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.

<3333

Comments

[maenad.livejournal.com]

Thank you. :) That wall interests me. Once you've put it up, the story practically demands it be torn down to see what happens. But Sam isn't stupid, and he's got impulse control pretty well handled after a variety of demon-blood incidents, so I sit here wondering what they're going to push him with.

I ... don't get it either. Something about the soulless version being an independent human being who had a right to live, which I don't buy for a variety of reasons, starting with the fact that, despite his histrionics, he was not being killed - everything that was there before is still there, he's just been given back a part that was stolen from him - and working down to 'if you want to be technical, not actually human'.

As far as I'm concerned, this entire season has been Sam's worst nightmare dumped on him by a sadistic universe, and it's a really good thing Dean was in charge of fixing this instead of random people on the internet. Letting it go on if it could be stopped would have been the violation. Also, I need to be more careful of what I read if I don't want my brain to explode. :)

I think possibly we weren't because I just barged in here and started chattering at you. :) But yes - fixed, now, thank you!

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Once you've put it up, the story practically demands it be torn down to see what happens

And the hurt!sam girl in me wants to see tiny leaks seeping out every now and then. If they are going to give us the visual of a wall, then surely they'll give us glimpses of it cracking.

In fact, I wonder if the finale will be the wall coming down or something? Sam completely loosing maybe? It's always going to be looming over them and I suspect Dean will be on guard looking for signs. We might even have a return of some Sammy nightmares.... (glee!... I mean... poor Sammy...)

Yeah - no sense about the "violation". They obviously have no idea what they are talking about... *nods*

And I think we witness Sam's living hell as Robo!Sam - his compassion is a huge part of him. To not have it is to take a way the very essence of Sam. I think he will be devastated with the things he did as soulless!Sam (if he remembers them...). Especially allow his brother to be turned into a vamp..

Hee! And barging in is fine...:) I like connecting with peeps who share the common obsession love of the show. :D

[maenad.livejournal.com]

In fact, I wonder if the finale will be the wall coming down or something? Sam completely loosing maybe? It's always going to be looming over them and I suspect Dean will be on guard looking for signs. We might even have a return of some Sammy nightmares.... (glee!... I mean... poor Sammy...)

Ooh. It wouldn't surprise me. If they ever have a season finale that doesn't leave me semi-hysterical I think I may die of shock. Eee. Er. Yes. Poor Sam. Definitely that. :)

And I think we witness Sam's living hell as Robo!Sam - his compassion is a huge part of him. To not have it is to take a way the very essence of Sam. I think he will be devastated with the things he did as soulless!Sam (if he remembers them...). Especially allow his brother to be turned into a vamp.

Yes, I think that's true. Pain has plenty of potential for interesting trauma, but it's not likely to be the thing that bothers him most. I think it's one of those occasions where he and Dean have managed to arrive in the exact same place by opposite routes. That is - Dean's body was shredded, rendered unusable, but his soul stayed intact in Hell and was placed in a position where his choices were limited to a pair of terrible options. But once body and soul were glued back together, he still had to live with his choice. Sam's soul got shredded and his body went on intact - and his choices were terrifyingly limitless, because he no longer had a conscience to stop him. And now the two have been glued back together, and he has to live with what he's done. It's kind of adorable, in the most screwed up way possible. :)

I wonder if that conversation they had in The Third Man was foreshadowing. Hell bothers Dean, but it doesn't bother Sam. At the time, that was because nothing bothered Sam. But now Hell still won't - not as long as that wall keeps working - but everything here ...

Oh, so many horrible options. :)

[ash48.livejournal.com]

What a great way of putting it - the boys arriving in the same place but by opposite routes. It's very true. And their bond has to be even stronger now - both having been to hell and back. Oh boys...<3333

Ooh interesting times ahead.... shame we have to wait. But with a show like this I think we need it.... :)