Dec 05, 2021 18:54
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episode rewatch,
lies/truth,
yin/yang,
status and role reversals,
bugs,
practical mechanics of hunting,
john,
disguise/mask,
season 1,
discussion,
dean,
sam's powers,
family dynnamics,
feminizing sam,
family is hell,
unreliable narrators,
political allegory,
projection,
the dysfunctional family,
saving people-hunting things,
sam,
homoerotic subtext,
supernatural,
literary doubling,
running gags
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I know absolutely nothing about the life of spiders))) But there it is so clearly visible that they are plastic, that in this moment it might really be worth using real spiders))
SAM Kollege. You'll be able to get out of that house and away from your dad.
DEAN What kind of advice is that? Kid should stick with his family.
This dialogue is very strange for me. Isn't it customary in America to go to college? Starting your own life? What is Dean hinting at? That a guy should sit next to his father?
DEAN He was afraid of what could've happened to you if he wasn't around. But even when you two weren't talkin'... he used to swing by Stanford whenever he could. (SAM'S smirk fades.) Keep an eye on you. Make sure you were safe.
This is the best dialogue Sam and Dean have about their father. Better than him only in season 15, when Dean said that he waited several hours under Sam's windows because he was afraid to enter. This shows how much they all loved each other.
Thanks for the review.
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I think there's a contrast being made between white and blue collar families. The latter can rarely afford for the children to go to college. It helps if the kid can get a scholarship, like Sam did, but the expectation is that sons (elder sons particularly) will start earning a wage as soon as possible to help put food on the family table. Typically they'll be expected to follow the father's trade or help out in the family business. I think the Winchester family situation is partially a metaphor for all this, but Dean's attitude is a special case because family is all he has. He doesn't know anything else, so Sam going to college was a particular loss for him.
I think the way this episode develops the boys' back story is the best part of it. We get some real insight into their background in these conversations.
Thanks so much for reading and commenting. I really appreciate it :)))
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