Dead in the Water - again
Jun. 3rd, 2010 07:37 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
feliciakwRe-watched this one yesterday (along with Phantom Traveler), and having not seen it in over a year, and re-reading what I wrote last year . . . interesting.
Things struck me again "for the first time," like Sam's single-mindedness.
Though I didn't get quite the sense of "professional detachment" that I did last year. It's there, I think, but softens in the latter half of the ep.
But what really struck me yesterday was the Dean/Sam exchange wherein Dean expresses concern for Lucas, and Sam asks, "Who are you and what have you done with my brother?" Reading what I thought last year, I'm getting a very different vibe from the scene this year. And I'm not sure why.
The scene reads like this: Sam is trying to convince Dean that the hunt is over. Dean doesn't want to leave yet because what if they missed something.
Sam: But why would you think that?
Dean: 'Cause Lucas was really scared.
Sam: That's what this is about?
Dean: I just don't wanna leave this town 'til I know that the kid's okay.
Sam: Who are you, and what have you done with my brother?
Dean: *looks at Sam, then back at the road* Shut up.
Now, Dean's reaction could be construed as worry, and no doubt that's a factor. But yesterday, it struck me that there was a note of disappointment in the response. Like, having it pointed out to Dean that Sam didn't really know his brother, didn't know that he actually can and does connect to kids because, duh, he raised a kid brother. There's a lot of testing the waters of the personal reconnection in these early eps, and I wouldn't mind seeing that next season either.
I'd also kind of like to know what Jensen's internal monologue was when he gave the response the interpretation he did.
Anyway, the line kind of struck me yesterday as being indicative of how out of touch Sam is with Dean, perhaps how out of touch he's always been. And in his naive hubris, he doesn't even realize he's out of touch.
Also, I'm still cogitating on the mytharc vis-a-vis the emotional arc (I kind of touched on it last year), and I'm seeing a few early patterns here and there, but I want to see if they hold out before I elaborate.
Things struck me again "for the first time," like Sam's single-mindedness.
Though I didn't get quite the sense of "professional detachment" that I did last year. It's there, I think, but softens in the latter half of the ep.
But what really struck me yesterday was the Dean/Sam exchange wherein Dean expresses concern for Lucas, and Sam asks, "Who are you and what have you done with my brother?" Reading what I thought last year, I'm getting a very different vibe from the scene this year. And I'm not sure why.
The scene reads like this: Sam is trying to convince Dean that the hunt is over. Dean doesn't want to leave yet because what if they missed something.
Sam: But why would you think that?
Dean: 'Cause Lucas was really scared.
Sam: That's what this is about?
Dean: I just don't wanna leave this town 'til I know that the kid's okay.
Sam: Who are you, and what have you done with my brother?
Dean: *looks at Sam, then back at the road* Shut up.
Now, Dean's reaction could be construed as worry, and no doubt that's a factor. But yesterday, it struck me that there was a note of disappointment in the response. Like, having it pointed out to Dean that Sam didn't really know his brother, didn't know that he actually can and does connect to kids because, duh, he raised a kid brother. There's a lot of testing the waters of the personal reconnection in these early eps, and I wouldn't mind seeing that next season either.
I'd also kind of like to know what Jensen's internal monologue was when he gave the response the interpretation he did.
Anyway, the line kind of struck me yesterday as being indicative of how out of touch Sam is with Dean, perhaps how out of touch he's always been. And in his naive hubris, he doesn't even realize he's out of touch.
Also, I'm still cogitating on the mytharc vis-a-vis the emotional arc (I kind of touched on it last year), and I'm seeing a few early patterns here and there, but I want to see if they hold out before I elaborate.
