Crossroad Blues . . . Oh, yeah, the "glimpsin' the B-side," as Bobby put it. Creepy and freaky and kinda hard for me to watch!
Hunted . . . Oh, don't get me wrong. I understand why Sam feels the way he does. He's angry and frustrated and scared. But he handled it all wrong. There's independent, and then there's selfish. Because Dean wanted the same thing Sam did; just a different approach. Dean wanted time to assimilate and figure out what it meant that Sam is immune to a demon virus. WT??? Dean is royally freaked out, and he's not even trying to hide it from Sam this time. Dean was stuck between a rock and a hard place. Either keep Dad's secret and "betray" Sam (i.e., lie to him and keep important information from him), or tell Sam and betray a promise to Dad. And when push came to shove, he chose Sam over Dad.
But Sam doesn't get it. Doesn't even really try, even after he leaves and talks to Ellen.
"My brother means well," he tells Ellen. No, Sam. No. It's much, MUCH more than that. And you should know it. Ever since he was four years old, Dean's primary purpose in life has been to look out for you. He's not just going to be worried about you, he's going to look for you until he finds you. And the longer he worries, the more reckless he's going to get.
Not only that, but give it a month, Sam. You'll be telling Dean yourself he has to look out for you. You'll be making him promise to kill you. You'll be putting the exact same weight on him that John did, and just like John, you'll be asking him to do the impossible. At least you have the excuse of too much tequila.
But in spite of how heated I might sound in this here response, I'm delighted to say that Sam does get a clue in S5. Yes, it takes death by shotgun and trips through memory heaven, but he does get it and admit that he was wrong.
Now Sam SHOULD have said to Dean before he left "Kiss my foot and have an apple"
The note he should have left:
D-
I know you want to lay low, but I gotta figure this out. Don't call me, I'll call you when I find something.
Kiss my foot and have an apple, S.
But this is an old debate. Suffice to say that I understand why Sam feels the way he does, but I think he handled it all wrong. And of course when the bullets start to fly, he calls Dean. Who has already been taken hostage during his saving Sammy from said flying bullets.
You know, Sam does have a guardian angel. His name is Dean. (And no, I do not subscribe to the idea that Dean actually is an angel. *g*)
You know? It's almost funny how the guys have two different sets of standards for themselves and for each other. Sam says he needs to figure things out himself, but he's always asking Dean to let him share Dean's angsty burden. And Dean resents John for trading himself for Dean, but Dean makes the same deal for Sam.
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Date: 2010-06-29 10:06 pm (UTC)Hunted . . . Oh, don't get me wrong. I understand why Sam feels the way he does. He's angry and frustrated and scared. But he handled it all wrong. There's independent, and then there's selfish. Because Dean wanted the same thing Sam did; just a different approach. Dean wanted time to assimilate and figure out what it meant that Sam is immune to a demon virus. WT??? Dean is royally freaked out, and he's not even trying to hide it from Sam this time. Dean was stuck between a rock and a hard place. Either keep Dad's secret and "betray" Sam (i.e., lie to him and keep important information from him), or tell Sam and betray a promise to Dad. And when push came to shove, he chose Sam over Dad.
But Sam doesn't get it. Doesn't even really try, even after he leaves and talks to Ellen.
"My brother means well," he tells Ellen. No, Sam. No. It's much, MUCH more than that. And you should know it. Ever since he was four years old, Dean's primary purpose in life has been to look out for you. He's not just going to be worried about you, he's going to look for you until he finds you. And the longer he worries, the more reckless he's going to get.
Not only that, but give it a month, Sam. You'll be telling Dean yourself he has to look out for you. You'll be making him promise to kill you. You'll be putting the exact same weight on him that John did, and just like John, you'll be asking him to do the impossible. At least you have the excuse of too much tequila.
But in spite of how heated I might sound in this here response, I'm delighted to say that Sam does get a clue in S5. Yes, it takes death by shotgun and trips through memory heaven, but he does get it and admit that he was wrong.
Now Sam SHOULD have said to Dean before he left "Kiss my foot and have an apple"
The note he should have left:
D-
I know you want to lay low, but I gotta figure this out. Don't call me, I'll call you when I find something.
Kiss my foot and have an apple,
S.
But this is an old debate. Suffice to say that I understand why Sam feels the way he does, but I think he handled it all wrong. And of course when the bullets start to fly, he calls Dean. Who has already been taken hostage during his saving Sammy from said flying bullets.
You know, Sam does have a guardian angel. His name is Dean. (And no, I do not subscribe to the idea that Dean actually is an angel. *g*)
You know? It's almost funny how the guys have two different sets of standards for themselves and for each other. Sam says he needs to figure things out himself, but he's always asking Dean to let him share Dean's angsty burden. And Dean resents John for trading himself for Dean, but Dean makes the same deal for Sam.
Oh, Winchesters! *hugs them*