3x06 Blatherings

[bowtrunckle]

More than anything, this episode left me uneasy. Plot changes I can handle. New characters I can handle. Brother angst I can handle. What seem to me like changes in fundamental characterization and show ethos, I apparently can’t.

Perhaps it’s the fact Raelle Tucker (who, IMHO, was one of the strongest writers for S1/2) has left the writer’s room

Comments

[kuromatic]

It's tough. Because I want to only see the squee. But there were a few things off: the Bela shooting Sam dismissal, the Sam saying she had style. Both jarred HARD with me. And, just on a personal note, I did not find the old lady mauling Sam all that funny

[bowtrunckle]

He can't be that old Dean and still let go of Sam. So he's not old Dean. He's some subconsciously panicing hybrid.

I agree with this and disagree with this (lol, is that possible?). You're right, he can't be the old Dean and let Sam go because the old Dean always put Sam's well-being first. Deep down I think Dean knows exactly how devestating his death would be on Sam, but he's in DENIAL because to acknowledge that would be an admission of guilt and would contradict most everything Dean's done to keep Sam from NOT getting hurt. How ironic, then, is it that it's Dean himself, Sam's protector, who is the one harming him the most.

But this is where I respectfully disagree with you. I think we've seen Dean behave like this before. His dismissiveness, his joke cracking, his inablilty to make eye contact with Sam, the throw away comments about him dying ... it was all in "Faith" (except not to the degree we're seeing now).

He weighed things up when Sam died, decided he wasn't worth it.Yes, I think Dean's self worth definitely plays

[bowtrunckle]

OH!

And, just on a personal note, I did not find the old lady mauling Sam all that funny...

You know, I thought about that a lot. I definitely wouldn't have been giggling if it was a younge female character getting gropped by a old man. *looks disapproving* Then I felt a guilty for enjoying Sam getting manhandled and wondered why it's permissible for that to be "funny" when the converse is something that a show wouldn't touch with a 10-foot pole for fear of getting reprimanded by the network.

I have no good answer and I still feel slight guilt for rewatching that scene with a smile on my face. It's Sam, and him getting any female attention never fails to crack me up! *feels shame for getting delight out of Sam's pain*

[kjpzak]

You know, in all honesty, that was the part of the show that just really made me throw my hands up in the air. Gert was too old to make that appealing to watch. Sam getting malled by a put together, up-dooed society ma'am is one thing, but Gert was old. Old, old. It was creepy.

[bowtrunckle]

Sam getting malled by a put together, up-dooed society ma'am is one thing, but Gert was old. Old, old. It was creepy.

I was too busy watching Sam in his tux to notice Gert. LOL! Sorry, but the eyecandy just overwhelmed me. ;)

But, you know, it could been more interesting to have the society woman much younger ... in a Mrs. Robinson way. Could you imagine the pop culture references then?

I'm a horrible, shallow hypocrite for thinking that it would be wrong to have a young woman be groped by an old man, but enjoyed watching Sam squirm when getting molested by an old lady. This just proves how evil this show is, it's messing up my moral compass. At least Sam is over 18. *snortlaugh* Oh, man ... I can't believe I just wrote that.