6.11 episode reaction/review...

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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

[(Anonymous)]

"They had this conversation - if Sam becomes a monster, then Dean agrees to kill him but only after having done everything in his power to solve the problem. Easy. A kind of Supernatural-style power of attorney that kicks in if Sam is ever incapacitated in some way that prevents him from acting in accordance with his character. Which would be now."

Yes. We got the a kind of reverse scenario when Dean was turned into a monster, a vampire. He asked Sam to kill him.

One thing I liked about the episode were the parallels and references. It makes a nice theme. Sam asking for Dean's promise to kill him should he ever turn into a monster in S2. Dean's "I won't let my brother turn into a monster in S4" Then in a cruel twist of fate we get one brother standing by and let the other get turned into a monster (vampire Dean). Followed by Dean asking Sam to kill him.

Then there are John's words that Dean might have to kill Sam if he couldn't save him which hang heavily in the air outside the panic room when Dean first contemplates Death's ring in his hand and then has that stareoff with Soulless Sam. His dejected "What am I supposed to do?" a direct reference to his anguished cry at the end of S2. Once again he thinks he has failed Sam. Only this time he is not about to bring him back-He is, for the first time, truly considering killing him because he couldn't save him.

That scene! For the first time I actually believed that Dean might be able to do it.

Pandora