It's a beautiful vid. What those two say without words is more than they ever could with words. I love how important and beautiful the Impala is in it also. So much about control.

It also adds to the mounting feeling I have that Dean is going to die trying to save Sam. Or driving him home. And then I'll die a little inside.

A western was mentioned upthread. I think it might be fun to see them do a Butch and Sundance remake. JA and JP were born to play cowboys.

I love that there are only two words of dialog, "Bitch," "Jerk."

To me it seems like the Impala *is* home, or a sanctuary where they are apart from the things they face, the things they hunt. It's the space between one town and the next, one hunt and the next, their past and their future. The vid really brings home the way these two actors are able to bring to life characters who communicate with an eyebrow, a smile, or a bitchface. The forward motion of the car is the forward motion of life--no going back, no do-overs, and the flash of light and dark outside the windows doesn't seem to affect what's going on inside the bubble of time and space the Impala seems to be for them.

The music is soft and quiet, almost hypnotic like the beat of windshield wipers, and it underscores the lack of violent action and the lack of dialog.

I'm a hyooge sap (oh, like that's news to anybody), and this vid just plays into all my sappiness about these two characters.

And also? Dean is not allowed to die. Again. He's just not, okay? And neither is Sam.

I don't necessarily want them to remake Butch and Sundance, but if such a thing comes up I think casting folk would be fools not to use them. Someone mentioned recently that Clooney and Pitt are the current Newman and Redford, and I suppose they are. But if so, then J&J are the next incarnation.

In any case, I would love to see either of them in a western, and both in the same western? Would be awesome.

And also? Dean is not allowed to die. Again. He's just not, okay? And neither is Sam.

Would you write them a note? Send it to Kripke.

Redford and Newman is exactly who they remind me of in their interaction/relationship. I don't think Clooney and Pitt quite achieved it, but I think the JJs could. I know that's why my mind went to B&S. They need a vehicle with the funny and the sad and their pretty as an after thought.

Bev, your description of the video is as beautiful as the video itself. You write about the brothers that I love. :)

Abby Deveraux! [link] That's where I've seen Tracy. Days of our Lives alum, meet Days of our Lives alum. It was okay for Dean to leer. Eric Brady wasn't related to Jack or Jennifer.

I've had a thought about the "test." One that I will regret in my early morning meeting, but right now seems so important. What if the test wasn't for Dean? What if the test was just as much to see if Uriel and Castiel could follow the orders? Uriel almost didn't. Or at least blustered like he had a choice. What if the angels were tested as much as Dean, if it was testing Dean at all.

eta: That would be even more of an impact of Castiel confessing his conflicted feelings. It's not like Castiel can lose his faith. He knows God. They hang out. But Castiel can question what Castiel is doing even if he will always follow orders. He made the point that even if they aren't understood, that God's orders would be just. He did say that with conviction. He can have self-doubt, not know if he is doing the right thing, but as long as he continues to follow God, he is not fallen, right? Where are our theologians?

Random comments after watching the episode:

SAM-HAIN?! SAM-HAIN, SOME SORT OF DEMON?! Dear Kripke, please stop trying to make my head explode.

The actor who played Don/the demon? Looks just like Frank Miller. Yes, comic writer/artist/craxyman Frank Miller. Which made the episode really funny in our household, let me tell you.

Of *course* Uriel is a dick. He's an archangel. The one, according to lore, who stood at the gates of Eden with the flaming sword. who watches over thunder and terror. Uriel is Not Nice. But if Lucifer does eventually manifest through Sam (which I think is what is going to happen), Uriel may regret being quite so antagonistic toward Sammy.

(oooh, my Dictionary of Angels also says that Uriel is the Angel of Repentance, who is graphically represented as being as pitiless as any demon. and holds the keys to the Pit during the End Times. If the SPN writers have done their research and don't go all handwave-y handwave-y on us, this could be all sorts of grim fun.)

I like Austin's idea about the angels being tested, in addition to Dean.

(But seriously. Sam-hain? Auuugh.)

I know, Jilli. I said.

Plus, every time this show has the word "witch" in the dialog now it makes me twitch.

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I literally squealed, "BUNNY!!!" when Uriel turned around, and I proceeded to miss what was going on for the next two minutes in my excitement. I hope he's recurring.

The whole "mud-monkey" thing was giving me Prophecy flashbacks.