S13E21 quickie reaction
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S13E21
When Sam got dragged off, jugular spurting, of course I knew he couldn’t be dead (or rather, stay dead). That sense of hazard that imbued Red Meat wasn’t there in this episode, so there was no way Sam could be gone like that, so casually, in the dripping dark.
In fact, my initial reaction (and remember I’m a dyed in the wool Dean Girl) was – that’s ridiculous. It should have been Dean.
Then Lucifer brought Sam back with a Devil’s bargain, and I realised. It had to be Sam.
If it had been Dean, with his low sense of his own worth and his deep simmering anger at everything, he would have taken his chances with the rabid vampires because he wouldn’t have seen any other way to protect Mary, and Sam, and Jack. It’s not that Dean isn’t clever, but he isn’t analytical in the way he approaches problems, he’s not as clinical as Sam. In some ways, Dean isn’t as brave as Sam either.
Look at the situation from Sam’s point of view. Lucifer wasn’t supposed to be there, but he is. Lucifer will find Jack with or without Sam’s help. Sam is afraid, in fact, he’s frigging terrified, but he will be looking at every angle. This isn’t about Sam’s own survival. It’s not a selfish act to preserve his own life, nor is it a capitulation to a newly juiced up and powerful Lucifer. He’s not giving in to his fear, he’s acting in spite of it.
Because Sam has one thing that Dean doesn’t. HOPE.
So I’m not angry or upset about this plot twist any more – I can see the logic. I could hope that Jack will not be deceived by Lucifer and that Jack will save everyone, but honestly, at the moment, I can’t think where they are going to take this now. There are actually more possibilities opened up by this episode than I imagined this writing team could manage, so maybe they will surprise me. I certainly hope so!
S13E21
When Sam got dragged off, jugular spurting, of course I knew he couldn’t be dead (or rather, stay dead). That sense of hazard that imbued Red Meat wasn’t there in this episode, so there was no way Sam could be gone like that, so casually, in the dripping dark.
In fact, my initial reaction (and remember I’m a dyed in the wool Dean Girl) was – that’s ridiculous. It should have been Dean.
Then Lucifer brought Sam back with a Devil’s bargain, and I realised. It had to be Sam.
If it had been Dean, with his low sense of his own worth and his deep simmering anger at everything, he would have taken his chances with the rabid vampires because he wouldn’t have seen any other way to protect Mary, and Sam, and Jack. It’s not that Dean isn’t clever, but he isn’t analytical in the way he approaches problems, he’s not as clinical as Sam. In some ways, Dean isn’t as brave as Sam either.
Look at the situation from Sam’s point of view. Lucifer wasn’t supposed to be there, but he is. Lucifer will find Jack with or without Sam’s help. Sam is afraid, in fact, he’s frigging terrified, but he will be looking at every angle. This isn’t about Sam’s own survival. It’s not a selfish act to preserve his own life, nor is it a capitulation to a newly juiced up and powerful Lucifer. He’s not giving in to his fear, he’s acting in spite of it.
Because Sam has one thing that Dean doesn’t. HOPE.
So I’m not angry or upset about this plot twist any more – I can see the logic. I could hope that Jack will not be deceived by Lucifer and that Jack will save everyone, but honestly, at the moment, I can’t think where they are going to take this now. There are actually more possibilities opened up by this episode than I imagined this writing team could manage, so maybe they will surprise me. I certainly hope so!
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Date: 2018-05-04 10:21 pm (UTC)It was always clear to me that Lucifer would get to Jack somehow, but they've thrown in a lot more of Sam's (and everyone's) fears of him, so there are a lot things they could address and a lot of ways things could go down.