Oh, and on rewatch, when Dean sees the scratching on the phone pole, Sam's car drives by (we just didn't know it was Sam's car at that point).
Nice catch.
I'm curious now how things would have played out if there hadn't been a strike.
I also like the idea that Sam "fought" his way out of Hell on his own. That doesn't explain Samuel though.
I kind of hope we're done with Chuck much as I loved our cruel capricious God.
Found the answer to my own question. Thank you, fandom. 2008 Dodge Charger, Illinois plates.
I want to say it's horrendously flashy, but seriously, I've just become overused to the Impala. It's not like they've been crawling around subtly all this time.
It's just so new and allover shiny. And tinted windows. Quelle horreur!
Not Sam's car. Sam's looks more like a new Dodge or a Mustang (I'm terrible with cars), something modern but with a boxy muscle look to it, and has a spoiler and completely different plates and a vent thingy in the hood. The other car was definitely a Mazda.
And he turned down our girl!!!!
2008 Dodge Charger
or not so terrible! I love the lines on Dodges. Sexy muscley lines.
2008 Dodge Charger
I am actually ridiculously in love with the new Chargers, especially the SRT8 [link]
Maybe Sam's car is possessed and that's why he's acting so strangely. We do have to get it out of the story as soon as possible. It cannot abide.
I wonder if it will last long enough to even get a name, like Truckzilla.
So, I had said before that I don't like fics that rehash episodes, but I make a big exception for Hatteress' multi-chapter, season 5 spanning "Tripping" [link] D/C
And unoshot came out of retirement and produced this sweet little gem "In Sorrow Shalt" [link] gen
I found I didn't like the rehash Hatteress did, mostly. Some people hit it right, but she gave me a fair amount of dissonance. I felt disappointed, for instance, when
Dean didn't actually go to Lisa.
I felt the author was backing down from a challenge, even if she'd set up a different emotional environment beforehand.
Sometimes people set up interesting alternatives, and sometimes I feel like "but they should have done it my way!" This one tilted slightly in the latter direction for me, despite it never being able to be canon.
I'm annoyed Hatteress didn't take the opportunity to remove completely the horrid line "somedays you get to kill a [W]hore [of Babylon]".