EXILE ON MAIN STREET
I had been looking forward to season six ever since the season five finale. I was pretty devastated after Sam took that leap into the pit. He’d worked so hard for redemption and finally found it, but at what cost? And then we see that little glimpse of him outside Lisa’s house and all summer long we’re scratching our heads, wondering: what is Sam going to be like now that he’s spent some quality time with Lucifer and how is Dean going to cope with the loss of his brother?
I have to say the opening wasn’t exactly what I was expecting but then again….I’m not sure what I was expecting and I had consumed every spoiler out there. I must admit to a little bit of apprehension with Eric no longer being the show runner but I wasn’t disappointed with a single thing. Do I look at this show through rose-colored glasses? Maybe….but I bet I enjoy more than those who bitch and moan all the time.
Beautiful Loser was the perfect song to start the season with. It was different from what we were used to but it went perfectly with the whole opening montage, which I admit made me cry for everything the brothers have lost. We immediately see how troubled Dean is when he wakes up but then he goes about his business, like Dean always has and we wonder just how much of the life has he pushed aside until we see the shotgun and the holy water underneath the bed. Then we know, it’s still our Dean.
Dean did seem a bit rusty as he was searching the construction site but I’m wondering how much of that might have been from the djinn poison. He became infected when she touched him in the bar so pretty much anything that happened after that and before Sam injected him with the cure is open to speculation. I’m sure losing his touch at hunting might fall into the category of one of his worst nightmares. He still has people to protect, after all.
I think the way the YED was brought back was cleverly executed and Fredric Lehne was still delightful even as a hallucination. Obviously, losing Lisa and Ben has been in the back of Dean’s mind all this time. He’s always been afraid of losing the ones he loves and being alone. I don’t think that will ever change.
I’m not sure what to make of the Campbell family. They seem a bit shady to me, especially after they captured the djinn and Samuel wanted to get out of there before the boys came back. Hmmm….someone brought Gramps back but is it really the same person who brought Sam back? And what’s with the new cousin dissing Dean for not being a professional? Hellooooo! THE DEAN. Show some respect, dude!
Oh, Sammy, Sammy! What did Lucifer do to you…..or wait…maybe it was the Campbells that did this. I’m sure we’ll see more of Sam’s new attitude in future episodes but he wasn’t nearly as cold as I was expecting him to be. He was certainly different but I’ve got to wonder how much of that was from spending time with the Campbells because they certainly don’t seem to be the coddling type. There were still glimpses of the Sammy we know and love in there. When Dean hugged him, sure he didn't grab him like he did when Dean came back from hell but Sam had known Dean was alive all this time. He wasn't going to give that kind of desperate, I thought I lost you hug, but the look on his face, although not as Sammy as I would have liked was still sweetly satisfied that he no longer had to hide from his brother. And when Dean was freaking out about Lisa and Ben not being in the house, there was a look of complete sorrow on his face and I still saw some flashes of guilty puppy dog eyes every once in awhile. Our Sammy is in there. It will just take Dean to get him back. I think Sam is repressing a lot and it's just easier not to care about anything because if you don't care about anything, you don't have to feel. If you start caring, you're going to feel and then he's going to have to deal with his feelings from the pit. I do think what he said to Dean about how he wants him around because he cares goes back to what Dean said when they reunited in The End. They keep each other human.
I know a lot of people don’t like Lisa but I’m not one of them. I’ve always liked her and I can see why Dean is drawn to her and Ben. Lisa has to be an extraordinary woman. How many women do you know who would take in someone like Dean, knowing what he does, knowing things could be coming after him and who was, as he stated, an emotional wreck? Why would she do that unless she was an extremely caring person.....which is exactly what Dean is. And yes, her first thought should be for her child and I think it was. She wanted someone he could look up to. She knows Ben looked up to Dean back when they first met. She wanted a father for Ben and even though there is the danger of something coming after her and her child, Dean has already saved Ben once. Why would Lisa doubt that he couldn't do it again?
I totally understand Sam and Bobby's viewpoint about not telling Dean but I also understand why Dean is pissed and he has every right to be. It choked me up to see how happy Bobby actually was that Dean got out even though it meant he didn’t see his surrogate son as often as I’m sure he would have liked. But unfortunately as Dean told Lisa, you can’t escape your past.
I’m glad Dean chose to stay with Lisa for now. Yeah, I know…someone will hate me for that but…. *shrugs* Leaving Lisa and Ben would have very un-Deanlike. Dean has always been the one to take care of people. It’s what he’s spent his whole life doing. He's not going to up and leave them if he thinks they are in danger. I do believe he would go if he thought there was no threat to them at all but right now, he knows that's not the case. He thinks he has a better chance of protecting them if he’s with them and I’m inclined to agree.
The ending of the episode kinda broke my heart again. First, Dean offers Sam the Impala and to me that was just the same as it was in Good God, Y’All, a way for a part of Dean to be with his brother but Sam’s refusal of the gift seemed as though he was saying, I don’t need anything from you any longer. But then again, he really seemed to be considering how to answer the question. Maybe the car would bring up too many memories that he doesn’t want to face right now since the memories it held before was what helped him overcome Lucifer. And then Dean looked as though he wanted to grab Sam in another hug and all Sam could say was: It was good to see you again?? Oh my. One thing I am certain of though, from different things said by both boys is the fact that they want/need to be together. It’s just going to take some time for them to work things out. You can’t stop the end of the world and expect everything to be smooth sailing after that. Especially if your last name is Winchester.
Random thoughts:
Why did Lisa and Dean move from the house she was living in at the end of Swan Song?
Dean may have put away the leather jacket and the Impala in storage but that lovely gun of his was right where it needed to be.
“Possums kill.” LOL
I’d like to know what kind of hallucinations Sam had when he got poisoned by the djinn.
I love Sam’s car but seriously, how do you afford that without a real job? I couldn’t afford it and I have a job!
“You promised you’d leave it alone.”
“Of course I didn’t leave it alone. Sue me.” Ah, that’s the boys we know and love.
Don’t scoff at the golf clubs. They make a handy weapon.
