I may be closer to Jilli on this than to others. Something felt off with the SamandDean interactions--not the acting, but how it played out.
Have you ever been with a warrior woman?
Wash ,'Bushwhacked'
Supernatural 1: Saving People, Hunting Things - the Family Business
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Lee - Oct 09, 2008 8:15:31 pm PDT #8608 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Polter-Cow - Oct 09, 2008 8:29:42 pm PDT #8609 of 10002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
And Full Of Anvils.
Soooo many anvils.
I was surprised that all the secrets came out. In that case, it does seem quite plausible for Sam to have been on the time trip last week originally since it was never planned to keep that knowledge secret from him. Huh.
Morgana - Oct 09, 2008 9:54:43 pm PDT #8610 of 10002
"I make mistakes, but I am on the side of Good," the Golux said, "by accident and happenchance.” – The 13 Clocks, James Thurber
Not to be the voice of dissent here, but why is it evil (EVIL! EVIL! EVIL!) for Sam to exorcise demons the way he was? He got rid of demons, which is good. The host remained alive, which is good. Is it because he was using psychic powers? Are psychic powers inherently EVIL? Or is it because he was working with Ruby? (Or are we to assume that he was doing something else that Castiel and company know about but we haven't seen yet?)
Polter-Cow - Oct 09, 2008 9:59:19 pm PDT #8611 of 10002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Not to be the voice of dissent here, but why is it evil (EVIL! EVIL! EVIL!) for Sam to exorcise demons the way he was? He got rid of demons, which is good. The host remained alive, which is good.
Honestly, I was thinking the same thing throughout the episode. Dean kept talking about a slippery slope, but...what slope? He's exorcising demons in a way that keeps hosts alive. Deliberately. How does that lead to a path of doom? Where does that logically lead to anything bad? Because he'll get high on his superpower and stop caring whether he leaves his host alive?
Is it because he was using psychic powers? Are psychic powers inherently EVIL?
I suppose they are if they come from demon blood.
aurelia - Oct 09, 2008 10:15:10 pm PDT #8612 of 10002
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Are psychic powers inherently EVIL?
I think it's about the source of the power and what use of that power could develop into. He's dipping a toe into the the dark side of the force.
Theresa - Oct 10, 2008 3:39:14 am PDT #8613 of 10002
"What would it take to get your daughter to stop tweeting about this?"
It's a gateway power.
Amy - Oct 10, 2008 3:42:45 am PDT #8614 of 10002
Because books.
Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Or so they say.
SailAweigh - Oct 10, 2008 4:12:05 am PDT #8615 of 10002
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Well, the A-team seems to have wrapped that latest assignment up quite definitively.
Toddson - Oct 10, 2008 4:42:52 am PDT #8616 of 10002
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
ooh ... a thought ... someone mentioned something about maybe Ruby takes the exorcised hosts off and kills them. What if she takes them off and gets them possessed by another demon, one on her side? (she has an agenda - you just know she has an agenda)
sumi - Oct 10, 2008 4:44:40 am PDT #8617 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
I think that it's the source of the power.
I wonder which Jethro Tul song was on their wish list. . .
I also think that Sam is going to be in a situation where fear/desperation/instinct causes him to use that power.
Also, there is a strong: "road to hell paved with good intentions" thing attached to Sam and his powers.
Do you think that the YED killed Jessie to get Sam to start using his powers? (If Dean hadn't come to get Sam. . . would he have been there when YED came in - did Jessie just stumble upon the demon?)