Even all the Cas/Dean didn't make me squirm. (What's wrong with me!!?!) Obviously, you're turning in a Dean/Cas shipper (I REFUSE TO USE DESTIEL) and you don't even know it. :D I agree with you, bb, the potential is awesome.
I do like seeing them be friends though. Seems like we are told they are friends but we don't often really see it. There's a rather lovely innocence about it that puts me in my happy place. :)
This is a Perfect review of the episode! I agree with everything you stated here. For a season finale, it pulled off the tie-ups really well, and then left us with an intriguing cliffhanger. I loved it!
Thank you! Looking at some of my Flist reviews I feel like I'm out of step. This is an ep that might well put a wedge into fandom (one that I think has been there for a while now). Let's hope it's not too nasty... :(
It was both heartbreaking and perfect. THIS is what the show is about. There is as much power in them being together as there is in them being apart.There is, I think, something quite lovely in their mirrored situations at the end there representing their current relationship. When you look back at similar situations in previous seasons - Dean in hell in the season three finale, Sam ( ... 's soul) in the cage after season five - there's a sense of one of them being at a disadvantage: he's helpless, he'll have to be saved, and how that plays out is going to mess with how they are together. Here, with Sam in that bright, white lab, exposed to any monster who cares to pop in, and Dean in that darkened forest with no idea what's out there hunting him - their circumstances are the same, even though they're also opposite. There's a fantastic chance to make something of all those oaths not to leave each other, and all that solidarity, in telling a story about their determination to fight their way back to each other. I'm looking forward to
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There's a fantastic chance to make something of all those oaths not to leave each other, and all that solidarity, in telling a story about their determination to fight their way back to each other
Yes yes...I can only see that this has to be a good thing for exploring Sam and Dean's relationship. I know we have been here before but they have both changed since the last time/s we've seen them like this. There's new avenues to explore and I sincerely hope they take advantage of that.
Hmmm... where do ghosts go? I think we might find out next season. I'm not sure we've seen the end of Bobby. Though I hope he isn't suddenly resurrected somehow.
So they get Bobby back, but he can't stay. They get Castiel back, but he's not as they remember. And they get the car back - only to have it smashed again.Yeah. I love this. I really want to think that more thought went into smashing up the car than just...smashing up the car
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My, um, thinky thoughts are revolving around the notion of Dean being able to let go of things that he has become attached to over the years - his original jacket, the amulet, the flask and now his car. I'm wondering if he's learning that not being attached to things is a better way to be? It's probably a stretch, but to not have some sort of Dean moment with the car - touching it and saying something to her - spoke volumes that he's trying not nurture that attachment. He was not only prepared to let Meg drive her but also allow her to be smashed up - all in the name of a diversion. ANY car could have done that. For Dean to choose the Impala not only gave the Levi's an "up yours, we're here" message but also a "I can let the things I love go" message also. Like he did with Bobby. (I just hope Sam is still the one thing he can't live without...).Hm. Yes, I would say something like that - although I think there are different kids of 'letting go'. Throwing away his necklace, trying to give Sam his car and seeing the state the car was in
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The new coat is such an interesting addition for Dean and it's interesting that he got it nearing the finale. Maybe it was to signify a "new" skin. Maybe even a new confidence.
I'm damn sure Sam is still Dean's one thing. How can he not be?!...;)
I'm just so puzzled why there wasn't more of a moment with him being reunited with the car. Maybe they felt that it just wasn't needed, especially as it was then followed with her grand entrance. He just didn't seem as attached as I thought he would be.
Oh show. I'm all mixed up over this ep. There's been so many negative reactions - it's been hard to keep my spirits up about it.
I cannot ship Dean/Castiel either. It would make a lot of sense, just not to me, don't see it however I look.
About Sam, as a rule, I think, we might not get a lot of him, but what we do get; are pure gold, ever since season 4, when the storyline shifted significantly toward Dean and Castiel.
I don't think I actually LIKE this finale? but it got me all jittery, ah, it's gonna be October before the show resume. Sheeth.
Pure speculation on my part, I suspect we'd see less Sam in the beginning, 'cause of new baby? and the way Jared couldn't stop talking about him.
Yeah... show leaves it totally open for that ship and I get it. I tried a Sam/Castiel fic once but even then I couldn't do it. Cas is just too damn non sexual (too me).
I really hope we don't see less of Sam. It would make me sad and if it becomes Dean and Cas heavy I would struggle significantly. But I'm holding on to hope. The producers KNOW it's the boys' chemistry that makes this show so awesome. They won't mess with that. *fingers crossed*
I can do Sam/Castiel, when Dean is front and central in that relationship. I cheat my otp like that. hee.
Then I read that Jensen is going to direct the first episode of season 8. So, unless they turn it into Castiel show, which I really doubt that they would, at least there should be a lot of Sam in that one, I hope. I have learned to wish for small things.
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Obviously, you're turning in a Dean/Cas shipper (I REFUSE TO USE DESTIEL) and you don't even know it. :D
I agree with you, bb, the potential is awesome.
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Hee...
I do like seeing them be friends though. Seems like we are told they are friends but we don't often really see it. There's a rather lovely innocence about it that puts me in my happy place. :)
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Glad you enjoyed it too! :)
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Yes yes...I can only see that this has to be a good thing for exploring Sam and Dean's relationship. I know we have been here before but they have both changed since the last time/s we've seen them like this. There's new avenues to explore and I sincerely hope they take advantage of that.
Hmmm... where do ghosts go? I think we might find out next season. I'm not sure we've seen the end of Bobby. Though I hope he isn't suddenly resurrected somehow.
So they get Bobby back, but he can't stay. They get Castiel back, but he's not as they remember. And they get the car back - only to have it smashed again.Yeah. I love this. I really want to think that more thought went into smashing up the car than just...smashing up the car ( ... )
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The new coat is such an interesting addition for Dean and it's interesting that he got it nearing the finale. Maybe it was to signify a "new" skin. Maybe even a new confidence.
I'm damn sure Sam is still Dean's one thing. How can he not be?!...;)
I'm just so puzzled why there wasn't more of a moment with him being reunited with the car. Maybe they felt that it just wasn't needed, especially as it was then followed with her grand entrance. He just didn't seem as attached as I thought he would be.
Oh show. I'm all mixed up over this ep. There's been so many negative reactions - it's been hard to keep my spirits up about it.
Thanks for your thoughts honey. <33
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About Sam, as a rule, I think, we might not get a lot of him, but what we do get; are pure gold, ever since season 4, when the storyline shifted significantly toward Dean and Castiel.
I don't think I actually LIKE this finale? but it got me all jittery, ah, it's gonna be October before the show resume. Sheeth.
Pure speculation on my part, I suspect we'd see less Sam in the beginning, 'cause of new baby? and the way Jared couldn't stop talking about him.
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I really hope we don't see less of Sam. It would make me sad and if it becomes Dean and Cas heavy I would struggle significantly. But I'm holding on to hope. The producers KNOW it's the boys' chemistry that makes this show so awesome. They won't mess with that. *fingers crossed*
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Then I read that Jensen is going to direct the first episode of season 8. So, unless they turn it into Castiel show, which I really doubt that they would, at least there should be a lot of Sam in that one, I hope. I have learned to wish for small things.
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