At this point, Crowley's their only hope for getting Sam's soul back, and by alienating him, it's just making everything worse.
That doesn't seem to have a whole lot to do with Crowley's MO. Bobby did absolutely nothing to alienate Crowley, and Crowley was just unwilling when push came to shove. It wasn't until his hand was forced by Bobby that he made Crowley follow through. And up against the cage, I can't imagine that Crowley's best efforts are going to do much. Just because he says he has that power, doesn't mean he does.
As for Sam working harder, yeah, he's working harder, but not smarter. If it were up to him, he would have delivered two bodies, neither of which was the correct one to Crowley. And even the guy they killed in the end was not the Alpha, just the local pack leader. Not what Crowley asked for and he would not have been impressed.
If you are trying to argue that Dean no longer cares about real Sam, that's just silly. I think he's a little poleaxed by dealing with Not!Sam - can't get used to him, it's out of his comfort zone and keeps feeling weird. Not to mention he clearly has deep feelings still for Lisa and is conflicted by the way this new Not!Sam barged back into his life and wrecked that relationship - which is not at all surprising. But the time between Dean finding out definitively what was wrong with Sam and this recent episode is very, very short - only a few days at most since Crowley delivered the goods to them. And obviously Dean has not yet figured out how to circumvent both Crowley and Not!Sam to get Sam's soul back. When Crowley retrieved his bones, they lost their best bargaining chip. It took Bobby all year to figure that one out, how to get around Crowley, so a couple of days is nothing. That is, if Crowley actually has the power to do what he says, or not.
I'm not saying playing ball with him will necessarily work, just that Crowley's really the only lead they've got. Maybe he has the power he says he does, maybe he doesn't, but completely shutting that door won't do Sam and Dean any favors.
That wasn't the point I was trying to make, whether he's working smarter or not. My point was that he is working harder, period. He clearly needs Dean as a moral conscience, but he seems to be the only done doing any work towards getting his soul back. Which is rather ironic.
I don't believe that Dean doesn't care about the real Sam. I simply believe that Dean's too blind-sighted by his own comfort issues with not-Sam to really grasp the situation that real Sam's in. He's too weirded out by not-Sam that he doesn't realize how fucked the real Sam is. As pertains to Lisa, it's not entirely Sam's fault; Dean chose to go with him. Sam let Dean be with Lisa for a year before reappearing, and even then the only reason he did was to save their lives. Sam's not the only one to blame here.
That doesn't seem to have a whole lot to do with Crowley's MO. Bobby did absolutely nothing to alienate Crowley, and Crowley was just unwilling when push came to shove. It wasn't until his hand was forced by Bobby that he made Crowley follow through. And up against the cage, I can't imagine that Crowley's best efforts are going to do much. Just because he says he has that power, doesn't mean he does.
As for Sam working harder, yeah, he's working harder, but not smarter. If it were up to him, he would have delivered two bodies, neither of which was the correct one to Crowley. And even the guy they killed in the end was not the Alpha, just the local pack leader. Not what Crowley asked for and he would not have been impressed.
If you are trying to argue that Dean no longer cares about real Sam, that's just silly. I think he's a little poleaxed by dealing with Not!Sam - can't get used to him, it's out of his comfort zone and keeps feeling weird. Not to mention he clearly has deep feelings still for Lisa and is conflicted by the way this new Not!Sam barged back into his life and wrecked that relationship - which is not at all surprising. But the time between Dean finding out definitively what was wrong with Sam and this recent episode is very, very short - only a few days at most since Crowley delivered the goods to them. And obviously Dean has not yet figured out how to circumvent both Crowley and Not!Sam to get Sam's soul back. When Crowley retrieved his bones, they lost their best bargaining chip. It took Bobby all year to figure that one out, how to get around Crowley, so a couple of days is nothing. That is, if Crowley actually has the power to do what he says, or not.
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That wasn't the point I was trying to make, whether he's working smarter or not. My point was that he is working harder, period. He clearly needs Dean as a moral conscience, but he seems to be the only done doing any work towards getting his soul back. Which is rather ironic.
I don't believe that Dean doesn't care about the real Sam. I simply believe that Dean's too blind-sighted by his own comfort issues with not-Sam to really grasp the situation that real Sam's in. He's too weirded out by not-Sam that he doesn't realize how fucked the real Sam is. As pertains to Lisa, it's not entirely Sam's fault; Dean chose to go with him. Sam let Dean be with Lisa for a year before reappearing, and even then the only reason he did was to save their lives. Sam's not the only one to blame here.
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