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?
I agree with the idea others have shared that Lucifer is playing things close to the vest. Crowley called it in AAH that demons are just cannon fodder to Lucifer, and other demons clearly don't know this about their "father". Even Crowley didn't know the Colt wouldn't finish him off.
I'm going to say that because Gary stole Sam's body through witchcraft, the demon turning over Gary-in-Sam's-Body to Lucifer to say yes wouldn't be sufficient. To my mind, Lucifer would still need the original owner's consent to make things "legal", otherwise it would be receiving stolen goods, sort of. For me, it makes sense that's how angels have to operate.
Besides, Lucifer wants Sam's anger. He did pick Nick as his vessel presumably to leverage same kind of rage.
I was most definitely squicked by Sam's body being used to fuck a dominatrix. I sure wish the kid had bailed instead when the riding crop appeared. Just. Ew.