4.6 Yellow Fever: That’s Fear; It Spreads and Spreads
4.6 Yellow Fever: That’s Fear; It Spreads and Spreads
Ghost sickness breeds fear.
Dean, infected, faces death.
Fear can kill ghosts, too.
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Ghost sickness breeds fear.
Dean, infected, faces death.
Fear can kill ghosts, too.
( Read the rest ... )
I like your thinking that Sam's relative detachment was indicative of how he's changed since he lost Dean the first time and still survived, and that he recognized that he needed to stay focused on the mission to win. I agree that is part of how he's changed - he's compartmentalized, the way John did. I think a large part of his reaction to Dean was also simply that he couldn't predict or prevent Dean's irrational responses. He still supported Dean, even though it didn't come nearly as naturally to him as supporting him came to Dean.
I still think that both Bobby and Sam were "off" in not being concerned enough about Dean with the clock ticking down. Even with Sam's behavior being explained in part by his knowing that he could go on, Bobby's reaction was still wanting, given how he evidently retreated to alcohol after Dean died and Sam left before. As much as Dean sees Bobby as a father figure, he evidently sees them as sons, and to lose Dean so soon after having gotten him back would have been brutal. Bobby is low-key, but he understood clocks; I don't think he'd have been as casual even on the surface as he appeared here.
Thanks for the iron chain comment, too - I couldn't quite make out Sam's line about the spell, when he nodded at Bobby. I'm happy they covered that hole, even if I didn't see the blind!
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