I think that's a show of change in Sam, though. He doesn't really care much anymore about BSing, or covers. He wanted info, and he was going to get it, and he didn't really care much if the parents thought their kid had gone crazy.
I just think he could have gotten info *much* easier (and potentially with one less tranq dart to his neck) if he'd stopped being a bratty, petulant child and behaved like ... a hunter. There's a chasm between "emo hunter sad because of what he's done" and "bratty, petulant child who'll shit on anyone."
Oh, and I love the "Carry On My Wayward Son" at the start. It's better than a montage. It's a vid.
I am always so amused when they open with a vid.
if he'd stopped being a bratty, petulant child and behaved like ... a hunter
OMG. THANK you! I couldn't put my finger on what was bugging me about this episode besides Moody Dean. That's exactly it, Cass!
I think Sam is too on the edge right now for that level of dissembling. Rage issues, after all, tamped down inexpertly.
I think Sam is too on the edge right now for that level of dissembling. Rage issues, after all, tamped down inexpertly.
I think you might be right. But snap out of it, buddy, there's an Apocalypse on!
And Sam didn't call Bobby because ...
Because Bobby has joined the Occult Researchers Witness Protection Program*, specifically so Sam and Dean can't call him. This way, Bobby lives!
- The same one that Missouri joined. I cling to this belief, don't mock me.
Misha cracks my shit up again talking about verification.
I cling to this belief, don't mock me.
Mock you? I am requesting literature.
Just this once, people close to the Winchesters live...
Mock you? I am requesting literature.
The first rule of the Occult Researchers Witness Protection Program is ...
actually, the first rule is probably
Don't answer the phone if it's either of the Winchesters,
not
Don't talk about the ORWP.
As much as I seem to be fixated on Winchester pain, I would like a happy ending for Bobby, and...something for Castiel. I don't miss Bobby as much as I miss Castiel because I, like Jilli, think Bobby is safer offscreen.
Castiel needs onscreen fixing.
I'm not saying that I want anything bad to happen to Castiel. I like him too. But I really feared he was in danger of being overused and I am relieved TPTB had him sit out a few episodes. He's a super-spicy condiment that needs to be sprinkled sparingly so as not to wear out his impact. (Much as Spike did, to point out one obvious example.)
I fear Bobby is a done deal. They've been killing off every other touchstone the boys have had in their lives, and I think Bobby is the last person they can cling to. If the show is going to go for another season (?maybe? do we know yet? and the Winchesters are going to come back for it (I'm assuming) then the writers will need to off someone else, so who's left? ...drumroll... Bobby. Or maybe Metallicar will stay dead this time.
