How about just calling him your mate?
Hmm. Very biological and scientific. A definite possibility. Though it does imply breeding which we will not be attempting until at least this summer. *grins*
I too was impressed by JP's acting this ep. I admit that this episode made me cry. . .twice.
But I did think it was less default, more actual real acting on JP's part.
I have to vote this way also. When he pleaded, it gutted me. I didn't feel manipulated or that his performance was forced. It felt real.
::goes to sit in the predjudiced corner with Beverly::
His face looks about four years old coming off that bed going for the hug--which, I hear, was not scripted. Go actors' instinct!
I know Dean's a guy. Big guy, tough guy, manly man. But from childhood, no matter how good a father John was or wasn't, Dean was the only "mom" Sam ever had. Dean remembered Mom, and tried to take care of Sam the same way. "Brother," to Sam, has not the same meaning as it has to most of us, I think.
Really? What, were they just supposed to exchange meaningful looks?
What, were they just supposed to exchange meaningful looks?
Yah, apparently. Meaningful dialog, you know. It's one of those instances like at the end of BUABS, when recently-exorcised Sam asks, "Did I miss anything?" after torturing Dean and Dean hauls off and slugs him. The actors asked for one take and came up with that. From what I heard, and I can't verify because it would have taken me into dread spoilery-land, Jared just came off the bed and Jensen stood his ground and the take happened.
Even if it isn't true it makes a damn nice story.
But...then they did a lot of coverage on the hug with multiple angles. It took up many seconds of screentime. It wasn't some joking aside or a small gesture. It certainly seems like it was in the script to me.
Go with it P-C. Believe the magic. You know you want to.
It makes me love them even more. I really have to plateau on my love level at some point.
It also may not have been written in the script, and then they tried it in rehearsals, and Kim Manners liked it so much he decided to put it in. Still actor's choice, really.
Where'd you hear that, Bev? I can totally buy it, because of how well they work together, and I *want* to believe it because it makes them even more adorable, as well as really committed to their roles.