1x11 Hungry for Fame

[cko]

Jamie Kennedy. Dangling the back-bacon (which according to twisttie was actually side bacon) to catch the cannibal Carmona. The necklace. Cady is crazy? Christmas episode; we watched it in March. The Devil rains down some destrution on the Bench. This was my least favorite ep, but most others seemed to like it.

From blue sunflower:

Wow. Awesome episode. Poor Sam. Between being thrown off the pier, manipulated into convincing Ryan to sell his soul, and the WorkBench shenanigans, Sam really got abused in this one, didn't he?When Sam tried to talk about how if only someone had stepped in and warned his parents before they signed their contract - and Ben totally blew him off - it made me realize Sam really doesn't have anyone to talk to about the true dangers of belonging to the Devil.

I mean, from Ben and Sock's POV, it must seem like Sam's got an incredibly sweet deal. I doubt Sam's told them about the Zamboni, Mack Trucks, the cop shooting him, etc, etc. Sam seems pretty tight lipped about a lot of things when it concerns his more serious interactions with the Devil, and Sock and Ben have always blown off the other things - like when the Devil sewed Sam's mouth shut. Like the Devil said, when it comes out of Sam's mouth, it's kinda cute and not very threatening.

…I think it's gonna be hard for Sam to step away, but the Devil now knows how dangerous it is to get Sam to do these things. This was the first time the Devil had Sam do something 'evil' and it completely back-fired on him. The Devil might eventually set Sam up with a task where he sets someone else up for evil, only this time, the Devil has filled in all the loopholes to begin with.

Sock: Will you listen to this guy? Wahhh, I've got two chicks fighting over me, what am I going to do, why am I so loveable. Shut up. Enjoy it, Sam, at least try to flip it into a three-way, that's what I'd do.

Ben: Hey this guy Ryan's pretty lame. "This CD is for all of the dream who dream of the rock-n-roll dream, so dream on."
Sock: I've got to side with the Devil on this one: some people belong in Hell.

[evilalex]

nl.youtube.com/watch?v=rtqbi2WOrxE

[pacejunkie]

Great soul grab. I forgot what the vessel was in that one. Looked like a harpoon? I liked the way they worked Sock's mommy issues into the soul story.

[kathyk]

I watched this episode tonight in order to get ready for the new season. I'm convinced that Sam isn't the Devil's son. If he was his son why would the devil allow Sam to stop him from taking Ryan's soul. I think the Devil wanted to see if Sam was capable of stopping him and Sam was up to the task. I also think Sock acted far more immature than Sam could hope to be.

[Blue Sunflower]

Feb 28, 2009 21:16:04 GMT -5 kathyk said:

If he was his son why would the devil allow Sam to stop him from taking Ryan's soul. I think the Devil wanted to see if Sam was capable of stopping him and Sam was up to the task.

See now, I didn't think the Devil was testing Sam at all, and Sam actually ended up surprising him. The whole "I'm not angry, I'm disappointed." I kinda got the impression that the Devil was too arrogant and egotistical to even consider that Sam might be successful in preventing Ryan from signing on the dotted line, and that's why he didn't think twice about using Sam to inadvertantly convince Ryan to sell his soul.

[kathyk]

I definately thought the Devil was testing Sam. There was no need for Ryan to be at the crime scene. If the Devil wanted Ryan's soul he could have taken it in private. I think the Devil thought Sam was too weak to stop him and Sam proved him wrong. That's why the Devil was angry he underestimated Sam.