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)]

"And I have to say - being distressed at being essentially chained to a sociopath would be an ... interesting definition of selfish. I mean, yes, this is one of those instances where Sam's problem is the bigger one, of course. He's the one who's trapped with angry archangels/forcibly transformed into a monster. But still - Dean seems to be the only one who's made an effort to deal with Sam as a person since he got back. Castiel ignored him, Bobby seems to have been occupied with demon problems and Samuel was too wrapped up in finding Mary to notice things like possessed or soulless family members. And that's lucky for them, because trying to reach Sam while he was like that just looked like a recipe for heartbreak. No one could live with that, or should have to."

Absolutely. What's more, if that is selfish then you have to ask what would have been the unselfish thing to do? That of course, does not lead anywhere good and the logical conclusion then is, that there is no unselfish way of doing it (if you believe the original premise of selfishness) which in turn is saying Dean is selfish whatever he does.

The only way out of the logical quandary is to say that there is no such thing as unselfish or altruistic behaviour in general. Then again if there is no such thing, and everyone acts selfishly all the time, why the need to stress it in Dean's case and not everyone elses? - if it comes with the territory and is no different than anyone elses behaviour. By which time your really stuck in a logical morass.

If you then consider that the very definition of selfishness means "to the detriment of someone else" you can't really argue that Dean was selfish and unselfish at the same time.

At that point your head explodes....

Pandora (forgot to sign my previous post)