There were many flashbacks in this episode and I have to say that I loved the actor choices made to play the young Sam and the young Dean. Dean's younger self had the same cocky swagger that Jensen Ackles puts into his character and Sam's double created the same feeling of capability yet vulnerability that Jared Padalecki throws at us every week.
The story picks up with the aftermath of Ethan's car accident. Annie is walking around the hospital with her parents, frantically trying to find her boyfriend. They finally track him down, and he's walking and speaking lucidly and all that. Rhonda, the girl that was driving the other vehicle, however, wasn't so lucky. She's in surgery.
What happened to independent film? Of late I find myself pining for the woebegone days when guerilla filmmakers produced colorful and rebellious forays into the avant-garde like Harmony Korrine's Gummo or Vincent Gallo's Brown Bunny. Sure, some of them were disasters but they were interesting disasters.
This week: Hour-long, ten-minutes-late Superbowl madness! Foiling of PVRs en masse! A much better episode than the last one! Fires and heart attacks and Jack Black! Me being a day late on the recap! Buckle in, folks.
We open in the office, where Dwight is on a mission and has invited the cameras along.
The Fray The Fray (Amazon)
The self-titled second album from The Fray is set to be released this week.
This week: the Riggins brothers have got 99 problems, Buddy and Mr. McCoy continue to try to persuade Coach to start J.D. and the Panthers have a game against Arnett Mead on Friday. The Panthers never beat Arnett Mead.
Billy Riggins is having money problems.
I subscribe to a free emailed "word of the day". Every once in a while I really try to integrate a new word into my vocab, but usually the words either suck (as in crappy words and who DOESN'T know that one?), or it is a word that no ever uses in everyday speak.
Hey, did you guys know that House is on Mondays now? This week Cameron takes over PPTH as Cuddy struggles to bond with baby Rachel, Foreman debates crossing ethical and legal grounds in his Huntington's study, and the team treats a Special Ed teacher who never gets annoyed with her kids.
The North American* Genius Monkey Comedy Award is given to a comedian -- sketch, stand-up, and/or improv -- who is on their way up. It's not necessarily given to the absolute funniest comedian working today, as it's not an award for someone who is incredibly well-known to the general public.
Bruce Springsteen Working on a Dream (Amazon)
The boss releases his 16th studio album this week, fresh off his performance at the Inauguration of President Barack Obama, and just before his appearance at Superbowl XLIII next weekend.
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