I think that is right on the nose, Morgana. I was thinking last night, that to Amy's son, Dean is an evil monster. Dean could justify what he did, but so could Amy.

Eta:

Kim woulda been proud.

Bev got me a little misty there.

Morgana - nice insight.

Is there any meta about Jensen directing anywhere? I don't want spoilers for future stuff, but would be interested in reading any discussions.

I have to share this vid by Loki: [link] "Haust"

Sam-centric. The end gave me chills.

Wow. That really showcases Jared. Not Rory's Dean anymore.

Interesting reference to Mistress Magda at the credit card company.

I'm not concerned about Bobby's being off. His home base was destroyed, he needed to round up copies of his library, and he essentially told Dean they needed to focus on higher priorities than Sam's "checking out" -- they needed intel. That's where I think Bobby is coming from.

If Bobby were a leviathan, it doesn't make sense to spend three weeks in a cabin with the Leviathans' Most Wanted and then leave them.

If Bobby were a Leviathan, Edgar wouldn't have needed a heads up from the credit card leviathan about their location.

I know I was talking about Dean and Sam and trust before, but I just read this on io9 and it says what I wanted to say, but better...

As soon as Sam is looking the other way, Dean sneaks off to knife Amy in the heart. Not only does this seem cruelly unnecessary, but it's also a direct betrayal of Sam. With his actions, Dean seems to be saying that all monsters deserve killing, no matter what the circumstances. As always in these situations, Dean is a complete hypocrite: his own brother is a partial monster with demon blood in his veins whom Dean has spared a billion times; and Dean himself has been Satan's henchman. So why does Dean think he can judge another monster for killing to save her son's life? Because he's Dean. And this is the side of Dean it's really hard for anybody to like.

[some Leviathan stuff]

But an even bigger "what the hell Dean" moment was just the overall betrayal of Sam, and his unwillingness to believe that Sam's mind could be on the mend just the way Dean's leg is. Why has Dean gone from believing in Sam's ability to heal — in an incredibly moving scene last week — to being a total douche about it? Some of the stuff he says to Bobby about Sam being broken forever sounds a lot like what Lucifer Dean said when Sam was hallucinating. I think we've come full circle back to the relationship the brothers had when Sam was drinking demon blood with Ruby and Dean was freaking the hell out.

I'm really not looking forward to what happens when Sam finds out Dean is sneaking around behind his back.

One thing I've been wondering is if part of Dean's motivation was knowing that if Amy killed again (which Dean was probably sure she would), Sam might not forgive himself. It's still very much an "I know what's better for you than you do" thing.

Also, I can't help think of this in the context of what happened with Castiel--who had been one of Dean's closest friends, and probably his only real friend who wasn't Sam. If Castiel had turned on them, then anyone (or anything) else probably would as well.

No, not a noble thing for him to have done by any means, but certainly understandable.

I do wonder when/if/how Sam will find out.

I'm dreading Sam finding out.

There's speculation elsewhere that what we're seeing is the thin edge of Dean's disintegration, that he's repressed and moved on and sucked it up and moved on and dealt with Sam's issues and moved on, and the day's coming when it all falls apart on him.

I'd actually like to think this is the case, that there's a payoff coming for Dean acting so callously out of character by becoming the kitsune boy's own YED, and that we get to see it. I'd like to think Dean's "You gotta carry *me*" plea in the scrapyard was prophetic, and that Sam gets to rise from his own ashes and do just that. And that, finally, the brothers acknowledge each other as equals.

Unfortunately, I don't think I have quite that much faith in the writers.

that there's a payoff coming for Dean acting so callously out of character by becoming the kitsune boy's own YED, and that we get to see it. I'd like to think Dean's "You gotta carry *me*" plea in the scrapyard was prophetic, and that Sam gets to rise from his own ashes and do just that.

I can has this nao?

I'd really like that Bobby's inquiry into Dean's mental health plays out, that it wasn't just one-shot lip-service. That Sam and Dean have to save each other, Sam using Dean as his keystone to get better, and Sam having to pull himself up by his bootstraps in order to pull Dean back from the edge.

I fear that if Dean gets so closed off and hopeless and cold that he's going to make it hard for Sam to believe he's real (although maybe we're past that hurdle now) or make it hard for Sam to not want to stay checked out.