The family, with wooden acting and cliches aplenty, do not connect with me
Wow, really? I thought this was one of the strongest guest casts we've had in a while. I really enjoyed them, and felt that the Winchesters did connect to them.
Dean keeps turning to Sam and saying in anger/frustration, "Humans!"
That reminded me of the line in "The Benders": "Demons I get, but people are crazy!" Attention was being drawn in this episode to the fact that humans are perfectly capable of extraordinary levels of evil, if broken enough or pushed too far. I didn't see Dean *not* empathizing with the humans, I saw him empathizing with their inability to avoid doing wrong, avoid what they had been made. The exchange that really stood out to me is the one that Dodger referenced--where Sam won't excuse the girl's actions, and Dean picks up his casual use of the word "hell" and reminds Sam that Sam knows nothing about hell, not really.
I sincerely doubt that Dean scorns humanity in any way. He's caught in remorse for what he did in hell, and is certainly in a dark personal place, but it hasn't made him evil...the cycle isn't ongoing. I have a lot of hope for Dean, no matter how broken he is right now, because his moral lines are drawn in the right places. *hugs Dean* *hugs Sam*
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Date: 2009-01-18 06:43 am (UTC)Wow, really? I thought this was one of the strongest guest casts we've had in a while. I really enjoyed them, and felt that the Winchesters did connect to them.
Dean keeps turning to Sam and saying in anger/frustration, "Humans!"
That reminded me of the line in "The Benders": "Demons I get, but people are crazy!" Attention was being drawn in this episode to the fact that humans are perfectly capable of extraordinary levels of evil, if broken enough or pushed too far. I didn't see Dean *not* empathizing with the humans, I saw him empathizing with their inability to avoid doing wrong, avoid what they had been made. The exchange that really stood out to me is the one that Dodger referenced--where Sam won't excuse the girl's actions, and Dean picks up his casual use of the word "hell" and reminds Sam that Sam knows nothing about hell, not really.
I sincerely doubt that Dean scorns humanity in any way. He's caught in remorse for what he did in hell, and is certainly in a dark personal place, but it hasn't made him evil...the cycle isn't ongoing. I have a lot of hope for Dean, no matter how broken he is right now, because his moral lines are drawn in the right places. *hugs Dean* *hugs Sam*