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I love Cancun.

If yawgurt becomes the first TV review site to actually pay its writers well, I’ll make it a point to spend a week there, doing my work “on location” (Maybe I should have put the quotes around doing work).

I also love fireworks.

I live in a country that still celebrates the birth of the (former) Queen of another country.  I would complain, except that we get an extra day of fireworks. Now I’m pushing Canada to celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Lilies, like the people of Malta do in June.

Though, I’m not sure that any of that would beat the crazy  display at The Workbench in tonight’s episode.

Ever since the strike ended, Reaper has become a much more serialized show.  While there’s still a soul-a-week, they are usually wrapped up quickly and without a fuss.  This week’s soul was only interesting in that she played a vital role in advancing the whole Son of Satan storyline.  People have speculated on whether or not Sam is the son of the devil ever since the show began, but the imagery tonight was less than subtle.  The devil kept calling Sam “Kiddo” and he even played catch with him (using the vessel…conveniently a baseball).  As soon as the writers decided to play up the simalarities between Sam and the devil, I started thinking that it was never going to happen.  In fact, I’m convinced Sam’s father is his biological father.

Let me explain.  They set up the beginning of the episode showing Sam having an uncanny ability to avoid death.  That may explain how he’s managed to capture souls with no experience.  But, it was obviously a characteristic Sam had inherited. Then Sam’s father was buried alive, and you had to know that he was going to be alive.  The writers seemed to gloss over the fact that he was dead and Sam’s mom was suspicious from the beginning.  I’m sure cops have seen weirder deaths than some guy buried alive in a field.  Do you think the fact that Sam’s father can’t be killed proves he’s Sam’s biological dad?  It’s possible that he’s just a demon and can’t be killed the way humans are.  Whatever the truth holds, Reaper has definitely left the door open to a number of possibilities.

On a side note: Reaper is hilarious.  With all that drama packed in, how they found time to include a hot demon with “cute horns” for Sock (including a devil’s threesome) plus the best use of fireworks I’ve ever seen on TV is beyond me.  Yeah, it was kinda pointless, but to be fair Sock doesn’t usually do things for a reason.

Reaper (S1E18) Gallery:

Spoonfuls (thoughts in smaller portions):

1. Crop Circles
   Reaper just gave us the best explanation for crop circles.  Brilliant.
2. How to deal with a death in the family
   Light a Strawman stuffed with fireworks on fire has got to top anyone’s list.
3. Ben’s Girl
   Where was Ben’s new girlfriend?  She was all over him before he went to jail.  Season 2 perhaps.
4. Heaven is even better than Cancun
   Steve says this to Tony, but haven’t they both already been in Heaven?
5. “He is evil like none have known before”
   A demon desribes Sam putting a 1/2 price sign on a broken washer.  That’s why I watch this show.
6. 8 and 13
   That’s how many months we have to wait and how many episodes we get from Reaper next season.

That’s the end of the line for Season 1 of Reaper.  What’d you think of the finale and the season overall?  Post your thoughts in the comments below and I’ll be around to discuss when things get interesting.

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