A Very Supernatural Christmas
Dec. 26th, 2018 07:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ellerkayThe holiday season has me thinking about the SPN episode that really, irrevocably sold me on the show: "A Very Supernatural Christmas."
I binged SPN after season 7 aired, so I was watching pretty fast. Don't get me wrong; I liked it from the beginning, and thought there were LOTS of amazing episodes before AVSC. I was falling in love with Sam and Dean and the show as a whole along the way. It was a gradual process, but the Christmas episode was the tipping point for me.
It's hard to know exactly why, but there are a few factors I think I've identified. For one thing, it's just a great episode. The twisted Christmas stuff is amazing, and there are a lot of great one-off characters, like the gods and the guy who sells the wreaths. And it's an absolutely perfect balance of humor and emotion. I would laugh at the great dialogue and then cry when, for instance, Sam and Dean discussed why Sam didn't like Christmas. (The way Jensen delivers this one "yeah..." in that scene is like a knife in the stomach every time. The PAIN! The LAYERS! It's incredible. Why doesn't he have an Emmy???) Most episodes combine humor and drama really well, but a lot are more on one side than the other; AVSC is like a perfect 50/50.
Then, there's the Weechesters. Weechesters get me right in the feels every god damn time. I know we'd seen them before, but not since season 1, I think? And we didn't see nearly as much of them in that other episode, and plus at that time I wasn't yet as invested. And, the reveal that Sam gave Dean the necklace I'd seen him wearing practically every episode was just fucking PERFECT. After that episode, I knew I was not just interested in or enjoying the show: I was in love with it. AND I'VE NEVER LOOKED BACK. :P
I hope those who celebrate have had a good Christmas, and that those who don't have had a good week! I should have a little more time to read and write things now that the holiday's over, as you can all see by my flooding your flists this evening.
I binged SPN after season 7 aired, so I was watching pretty fast. Don't get me wrong; I liked it from the beginning, and thought there were LOTS of amazing episodes before AVSC. I was falling in love with Sam and Dean and the show as a whole along the way. It was a gradual process, but the Christmas episode was the tipping point for me.
It's hard to know exactly why, but there are a few factors I think I've identified. For one thing, it's just a great episode. The twisted Christmas stuff is amazing, and there are a lot of great one-off characters, like the gods and the guy who sells the wreaths. And it's an absolutely perfect balance of humor and emotion. I would laugh at the great dialogue and then cry when, for instance, Sam and Dean discussed why Sam didn't like Christmas. (The way Jensen delivers this one "yeah..." in that scene is like a knife in the stomach every time. The PAIN! The LAYERS! It's incredible. Why doesn't he have an Emmy???) Most episodes combine humor and drama really well, but a lot are more on one side than the other; AVSC is like a perfect 50/50.
Then, there's the Weechesters. Weechesters get me right in the feels every god damn time. I know we'd seen them before, but not since season 1, I think? And we didn't see nearly as much of them in that other episode, and plus at that time I wasn't yet as invested. And, the reveal that Sam gave Dean the necklace I'd seen him wearing practically every episode was just fucking PERFECT. After that episode, I knew I was not just interested in or enjoying the show: I was in love with it. AND I'VE NEVER LOOKED BACK. :P
I hope those who celebrate have had a good Christmas, and that those who don't have had a good week! I should have a little more time to read and write things now that the holiday's over, as you can all see by my flooding your flists this evening.
