't describe it … I can't imagine Sam's feeling knowing he killed that hunter, let alone witnessing the whole thing, watching himself kill a human being with his own hands! I wonder if he saw himself shooting Dean? And Dean's promise "now if it's the last thing I do I'm gonna save you", that sent a chill down my spine …
The only reason this didn't get a 9.5 is because I think jared could've done better ... I've seen him doing better.
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