6.11 episode reaction/review...

[ash48]

1. Sam got his soul back. *does the Sammy Soul-back Shuffle*

2. Dean is awesome. Period. I love this character SO much. There is nothing he will not do for his brother - sell his soul, kill himself, be Death for a day. This man's devotion to his brother is ALL ENCOMPASSING! And he's still eye rolling, and defying, and caring, and scared, and brave, and thinking about food.. and so self sacrificing. I also love that Sam's soul is very important - but (and this is VERY Dean I think...) not for the sake of other people's lives.

I reckon he's of the all time great TV characters. (there's a lot more here to Dean in this ep, but it's all too deep for me. I know this will be examined to pieces over hellatus..\o/)

3. Sam got his soul back. \o/ \o/(and it was bright and shiny!)

4. Death was FANTASTIC! So happy to see him back. Love that Show made Death sympathetic to Dean's need. The Winchesters RULE the universe.

5. Tessa! \o/ I'd be happy to see her face in death...

6. Bobby! Being clever one minute and somewhat stupid the next. Hee! During that scene I was yelling at him.."don't go down there" and then remembered the corn fields...:) Of course you go into places you shouldn't. I also thought..."Sam vs Bobby"? Soulless!Sam is ruthless and efficient. No contest. Though Bobby gave a good (ish) fight.

7. Sam got his soul back! \o/ \o/ \o/ And he was TIED UP in the panic room. Oh be still my heart.

8. Cas is Sam's boyfriend. He is! Sam admitted it... :)

9. Sam and Dean had a long, loooong moment staring at each other through the panic room window. *dies*

9. Sam got his soul back. \o/ \o/ And yes, I know we don't know what Sam will be like, or how he will react to what he did without a soul, or how angry he will be at Dean for giving it back to him, or how much he will remember.... but AT LEAST IT WILL BE ALL SAM!!... won't it? It will be SURELY!!! Ack! Cannot think about that... I need Sammy....

10. And most important for me:

My biggest concern for the moment Sam got his soul back was that nothing that went before would make sense. And ok, there are things that remain unanswered but I can believe that Sam has been driven this whole time by the need (aka agenda) to NOT the get his soul back. He didn't tell Dean about being around because he knew Dean would fight to get his soul back. He lied and was deceitful so he would never have to face getting his soul back. Flimsy maybe... but I can go with it at the moment. Everything else he did was because he had no empathy or care.

I'm still not sure why he fought so hard to save Dean in the last episode (yes, I can live with that he did it because he understood what it is to be a brother...) especially if the argument was that Dean could help him get his soul back. He didn't want his soul back - or did he only come to that conclusion last episode?? Ack! I hope not. I can go with his motivation (since the very beginning) as not wanting his soul back. Perhaps I better not think too hard about that.... just yet...

11. Sam got his soul back!!! \o/ AT LAST!! (I remember posting a while back that I'll give them until the hiatus... musta heard me. *g*)

And they've left it open for lots of angst... and even maybe a hug?! Could we would be so lucky?

Though with Sam's "wall" will it feel as though he's only been away for a day?

Oh Show. You win this round.

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Comments

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So pleased you loved it.I thought the episode was a brilliant one - it's definitely skipped into my top 5 maybe even 3 list for Season 6. But you know what I was thinking? Which did not eventuate which is probably good because OMG such angst! I was thinking that Tess would zap Death!Dean and herself into the room where Sam was about to kill Bobby!!! And demand that Bobby be taken. ARGH!!!!! So glad my clearly maximum angst theories were not thought of!! Death is fascinating as a character and the second Dean refused to take the 12 year old girl I wondered what the repercussions would be. Oh Dean you are such a stubborn ass idiot at times. Really that was the only "I mean REALLY?" moment I had. Given that he knew the price if he "slacked off" given that he knew he didn't to follow the list - I'm thinking the refusal to take the girl was a little undermining of Dean's intelligence. Knowing the repercussions of disrupting the natural order - hell it's genetic wasn't that just what he was lecturing Gramps on last week? I thought it a little odd. But in the end Death was just teaching him a lesson so all was good.

This episode had great pace and was interesting from the get go and Sam is just scarier by the second and Bobby? He was awesome in so many ways...I mean trapdoors?? Did he have another free weekend up his sleeves? So good that Sam didn't get the jump on him straight away - that it took a decent amount of time before he won. I really don't think I'd like to be hunted by a Robo!Sam.

Of course show engages in it's usual standard viewer fan torture now by making us wait till the end of January!!!

Waaaaahhhh!! Oh well least there's a big screen now to do a rewatch of Season 6 :) That should ease some of the pain.

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I did indeed love it very much. So happy we got some sort of (happy) resolution.

And yeah - Dean should well have known that by refusing to take the girl there would be ramifications. But Dean just keeps wanting to push those "rules" - even when he KNOWS it will end badly. I think that why why I loved him so much this episode. He stuck to what he would normally do. And even though he's has once again learned a lesson I wonder if he will heed it?

I really don't think I'd like to be hunted by a Robo!Sam

Robo!Sam would be super scary. I love that Bobby gave it a go though. Man, the stuff that man goes through with these boys.... *hugs* Bobby.

Great ep and I think I'm kinda glad for the break from it. Especially going into the school holidays. I need a breather and time to regroup....

I can't WAIT to find out what happens now though. I suspect it might just be back to business for a while...

Hmm.. we'll see... <333

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