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SUPERNATURAL: S05E02 – Good God Y’all | Recap
Posted in Supernatural on September 19, 2009 by awsumdaveLeave it up to me to get this recap out late. Most likely this is going to be a shorter recap, because usually I write the recap as I watch the show, but not this time, this is all coming from my head.
Well basically, it seems we have been introduced to another overall arc this season. The main one being Dean trying to find out a way to destroy Satan, while the world falls apart. The second one being, God is not in heaven, so Castiel must find him somewhere on this earth.
Dean and Sam once again visit Bobby in the hospital. While they are there, Dean took the initiative to get an x-ray and saw the Nokian signal Castiel branded on their ribs. When Castiel showed up after calling Dean’s cell phone, he told them that because they are hidden from all angels, he couldn’t locate them. Bobby told Castiel to heal him, but Castiel said he doesn’t have all of heaven’s power anymore, only some of it, so healing is something he is unable to do. Bobby gets mad. Then Bobby gets a phone call from an old Hunting buddy saying an entire town has been taken down by demons. So Sam and Dean get sent to the town.
At the town, Sam and Dean run into their old hunting buddies from the hunters bar, and she has been housing survivors of the town who hadn’t turned yet, so the boys decide to armor up, and teach the town Rifle’s 101. At the store, Sam is attacked by two teenage demons, and quickly slit their throats. For a moment, he stood there, staring at the blood. Later we understand that he wants to be strong again.
They find the demon’s headquarters in a house. And here’s where it gets interesting. They take Sam hostage, and try to get the demon out of him, and are baffled at why he has black eyes, but won’t get hurt when they pour holy water all over his body, and salt down his throat. Apparently, there are no demons in the town whatsoever, but somebody is doing this TO them.
Dean found out that because someone saw a large shooting star the other night, Dean of all people remembered a verse from Revelations that said “and the stars in the sky fell to earth, as late figs drop from a fig tree when shaken by a strong wind. 14The sky receded like a scroll, rolling up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place” It was worded differently in the show, but it was referring to ONE of the four horsemen. Apparently one of the four horsemen rode a red charriot, and Dean took that as a red car. He found out that the horsemen was getting his power from a ring.
Dean took down the demon house, assuring everyone that they weren’t demons that they are hallucinating. Sam and Dean then took down the horsemen, and the war ended. Good going, boys.
PODCAST 3×01 – New Fall Line Up Review
Posted in 24, Bones, Chuck, Fringe, Ghost Whisperer, Heroes, House, How I Met Your Mother, Lost, Monk, Psych, Smallville, Supernatural, True Blood on September 13, 2009 by awsumdave
Hey guys, it’s a little late to talk about this fall’s line up of TV shows, but better late then never I suppose. From 0:00-12:45 We talk about future shows. The following times we talk about each show:
12:45-13:43 | MONK
13:43-15:14 | PSYCH
15:15-20:03 | GLEE
20:03-25:55 | SUPERNATURAL
26:00-27:40 | LOST
27:40-28:35 | 24
28:35-29:20 |CHUCK
29:20-END |Thoughts on Spoilers as well as GB Projects
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SUPERNATURAL: 5×01 – Sympathy For The Devil | Recap
Posted in Supernatural on September 10, 2009 by awsumdave
We left our favorite brothers off last season having frightful faces on as the Devil was making his way to our friendly planet. Well Dean and Sam decide to run finally, and strangely end up on a plane over the city. Now at first you would think it’s the angels saving them again, but they kind of make points here and there that it’s the devil saving them for some reason. So the plane makes a crash landing, and the brothers once again head to a nice little hotel.
This is when we meet our vessel for the Devil. It is the actor who played Jacob on LOST, and his character in this is Nick. Well…he isn’t transformed into the devil quite yet. He just starts having some strange things happen around his house. First, he woke up with blood soaked sheets, but when he took a second look at his bed, clean. When he got back into bed, his dead wife with scratches all over her face introduced herself to him, but once again, he closed his eyes, and the vision disappeared.
At the hotel, Sam and Dean get a visit from their number one fan from the prophet guy’s books. She had a message from him saying he had a vision of Michael’s Sword, and to find it at a castle of 42 dogs. Bobby shows up and tries to help Sam and Dean figure out what to do next, but Sam comes clean and tells him everything is his fault. This pisses Bobby off, and told him to get lost, and if they pull it off somehow, he wants Sam to forget his number. Dean found some more items from his dad at a hotel called Castle Storage this ends up with him finding out that it wasn’t a castle of 42 dogs it was something that sounded like it, and after Bobby hears this, he knocks dean unconscious, cause he’s now a demon.
After commercial break, we see Bobby has a few demon partners with him, and Dean thought it was Ruby, but it wasn’t Ruby, it was the other Demon we met a long time ago, remember Megan? But when she told Bobby to kill Dean, somehow, Bobby was strong enough to knock himself out of it, and stab himself, killing the demon inside of him. Sam showed up, and couldn’t stop Megan, cause he had no more supernatural powers.
Back to Nick’s story line, he still is normal, but weird things are happening to him. First the bloody sheets and dead woman, then the sounds of baby tears, as well as blood pouring out the bottom of a baby bassinet. Unsettling.
Dean and Sam leave Bobby at the hospital, and head to Castle Storage to stop Megan from getting the Michael Sword. When they arrived, there were dead demons and the angels showed up and said they planted that evidence in the prophets head, and told Dean he was the Michael Sword.
After commercial break, the angels told him he is THE vessel, Michael’s vessel, and thats the only way he will stop Lucifer. Dean realized they were only there because they need his consent, when he said no, the angels blackmailed him with hurting Bobby, when he didn’t consent, they gave him stomach cancer, and Dean still didn’t budge, so they collapsed Sam’s lungs.
That is when Castiel showed up and did some major angel butt whooping. He freaked the angel out, and fixed the brothers temporarily. He gave them a symbol carved into their ribs that hides them from angels, including Lucifer…that’s convenient.
Back to Nick’s story. He dreamed that his dead wife showed up and said she was an angel named Lucifer. He made a crack of that, and then Lucifer told him that he was going to be his vessel. Like the devil would, he made himself look like a human being that needs sympathy, and that God has been over-hyped, and is actually pretty cruel. He did a great job at convincing Nick that he is a good guy, and because of his terrible past, he said yes. Then the bright lights showed up. Cause everybody knows possession means bright lights
We return from the commercial break with Bobby at the hospital. They are all confused on what to do. Bobby suggests just saving as many people as they can, and figure out the rest from there. Dean’s all like, lets kill the Devil and Michael and whoever else they need to. Before they left, Bobby stopped Sam, and apologized what he said earlier, and that it was the demon…very heartfelt. Outside, when Sam suggested going after the Colt, Dean said everything he said back there was for Bobby’s benefit. He will fight, but he has to be honest with himself, there’s no way he’s going to defeat Satan. We have a Winchester moment next with Dean being dissaproving of his brother, as always. Saying “We can never be what we were” and “I just don’t think I can trust you” before walking off and ending the episode.
Monk & Psych…are you ready?
Posted in Monk, Psych on August 6, 2009 by awsumdave
After a long hot and humid Summer, I’m about ready to start watching TV again. What else to better start the new premiere season with than Monk and Psych, the world’s favorite detectives?
This friday, the final season of Monk is back and better than ever as several well-known guest stars line up to bid Monk his farewell. Some of the names you may recognize, such as Jay Mohr. If you don’t like small spoilers, this may ruin things for you so skip ahead to the next paragraph…but another guest appearance will be held by none other than Monk’s first nurse Sharona! That I cannot wait for.
Psych will also be returing, and thankfully is not in it’s final season. I have really enjoyed Psych up to this point, regardless of the fact that last season focused a lot on the drama. Drama can be good as well, so kudos to the Psych writers. Last season it ended with Jules and Shawn almost getting together, until he turned her down to date the other girl…that had me cringing, but as hard as it is to say, I really think that’s good writing. Think about it…they get together…and then what? No more romantic tension between the two that we have all grown to love.
Everyone tune into USA Network tomorrow and be sure to pop some popcorn! This is going to be great, peace out!
Paquin & Moyer Betrothed
Posted in True Blood on August 6, 2009 by awsumdaveJust shy of their six-month anniversery as a couple, True Blood stars Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer have decided its time for them to head to the wedding chappel.
Paquin plays Sookie Stackhouse in HBO’s hit show, True Blood, one of my favorites, about a human who falls in love with a vampire (Moyer.) Check out True Blood Sundays at 9:00 PM
Goodbye, Paula
Posted in American Idol on August 5, 2009 by awsumdave
There has been various reports all over the web recently saying Paula Abdul was leaving American Idol. I didn’t want to believe it, but Paula came out and told the world on Twitter, that she would not be returning.
“With sadness in my heart, I’ve decided not to return to #IDOL. I’ll miss nurturing all the new talent, but most of all, being a part of a show that I helped from day 1 become an international phenomenon.”
I know Paula wasn’t that great of a judge, but I liked her quirkiness that she brought to the show. I am not so much of a fan of Kara, cause now we only have three strict judges, and no comedic relief. So I guess this means the only thing I have to look forward to is the non-stop “Dogs” from Randy. It won’t be the same, I shall miss you, Paula.
Prison Break: The Final Break Recap
Posted in Prison Break on May 25, 2009 by awsumdave
Last week, we saw the explosive two-hour series finale of Prison Break. This week, we were treated with another Prison Break two hour special. Called “Prison Break: The Final Break.” The story started off with Sara getting hauled off to prison after she was finally married to Michael. She was arrested for murdering Christina. That’s where the story starts to feel more like Prison Break’s former spin-off show, Cherry Hill.
At the female-penitentiary, we are greeted by new characters. A few of the characters resembled a female version of T-Bag, named “Daddy” and of course Bellick, back when he was the king of Fox River. We also learn that our old friend, Gretchen was sharing the same prison.
Across the yard was the men’s side of the prison. In that side, T-Bag and General Cranst were currently residing in. Almost immediately they received word of Sara’s capture, and because the General was such a bitter old man, he put out a hit on Sara’s life. Apparently Gretchen was the General’s inside ‘man’ inside the other prison.
When Michael learned about the hit on his wife’s life, he decided he had no other choice, but to once again stage a break out. We started to see more of the side of Michael we knew in first season, the plotting side. He started going through newspaper clippings on the prison, and studied photographs. Though newspaper clippings can only get you so far, Michael had Lincoln and Sucre stake out the prison, and find out where all the security cameras were placed, to find a blind spot.
That’s where Mahone made his re-entrance. Apparently he was busy trying to get his old job back, but before they would allow that, he had to prove himself by spying on the brothers, which he told them about, to have them trust him while he really betrayed them. He went behind Michael and Lincoln’s back, and told Agent Wheatly, the head agent on the brother’s case, about what they were up to.
Wheatly acted upon Mahone’s intel, and installed a new security camera in Michael’s blind spot. This put a giant boulder in his break out plan, but alas, he had another solution. Drop onto the prison with a parachute to get Sara out of there. Meanwhile, when Sara’s inmates try to stab her, Gretchen stops the fight, killing the assailant, earning Sara’s trust. It seems Gretchen wants to escape with Sara, to give her daughter a gift she made on her birthday. Sara really had no choice in the matter but to allow Gretchen to tag along.
Again, it appears Mahone betrayed Michael by telling Wheatly about the parachuting plan. Well, it was night, and the parachutist seemed to descend right on schedule. Wheatly had his team ready to gun Michael down as soon as he landed, which they did. I knew as soon as he had guns pointed in Michael’s direction he had something else planned, which he did.
While everyone was keeping an eye on the parachute, Michael made his way into the prison. At the same time, Sara and Gretchen escaped the prison. How? Apparently through an escape duct pipe. I wish it were that simple in the first season. Well Sara and Gretchen got outside, and immediately went to the church, because earlier, Michael sent her a decrypted message to “pray for us”. Unfortunately, Gretchen was caught just outside the church, while Sara continued to escape. Michael wasn’t too far behind, and also went into the church. They went into the basement of the church, where there was a sealed door, and they waited for T-Bag to come through.
Earlier, the gang found out in order to see this through, they would need some help from T-Bag. Lincoln told him they would pay him $5,000 to set a fire in the prison. Apparently a fire drill that T-Bag would set off would distract them from looking in Michael’s way, while he set off the real fire. When T-Bag’s money wasn’t wired, he went straight to the warden and told her Michael’s break out plan. She ordered all the fire alarms and any other alarms to be stopped which they did.
Michael sat there at the sealed door, and waited until the alarms were stopped, as he originally planned, seeing T-Bag was a rat. The stopping of the alarms allowed him to still set the fire without anyone noticing. He opened the sealed door, and went to their exit door. Unfortunately the door was also locked shut. The cutting of the alarms did not open that door, as he anticipated. There was only one solution left, he had to sacrifice himself.
With the last remaining smarts left in his head, Michael opened the power generator, and unplugged it, making the room dark. He then cut apart two wires in the generator. His last step was to connect the two wires, electrocuting himself, opening the doors and freeing Sara. Wheatly wasn’t too far behind, but it was too late…she was gone.
T-Bag was put in solitary confinement for aiding and embedding Sara’s escape. All along, Mahone realized he betrayed them, and he realized his loyalty was with that group. He gave Sara some paperwork, proving Michael was going to die anyway, due to the brain tumor that returned. On a boat, Lincoln and Sara watched Michael’s very heartwarming goodbye video. This ended the Prison Break story. At least his death felt more complete after watching this.
