Review | 8x10 | Torn and Frayed
Torn and Frayed, Jenny Klein’s first solo scrip for the show, not only brings the brothers’ ongoing conflict to a (temporary and uneasy) conclusion, but also seems to mark the end of Sam’s storyline with Amelia, at least for the time being. Additionally, the episode advances the mytharc by looking into Crowley and Naomi’s activities, and as was to
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Oh my, I didn't even think about it from this angle! Don could have suffered serious harm at the hands of a pissed off Sam. We all know that Sam is not exactly reasonable when someone he loves is in danger. Okay, so that makes Dean's little ploy even less tolerable.
I find it sad and peculiar that at the end of this little romance, Amelia knows nothing about Sam at all.
I find it rather sad as well. It also undermines the writers efforts to sell us Sam and Amelia's relationship as 'true love'. How can Amelia love someone she doesn't even know? I think both are more in love with the idea of what they could have been, rather than with each other. The basis is just not there. And yes, Sam and Amelia were only together a couple of weeks, I think the timeline is pretty clear about that. It's another reason why the storyline fell somewhat flat, emotionally.
It was one of the few scenes that felt natural.
Yeah, it's one of my major problems with this season that Sam and Dean feel like caricatures of themselves; they don't feel real. And throughout the past seven seasons that never really happened. So little moments like this, stand out even more.
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