8.18 "Freaks and Geeks"

I really dug this episode.

What I like about episodes like this one or "Ghostfacers", "Bitten", or even "Jus in Bello" is when the boys' lives are looked at from the perspective of outside characters. It makes them look like such cool cats.

I especially like the part where Dean basically took that kid Aidan to church when he thought he was bluffing. That was a personal favorite of mine.

I'm glad that Krissy came back into the story. It think they are going to start bringing her into the story line more and more. I like the way she challenges Dean but I think I'd also like to see her do more scenes with Sam. Sam never really gets to have a special bond with recurring characters, its mostly Dean.  So I'd like to see maybe a teenager or a girl or maybe even a character that has already been there like Charlie or Garth bonding with Sam.

The idea of children becoming hunters in a X-Men type way( I know Krissy said that they werean't like the X-Men but come on) really had me straddling the fence on the issue. I mean, sure a lot of people hate John because of the way he raised the boys but like I said, it's not like he had a choice. We have to remember he was a human being who was stricken with grief and rage. The guy Victor before you found out he was a dick seemed to be going about it the same way John did except without the bloodlust clouding his vision. It almost seemed like a good idea other than the fact that they were kids and if it hadn't been for Victor they wouldn't have been thrust into that life. If we were in that kind of world, you have to wonder how you would handle the situation. I think I would keep a knowledge of the supernatural and the tools to deal with it but I wouldn't really get involved. But like I said, John didn't really have that much of a choice.

Victor was an all around doucheapalooza in the end. It was one of those times where I couldn't tell that it was going to end how it did, but I knew he played a part in the final battle on the opposing side. I actually didn't see it coming that he had had the kids' parents killed. That was a pretty good twist. I commend Krissy on her ability to just let him go even if he did end up offing himself. I can say that I probably wouldn't be able to just forget like that especially if he tricked me into killing innocent people. That's another thing, more experienced and competent hunters (like Sam and Dean) wouldn't have missed the fact that it was fairly obvious even as an audience member that the vamps they were killing had no clue what was going on. If you caught a vampire and told them that they killed your family, most likely they would gloat not say, "what are you saying". So I think in the end even though those kids had their fancy dart guns and what not, Sam and Dean were trained a little bit better because they have always had better instincts than that.

I'm uber excited about tomorrow's episode. It seems quite important. I saw a sneak peak and Bobby may either return or make some kind of guest appearance. Honestly when I heard that Sam had to save an innocent soul from hell, my first thought was Adam because he's still friggin there and it is pissing me off that they have made no move to save him. But then Bobby had to go and get himself thrown in hell because Crowley doesn't like him. Which reminds me of one last thing, Crowley needs to freakin die. Just sayin'.

So that's what I thought about the episode. Sorry this is so late. I wanna know what you guys thought so you can comment with your thoughts. Do you think it's a good idea to raise kids as hunters or even raise them with the knowledge of the supernatural (in the show, obviously not real life)?