Funny: in an email exchange with others before this review went up, I expressed the conversation as being between EITHER Sam or Dean and Castiel; I used Dean here only because, given the way the episode was structured, there was more opportunity for conversation between Dean and Castiel than between Sam and the angel. But I'm with you: I'd have LOVED to have seen Sam speak to Castiel from his own perspective and bitter experience! That might even have carried more weight, coming from Sam's own personal conviction. I have hope that will still happen in season 7, and be all the more potent then for the two of them sharing their mistakes.
I wasn't amazed or taken aback by Sam's comment in 6.20, though; Sam (with a soul, anyway!) is perfectly sensible about what Team Free Will owes to Castiel, and he is a friend. Sam's perspective may be a bit tainted now since he knows Castiel brought him back without a soul, but I still think that could be overcome if only Castiel admitted he'd made a mistake and been too ashamed and distracted to have admitted to it at the time.
Sigh. Why don't guys ever talk through the things that really matter? *wry grin*
Funny: in an email exchange with others before this review went up, I expressed the conversation as being between EITHER Sam or Dean and Castiel; I used Dean here only because, given the way the episode was structured, there was more opportunity for conversation between Dean and Castiel than between Sam and the angel. But I'm with you: I'd have LOVED to have seen Sam speak to Castiel from his own perspective and bitter experience! That might even have carried more weight, coming from Sam's own personal conviction. I have hope that will still happen in season 7, and be all the more potent then for the two of them sharing their mistakes.
I wasn't amazed or taken aback by Sam's comment in 6.20, though; Sam (with a soul, anyway!) is perfectly sensible about what Team Free Will owes to Castiel, and he is a friend. Sam's perspective may be a bit tainted now since he knows Castiel brought him back without a soul, but I still think that could be overcome if only Castiel admitted he'd made a mistake and been too ashamed and distracted to have admitted to it at the time.
Sigh. Why don't guys ever talk through the things that really matter? *wry grin*
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