argh, took me two days to comment because, yeah! I just don't know.
I agree that there was too much meg (and yes, her differences were *distracting*) but also maybe too much Cas. And not enough. actually, I think I agree with you on everything. this needed to be two eps, because it was too much to cram into one story line, and we needed the emotional time to really get used to Cas being back. And a lot of us wanted to revel in the mentally!unstable!Sam h/c with Dean being the awesome big brother we know he can be. He said to Cas that he used to just handle whatever came his way, and he can't anymore, but it seemed the opposite. Sam's brain is melting in a locked psych ward, he's going to die because he saved the world, and Dean's basically telling him to have some balls about it. and yeah, what's with the not touching! I can only hope they're saving up for some EPIC bro-love h/c, and that's why they're not indulging now. much like Jared's performance seemed subdued before he showed up as Lucifer in the End - to make the contrast that much clearer.
And maybe it's cuz I'm not a huge Cas fan, but I felt like this ep didn't deliver. I know his return was a big deal (all the fanart I track is suddenly 100% Destiel over the course of 2 days) but I'm way more invested in how he affects Dean, and they showed almost none of that. Dean was more shocked-in-the-moment reactionary than anything else. we haven't seen any of these events really resonate with him. They brought Cas back as Emmanuel, but it seems like they should have just named him Plot Device and gone for full transparency.
also, Emmanuel's devout wife? probably still wondering where he is. I totally believe they were married, they held hands when Dean was talking to them. So, way to not clean up your collateral damage, guys. Though I guess they can't risk revealing his position to anyone (even though it's too late, koff, why not a verbal bitchslap reminding meg that they'll come for her if she crosses them?)
::grumblegrumblesigh:: okay. now, lots of fanfic where the boys take a moment to care that lucifer's jumped ship, and that dean has his real brother back.
on the plus side, traumatic-hallucinations!Sam, jumping at every sound even while there's someone else in the room - total gold. love it. wish he'd done more of that with Dean around so he could truly freaking appreciate!
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Date: 2012-03-25 04:08 pm (UTC)I agree that there was too much meg (and yes, her differences were *distracting*) but also maybe too much Cas. And not enough. actually, I think I agree with you on everything. this needed to be two eps, because it was too much to cram into one story line, and we needed the emotional time to really get used to Cas being back. And a lot of us wanted to revel in the mentally!unstable!Sam h/c with Dean being the awesome big brother we know he can be. He said to Cas that he used to just handle whatever came his way, and he can't anymore, but it seemed the opposite. Sam's brain is melting in a locked psych ward, he's going to die because he saved the world, and Dean's basically telling him to have some balls about it. and yeah, what's with the not touching! I can only hope they're saving up for some EPIC bro-love h/c, and that's why they're not indulging now. much like Jared's performance seemed subdued before he showed up as Lucifer in the End - to make the contrast that much clearer.
And maybe it's cuz I'm not a huge Cas fan, but I felt like this ep didn't deliver. I know his return was a big deal (all the fanart I track is suddenly 100% Destiel over the course of 2 days) but I'm way more invested in how he affects Dean, and they showed almost none of that. Dean was more shocked-in-the-moment reactionary than anything else. we haven't seen any of these events really resonate with him. They brought Cas back as Emmanuel, but it seems like they should have just named him Plot Device and gone for full transparency.
also, Emmanuel's devout wife? probably still wondering where he is. I totally believe they were married, they held hands when Dean was talking to them. So, way to not clean up your collateral damage, guys. Though I guess they can't risk revealing his position to anyone (even though it's too late, koff, why not a verbal bitchslap reminding meg that they'll come for her if she crosses them?)
::grumblegrumblesigh:: okay. now, lots of fanfic where the boys take a moment to care that lucifer's jumped ship, and that dean has his real brother back.
on the plus side, traumatic-hallucinations!Sam, jumping at every sound even while there's someone else in the room - total gold. love it. wish he'd done more of that with Dean around so he could truly freaking appreciate!