SPN REWATCH: 5x03 Free To Be You And Me
I'll leave this cap out here to entice you all. This scene, I swear. XD (I saw a macro once, with this cap and beneath it the legend: "MARRIAGE: it looks like this" XD )
Okay, Jess? That is just douchebaggy cruel. He might not lie or trick, but he sure knows how to twist the mind. It makes me think about the alternate-future-2014 Sam, the Sam who never met again with Dean and ended up saying yes to Lucifer. Can you imagine what Lucifer must have done to Sam to wear him done, convince him, how he must have played him? Jess was probably the milder stuff he had for him.
Yes, I am utterly enthralled by the 2014 reality. Tomorrow I'm going to have so much fun, I haven't seen The End in ages. XD
SIMPLE MAN OMFG. This, together with Oh, Death is simply one of the best music montages in the series, period. I was left with such love for this song, and helped me so many times. And the contrast between the boys' reality and what the song says works, too:
"Boy, don't you worry you'll find yourself | Follow your heart and nothing else | And you can do this, oh baby, if you try | All that I want for you my son is to be satisfied"
DEAN: "Eat it, Twilight!"
XD I love this show. I really, really do.
I'm just going to leave this here. I'm not even. Yeah.
DEAN: "Cas, we've talked about this. Personal space?"
CASTIEL: "My apologies."
I'd love to know how that conversation must have gone. That and others on human etiquette, because you KNOW that wasn't the only one.
CASTIEL: "I need your help because you are the only one who'll help me. Please."
Poor Cas is alone, let's not forget. He rebelled, so none of his brothers and sisters will talk to him. A year ago he was all powerful Angel Of The Lord and now he's asking a human for help.
Also - I realize Dean isn't the touchy-feely kind, but just once, I'd love for him to acknowledge, out loud, how Cas isn't just some dick angel that tagged along. I'd love for him to acknowledge that this being rebelled against everything he ever knew only for him. You know, 'thanks'?
DEAN: "Seriously? You're going to walk in there and tell him the truth?"
CASTIEL: "Why not?"
DEAN: "Because we're humans. And when humans want something really, really bad, we lie."
But the thing is, has never really had a reason to lie before. He wanted something, he was an Angel, he swooped in and got it because he was an Angel. Tell the truth, get things done has been his M.O. so far.
Then again, this is the 'Let's Start Teaching Cas Humanity' episode. Lying, Hookers, swearing, the works. XD
This episode also touches a thing of mine that I can't stand, which is when Cas is written in extremes. He's neither the all-knowing being who knows everything from Dean's favorite type of pie to every sex position in the kama sutra. In the polar opposite, he's not a complete idiot who will frown and be confused as to Dean's intent when Dean says something like, 'I want to sleep with you', when some authors have him answering 'But you said you're not tired, are you feeling exhausted?' XP I get it, he's an angel, so he's clueless about some human stuff. He's not going to understand why humans lie all the time or why some humans can't hear the truth, but that doesn't mean he'll be a total moron about everything and anything human.
I'm not saying he was written like this in this episode. But the badge scene and the Chastity scene were nearly there. nearly.
DEAN: "Let me tell you something. There are two things I know for certain. One, Bert and Ernie are gay. Two, you are not gonna die a virgin. Not on my watch."
So, i was going to say something of the like of 'I would love to know the thought process of a man who thinks up of lines such as this one' and then took a peek at who wrote the episode.
Jeremy Carver. XD The writers on this show are so very generous to us. I still would love to know the thought process of this man, though.
LINDSEY: "So your parents were drunk when they named you and you shoot Bambi?"
SAM: "It's a long story."
LINDSEY: "That is it. Enough with the kung fu wandering the earth thing. I'm gonna buy you dinner and we're gonna talk."
SAM: "Lindsey, I can't."
LINDSEY: "No. The only way to avoid bloodshed is to say yes."
I was a bit ambivalent about Lindsey at first. I like her, I like that she's upfront, that she has her baggage, and is self confident enough to work in a bar and feel evidently safe. At the same time, she pries so much! I mean, when a person is that secretive they've got their reasons and most of the time, they aren't pleasant to hear. Sam's been there what, a few days? A week? Lindsey's going to be working with this Keith dude, she obviously likes him (duh) so she can't work with a brick wall, she'd love to know more about him. But the prying could have been a little less insistent, more gradual.
CASTIEL: "This is a den of iniquity. I should not be here."
DEAN: "Dude, you full-on rebelled against heaven. Iniquity is one of the perks."
First time I watched this scene I was kind of uncomfortable, the way you get when a scene is a bit subpar, or the humor is distasteful or something like it, but that was just the first viewing. Now it just cracks me up.
I do agree with Dean: he rebelled, he should have some of the perks, too. ;)
The thing about the Den of Iniquity scene is - the trust Cas has in Dean. I mean, Dean just went out the door and left, and Cas followed him wherever he was leading. He's having a drink, he's in the place. He could have just popped out at any minute, but he didn't. He follows Dean now, and it's a bit -scary I think it's the word I'm looking for, how Dean seems to be slowly taking the place of Cas' Father and Brothers in his life.
CASTIEL: "What's so funny?"
DEAN: "Oh, nothing. Whoo. It's been a long time since I've laughed that hard. It's been more than a long time. Years."
I remember this last line put half the fandom in uproar. Dean, not having fun with Sam in years? I mean, on the one hand, yeah, I kind of disagree with it. Not having any fun, at all, with the lives they lead, they would've killed each other long ago. But on the other hand... season 4, they drifted apart. Season 3, Dean had the crossroads deal over his head, with Sam becoming increasingly harsher as Dean's death approached. When was the last time Dean and Sam had a night of fun with nothing waiting outside to kill them?
Also? Best scene ever. XD
LINDSEY: "Look, Keith. I don't know you and I'm the last person to be giving advice, but I do know that no one has ever done anything so bad that they can't be forgiven. That they can't change."
This is were I decided I did like Lindsey after all. Truthfully, I woulnd't hate it if she made a return appearance.
I'm sorry, but Raphael's wings are a lot cooler than Cas'. XD
RAPHAEL: "This is funny to you? You're living in a godless universe."
DEAN: "And? What, you and the other kids just decided to throw an apocalypse while he was gone?"
RAPHAEL: "We're tired. We just want it to be over. We just want...paradise."
As much as the evil perspective is often used - and some really are evil sonsofbitches - I like Raphael's point of view here - he didn't rebell against God, he didn't leave, he did nothing of that. He's just tired, exhausted to be in an universe he thinks Godless.
RAPHAEL: "Castiel, I'm warning you. Do not leave me here. I will find you."
CASTIEL: "Maybe one day. But today, you're my little bitch."
He's been hanging around Dean for far too long, this boy. XD But I think it's doing him a world of good, I think it's that part of Dean's attitude that's bled into him that will allow him to take charge upstairs and right all wrongs in the mess that Heaven was left in.
Um, yeah, I seem to have developed a thing for Sam's fighting scenes. :D
I love two things about Sam's fighting scene - while it does not mean he's past the point of no return, I love that Sam's guilt over everything is already stronger than his desire for the demon blood, that he's got enough head to spit it out even when he had it in his mouth.
I also love that they touched the topic of Sam's anger, that this wasn't the first time and certainly won't be the last. We've theorized, speculated, capped Sam and his rage, and I love that it wasn't just brushed aside. I love that they not only showed it but they also talked about it, had not Dean or Bobby but a complete stranger tell Sam about his rage to his face, making him realize everything.
DEAN: "I mean every time I was looking for my dad when all logic said that he was dead, but I knew in my heart he was still alive. Who cares what some ninja turtle says, Cas, what do you believe?"
CASTIEL: "I believe he's out there."
DEAN: "Good. Go find him."
I have this friend who'll get crazy about her new job or new obsession or new anything. She'll talk and talk and talk about it and she'll exhaust us talking about it and we know that next week, or next month she'll be completely over it. Hell, sometimes she'll be over it the next day. Once in a a few hours she had planned a trip for all of us, across the river and into Uruguay. The next day she was over it, as we knew she would. But we sit quietly and listen raptly and play along, because she's our friend, and she needs those outbursts. That's why we love her & that's what friends are, supporting your ideas, even when they think both you and your idea are crazy.
That's what's happening here with Dean and Cas. Dean thinks Cas' idea of finding God is absolutely stupid and ridiculous, pointless. But, Cas needs it. He needs to know where his Father is, he needs him to step up and be the ultimate solution. So Dean tells Cas what he needs to hear, he tells him exactly what will give Cas the necessary oomph to keep looking. We heard the boys considering each other friends, but this is the first time we're actually shown that.
DEAN: "What about me? I don't know. Honestly, I'm good. I can't believe I'm saying that, but I am, I'm really good."
CASTIEL: "Even without your brother?"
DEAN: "Especially without my brother. I mean, I spent so much time worrying about the son of a bitch. I mean, I've had more fun with you in the past twenty-four hours than I've had with Sam in years, and you're not that much fun. It's funny, you know, I've been so chained to my family, but now that I'm alone, hell, I'm happy."
I've said it before and I'll say it again. I highly approve of the idea of separating the brothers for a bit. I think it was exactly what they needed. Dean's always been aware of his family's needs - John's, Sam's, never his own. I completely believe that he hasn't had that much fun with Sam in years, or at least, I completely believe why Dean feels like that is so.
Okay, Jess? That is just douchebaggy cruel. He might not lie or trick, but he sure knows how to twist the mind. It makes me think about the alternate-future-2014 Sam, the Sam who never met again with Dean and ended up saying yes to Lucifer. Can you imagine what Lucifer must have done to Sam to wear him done, convince him, how he must have played him? Jess was probably the milder stuff he had for him.
Yes, I am utterly enthralled by the 2014 reality. Tomorrow I'm going to have so much fun, I haven't seen The End in ages. XD
SIMPLE MAN OMFG. This, together with Oh, Death is simply one of the best music montages in the series, period. I was left with such love for this song, and helped me so many times. And the contrast between the boys' reality and what the song says works, too:
"Boy, don't you worry you'll find yourself | Follow your heart and nothing else | And you can do this, oh baby, if you try | All that I want for you my son is to be satisfied"
DEAN: "Eat it, Twilight!"
XD I love this show. I really, really do.
I'm just going to leave this here. I'm not even. Yeah.
DEAN: "Cas, we've talked about this. Personal space?"
CASTIEL: "My apologies."
I'd love to know how that conversation must have gone. That and others on human etiquette, because you KNOW that wasn't the only one.
CASTIEL: "I need your help because you are the only one who'll help me. Please."
Poor Cas is alone, let's not forget. He rebelled, so none of his brothers and sisters will talk to him. A year ago he was all powerful Angel Of The Lord and now he's asking a human for help.
Also - I realize Dean isn't the touchy-feely kind, but just once, I'd love for him to acknowledge, out loud, how Cas isn't just some dick angel that tagged along. I'd love for him to acknowledge that this being rebelled against everything he ever knew only for him. You know, 'thanks'?
DEAN: "Seriously? You're going to walk in there and tell him the truth?"
CASTIEL: "Why not?"
DEAN: "Because we're humans. And when humans want something really, really bad, we lie."
But the thing is, has never really had a reason to lie before. He wanted something, he was an Angel, he swooped in and got it because he was an Angel. Tell the truth, get things done has been his M.O. so far.
Then again, this is the 'Let's Start Teaching Cas Humanity' episode. Lying, Hookers, swearing, the works. XD
This episode also touches a thing of mine that I can't stand, which is when Cas is written in extremes. He's neither the all-knowing being who knows everything from Dean's favorite type of pie to every sex position in the kama sutra. In the polar opposite, he's not a complete idiot who will frown and be confused as to Dean's intent when Dean says something like, 'I want to sleep with you', when some authors have him answering 'But you said you're not tired, are you feeling exhausted?' XP I get it, he's an angel, so he's clueless about some human stuff. He's not going to understand why humans lie all the time or why some humans can't hear the truth, but that doesn't mean he'll be a total moron about everything and anything human.
I'm not saying he was written like this in this episode. But the badge scene and the Chastity scene were nearly there. nearly.
DEAN: "Let me tell you something. There are two things I know for certain. One, Bert and Ernie are gay. Two, you are not gonna die a virgin. Not on my watch."
So, i was going to say something of the like of 'I would love to know the thought process of a man who thinks up of lines such as this one' and then took a peek at who wrote the episode.
Jeremy Carver. XD The writers on this show are so very generous to us. I still would love to know the thought process of this man, though.
LINDSEY: "So your parents were drunk when they named you and you shoot Bambi?"
SAM: "It's a long story."
LINDSEY: "That is it. Enough with the kung fu wandering the earth thing. I'm gonna buy you dinner and we're gonna talk."
SAM: "Lindsey, I can't."
LINDSEY: "No. The only way to avoid bloodshed is to say yes."
I was a bit ambivalent about Lindsey at first. I like her, I like that she's upfront, that she has her baggage, and is self confident enough to work in a bar and feel evidently safe. At the same time, she pries so much! I mean, when a person is that secretive they've got their reasons and most of the time, they aren't pleasant to hear. Sam's been there what, a few days? A week? Lindsey's going to be working with this Keith dude, she obviously likes him (duh) so she can't work with a brick wall, she'd love to know more about him. But the prying could have been a little less insistent, more gradual.
CASTIEL: "This is a den of iniquity. I should not be here."
DEAN: "Dude, you full-on rebelled against heaven. Iniquity is one of the perks."
First time I watched this scene I was kind of uncomfortable, the way you get when a scene is a bit subpar, or the humor is distasteful or something like it, but that was just the first viewing. Now it just cracks me up.
I do agree with Dean: he rebelled, he should have some of the perks, too. ;)
The thing about the Den of Iniquity scene is - the trust Cas has in Dean. I mean, Dean just went out the door and left, and Cas followed him wherever he was leading. He's having a drink, he's in the place. He could have just popped out at any minute, but he didn't. He follows Dean now, and it's a bit -scary I think it's the word I'm looking for, how Dean seems to be slowly taking the place of Cas' Father and Brothers in his life.
CASTIEL: "What's so funny?"
DEAN: "Oh, nothing. Whoo. It's been a long time since I've laughed that hard. It's been more than a long time. Years."
I remember this last line put half the fandom in uproar. Dean, not having fun with Sam in years? I mean, on the one hand, yeah, I kind of disagree with it. Not having any fun, at all, with the lives they lead, they would've killed each other long ago. But on the other hand... season 4, they drifted apart. Season 3, Dean had the crossroads deal over his head, with Sam becoming increasingly harsher as Dean's death approached. When was the last time Dean and Sam had a night of fun with nothing waiting outside to kill them?
Also? Best scene ever. XD
LINDSEY: "Look, Keith. I don't know you and I'm the last person to be giving advice, but I do know that no one has ever done anything so bad that they can't be forgiven. That they can't change."
This is were I decided I did like Lindsey after all. Truthfully, I woulnd't hate it if she made a return appearance.
I'm sorry, but Raphael's wings are a lot cooler than Cas'. XD
RAPHAEL: "This is funny to you? You're living in a godless universe."
DEAN: "And? What, you and the other kids just decided to throw an apocalypse while he was gone?"
RAPHAEL: "We're tired. We just want it to be over. We just want...paradise."
As much as the evil perspective is often used - and some really are evil sonsofbitches - I like Raphael's point of view here - he didn't rebell against God, he didn't leave, he did nothing of that. He's just tired, exhausted to be in an universe he thinks Godless.
RAPHAEL: "Castiel, I'm warning you. Do not leave me here. I will find you."
CASTIEL: "Maybe one day. But today, you're my little bitch."
He's been hanging around Dean for far too long, this boy. XD But I think it's doing him a world of good, I think it's that part of Dean's attitude that's bled into him that will allow him to take charge upstairs and right all wrongs in the mess that Heaven was left in.
Um, yeah, I seem to have developed a thing for Sam's fighting scenes. :D
I love two things about Sam's fighting scene - while it does not mean he's past the point of no return, I love that Sam's guilt over everything is already stronger than his desire for the demon blood, that he's got enough head to spit it out even when he had it in his mouth.
I also love that they touched the topic of Sam's anger, that this wasn't the first time and certainly won't be the last. We've theorized, speculated, capped Sam and his rage, and I love that it wasn't just brushed aside. I love that they not only showed it but they also talked about it, had not Dean or Bobby but a complete stranger tell Sam about his rage to his face, making him realize everything.
DEAN: "I mean every time I was looking for my dad when all logic said that he was dead, but I knew in my heart he was still alive. Who cares what some ninja turtle says, Cas, what do you believe?"
CASTIEL: "I believe he's out there."
DEAN: "Good. Go find him."
I have this friend who'll get crazy about her new job or new obsession or new anything. She'll talk and talk and talk about it and she'll exhaust us talking about it and we know that next week, or next month she'll be completely over it. Hell, sometimes she'll be over it the next day. Once in a a few hours she had planned a trip for all of us, across the river and into Uruguay. The next day she was over it, as we knew she would. But we sit quietly and listen raptly and play along, because she's our friend, and she needs those outbursts. That's why we love her & that's what friends are, supporting your ideas, even when they think both you and your idea are crazy.
That's what's happening here with Dean and Cas. Dean thinks Cas' idea of finding God is absolutely stupid and ridiculous, pointless. But, Cas needs it. He needs to know where his Father is, he needs him to step up and be the ultimate solution. So Dean tells Cas what he needs to hear, he tells him exactly what will give Cas the necessary oomph to keep looking. We heard the boys considering each other friends, but this is the first time we're actually shown that.
DEAN: "What about me? I don't know. Honestly, I'm good. I can't believe I'm saying that, but I am, I'm really good."
CASTIEL: "Even without your brother?"
DEAN: "Especially without my brother. I mean, I spent so much time worrying about the son of a bitch. I mean, I've had more fun with you in the past twenty-four hours than I've had with Sam in years, and you're not that much fun. It's funny, you know, I've been so chained to my family, but now that I'm alone, hell, I'm happy."
I've said it before and I'll say it again. I highly approve of the idea of separating the brothers for a bit. I think it was exactly what they needed. Dean's always been aware of his family's needs - John's, Sam's, never his own. I completely believe that he hasn't had that much fun with Sam in years, or at least, I completely believe why Dean feels like that is so.