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[frelling_tralk]

[Poll #1774719]


I'm always kind of torn between seasons 2 and 4 for my favourite, but at the moment I think my order of favourite seasons goes 2, 4, 3, 6, 5, 1




And squeee! AWESOME new promo for Nikita http://www.aoltv.com/2011/08/29/exclusive-maggie-q-previews-nikita-season-2/ I have to confess that last season, while I was impressed that they resolved the UST as early as they did, I found myself secretly missing the confontations between Mikita and not feeling that they had the same spark after getting together. They were fine and cute enough, but at the same time something was missing for me quite honestly. But they come off as super adorable and hot AND kickass in that promo :D And Alex! Amanda! :can't wait for season 2:

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[bogwitch.livejournal.com]

Season 2 was the best.

Season 6 the worst, mainly because I am now ultra-sick of all the angels. They are too often used as an excuse to produce any old crack. I miss the times the show seems to be grounded in reality and the characters, not Edlund's silly ideas (don't get me wrong I love Edlund, but he needs reining in). We used to learn something new about Sam and Dean every episode, now they just seem remote.

[frelling-tralk.livejournal.com]

I feel like people are a bit harsh about season 6 Idk. I'd agree that the Campbell's didn't really work for example and felt quite random, but I'd argue that they weren't treated all that differently to season 2 introducing Ellen and Jo as what seemed like fairly important characters, and then that all fizzling out. Or the way that season 3 seemed to have no clue how to use Bela after her first two episodes. Yet people (and I'm not attacking you here! Just going on a random season 6 rant :P ) seem to pick some of those aspects out as making season 6 the worst thing ever. Even Eve not really working out could be seen as similar to the writers spending a fair bit of time on setting up the mystery of the psychic kids in seasons 1 and 2, and then admitting in the season 2 companion that they ended up feeling like they weren't really working out so killed them all off in one episode. Granted that episode was the first part of the season finale, but still it seemed like they should have more importance than that after all the emphasis put on the YED's plans for them...

On another note, I'm actually surprised at how many votes season 5 got as favourite season to be honest because, while it had some amazing episodes, I also find the pacing of it very inconsistent. Whereas I'm actually more excited about buying season 6 on DVD because I feel like the arc holds together a lot better. I guess it's similar to my feelings on Buffy with many fans loving the epic heights that season 2 reached, but it had so much crap mixed up in there that I find myself preferring season 3 overall by far for the consistent quality. I feel like season 6 of SPN suffered because it didn't have as many outstanding episodes as past seasons. There wasn't really a Mystery Spot or an In The Beginning to really wow us (although maybe Weekend At Bobby's could qualify as I did really love that episode?) But as a season it comes out ahead of season 5 in my ~list because I feel like the build-up to soulless Sam kept me more interested in the main arc than season 5 did which was all over the place, plus it was really making the brotherly relationship (and what was lacking in it for the first half) a focus with the nicely creepy mystery of what is wrong with Sam. Then all the awesome brotherly moments from the second half of the season which felt like a return to seasons 1-3 in terms of how close they were again

I agree about not caring for how Castiel became a useful tool for Sam and Dean in seasons 5 and 6 though. It got ridiculous how easily he could heal people, zap them back to the past etc, and really made me miss the feel of earlier seasons which had more of a sense of urgency to them, so I'm hopeful that season 7 will go back to that feel more. And no more killing off characters only for an angel to bring them back to life again!