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Supernatural Seaon 6 Episode 4 - Weekend at Bobby's
Posted by The Red Devil
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Sunday, October 17, 2010
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Bobby Singer,
Jensen Ackles,
Jim Beaver,
Supernatural,
TV shows
There are a lot of things that are monumental to this episode, the first and most obvious is that this episode was directed by Jensen Ackles. I have to commend his directorial debut and it couldn't have happened to a better actor than that of Jim Beaver. I guess I have a biased love towards character actors and under-rated and under-exposed actors, seeing that I am one. (and yes, that was a huge hint Eric Kripke and Sera Gamble.)
We, as an audience, often look at support characters only as that - support characters. We put them in that box wherein the only thing that they are made and/or built to do is to support the lead characters in their success. We don't look at them as a complete and separate character that has a back story, a life, an entire different thing that we are not privy to or we just choose to ignore. The funny thing is, we do this in real life as well. We take a look at our friends or the people that surround us and we look at them and we oftentimes take them for granted and see them only as objects that can aid us in our successes.
We're offered a wonderful gift in this episode - a glimpse into Bobby's life and character. He really does a lot of things for The Life. The research, the phone calls (this was the one that cracked me up the most) and all this while he's working on his own personal stuff.
The episode also gives us a nice perspective on demons. They're just ghosts with a hyperactive ego.
We, as an audience, often look at support characters only as that - support characters. We put them in that box wherein the only thing that they are made and/or built to do is to support the lead characters in their success. We don't look at them as a complete and separate character that has a back story, a life, an entire different thing that we are not privy to or we just choose to ignore. The funny thing is, we do this in real life as well. We take a look at our friends or the people that surround us and we look at them and we oftentimes take them for granted and see them only as objects that can aid us in our successes.
We're offered a wonderful gift in this episode - a glimpse into Bobby's life and character. He really does a lot of things for The Life. The research, the phone calls (this was the one that cracked me up the most) and all this while he's working on his own personal stuff.
The episode also gives us a nice perspective on demons. They're just ghosts with a hyperactive ego.
