Review: Supernatural Season 5, Episode 11: Sam, Interrupted
Man, was this episode ever good!
It was funny, disturbing, and frightening, all at the same time! What more can you ask from Supernatural?
First of all, I love that all Sam and Dean have to do to get committed is tell the truth about their lives. That scene where Sam was like “well, I’ve been a little bit depressed ever since I started the apocalypse” and Dean was like “oh, don’t beat yourself up over that” was priceless. Plus, I love that the doctor thinks that Sam and Dean have a codependent relationship. Oh doc, you have no idea.
Seriously though, this episode is hilarious!
Who doesn’t love Dean carefully stepping over the cracks in the floor in that goofy way? Or Sam all drugged up on antipsychotic meds? That might actually be more funny than drunk Sam.
In case you need a recap, in this episode Sam and Dean help out a former hunter by investigating some mysterious deaths in a psychiatric hospital. In order to get the insider scoop, they purposefully get themselves committed (which causes many amusing situations). After a little digging around, they learn that they’re dealing with a wraith, which feeds off of brain juice or something (major ew!). The wraith tries to trick Sam and Dean by making them believe that they’re actually going crazy, but they get the better of her in the end. The boys discover that the wraith is posing as one of the nurses and kill her. You know, just a good ol’ monster of the week episode. We haven’t had one of those in a long while.
On a serious note, I was legitimately disturbed by the way the patients in the psychiatric hospital were treated in this episode. Aside from the monster trying to kill them, they were all systematically dehumanized and mistreated. I get that Supernatural is a TV show, and it exaggerates things. But, I really hope that people in psychiatric hospitals are treated better in real life. If this episode is an accurate representation, it’s very troubling.
Anyway, back to the episode. I thought it was interesting that Sam’s anger came up in this episode. I’ve never really considered the possibility that Sam might have an anger problem before, so it kind of came out of the blue for me. I’m guessing that telling him he’s too angry is supposed to get into Sam’s head, and, honestly, I hope that doesn’t work. Sam isn’t too angry! That’s ridiculous! He lives in a world where the apocalypse is happening and he alone has to stop Lucifer. If that doesn’t make you angry, I don’t know what will!
Also, who else was screaming “go” at their TV screen when Sam and Dean run out of the hospital and then stop to have a nice, long chat next to the car as the alarm is going off. Like, “Run, Forrest, run!”
Rating: 9/10
It was funny, disturbing, and frightening, all at the same time! What more can you ask from Supernatural?
First of all, I love that all Sam and Dean have to do to get committed is tell the truth about their lives. That scene where Sam was like “well, I’ve been a little bit depressed ever since I started the apocalypse” and Dean was like “oh, don’t beat yourself up over that” was priceless. Plus, I love that the doctor thinks that Sam and Dean have a codependent relationship. Oh doc, you have no idea.
Seriously though, this episode is hilarious!
Who doesn’t love Dean carefully stepping over the cracks in the floor in that goofy way? Or Sam all drugged up on antipsychotic meds? That might actually be more funny than drunk Sam.
In case you need a recap, in this episode Sam and Dean help out a former hunter by investigating some mysterious deaths in a psychiatric hospital. In order to get the insider scoop, they purposefully get themselves committed (which causes many amusing situations). After a little digging around, they learn that they’re dealing with a wraith, which feeds off of brain juice or something (major ew!). The wraith tries to trick Sam and Dean by making them believe that they’re actually going crazy, but they get the better of her in the end. The boys discover that the wraith is posing as one of the nurses and kill her. You know, just a good ol’ monster of the week episode. We haven’t had one of those in a long while.
On a serious note, I was legitimately disturbed by the way the patients in the psychiatric hospital were treated in this episode. Aside from the monster trying to kill them, they were all systematically dehumanized and mistreated. I get that Supernatural is a TV show, and it exaggerates things. But, I really hope that people in psychiatric hospitals are treated better in real life. If this episode is an accurate representation, it’s very troubling.
Anyway, back to the episode. I thought it was interesting that Sam’s anger came up in this episode. I’ve never really considered the possibility that Sam might have an anger problem before, so it kind of came out of the blue for me. I’m guessing that telling him he’s too angry is supposed to get into Sam’s head, and, honestly, I hope that doesn’t work. Sam isn’t too angry! That’s ridiculous! He lives in a world where the apocalypse is happening and he alone has to stop Lucifer. If that doesn’t make you angry, I don’t know what will!
Also, who else was screaming “go” at their TV screen when Sam and Dean run out of the hospital and then stop to have a nice, long chat next to the car as the alarm is going off. Like, “Run, Forrest, run!”
Rating: 9/10
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