SPN - 6.06

[feliciakw]

I don't have much to say about this one right now. It was too depressing. And kinda hurt. A lot.

Otoh, I had victory arms \o/ when I saw the preview for next week, because according to the preview, I WAS RIGHT!!!!!! (Now, you gotta understand that I'm not often right about such developments, so I take my victories where I can. And I'm takin' this one. I talked about this at length with someone in RL, though I never went into much detail in the ol' LJ.)



ETA (11:57pm ET) . . . Well, apparently even if this ep kinda ripped my heart out and left me numb (no, Sam, not your kind of numb), I'm ready to re-watch it to catch what I might have missed. I might not have a blow-by-blow commentary for it, but there were some interesting points raised (Dean is now in tune with the angelic world?) that will need some pondering and maybe keep my mind off the mess that Dean's life with Lisa and Ben has become.

Man, I hope they choose to fix that. But in all honesty? At this point, I'm not holding my breath.

Comments

Spoiler!

[just-ruth.livejournal.com]

Bobby gets pedicures. Awesome!

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[kimmer1227.livejournal.com]

That was a hoot! I was hoping for a schmoopy conversation between them, but that was better.

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[feliciakw.livejournal.com]

Yes, that was a highlight. And she's a tiny little thing, but when she grabs his foot--

Heh.

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[girlyghoul70.livejournal.com]

YES! Bobby Pedicure for the WIN! The Tori&Dean bit frightened me though...

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[kalquessa.livejournal.com]

*draws sparkly hearts around Bobby*

[kimmer1227.livejournal.com]

I'm so damn sad for Dean. The Lisa conversation alone killed me ded. Then Sammy. Heartbreaking stuff.

Soulless!Sam is fairly interesting. I still think Jared does his best work when being twisty.

[feliciakw.livejournal.com]

And ya know? I could have lived with the Lisa conversation. It hurt, but it made sense. Then they compounded it with Dean wanting a family but knowing (believing) he can never be a father and that slitting throats is what he's good at.

I'ma make myself cry just typing that.

And then him whaling on Sam. A punch or three I could handle, but beating Sam unconscious?

An hour later, and a pit has developed in my stomach.

This ep is going to be hard to live with.

[kimmer1227.livejournal.com]

The whaling on Sam? I felt Dean's frustration with every blow. I don't know. I just wanted to say, Feel THAT, bitch!

Dean's loss so damn much. Guh!

[girlyghoul70.livejournal.com]

I thought the beatdown was warrented, but the timing was off. He needed to do that last week to Smack the Smirk off Sam's face. Or even when Sam first showed up and admitted with just a shrug that he'd beed topside for a year and was just now getting around to telling Dean.

This? Right when Sam admitted everything and that he needed help? It felt out of place. And yet... well it's understandable. Poor Dean had a lot of pent up rage.

I'm not as worried about the Lisa thing. I think they just need a break. I'm betting one way or another he winds up back in her arms in the end.

[feliciakw.livejournal.com]

The timing might have felt off, but it actually made sense. In addition to everything building up to the point of explosion, Dean now knew that Sam has been lying to him every time he said, "I'm fine." "I've got your back"? Apparently not. And Sam worked it, purposefully or not, that Dean has (currently) lost Lisa.

So the timing of the beatdown didn't surprise me. This confession, "I've been lying to you, and by the way, I know I should but I actually don't care if you or Lisa or Ben die as a means to an end," was the last straw.

It's the beating Sam to the point of unconsciousness that bothers me. We haven't seen Dean's anger this out of control in . . . well . . . ever, have we?

[kalquessa.livejournal.com]

And then him whaling on Sam. A punch or three I could handle, but beating Sam unconscious?

Yeah, when he first punched Sam, I was like, "Yeah, you kinda deserved that, Sammy." And then it just...went on. For a while. And that was more than a little uncomfortable.

[leelust.livejournal.com]

It was too depressing i agree. The only part i can rewatch and feel somehow good about it is Lisa'a phone call. What a woman! Can i replace Sam with her? Please?

[feliciakw.livejournal.com]

The conversation with Lisa hurt. I get why she said what she said, and that she didn't have the opportunity to temper it with her whole truth (like the sister of the first girl wanted to say "I love you," but what came out was "Why don't you kill yourself?"), then they heaped on top of that Dean's confession of genuinely wanting a family but knowing he's a killer and can't be a father. That. Hurt.

I'm still hoping they'll work out the Dean/Lisa thing, but I don't see it happening in the immediate future.

[leelust.livejournal.com]

I don't even think she should temper what she said. I only hope Dean will be able to listen to her because her words were absolute truth.
Dean thinking he's a killer isn't new though. I think it already was addressed in S4 (or S3, don't remember). And i think him thinking so is a regress from what he achieved in that last year :(

[izhilzha.livejournal.com]

(Dean is now in tune with the angelic world?)

...wait, what? Did I miss something? I thought I was paying careful attention to this one!

No time to rewatch at the moment, darn.

[feliciakw.livejournal.com]

It is a question I will pose when I do my commentary, but when Castiel said that if Lucifer had returned, "we would know it" or something to that effect, I got the distinct impression that Cas was not talking about "we" as in himself and his brother angels, but rather he meant "we" as in himself and Dean. Now how would that be, I wonder . . .

Paired with the fact that Dean was able to look full on at Zach as Zach brighted out when he died, and Dean did not get those pretty green eyes burnt out of his skull . . .

I'ma wonder about my Dean.

Hm . . . .