I completely get where you're coming from. Sam is being cast as the 'selfish' brother again BUT! Remember, it's been said several times by the Powers That Be that the first half of the season is Dean-focused--largely his perspective. We're catching how Dean is perceiving events and he was wrong about how he remembered Cas and the escape from Purgatory.
Do you have siblings? I have three (I'm the eldest) and the sister two years younger is Drama in a Basket. I cringe when the phone rings and it's her name on the screen because half the time it's a portent of something miserable. Sam is a pragmatic guy. He knows that every other time he has looked for Dean, Sam has turned into a psycho and drama has wrecked his life. The definition of stupid is doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting a different outcome.
Sam has wanted a safe life with every fiber of his being. Dean has always wanted a mission. Two very different core desires. It's not that he loves Dean any less, it's that Sam wants 'safe'. And safe means steering clear of the supernatural, period. He had to commit to being 'out', hook line and sinker, because if he brought Dean back, there'd be no 'out'. Dean came back on his own accord and guess what? Sam had to dive back in and even though he has told Dean several times that after this one last job he's chucking it all in, Dean's crapped all over that opinion. Sam's still just the little brother who can't make decisions for himself and has to follow in his big brother's footsteps.
So I guess, short story long, if Sam didn't ardently look for Dean under every mossy rock, I'm okay with that. I get it. Doesn't make it any less painful for Dean, but then Dean doesn't have a clue (nor does he really want one) as to how painful it might've been for Sam to get back into The Life. Dean can be pretty myopic sometimes, which makes his shifting views on Benny reeeeeeally interesting and a potential growth point for our darling Deano!
I agree, though, it's pretty tough to watch Sam, as a character, serving as window dressing. Last episode I felt this keenly. He had some cool moments but they carried no emotional weight. Overall, I'm digging Season Eight; I think they're taking Show in a good direction and presenting interesting moral dilemmas. I just wish it would happen FASTER! ;)
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Date: 2012-11-21 04:13 pm (UTC)Do you have siblings? I have three (I'm the eldest) and the sister two years younger is Drama in a Basket. I cringe when the phone rings and it's her name on the screen because half the time it's a portent of something miserable. Sam is a pragmatic guy. He knows that every other time he has looked for Dean, Sam has turned into a psycho and drama has wrecked his life. The definition of stupid is doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting a different outcome.
Sam has wanted a safe life with every fiber of his being. Dean has always wanted a mission. Two very different core desires. It's not that he loves Dean any less, it's that Sam wants 'safe'. And safe means steering clear of the supernatural, period. He had to commit to being 'out', hook line and sinker, because if he brought Dean back, there'd be no 'out'. Dean came back on his own accord and guess what? Sam had to dive back in and even though he has told Dean several times that after this one last job he's chucking it all in, Dean's crapped all over that opinion. Sam's still just the little brother who can't make decisions for himself and has to follow in his big brother's footsteps.
So I guess, short story long, if Sam didn't ardently look for Dean under every mossy rock, I'm okay with that. I get it. Doesn't make it any less painful for Dean, but then Dean doesn't have a clue (nor does he really want one) as to how painful it might've been for Sam to get back into The Life. Dean can be pretty myopic sometimes, which makes his shifting views on Benny reeeeeeally interesting and a potential growth point for our darling Deano!
I agree, though, it's pretty tough to watch Sam, as a character, serving as window dressing. Last episode I felt this keenly. He had some cool moments but they carried no emotional weight. Overall, I'm digging Season Eight; I think they're taking Show in a good direction and presenting interesting moral dilemmas. I just wish it would happen FASTER! ;)