Do shape changers get all the memories of the person they become? How does that work?
The shape changer from season 1 did. When Sam became suspicious he tested him on knowledge and he passed. He only worked it out properly because the interloper didn't have an injury Dean had just sustained. Then he got his ass whupped, so it didn't matter.
I was mad at Dean for not asking Sam for their mother's maiden name the first second he thought something was up
I let this go because I figured he initially thought something was wrong with Sam, not that it wasn't Sam. There's really plenty of room and plenty of precedent for something to be wrong with Sam. And I think there's also plenty of room for Dean to be unsure of his standing with Sam right now.
What evidence was there that Sam really did like the kid's life, and when would Dean have seen it?
I just thought that Sam's "you have a great life" speech to the kid seemed a lot more impassioned than his denial that he wanted that kind of life. Sam was the one who tried for a normal life, after all.
Hmm. I bought his denial. I thought he was just trying to placate the kid. He seemed irritated by the restraints of family in general.
Don't make me watch it again. The cold opener almost killed me. I have a much lower tolerance for watching JP be goofy on Show than JA. I can't explain why.
Who am I kidding? Me and my FF button will be just fine.
Meanwhile, I enjoyed the teaser.
Also, did Dean have a silver knife on him when he confronted "Sam"? (Isn't that what you need to use on shifters?)
I got the same feeling from Sam as ita, that the constraints of picket-fence family were irritatingly confining, and unimportant. Sam's seen a larger picture, and hearth and family don't factor into that picture, not for him.
Dean still has some wistfulness about it, a bit of longing, even though he's resigned himself to dying for it as an outsider.
I got the impression that, at first, Dean was enjoying having his "brother" fall into line. I mean, turning up the volume on the music, ordering bacon cheeseburgers, etc.
That changed later, though.
I think that's why I can't watch JP play silly in Sam's skin. Nothing against JP and his comedic talents--I just associate him in that environment so strongly with expressed pain and angst. Whereas Dean/JA is all about masking his pain with doofery and mackery and only the occasional tear that I can accept it much better.
But how in god's name would Gary as Dean ever have been noticed?
Dang... Next week is going to be deliciously painful, isn't it?
