Review of Skins 5x03: "Mini" / Supernatural 6x13: "Unforgiven"

I never wrote any kind of reaction post to Rich's Skins episode even though I'm gushingly in love with it, in part because it simply worked for me on such a personal and relatable level that I really couldn't think of that much to say about why it worked so much. In a really different way this one had just as good a portrayal of what being at this age is like for some people and reminded me, regretfully, of some of the kind of girls I knew in school.

( 'Good girls don't swallow.' )

And then SPN...I possibly liked this episode even more than last week's. I wrote my whole review of "Like a Virgin" last week without even realizing that I barely touched upon the whole dragon hunt thing because it was practically just present as a sub-plot in the background and a device leading up to the twist at the end. But I was definitely a lot more interested in the case this week as the episode was more heavily involved in it. In typical SPN fashion, though, dealing with the monster of the week is still so far from the main point of the episode, as it's all tied directly to Sam's current conflict with the messes he keeps finding he's made and the actual supernatural threat is allowed to be the least interesting aspect of the story. This is the formula that's always made a Supernatural episode work no matter how non-terrifying the monsters are and how silly in concept the plot may be, and it's why the show is still working now.

( 'I almost shot you. AGAIN. What the hell?' )