So much sad....some of the episodes above are the best ones they did but I just can't go back and watch them again. The fight at the end of When the Levee Breaks just wrecks me.
I always wonder about that sigh in the Pilot. There's a wistfulness about it....my crazy brother, I'm going to miss hanging out with him. There's also a bit of thank goodness we survived another one.
This post got me wondering...it's pretty much part of the show that Sam is the one who leaves or makes the decision to break up the band and we're supposed to know all about Dean's abandonment issues...but looking at these, there are some parallels with Dean too. Other than dying and getting sucked into Purgatory, I wonder how many times Dean is the one to go. I know he sneaks out to go kill Amy. He doesn't want to get back together in The End. He leaves to go say yes to Michael. I'm sure there's more. Seems like Dean leaves but often it's involuntary and he's just gone, dead or sucked through time or something. With Sam, Dean can usually see it coming but seems like Sam gets blindsided by it over and over. There's really nothing that compares to the horror of Mystery Spot. I'm not sure where I was going with that. Just mulling it over, I guess.
Oh "mulling" is good. I was mulling over Dean's departures as well. Sam certainly isn't the only one who leaves - but it seems that Sam leaves for different reasons to Dean. I think there's more of a pattern for him leaving because he's either pissed off, needs to sort something out by himself (usually knowing Dean won't approve) or dies.
Dean has made decisions not to go back with Sam (Exile and The End) and he has gone behind Sam's back (amy killing). He's also stormed out on Sam a couple of times (Children Shouldn't Play and Time is on My Side) but there's no sense that it's to never come back. I think his biggest departure (other than death) is going off to say yes to Michael - and I see that as something Sam would equally do. Dean also leaves to go on a hunt with Benny in S8.
For two characters who spend so much time together it's not surprising that we have moments of them leaving each other. I suppose when I'm mulling this over I try to see patterns that can give some insight into the characters - though more often than not it's a plot devise rather than them making statements about their characters. But that doesn't stop me trying! Thanks for the thinky. :))
I always wonder about that sigh in the Pilot. There's a wistfulness about it....my crazy brother, I'm going to miss hanging out with him. There's also a bit of thank goodness we survived another one.
This post got me wondering...it's pretty much part of the show that Sam is the one who leaves or makes the decision to break up the band and we're supposed to know all about Dean's abandonment issues...but looking at these, there are some parallels with Dean too. Other than dying and getting sucked into Purgatory, I wonder how many times Dean is the one to go. I know he sneaks out to go kill Amy. He doesn't want to get back together in The End. He leaves to go say yes to Michael. I'm sure there's more. Seems like Dean leaves but often it's involuntary and he's just gone, dead or sucked through time or something. With Sam, Dean can usually see it coming but seems like Sam gets blindsided by it over and over. There's really nothing that compares to the horror of Mystery Spot. I'm not sure where I was going with that. Just mulling it over, I guess.
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Dean has made decisions not to go back with Sam (Exile and The End) and he has gone behind Sam's back (amy killing). He's also stormed out on Sam a couple of times (Children Shouldn't Play and Time is on My Side) but there's no sense that it's to never come back. I think his biggest departure (other than death) is going off to say yes to Michael - and I see that as something Sam would equally do. Dean also leaves to go on a hunt with Benny in S8.
For two characters who spend so much time together it's not surprising that we have moments of them leaving each other. I suppose when I'm mulling this over I try to see patterns that can give some insight into the characters - though more often than not it's a plot devise rather than them making statements about their characters. But that doesn't stop me trying! Thanks for the thinky. :))
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