S1E12 Off the Books

[Trinity]

I'll get the ball rolling. I watched the episode with Jensen Ackles in it. I haven't seen the S1 finale yet. 

S1E12 "Off the Books"


The family history has been the most intriguing part of the show to me.  But obviously Jensen Ackles coming in as Russell Shaw the older brother of  Colter who is forced to team up with his estranged brother, who enlists his help to track down a former army buddy who's gone missing after several weeks. 

Jensen was perfectly cast. I liked that it reminded me of Supernatural where Dean came to see Sam after not speaking to him for 3 years. Here these brothers have not spoken in over a decade.

I'm sure there is more to the story about the father's death than we think. 

Supernatural nods and Easter eggs:
*The Baby look alike.
*The “hey little bro” line.
*Russell's outfit looks Dean-like.
*Supernatural did have a mention “helping someone is Tuscaloosa”.

Jensen Ackles was great. Him and Justin Hartley have great chemistry and actually looked and felt like brothers. Confirmation that Russell didn’t kill the dad which was obvious even if the show wanted us to believe it.

[matt]

S1E12 "Off the Books"



I imagine Justin and Jensen are became friends working on the lots in Vancouver when Smallville and Supernatural were airing at the same time over the years.

Jensen Ackles was very well perfectly as Russell. His dynamic and chemistry with Justin Hartley's Colter is just so fun to watch. It was that good as if he had been there forever, when this is just his first episode. He fit right in with the cast.

His humour and mysterious personality worked with the show. His dark past I found pretty interesting with his connections to the military and Horizon and I hope they explore that more in future seasons and Jensen will be back. It's only a matter of when he'll be back.

Russell flirting with Reenie was totally unexpected but funny. Colter's jealously was funny to watch. He didn't want Russell stealing his girl.

They didn't reveal a lot about who killed the dad only a few vague nuggets that it wasn't Russell and the mother was with someone that night.

I really liked the Supernatural homages in this episode so much with the car that was a nod to Baby. Also the similar family backstory but the show makes it clear that Russell is a different character from Dean with a different personality. He sucks at flirting with women, something our Dean on SPN is good at. 

[Pia]

Someone in the writers room is definitely a SPN fan. All the Easter eggs were fun.

Not quite SPN easter egg but, Jensen Ackles has his own Brewing Company, "Family Business" so both scenes talking about Russel's Beer was most likely a nod to Jensen in real life.

Loved the brothers together. Great chemistry.

I also enjoyed the case this week. But just because they rescued the friend, does that mean he's safe. He is still prone to danger. Won't the bad guy just have him kidnapped again to kill him? Hopefully, Russell got the bad guy, but it seemed Colter thought the job was over after the rescue. We shall see.

[matt]

May 24, 2024 0:40:28 GMT -5 Pia said:

Someone in the writers room is definitely a SPN fan. All the Easter eggs were fun.

Not quite SPN easter egg but, Jensen Ackles has his own Brewing Company, "Family Business" so both scenes talking about Russel's Beer was most likely a nod to Jensen in real life.

Loved the brothers together. Great chemistry.

I also enjoyed the case this week. But just because they rescued the friend, does that mean he's safe. He is still prone to danger. Won't the bad guy just have him kidnapped again to kill him? Hopefully, Russell got the bad guy, but it seemed Colter thought the job was over after the rescue. We shall see.

Same here. We were spoiled on Supernatural nods.

[Dark Avenger]

May 24, 2024 0:40:28 GMT -5 Pia said:

Someone in the writers room is definitely a SPN fan. All the Easter eggs were fun.

Not quite SPN easter egg but, Jensen Ackles has his own Brewing Company, "Family Business" so both scenes talking about Russel's Beer was most likely a nod to Jensen in real life.

Loved the brothers together. Great chemistry.

I also enjoyed the case this week. But just because they rescued the friend, does that mean he's safe. He is still prone to danger. Won't the bad guy just have him kidnapped again to kill him? Hopefully, Russell got the bad guy, but it seemed Colter thought the job was over after the rescue. We shall see.

I'd like to think they got caught off-screen, maybe it'll be mentioned in passing in the next one.

[Sunday]

I finally caught this episode. LOVED Jensen so much. He and Justin have great chemistry. I got all the Supernatural feels.

Jensen didn't feel like Dean, and not because this character had a beard. Enough SPN nods, but I could tell him apart from Dean.