Supernatural: "dark Side Of The Moon" Review
Not too many characters on TV have died as often as Dean and Sam Winchester. This time, they are gunned down by fellow hunters angry at Sam for starting the Apocalypse. Taking a tour through heaven, they receive a message from God and while they are returned to earth again in the end, it is not a happy ending. The [url=http://www.dvdsetcollection.com/products/Supernatural-Seasons-1-4-DVD-Boxset-cartoon-1626.html]Supernatural DVD box set[/url] version of heaven is visually dim and gloomy, characteristic of the show. Maybe the murkiness can be attributed in part to the fact that this heaven is made up of various happy memories from each person's life, so of course the Winchester memories are going to look this way. With each person in their own private reflection for eternity, I felt like Dean did, that it seemed extremely lonely. Although it is less lonely if you learn how to move around, something we learn as we are treated to a couple welcome appearances from dead characters. There is something awfully ordinary about their deaths this time; a shotgun blast to the chest is decidedly non-[url=http://www.dvdsetcollection.com/products/Supernatural-Seasons-1-4-DVD-Boxset-cartoon-1626.html]Supernatural seasons DVD[/url]. Seeing Sam lying motionless on the bed, covered in blood is shocking, to the audience as well as Dean. We know that this will not be the end for Sam, but for just a moment we can see on Jensen Ackles's face what it would be like for Dean if it were the way things ended. Dean's memories on the other hand, are sweet and beautiful. First we watch as he and Sam set off fireworks in 1996 and later there is a heartbreaking scene with Mary fixing very young Dean a sandwich. It is reinforced that Dean has always valued his family above all else. That he wears an "I Wuv Hugs" t-shirt in the scene with his mother is hilarious and an emphasis on how young he was when he lost her. Keeping the scenes from going too far into sappiness are details revealing that John and Mary's marriage was not as perfect as John made it out to be.The memories themselves reveal a lot about the brothers to each other. Things that they may not have talked about in the past come to the surface, as when Dean points out that Sam's happy recollections are moments in his life when he was able to get away from his family. Dean may be angry about that, but it has always been true of Sam's character that he was unhappy with the life of a hunter when he was younger. His experiences over the last few years, reunited with his brother, have changed Sam's mind about his family's work and we have seen the character change a lot from the Sam in the pilot episode. But there is no denying the fact that he was happy to be away from his family when he was younger. [url=http://www.dvdsetcollection.com/products/Supernatural-Seasons-1-4-DVD-Boxset-cartoon-1626.html]Supernatural DVD season[/url] does well at remembering their own past, and this is no exception.While the title of the episode calls to mind the Pink Floyd album, I am also drawn to the idea of the dark side of the moon referring to the side of the moon that is not receiving any light from the sun. If heaven is without God's presence, it truly is dark. I hope that the Winchesters' future, and the future for Castiel and everyone else on the show, will not stay dark forever.The point of the episode comes near the end, when the brothers meet the angel Joshua and receive a message from God. Incidentally, Joshua also clears up a couple mysteries from this season's first episode, which is nice of him. The message is that apparently God is not interested in helping stop the Apocolypse and has abandoned heaven and the people on earth who need his help. The episode ends on the reaction from Dean and Castiel of pure despair, although I have optimism because of two things: Sam does not appear to have lost all hope himself, and we are still in the episodes that are building up to the finale. Of course things have to look darkest before the dawn (right?).