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I feel like I've gotten out of my rhythm for these brief little recaps. I think the last one I made any sort of comment on was "Heaven and Hell." After that, things just sort of continue apace for a while.
Family Remains . . . We see Dean so desperate to make up for what he did in Hell, and no matter what he does, how many people he saves, he can't seem to forgive himself.
Criss Angel . . . Dean resigned to the fight never being over, Sam wanting the fight to be over and survive and going back to Ruby while Dean drinks by himself. The parallel story of one man sacrificing his brother-friend for the greater good, and ending up alone. Good stuff in the ep, but a gut-punch at the end.
After School Special . . . "The whistle makes me their god." 'Nough said.
Well, okay, maybe not. I think
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kroki_refur expresses it best here.OH, DEAN. A day may come when we will talk about the AWESOMENESS that is Dean’s completely OTT
And as Geo says, the headband is really what makes the outfit.
You all know that those gym shorts were Jensen's idea, right? As was nailing the kid with the dodge ball. I wrote about that last year.
Plus, we get Dean in a sweatsuit. Bwah!
But on a less shallow level, a deeper level, you might say, we get a glimpse into Sam and Dean's coming-of-age years. And we get Sam's declaration that he's not evil, he's not. We get Mr. Wyatt's final question to Sam: Are you happy?
Sex & Violence . . . More conflict, cards being placed on the table in quite possibly the worst manner possible. Sam continuing in his secret keeping and lies. Dean increasingly at a loss of how to get through to Sam or cope without Sam's honesty or whatever. After what Sam told Dean, I expected them to split up. I was a season early on that prediction, but it eventually did happen.
I even wrote fic about it.
Death Takes a Holiday . . . Sam continuing to lie to Dean, and Dean asking Sam to at least not treat him like he's stupid. Sam and Dean as ghosts. Tessa returns. Dean confessing that he should have gone with her the first time. *sniff* Death of Pamela. *sob* And Alistair is to Dean what Scorpius is to John Creighton. Eek!
Which brings us to . . .
On the Head of a Pin. I haven't re-watched it yet, but this morning I was watching the extended/deleted scene. And duuuuuuudes. Chicas. You must see it if you haven't seen it already. Pay special attention starting at 3:26. And special-special attention starting at 4:36:
As I was watching it today, I was . . . I almost got chills, and my heart rate definitely increased, watching Dean go from grief and fear to the game face of a master interrogator. You can just see the shift, as he tries to bury the former under the veneer of the latter. And I thought, "I don't remember that! I would remember that!" Then I watched the scene as it appears in the ep, and sure enough, they cut that bit out. What a shame. Because with something as subtle as the shift of his eyes and changing the set of his jaw, his presence changes.
Have I mentioned recently how much I love Jensen's acting?
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...wibbley-wobbley, timey-wimey. *g* The Winchester-y time travel stuff, otoh, doesn't work so well for me. Argh.
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As far as the Winchester thing goes . . . I happily put on my DW blinders that say certain events in history are fixed, and nothing anyone can do will change them. Like John buying the Impala. Dean (our Dean) wasn't around the first time it happened, because he hadn't been born yet, but it still happened. Unless his in a loop of some sort, and . . .
My head hurts.
Now, when you get to heaven and Ash has a practical use for string theory, then we might get some answers. But until Ash starts holding classes in his roadhouse, I'm just not gonna think about it too hard.
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But wait... was that 2010 Michael or 1978 Michael? Oh no! Brain is back to hurting!!!! ARRRRGH!!!