And then there were none...
is my favourite Agatha Christie book ever. It's psychological thriller themes and closed-off setting are timeless, providing the basis for all kinds of other media- P.D James' The Skull Beneath the Skin (which I didn't like, at all), Mindhunters, Harper's Island etc etc. It's more than the idea that you know the killer, it's the idea that it could
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I too was a little unnerved by Dean's apparent content with killing Gwen, however it could be down to two things- one is that he really didn't know Gwen, and he wouldn't be affected by her death in the same way that he would if it was say, Bobby, or even Rufus. However, this doesn't account for his complete lack of empathy towards it. What does, was that he simply doesn't remember. He has literally nothing to connect himself to the action- no flashback, no memory, no blood on his hands. It's a little bit of a thin arguement, but he really was distanced from the act itself. It's a little bit like Sam and his soulless days, who knows that he did some very bad stuff, but is distanced from what he did- he simply doesn't know. But while Sam broods (and when he finds out, he broods some more [god bless you, Sammy]) Dean uses hunting to distract himself from his emotions. Sam mentions he did this in Family Remains, and it's shown in Everybody Loves A Clown and all other kinds of situations- Dean will choose the emotionless task of hunting in order to distract himself from the things that are bothering him. And in this episode, their situation required all of their focus and skill. Dean allowed the fact that they were all in danger to help remove himself from dwellig on the fact that he killed what was essentially, an innocent.
Does that make sense? That's how I see it anyway.
With Rufus' burial, Dean does mention that he didn't realise Rufus was so religious- thus they didn't burn him- unless they did and just buried his ashes, or at least salted the grave site. You raise an intriguing point. I suppose it was simply Rufus' wishes that he not be put on a pyre.
And I would imagine that they would have disposed of Samuel and Gwen accordingly. So far, we've seen the hunter's burial in very respectful situations- like John's death, and Ellen and Jo's photograph memorial. The writers seem to be reserving the burials and memorials for characters that are considered family (which is what Show is all about, of course, and is thus understandable) of which Samuel and Gwen are not considered part of. Which is the tragedy of Gwen, certainly, but there's no love lost on Samuel's side. In the grand scheme of things, giving Samuel and Gwen onscreen hunter's farewells just isn't important. But they could have mentioned something in that last scene about them.
I'm still a bit reserved on Eve. I think it's still very early on and we haven't seen much of her and what she can do. As a character idea, I think she's brilliant, but I can see why you'd think she's not a strong character. I think it needs a bit more time before we write her off as a fail in characterisation though, mainly because even though we haven't scene her menacing and dangerous (as would be required of a villain) we have seen her as a cold character, with an underlying thread of anger.
See, with Lucifer, we heard about him from early season 4, and spent the whole season in anticipation of his arrival. And we were told time and time again: he would bring the destruction of heaven and earth, he is a ferocious creature, etc etc. But when he did show up, all we got was this quiet, calm creature. We got a glimpse of horrifying and formidable he truly was in Hammer of the Gods when he ripped everybody apart in the hallways, but even in The End he was still incongruous with his rumours.
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