I have not rewatched this recently, but I remember my original reaction was mixed to this. The montage was perfectly intercut. The Sam portion of the episode really moved his character along.
The Dean and Cas show, though, fell flat for me. It would have seemed more organic for Dean to take Cas to a bar and pick up a girl there than go to a bordello. And the fire in the hospital was too unrealistic to believe.
And honestly, Cas set this up as it was going to be the end of him to summon Raphael and yet I never felt Cas was in danger because they had Rafe in the holy fire--so what was the big deal?
However, Dean's declarations that he was happy now--the way Jensen delivered that line, Dean was definitely trying to convince himself he was happy. Because he really wasn't.
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Date: 2010-09-18 04:37 am (UTC)I have not rewatched this recently, but I remember my original reaction was mixed to this. The montage was perfectly intercut. The Sam portion of the episode really moved his character along.
The Dean and Cas show, though, fell flat for me. It would have seemed more organic for Dean to take Cas to a bar and pick up a girl there than go to a bordello. And the fire in the hospital was too unrealistic to believe.
And honestly, Cas set this up as it was going to be the end of him to summon Raphael and yet I never felt Cas was in danger because they had Rafe in the holy fire--so what was the big deal?
However, Dean's declarations that he was happy now--the way Jensen delivered that line, Dean was definitely trying to convince himself he was happy. Because he really wasn't.