Bobby and Ellen could team up to help the boys from The Other Side of the Veil! We already know she's still hanging around...
I watched "Back to the Future II" yesterday, and it struck me how Dean basically dumped Cas in the motel room for 5 days (even though he was trashed and bleeding), then set off with Sam without a second thought. For Dean, it was all about saving his parents. Where's the fabled Profound Bond with Cas at that point? I imagine if I looked, I could find any number of other examples. Now, I know people latch onto what works for them, but to me, for Dean it's always been about family. Cas was a buddy who worked alongside him, a kind of Sam-substitute when he needed one, and yes, I know the word "family" has been bandied about, but if you lined up Sam and Cas and told Dean to choose, there wouldn't even be a contest.
I just watched 7.11 again, and what struck me was the odd shift in tone with the cherrypicker scene. In the rest of the episode, Dean is very capable and determined. But in that one scene, we revert to "Yellow Fever" Dean, who's all stupid and panicked for no good reason. We've seen him drive a cement truck. He's worn "costumes" any number of times. If I've got one gripe about this episode, it's the jamming-in of Dumb Dean because "OMG, funny Dean is funny!"
Really, it would have been funnier (more in-character funny) if Frank was running the controls and flinging Dean all over the place, with Dean being aware of the dangers of being around high voltage power lines.
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Date: 2012-01-07 03:36 pm (UTC)I watched "Back to the Future II" yesterday, and it struck me how Dean basically dumped Cas in the motel room for 5 days (even though he was trashed and bleeding), then set off with Sam without a second thought. For Dean, it was all about saving his parents. Where's the fabled Profound Bond with Cas at that point? I imagine if I looked, I could find any number of other examples. Now, I know people latch onto what works for them, but to me, for Dean it's always been about family. Cas was a buddy who worked alongside him, a kind of Sam-substitute when he needed one, and yes, I know the word "family" has been bandied about, but if you lined up Sam and Cas and told Dean to choose, there wouldn't even be a contest.
I just watched 7.11 again, and what struck me was the odd shift in tone with the cherrypicker scene. In the rest of the episode, Dean is very capable and determined. But in that one scene, we revert to "Yellow Fever" Dean, who's all stupid and panicked for no good reason. We've seen him drive a cement truck. He's worn "costumes" any number of times. If I've got one gripe about this episode, it's the jamming-in of Dumb Dean because "OMG, funny Dean is funny!"
Really, it would have been funnier (more in-character funny) if Frank was running the controls and flinging Dean all over the place, with Dean being aware of the dangers of being around high voltage power lines.