This is a comment I left on the always wonderful reaction posts by
caranfindel. She writes the best reviews, infinitely detailed and with lots of photos of Sam. Sigh...
The past two episodes have left me with a weird (or maybe self-protective) response: I don't remember them. If you had asked me what happened if I hadn't seen the pics I couldn't have told you. And I'm someone who can recite entire scenes if I loved them enough! As soon as I saw the writing credits, I lost hope.
Count me among the traitors who loved AU!Sam and Dean. I would have preferred high-tech Sam but whatever. It was like a bad sitcom. And not the one in "Changing Channels". The rest of it was retcon and nonsense. I miss when the show was smart and the emotional stakes were high. I hate that this whole Chuck thing has wrecked the earlier seasons for me. I loved God the Absent Father who didn't give a shit about us. It worked so perfectly. Now we have this weaselly little schmuck who makes threatening faces and is almost as lousy a character as Amara. And that is a low bar.