Supernatural 3x05 'Bedtime Stories'
Now this is more like it.
This episode felt like old school Supernatural - like the adventures of Season One, with just the right mix of scariness, silliness, and seriousness. Fairytales are full of horrors, so it was a neat idea to use them as the basis of an episode.
But what I want to talk about are the last ten minutes:
"You know what he said. That's good advice."
"Is that what you want me to do, Dean? Just let you go?"
What a heartbreaker of a scene. For a moment, I thought Sam *was* thinking about it, and I was all, "Oh my god," because I never thought it would go like this. All the fic I've read, all the speculation I've seen - all of it has been based on the unquestioned assumption that Sam wouldn't let Dean die without a fight. But what if he did? What if Sam accepted Dean's sacrifice, Dean's imminent death, and the two of them spent the rest of the season reconciled to that fact?
It was a thought I entertained for a moment. And then - Sam left. Packed his bag and sneaked out in the middle of the night. And I was all "Oh my god" again. Because that's the other thing Sam would never do.
But I should have known better than to doubt his loyalty. Because there he was at the crossroads, digging a hole big enough for a box - and I had a moment where I thought he was switching his photo for Dean's. (Which is something I swear I've read in a fic somewhere already.)
But no, he was planning on using the Colt against the demon, not offer his soul to her. Though I had another wild thought - what if he offered to trade his soul for Dean's life, and the demon told him, "You have no soul." Basically, the "you came back wrong" scenario. But that didn't happen. Still, I liked how the demon tried to tempt him with the promise of freedom from Dean. Which probably stung because there was an element of truth to it.
I wasn't surprised that Sam shot the demon in the end, but it was disconcerting how casually everyone seems to be using up those bullets now, when it used to be such a big deal how there were only six bullets ever made. I'm not sure how I feel about the revelation that it's actually a more powerful demon who holds the contract - seems a bit like buck-passing to me.
This episode felt like old school Supernatural - like the adventures of Season One, with just the right mix of scariness, silliness, and seriousness. Fairytales are full of horrors, so it was a neat idea to use them as the basis of an episode.
But what I want to talk about are the last ten minutes:
"You know what he said. That's good advice."
"Is that what you want me to do, Dean? Just let you go?"
What a heartbreaker of a scene. For a moment, I thought Sam *was* thinking about it, and I was all, "Oh my god," because I never thought it would go like this. All the fic I've read, all the speculation I've seen - all of it has been based on the unquestioned assumption that Sam wouldn't let Dean die without a fight. But what if he did? What if Sam accepted Dean's sacrifice, Dean's imminent death, and the two of them spent the rest of the season reconciled to that fact?
It was a thought I entertained for a moment. And then - Sam left. Packed his bag and sneaked out in the middle of the night. And I was all "Oh my god" again. Because that's the other thing Sam would never do.
But I should have known better than to doubt his loyalty. Because there he was at the crossroads, digging a hole big enough for a box - and I had a moment where I thought he was switching his photo for Dean's. (Which is something I swear I've read in a fic somewhere already.)
But no, he was planning on using the Colt against the demon, not offer his soul to her. Though I had another wild thought - what if he offered to trade his soul for Dean's life, and the demon told him, "You have no soul." Basically, the "you came back wrong" scenario. But that didn't happen. Still, I liked how the demon tried to tempt him with the promise of freedom from Dean. Which probably stung because there was an element of truth to it.
I wasn't surprised that Sam shot the demon in the end, but it was disconcerting how casually everyone seems to be using up those bullets now, when it used to be such a big deal how there were only six bullets ever made. I'm not sure how I feel about the revelation that it's actually a more powerful demon who holds the contract - seems a bit like buck-passing to me.