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It's the same actress playing Claire in both episodes, she's just 6 years older now. I suppose Dean being out of control murderous is more the issue than whether or not the dead people deserved it. But yeah, as far as the perps go I'd have been just fine with it if Cas had been the one the door closed on rather than Dean, the place lit up like a Led Zeppelin concert, and the Winchesters ran back in to find nothing left of those guys except shadows burned on the walls Hiroshima-style.

Yeah, possibly the same reason the studio never had any gay people in Star Trek's future. Though I have to give them credit for consistency, at least the Federation had the depressingly bland clothing design and interior decor that would have resulted from said absence!

Hey, it was the best writing of that whole Disassembled mess. Damning with faint praise, I know... I can see KatWay's point. In the comics Dr. Strange has always been a sort of bridge character; because he's a solo hero whose field of experise is something none of the other heroes are very good at, he's been a friendly resource for the Avengers, the Fantastic Four, the X-Men, and some of the other prominent solo figures like Spider-Man and Daredevil. Plus, he's the one who calls the other Defenders together to deal with the weird crisis of the moment.

" How am I suppose to write for a guy who doesn't have a head? He's got no lips, no vocal cords. What do you want me to do?" Not just died, they had her immortal soul eaten up by an ancient demon-god that went around wearing her body like an overcoat afterwards! I don't know of anyone in television who has ever been killed so thoroughly. I think Joss Whedon intended for it to be tragic and heartbreaking, but I was too busy doing the touchdown celebration.

The thing is, no one put a gun to Emily's head and forced her to go on TTD. If she still felt too raw and emotional about getting the pink slip to discuss her departure in public, she should have just respectfully declined. I mean, she probably falls in the middle of the Helen Mirren-to-Lindsay Lohan Spectrum of Acting Professionalism, but repeatedly breaking down crying on a live talk show can't be good for her future employment prospects.

It's a departure from the comics, but I'm glad Chas isn't a half-witted sad sack who's constantly being ordered around by John. This version seems to have chosen the fight against Evil of his own free will, with a good idea of what he's getting himself into.

Not unless Linda Hamilton can show up to put a bullet in her before listening to one more quirky song can make Siri snap and decide humanity must be exterminated. That's how Judgment Day really comes about. I'll give Garth Jennings and Karey Kirkpatrick kudos for making Zooey's character in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy just cynical and exasperated enough that she was likeable. It's the only role of hers I've ever seen that didn't make me grind my teeth.

Eh, I'd think that exactly who she killed doesn't matter so much as why - it wasn't on orders or necessary to prevent evil being done, she just did it because she wanted to see what it felt like. Hard to think of a less noble reason than that, it's basically why a bunch of serial killers do what they do.

All I'll say is that if a movie comes out featuring Sigourney Weaver or Linda Hamilton beating the stuffing out of Zooey Deschanel, paying to see it again and again will become my new hobby.

I had Imogen pegged as a fallen angel from the start - why would divine power used in a faith healing turn someone bestial and murderous? (Stigmata or spontaneous combustion from too much power I could see...) But still, kudos to the actress for doing a great job both before and after the reveal.

Oh dear Lord, just what this show needs - more baby drama.

The only public appearance Kirk Cameron will ever make that I'll give a thumbs up to will involve a coffin.

Also, the most politically powerful and famous characters in that movie were black, which was a nice touch.

With you there. I had no opinion one way or another about Cumberbatch when his career was first taking off from Sherlock, but after he's signed on to play a white British Khan and a straightwashed possibly traitorous Alan Turing I am officially done with him. Oded Fehr would be my top choice out of the actors whose names I've seen in casting rumors, but Wes Bentley would have worked too.

Hopefully he gets custody of the daughter in their divorce and she gets the refrigerator full of yogurt.

Switch Carl and Judith and you have my take on it. But I could probably go for any of the above except Carol dying IF it were done well enough and advanced the story. I'd be sorry to see them go (like I was with Jacqui and Herschel), but could enjoy the larger story if it benefited by their end.

I remember back in Season 3 when we got a brief glimpse of Hell as a vast abyss where Dean was being torn apart by a spiderweb of chains and hooks. Now it's someone's poorly lit basement with decoration by Hot Topic and a bunch of corporate flunkies kissing ass. (Likewise, our first look at Purgatory was an otherworldy sunless forest of black thorns haunted by the bestial ghosts of slain monsters, scary enough that an angel was worried to be there. Later it became some hiking trail in a public park where people with plastic fangs would occasionally jump out from behind a tree.) Frankly I could see him making a comfortable living being paid for it. He has the looks, the charm, and the chameleon-esque con man skills to be a top-of-the-line gigolo. Thankfully that hasn't been the case. But both the writing and the acting seems to improve dramatically when Sheriff Mills is around. The last we heard, Amelia and Claire were in hiding after demons tried to use them to strike against Castiel. I'd assume they would be pretty hard to find without using supernatural methods.

It does seem that the show is taking some plot points from Moore's "American Gothic" Swamp Thing run. The "rising darkness" story thread sounds more like what the Brujeria were doing to pump up supernatural evil across the globe than the more personal stories John was involved in within Hellblazer..

I'm just hoping that if Twisty and Mordrake reappear, it's to take Dell back to Hell with them.

That used to be the case for me, but as often as she's recurred I think TPTB realize by now what a gem they have in both the character and the actor. I'll only worry if she pops up in one of the Buckner/Ross-Leming bizarro episodes.

Angel is the show that really sent me into a rage spiral. For its first two seasons it was among the best shows I'd ever seen, and the third looked to be continuing in fine form at the start, then it went completely off the rails with miracle babies and character assassination and awful repeated catchphrases. I know some of the crew and was very involved in the fandom, and was thus too invested to just stop watching and spare my blood pressure; instead I suffered through the most chemistry-free "romance" to ever darken a television screen, one incoherent ass-pull after another, and so many repetitions of "Handsome mayuhnn, saved me from the monsters!" in the teasers it's a wonder I didn't snap and go on a shooting spree. In the show's defense it did manage to right the ship somewhat in its fourth season, and turned out some really entertaining episodes that I'm glad I saw in the fifth. But the third represented the worst fall from grace I've ever seen a television show go through.

My assumption is that small children are rarely seen because they're largely unable to defend themselves, and so mostly get eaten rather than turning. Probably not that many die in a way that leaves a relatively intact corpse to reanimate like Sophia.

Yeah, that was the first Winchester-lite episode I've really enjoyed since "Weekend at Bobby's." Hiring actual actresses rather than Victoria's Secret models results in characters who can carry a story for a full hour, who knew?

Thirded. I think Jody is the only supporting character the show's had in years that could support a spin-off. Just so long as they have occasional cross-overs so we could see Jody and the Winchesters interacting. I was a little skeptical of the vampire sheriff's attack of conscience, and was over Vampire Winona Ryder's (or should that just be Winona Ryder's?) monologue after the first ten seconds, but overall the episode was very enjoyable to me and felt like a return to form for the show. I think most episodes with Ellen and Jo passed the Bechdel test, but it's been a long time since more than one well-rounded female character was on the screen at the same time.

Ugh. I think killing off Captain Irving is a HUGE mistake on the part of the showrunners.