I voted against "I'm Batman" because Dean was quoting someone else.

S3R1B1

• Sam: Yeah, because I've been following you around my entire life: He has.

• Hellfire: All in the delivery.

• Dean: Don't objectify me: Like that’s gonna happen.

• Sam: I lost my shoe: Sammy.

S3R1B2

• Superhero :Wee!Dean is Love.

• Blood: So is Bobby.

• I don’t want to die: Oh Dean.

• Dean: You fudging touch me again I'll fudging kill you!

S3R1B3

• Sam Winchester cries his way through sex: Unison for the win!

• Neighbor: 'The' Dean? Best weekend of my life Dean?: Mostly because I don’t like the other quote.

• Rest in peace: Henricksen: sigh.

• I’m Batman: because he is.

S3R1B4

• Sam: Uh, that we're morons.: True, and funny.

• Ed Zeddmore: Get inside your duffel?: I love exasperated Dean.

• Sam: Like 'Dingos Ate My Baby' crazy?: Heh.

• Sam: Just--bring him back. Please.: Oh Sam.

I voted against "I'm Batman" because Dean was quoting someone else.

Yup. That's Michael Keaton's line. ;-)

But part of the charm is Dean being a fanboy.

And part of the charm is knowing that, secretly, Dean really believes he *could* be Batman.

Random rerun observation: Afterschool Special is on this morning. The differences between young Dean and present Dean are so marked -- Dean really did a lot of growing up between then and now.

But Sam -- Sam seems just as mature as a thirteen-year-old as he does now. Which is sort of sad.

I think Sam did a lot of growing up in season 5, actually. I think he didn't get a chance to look at Dean properly until then. But the difference between 13 year old Sam and 21 year old Sam was pretty much nil. In a sad way for 13 year old Sam.

Vote-wise, we have two ties, so breakers, show up.

I love the journey Sam has made through the series in terms of Dean. He started out with lingering resentment for a life he didn't ask for and then starting with Dead in the Water starts having these revelatory moments about his brother.

I love seeing Dean through Sam's eyes.

Sam's heaven makes me sad but it's understandable. Dean's is heartbreaking in it's single-minded devotion.

I do wonder if Dean, in the process of fulfilling Sam's wish, will find something he wasn't looking for and show will use that to create the angst. I hope not, because I think that dooms Lisa & Ben to the fridge.

And part of the charm is knowing that, secretly, Dean really believes he *could* be Batman.

Yes. I know of a 5 yr old long ago that was playing in the park when another child approached and asked if he could play. Approaching child said, "My name's Brian. What's yours?"

"I'm Batman."

It's always going to be a great line.

I do wonder if Dean, in the process of fulfilling Sam's wish, will find something he wasn't looking for

I think it will be ridiculously convenient for Lisa to actually be what she was serving as a symbol for, and I hope it really doesn't turn out that way. I'm rabidly attached to the codas that have him moving out based on a mutual agreement and regret that it couldn't work out even before he discovers something's up with Sam.

I should let go of that, because I don't want to get pissed at Show when it doesn't go my way.