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bardicvoice

7.03 The Girl Next Door: Nothing In Our Lives Is Simple

Dec 24, 2011 21:10

The LJ Rich Text Editor is finally playing nice with OpenOffice, so I'm finally posting my one season seven review here on LJ. Yay! At last!!

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7.03 The Girl Next Door: Nothing In Our Lives Is Simple

What makes a monster?
Sam hunts, then frees, an old friend;
Dean kills her instead.

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borgmama1of5 December 25 2011, 18:41:18 UTC

Very thorough analysis! I had to chuckle at some of your points which have come to pass--you were right on about ditching the Impala--and wincing about your thoughts on Dean being at his lowest, knowing his state of mind has gotten even worse ( ... )

amonitrate December 25 2011, 22:10:53 UTC

I saw the Dean we've been watching gradually unraveling over the past six years finally reach the end of his rope and drop, condemning and executing himself as a monster in the person of Amy, accepting that he deserves nothing better and believing he's going to lose everything that matters anyway, if he hasn't already. I saw Dean surrendering the last vestige of hope he had left, effectively signing his own death warrant. I think Dean is now in the darkest space he's ever been in, and that's saying a lot.

Yeah, that's what I saw too.

Sam's memories of Hell are of being a victim, while Dean's memories are of having become a monster to escape being a victim... And I think they mean Dean despises himself for a failure and a monster and has no hope at all, while Sam understands redemption and realizes that while he made mistakes and did colossally bad things, he also sacrificed and continues to work to correct them. He still holds himself responsible for the effects of what he did, but he doesn't believe at his core that he merits ( ... )