Showing posts with label jewish mythology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label jewish mythology. Show all posts

Sunday, November 16, 2014

Grimm, Season Four, Episode Four: Dyin' on a Prayer


"Oh, remember that you fashioned
me from clay! Will you then
bring me down to dust?"

Two men in masks exit a pick up truck, in front of Rosalie's spice shop.  Inside the shop, Elizabeth questions how Adalind lost her powers, then regained them in a ritual she underwent while she was pregnant.  Elizabeth says that the child (read: her grandchild) is more valuable than she imagined.  The group is shocked when a rock is thrown to the window, bearing a symbol which means wolf trap.  Rosalie questions if this is about a Grimm at their wedding and Monroe replies that it is because they got married.  Elizabeth points out that some Wessen are against mixed marriages.  Monroe reaches for his phone to call Nick and Rosalie points out that Nick cannot help because he is no longer a Grimm.  Elizabeth, ever practical, suggests boarding up the window and getting back to work.

Juliet arrives home to find that Nick has just made dinner.  Juliet heads upstairs to tell Truble that supper is ready, only to find the room and empty and the bed neatly made.   Juliet calls for Nick and Juliet points out that all of Truble's possessions are gone.  Nick says that Truble wouldn't have just left without saying anything but Juliet suggests that this is just what happened, as she holds up what looks to be a chess piece key chain.

Rosalie and Elizabeth are stirring up a spell and Elizabeth comments that she needs some time.  Monore takes a moment with Rosalie to promise that when this is all over, they are going to have their honeymoon. I certainly hope so because these two have given up so much for Nick and though we are told they are friends, the relationship doesn't feel very reciprocal to me.

Sarah sends David off to bed and then heads to answer the door after her a knock.  It turns out that it is her ex Keith, who is demanding to see his family.  Sarah tells Keith that he cannot be there and that she is not his wife anymore.  Keith kicks in the door and Sarah tries to call the cops.  Keith knocks Sarah to the floor and David tries to intervene, causing Keith to vogue and order his stepson to go to his room.  David refuses, so Keith tosses him into a wall.  Keith turns and tells Sarah that she makes him hurt her but Sarah manages to grab a metal pole and slashes Keith around the knees, causing him to fall to the ground.  Sarah and David rush outside and Sarah manages to hop in the car and drive away, as a frantic Keith screams that he is coming for them.  

Frank shows up at the hospital looking for Sarah and is easily given her room number.  Sarah is lying in bed, while David sits and colors.  Frank demands to know if Sarah called the police and questions how long Sarah will be in the hospital.  Frank then heads to see David and notices that his arm is bandaged. Sarah says that David sprained it when he fell but Frank does not believe it and questions if Keith did that to David.  A nurse enters and tells Frank that visiting hours are over and Frank leaves, telling Sarah never again.

Nick is in the Grimm trailer, when Truble enters, startling him.  Truble explains that she was just making sure that Nick wasn't followed and Nick snarks about Truble not believing that he knows what he is doing.  Truble says that she left the knight as a signal to Nick, so that he would know to join her at the trailer and then adds that Chavez is Wessen.  Truble then tells Nick about the kidnapping, which she perceived as a threat against herself and Nick.  Truble questions if Chavez came to see him and Nick remembers his conversation with Chavez and Chavez's interest in Truble. Truble then tells Nick about Chavez's comments about the value of being able to identify Wessen and destroy them.   Truble then adds that Chavez invited her to join a group and Truble questions if Nick knows what Chavez was talking about. Nick admits to knowing nothing and asks Truble to come back home, arguing that if the group finds out that Truble suddenly left, they might find out that she revealed their secret to him. Nick suggests that they remain close, until they find out who Chavez is and what they are dealing with.  Truble promises to tell Nick about any further contact.

Rosalie and Monroe talk about the brick which was thrown through the window.  Elizabeth interrupts to say that the potion is done and needs to ferment for the night.  Elizabeth suggests that Monroe and Rosalie head home and sleep and when Monroe questions her doing the same, Elizabeth vogues saying that she won't be done for awhile.  When Rosalie and Monroe leave, Elizabeth stirs the potion with her fingers.

Ben is wearing a yarmulke, as he opens what appears to be a very old religious text.  Ben reaches into a jar and pulls out some clay.  Ben says a prayer in Hebrew, asking for the protection of the blood of his blood, holding the clay in his hands.

Keith is back and is screaming for Sarah.  The dirt around Keith's feet starts to bubble and a creature made out of clay rises and envelops Keith in clay.  You guessed it, a golem.

Friday, February 8, 2013

Supernatural Season 8, episode 13: Everyone Hates Hitler



 We start in Belarus in 1944, with Nazis.

Several SS men are under attack by a giant – a giant that will not be stopped and rampages its way into the camp. In his office, the commander orders his men to be ready to stop it – shoot or die – while he prepares a magic spell in a copper bowl. The giant is unstoppable, bullets bounce off him and he kills the commander’s guard – but it buys him enough time to finish his spell and disappear in a wash of flame, leaving a metal suitcase behind.

In the present, Sam and Dean arrive at a bunker in Kansas with the key from their granddad. Inside they find the abandoned nerve centre of the Men of Letter’s organisation. Behind a door they find that the bunker is huge – and wonderfully well appointed. Dean announces that they’ve found a Bat Cave. Complete with perks like huge library and amazing shower room. Sam is happy with the huge resource of knowledge, something that could really help them, but Dean is more cynical, pointing out that just because they were a secret society it doesn’t mean the Men of Letters knew more than them – or weren’t making stuff up.

In Pennsylvania, an old Jewish man arrives at a university library to see the effects of the Holzinger Estate  - also saying he had to avoid someone who was following him (though the librarian doesn’t believe him). In one book he finds something and rushes to the librarian saying the book needs to be protected – naturally the librarian doesn’t believe him (apart from anything else, he’s not the most pleasant man around, as the old man nicely points out). The old man leaves the library, goes to the local campus bar to make a hurried call, telling someone that when they follow him, they’ll need a number. All the while he’s being watched by a sinister, emotionless man. The old man leaves his case behind and walks to the windows to challenge his “old enemy”. He calls the man a “Nazi piece of rubbish” before he spontaneously combusts.

Back at the Winchester Cave (as it is now being dubbed), Dean has a quick side-character recap (Kevin is still working on the tablet, Garth is fine and Castiel is still absent. Alas.)

Sam, who really really needs a hobby, has been researching the Men of Letter’s roster of contacts (in the 1950s – as Dean points out) and he found the Judah Team, a group of European Rabbis during World War 2. Which lead to Sam looking up every member on the roster (seriously, a hobby. Or a sport. Something) and found Isaac Bass, former member who died 2 weeks ago from spontaneous combustion (really, he looked up causes of death as well. Maybe some card games, Sam. Or learn to play an instrument).

To Pennsylvania, the university and the librarian with the bug up his arse. Sam interviews the librarian and checks what Rabbi Bass last studied – and finds a large book about birds. Not the one the Rabbi was studying

Dean goes to the bar and talks to two girls who were in the bar at the time who tell him that Rabbi Bass talked a lot about a secret war and Necromancer Nazis. Behind them a man sits down with a drink and tries to attract Dean’s attention, waving at him. He fidgets and Dean appears uncomfortable and looks away, continuing to talk to the girls.

Dean goes over to the man and plays fake FBI guy and asks the man why he’s following Dean. Seems the man thought they had a “thing” back there, an eyes meeting thing. Dean is reduced to uncomfortable, confused  stammers and takes the opportunity of his phone ringing to get away from the man and his fruity drink (yes, of course it was a fruity drink. With an umbrella in it. This is Supernatural, after all). Uh-huh. They already did a version of this joke (Dean meets gay guys and is chokingly uncomfortable) but I suppose vamping it to the next level and having a guy low-key flirt with Dean to make him chokingly uncomfortable is a variation.