I agree with you. Though truthfully, the episode put me in too much of a good mood to get negative about anything.
One the normal life thing- I think it's one of the stronger points of character development they've done, twined through the seasons. They've done a pretty good job of twining it through the seasons. It stays the same but the meaning changes, you know? Ok, I'm tired and my brain is kind of wandering around in odd circles, but it seems to me they've set it up this way: For Dean, normalcy was always something real, and for Sam it was always a fantasy. Early on, they showed this with Sam pursuing it, because he'd never had it, and Dean rejecting it because he'd had it and knew how fragile it was. I don't think their attitudes/perceptions have changed, just how they structure their desires around them. Sam's given it up because it is a fantasy, and Dean longs for it because he lost it.
Sam's given it up because it is a fantasy, and Dean longs for it because he lost it.
Yes! Well said. I completely agree! It's very much something that Dean KNOWS, whereas Sam doesn't. And that's sort of reflected in the last line of this episode too - because Sam's all like "we aren't missing much!" and Dean says "or we don't know what we're missing" and the thing is that Dean DOES know what he's missing, or at least has an vague memory of it. A vague memory of being safe and having two parents and a home.
Dean in S1 was sort of like a kid who had something taken away from him and instead of admitting that he wanted it back, he said "I don't care! I didn't want that stupid thing anyway!" even though he really did...now he's just admitting to it.
Anyway, yeah, I feel like a real downer here. I DID like the episode. I just think it'd have been even funnier with Jared in it more. Maybe I'm biased though, I do really like Jared.
Jared was in it plenty - I just wanted a couple of shots of him as Gary!Sam in the Dean&Teen scenes, just to remind us what Gary looked like on the outside while he was delivering some of those lines.
Jared might not think he can pull of comedy, but I always think he does an awesome job - so, yeah, I wanted more of it. That being said, he had some great comedy scenes as Sam!Gary so that helped a little.
Actually, I'm revising my opinion of the episode as we speak, because I think I must have just been in a bad mood. I'm going to rewatch now that it's the weekend and I'm not all work-stressed :-P
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One the normal life thing- I think it's one of the stronger points of character development they've done, twined through the seasons. They've done a pretty good job of twining it through the seasons. It stays the same but the meaning changes, you know? Ok, I'm tired and my brain is kind of wandering around in odd circles, but it seems to me they've set it up this way: For Dean, normalcy was always something real, and for Sam it was always a fantasy. Early on, they showed this with Sam pursuing it, because he'd never had it, and Dean rejecting it because he'd had it and knew how fragile it was. I don't think their attitudes/perceptions have changed, just how they structure their desires around them. Sam's given it up because it is a fantasy, and Dean longs for it because he lost it.
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Yes! Well said. I completely agree! It's very much something that Dean KNOWS, whereas Sam doesn't. And that's sort of reflected in the last line of this episode too - because Sam's all like "we aren't missing much!" and Dean says "or we don't know what we're missing" and the thing is that Dean DOES know what he's missing, or at least has an vague memory of it. A vague memory of being safe and having two parents and a home.
Dean in S1 was sort of like a kid who had something taken away from him and instead of admitting that he wanted it back, he said "I don't care! I didn't want that stupid thing anyway!" even though he really did...now he's just admitting to it.
Anyway, yeah, I feel like a real downer here. I DID like the episode. I just think it'd have been even funnier with Jared in it more. Maybe I'm biased though, I do really like Jared.
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I didn't really notice the lack of Jared, because the dean & teen scenes seemed really, really short to me.
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Jared might not think he can pull of comedy, but I always think he does an awesome job - so, yeah, I wanted more of it. That being said, he had some great comedy scenes as Sam!Gary so that helped a little.
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Actually, I'm revising my opinion of the episode as we speak, because I think I must have just been in a bad mood. I'm going to rewatch now that it's the weekend and I'm not all work-stressed :-P
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