"...I needed to think there was some higher power, a greater good..."

[mickeym]

For a long time (relatively speaking), I didn't care for "Houses of the Holy". But I watched it a few more times, once I had the disks, and slowly came to change my mind. Now it makes me sad, looking at how young both Sam and Dean appear. They're world-weary, but they're still trying to believe, to trust. Sam, in particular, wants to believe they're not alone in their fight; that there are angels watching over them, that God is somehow present.

I wonder what S6!Sam might say to S2!Sam--and if S2!Sam might believe him. If he would do things differently.

I love this episode now, but it makes me ache for them, knowing what I know is coming. Not only is no one "upstairs" watching out for them/helping, the angels are just as bad as the demons, in their own way. Using the Winchesters for their own purposes without a care for the (fragile) human souls. Because (imo), the only reason for the battle between Michael and Lucifer is because of daddy issues. Not destiny, nothing so noble. And even if it were written in the stars as destiny, there were any number of times when things could have been changed--but the ones who had the power to do so chose not to.

Wow, that got ramble-y. I think maybe I should actually take the nap that's tugging at me, because my brain is clearly overwhelmed and sleepy.

Comments

[munibunny.livejournal.com]

I see you watch TNT in the morning like I do. LOL I'm always surprised by my reaction to certain eps now that years have past.

[mickeym.livejournal.com]

When I remember *g* Though if I'm up, and doing stuff downstairs, often the TV is set to my default: the History Channel :)

I do like S2, though. It remains my favorite of all the seasons.

[killabeez.livejournal.com]

I'm curious -- why didn't you like it? :)

God, I miss Kim Manners. ETA: Also, Jensen Ackles talking in a normal voice. *g*

[withdiamonds.livejournal.com]

ETA: Also, Jensen Ackles talking in a normal voice. *g*

God, yes.

[azephirin.livejournal.com]

I haven't rewatched S1–2 in a while, but I remember really liking that episode—I liked the differences in what and how Sam and Dean believe. I'm not sure how it would look in light of the angels-n-demons arc, but, then, I mostly try to ignore that particular plot direction. :P

[withdiamonds.livejournal.com]

I thought HotH was an...ordinary episode when I first saw it, although interesting in that Sam believed in God and angels. What really fascinates me, though, is the way they used things from that ep, written before the angels plotline was conceived, in future episodes. Like Mary telling Dean angels were watching over him, like Sam being so excited the first time he met Castiel and Uriel, and being so crushed at their reaction to him. It made the angels plotline feel more organic than it was.

[tabularassa.livejournal.com]

I love this episode too. SO heart-wrenching. ♥

[fufaraw]

Aside from the meta kick (Dean in Ben's church!) that I always have to just get out of the way first, and the coin operated boy scene for the giggle, I've always loved HotH (iTunes still has it listed as "Touched by an Angel", by the way).

S2 is definitely my favorite season, closely followed by S1. I love those episodes fiercely, for all their cheese and all their faults. Watching them now just hurts so much, because as you say, I know what's ahead of them, and how herded they were toward events they had no suspicion of, nor any idea how to avoid them if they had known. I miss those boys. I miss those days, as dangerous as they were, because there was an occasional joke, a shared good mood, happiness among the sadness and peril.

Unremitting gloom is difficult to live with, and the damn gloom has been pretty fucking unremitting for a while now.

[maerhysetc.livejournal.com]

*nodding* I feel the same way, specifically about this episode.