I love Berens too! It seems like he gravitates towards the complex issues, opens things up to be read on multiple levels.
As much as I love your slightly inebriated recaps (and I truly do), this one made me laugh several times! “Sam loves puppies, and diseased killer puppies make him sad.” “Also, Sam has totally stolen yet another car. Listen, boys, maybe MAYBE you should buy a second car... eventually the Sheriff for whatever county Lebanon KS is in is going to figure out who keeps stealing ALL OF THE CARS. I mean, how many people even live in Lebanon, KS?” :)
I could not handle Dean’s general enthusiasm in the beginning of this episode…so overwhelmingly cute…and such an interesting contrast to his suicidal frame of mind later in the episode. Also, Dean APOLOGIZING to Sam without being prompted?? The brothers really have switched roles. Dean’s doing the apologizing, and Sam’s doing the sneaking behind your back and lying to you for your own good. ;)
I saw this episode as kind of a Season 10 version of “Are You There, God? It’s Me, Dean Winchester.” Those Winchesters have always been pretty impressive with guilting themselves, even without outside help. Which makes it all the more impressive that Dean was able to recognize that there is no “honor” (great choice of words) in taking himself violently out of the picture. I want to rewatch that entire exchange with Benny…there was a lot to process there.
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Date: 2015-04-26 08:06 am (UTC)As much as I love your slightly inebriated recaps (and I truly do), this one made me laugh several times!
“Sam loves puppies, and diseased killer puppies make him sad.”
“Also, Sam has totally stolen yet another car. Listen, boys, maybe MAYBE you should buy a second car... eventually the Sheriff for whatever county Lebanon KS is in is going to figure out who keeps stealing ALL OF THE CARS. I mean, how many people even live in Lebanon, KS?”
:)
I could not handle Dean’s general enthusiasm in the beginning of this episode…so overwhelmingly cute…and such an interesting contrast to his suicidal frame of mind later in the episode. Also, Dean APOLOGIZING to Sam without being prompted?? The brothers really have switched roles. Dean’s doing the apologizing, and Sam’s doing the sneaking behind your back and lying to you for your own good. ;)
I saw this episode as kind of a Season 10 version of “Are You There, God? It’s Me, Dean Winchester.” Those Winchesters have always been pretty impressive with guilting themselves, even without outside help. Which makes it all the more impressive that Dean was able to recognize that there is no “honor” (great choice of words) in taking himself violently out of the picture. I want to rewatch that entire exchange with Benny…there was a lot to process there.