Still Laughing

One cannot have a tongue-in-cheek episode of Supernatural without the inside jokes. I loved the line “Aren’t those ***holes from Texas?”, since Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki are both from Texas. I enjoyed the comment about the writers' strike from Ed and Harry at the beginning, especially since this was the first episode back from the strike. How many reality wannabes have tried that pitch recently?

The story certainly went far into gay humor territory. This type of humor is not something new to this show, since Sam and Dean have been mistaken for a gay couple before, but this episode took it to new heights. Sure, many could have taken offense at the homophobia, but I just took it to mean that Ed and Harry were completely clueless about being gay and exploited this newfound “sensitivity” for all it was worth. That’s what tools do.

As far as the comical episodes go, “Tall Tales” is still my favorite, but this one stood out in its own crazy way. Considering this year’s heavy themes about Dean’s deal, Sam’s fall into darkness, and what’s about to come (what an awesome preview for next week!), an episode like this was welcome. I’m still waffling between giving this one a grade of A- or B+, but with an episode like this, grade shouldn’t matter. As long as we were entertained, it’s all good.