Yeah, I read Sam's bizarre behavior as either "Dean is taking up all the freak-out points, so Sam is taking his turn being the steady one" or "I already watched my brother get torn to shreds by hellhounds, and then got him back. I am all out of emo, right now." *shrug* But yeah, it was odd.
(one person said that now that Sam knows he can live without Dean, Dean dying isn't so scary to Sam anymore. I just. I have no words)
*dies a little inside*
Have your issues with John (lord knows I do), but don't say that he didn't care when his sons were in danger.
It was all just a bit too casual for my liking. This wasn't some standard MotW that needed to be taken care of in 48 hours or else it wouldn't be back for another 10 years or something. This was Dean, about to die, and Sam had no way to fix it, and Sam's going around, "You speak Japanese? NO WAI!" Maybe we were supposed to get some hint that Sam is able to use his powers more now, so he wasn't so worried because he'd fix it even if he had to break his promise? But demon powers don't work on ghosts, do they? Sam was just bizarrely out of character to me.
A friend of mine has a theory that whenever characters are OOC like that, it's really just Sam Beckett quantum leaping into them for an episode. We're just seeing the outside POV. I fully subscribe to this theory.
ETA: Also, John. Yes. Loved his sons. Cared about them, worried about them, wanted to keep them safe. Absolutely.
Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't want Sam to be dressing in sackcloth and ashes and screaming, "WHYYYYY??" ;) He just seemed too casual about it all for my taste. Around Dean, absolutely stay calm. Away from Dean--your brother's going to be scared to death, literally, and you don't know that he's one of two leads on a TV show and therefore can't really die. It was when he was alone and there was no sense of urgency to getting this fixed that made me go, "Bwah?"
I know what you mean about waiting and seeing, though. I keep wanting to have an opinion about Ruby, but I can't until I know what exactly she's after.
I agree. And I kinda think it's because Jared knew the episode was a comedy. Or the director of the episode thought it was a comedy. It smacks of tone to me, rather than character. That Jared made the acting choices he made in service of the whole episode. Plus, Dean was really doing the comedy (broadly) so Sam had to play the straight man in order for it to play. It's an actor's POV, but it's the best explanation I can come up with. -Samazon
I didn't even think about the actor/director dynamic! I was mostly, "Silly writers." But you bring up a good point and that does make a lot of sense. Thanks for pointing that out, it does make it easier for me.
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(one person said that now that Sam knows he can live without Dean, Dean dying isn't so scary to Sam anymore. I just. I have no words)
*dies a little inside*
Have your issues with John (lord knows I do), but don't say that he didn't care when his sons were in danger.
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A friend of mine has a theory that whenever characters are OOC like that, it's really just Sam Beckett quantum leaping into them for an episode. We're just seeing the outside POV. I fully subscribe to this theory.
ETA: Also, John. Yes. Loved his sons. Cared about them, worried about them, wanted to keep them safe. Absolutely.
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THIS EXPLAINS EVERYTHING!!!
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I know what you mean about waiting and seeing, though. I keep wanting to have an opinion about Ruby, but I can't until I know what exactly she's after.
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Plus, Dean was really doing the comedy (broadly) so Sam had to play the straight man in order for it to play.
It's an actor's POV, but it's the best explanation I can come up with.
-Samazon
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