There were several scenes in this episode that reminded me of other episodes. Dean killing the vamp nest, where he said that killing 6 vamps is a record. I thought, well, a record as a human, because when he was vamped up in S6 he killed a lot more than that. I did love that scene though. I found it interesting though, how killing takes the edge off of Dean. Last year, near the end, when Dean wasn't killing he was getting sick and dying (spitting up blood, etc.) Now, this year, he is killing a little, but he is not getting sick. It seems to me that he is killing as much this year as he was last year, but somehow the Mark is having a different affect on him. This year he doesn't seem to be heading down the path of the Mark slowly killing him like it did last year. Could this be that his body underwent the transformation into a Demon, and back again, and so now his body is able to handle more than it could last year? It seems like they aren't exactly following Canon they developed last year.
Sam wanting to go to extremes to save Dean brings back memories of S4 after Dean came back and he told Dean what lengths he went through to try and trade places. And then I can't help but think about the episode Time Is On My Side, and if Dean weren't there to stop Sam from taking that Immortality spell that Sam might have actually gone ahead and done it for both of them. Sam keeping the book and finding the Codex, working with Rowena - extreme lengths Sam is going to, just like wanting to become Immortal, despite the after effects. No good is going to come of it.
Sam bleeding out and Dean saving him reminds me of Jump the Shark. So many themes being revisited this season. It's been interesting.
The theme of depression, guilts and suicide were so well dealt with in this episode, Berens really did a great job. So many things touched on and talked about are so prevalent for someone with depression and thinking about suicide. My first viewing of this episode my heart was hammering out of my chest. So familiar, so real.
Jensen and Jared did such a great job. Jensen being zoned out with Jared and Rowena there. He was so dang good in those scenes. It was scary. You could literally see and feel the desperation ooze out of Sam, too. Jared is doing a phenomenal job. I'm excited, anxious and nervous to see what comes next.
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Date: 2015-04-26 08:12 pm (UTC)Sam wanting to go to extremes to save Dean brings back memories of S4 after Dean came back and he told Dean what lengths he went through to try and trade places. And then I can't help but think about the episode Time Is On My Side, and if Dean weren't there to stop Sam from taking that Immortality spell that Sam might have actually gone ahead and done it for both of them. Sam keeping the book and finding the Codex, working with Rowena - extreme lengths Sam is going to, just like wanting to become Immortal, despite the after effects. No good is going to come of it.
Sam bleeding out and Dean saving him reminds me of Jump the Shark. So many themes being revisited this season. It's been interesting.
The theme of depression, guilts and suicide were so well dealt with in this episode, Berens really did a great job. So many things touched on and talked about are so prevalent for someone with depression and thinking about suicide. My first viewing of this episode my heart was hammering out of my chest. So familiar, so real.
Jensen and Jared did such a great job. Jensen being zoned out with Jared and Rowena there. He was so dang good in those scenes. It was scary. You could literally see and feel the desperation ooze out of Sam, too. Jared is doing a phenomenal job. I'm excited, anxious and nervous to see what comes next.