I can wank Meg as a wildcard who got pissy when Sam didn't play nice in Scarecrow and then went off the script for Getting Him In Line. Because the rest of them aren't REALLY trying to kill him pre-S3. I mean, Stan tried to wipe out Dean and John, but didn't really hurt Sam. (Sam was the least damaged in the crash, after all.)

The Croatoan infected chica was trying to infect him for the vague test. So that's not TRYING to kill him. It's TESTING him!

This is why I need you people. For when my handwavium is running low.

Now someone explain why Sam is the Boy King, when YED had a whole cast lined up for auditions, and seemed ready to crown Jake, if not happy about it. ::waits patiently::

Nice wank, Plei.

God, Dean breaks my heart. A lot. But here especially. And Sam's too.

Gah! The "I'm tired" speech.

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The YED's son was trying to kill Sam too, when Dean wasted him, yes?

Maybe he and Meg were just jealous of Sam.

The "I'm tired" speech kills me.

There's a lot of foreshadowing to AHBL in this episode. The whole "Who says I want to?" It's right there.

I got the impression that neither his sister nor his father thought much of YED, Jr.

Now someone explain why Sam is the Boy King, when YED had a whole cast lined up for auditions, and seemed ready to crown Jake, if not happy about it.

And hooboy yeah, the AHBL foreshadowing. The "I'm tired" speech--the body language, the expression, just...gah. And JP going all still and minimal to not pull focus. He's learning to match energy, and not just shoot sparks all over randomly.

He's the last one standing?

Yeah. It just takes a bit of the shine off it being SAM, you know? Because it would really mean it could have been any of the special kids who made it through.

I'd really rather it be specifically Sam, personally.