Episode 7 insta reaction - Spoilers

[amberdreams]

I actually liked this one, it was bloody sad though.

About the apparent disjoint with previous views of Dean's childhood and this one... I think it makes sense.  People are very good at lying to themselves, and this episode gave us a reason for Dean to have done that - and for what amounts to practically his whole life from that point on.

He was hurt by the werewolf and effectively abandonned by his Dad - then while away from his family he gets a new father figure who boosts his confidence, together with a first love. They didn't show much, but clearly this Dean was getting a real taste of 'normal'.  He was achieving things at school and proving himself the way normal boys do.  So maybe it wasn't so much he ceased idolising John and hunting, but started to realise perhaps there were other options? Which meant that ending was totally heartbreaking for me, because you could see him telling himself - no, there was no other choice for him, because there was Sam, sitting in his Dad's car. He had to leave.

Which makes it even more heartbreaking to know that Sam will walk out on Dean, down the line, making that decision Dean didn't/couldn't make for himself.  To hurt the ones you love in order to do what is right for you.  And it just wasn't in Dean's nature (then anyway) to take that route.

To get a Brother car scene at the end with Sam reaching out having seen glimpses of what Dean gave up and Dean making light of it and shutting Sam down? That hurt.

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[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

I think you are right, this could be the start of Dean building his armour of bravado and bluster...