Well, now I'm thinking her husband was alive and coming home and she was like "Sam, it's been fun but you gotta go", which made him realize that the he had just been on this fantasy vacation the whole time not building a real life so he naturally went to Bobby's cabin to figure out what to do next and actually was surprised by Dean being there.
Which satisfies me.
And Naomi's "what would you like to do" put to rest any doubts I may have had that Cas was under secret compulsions other than the reporting to her when she calls thing.
I just can't make any sense of Sam leaving their bedroom to go straight to the cabin. Unless, he wasn't getting out of bed? Or that was him moving out and Don was watching from across the street?
I don't get why Dean hasn't asked him why he was there--or are we supposed to know?
Right now I'm riding a bit of a high off Castiel's sincerity. He's just so 110% invested in every damned thing, with no hesitation. I don't mind that he ends up looking silly sometimes, because I want him to keep throwing himself at their objectives like that. But he takes out a second or two to mock himself.
I don't remember the scene well enough to be sure, but maybe he was just picking up his bag or jacket or something in the bedroom?
I do still want to know who was watching the house, yeah.
I was gonna go back and look, but then last night's episode was right there....
I want to hug everyone because I'm not even mad at Amelia right now. This non-hate is coasting entirely on th "tune out and live in their own heads, like maybe the real world is too much for them and they just run and hide"...segue to memory of Daddy Vet trying to piss all over Sam.
Speaking of which, Genevieve is no taller than the Amelia actress, you figure? It's too much thinking about their real lives, just that shot where Sam kissed her in the first memory, he was pretty much bending at the waist, and I can't help but wish taller women for him. Or heels? Apple boxes? Something, poor man. Poor, studly, gorgeous man. How difficult his life must be...
Other things I live--spaghetti and hot dogs was too bad food for Sam, which tips my fanon towards Dean being a decent cook. I love them filling up their shared past, even if it's just for the not-monster of the week. Underage drinking Sam is hysterical. Dean deciding the appropriate test is to hit himself in the head is more than hysterical. Fake blown up geriatrics...this is where I realise it's a pretty demure episode, considering the premise. And I do appreciate them not going OTT. I mean, Dean gets the taglines, but they're not played for laughs inside the show.
How does Cas send them a message? Is he calling again? Can we have texting Cas? PLEASE?
Problem with the excuses I'm making for the memories is that although it's words that cue hallucinations, those words are also repeated in what he's recalling. So...I migh be lying to myself to get through. Still, getting through is good.
But when he says the living in dream world has an end, and you need to wake up...this is good sign, right?
I did think it was weird he said the car was John's, but I guess they had to save the lost brother reveal for the very end.
It wasn't just restrained--it was pretty damned sad for the premise. I think of Cas and his fear of and need for closure, Dean initiating a chick flick talk--my head canon has him not having done that to anyone he didn't proxy parent--like, this isn't a way he deals with someone he doesn't feel he has responsibility for. If he's doing that in a strictly peer to peer situation, there might be an implication he'd share if they asked, and I'm pretty sure he's done a deliberate job of not getting anywhere near that scenario.
Is he taking care of Cas because he was the first to pull at the thread of his divinity, however it unravelled? Is it because he's a million years old, but new to the world, and Dean is a reflex parent? Is it leftovers from Purgatory? I don't know, but whatever it is, I love it.
(If I hadn't shipped them before, and for some reason last week didn't get me...it's just fun to think about--it's nice when an SPN ship isn't all tears. But, you know, there will be time.)
If Cas was rescued from Purgatory by the angels, wanna bet they resurrected Don to get Sam out of the picture and back on the road to hunting?
Or maybe Crowley resurrected Don to ensure Sam was alone again.
Loved the cat scene. And "Best wife ever!"
Still hearting this season. Flawed, yes, but still the writing seems more elevated to me. (Or, at least, far less sloppy.)
I feel they've been too sloppy about Sam's past year. I don't remember having this level of discomfiture at this point in last season.
Comparing then and now I feel now has more emotional potential (though Cas has paid off more than Sam so far, and that's not right) than I was feeling in early S7, and I'm okay with knowing just the beginning of the big bad last year (I'm in that really populous territory of enjoying a corporate threat from another dimension) as well as feeling we're at the start of a quest without a proper big bad (I feel uncomfortable deeming Crowley or Naomi that so far).
We knew pretty early on that the Leviathans were up to something no good that would result in the death of many humans. Right now, Naomi isn't up to anything other than Winchester stalking (which we'd all do given a chance--be honest) and Crowley is in defensive mode. Closing off Hell is an admirable motive, but I don't feel we're positioned for much action now. They were kicking back to hear more about Leviathan much of last season, and I think that bothered people--they should make sure we're not back in the MOTW-while-we-wait this season as well. Although I didn't mind it that much last year, I don't want to see it again.
I just bumped into this on tumblr--the OP deleted it, and the first person who quoted it deleted their reblog. This [link] is as close to it as I could get from my dash:
okay i’m just going to enter the sea of wank for a second but i have literally never seen a fandom so phobic about having more than two characters present.
can you really think of any tv show that has only two characters and is able to survive eight seasons? supporting characters, guest stars, all of these add to the overall narrative and help make it so that the interaction between the two leads isn’t stagnant - moreover, they provide a chance for the protagonists to grow and reveal different sides of themselves - ultimately making them more interesting to watch.
castle and beckett have ryan and esposito
sherlock and john have mrs. hudson and lestrade
buffy had xander and willow and giles and etc etc
why can’t sam and dean have castiel and jody and so on?
having them around doesn’t make it so that the story isn’t about sam and dean-
it makes it so that the story of sam and dean evolves.
The reblogger's addition was an image of "sassy black woman" (read heavyset and wagging her finger) with the words "Y'all motherfuckers need Jesus". Not sure how to interpret...
Know why you need notes on IO9? So you can make sure you don't talk to this guy:
I've hated the Winchester's and their pissy "I'm mad at you and will withhold critical information" shtick since season 3. I think they're a both morons and insanely self-unaware. BUT--I love everything else about the show. Most of all Castiel. So, I've resigned myself to hating the central protagonists and making snide Dean/Sam fiction jokes. But Supernatural keeps rewarding me for staying with it (Garth and Benny are the most recent reinforcements). *sigh* Carry on, my idiot sons...
ever again.
Seriously made me shudder.
