I know, Sam breaks my heart. His expression when he realises how badly he was played? I think that was his equivalent of Dean's moment of despair at the end of On The Head Of A Pin. Man, I hope that you are right and Dean will be the one to help him back to his feet. Help him to forgive himself. Sam will go through some serious issues next season and I look forward to that.
Oh, please, don't misunderstand me, I love the addition of the angels. I think it was a fabulous move and re-energised the writers visibly. I think S4 was one of the best written Supernatural seasons! I am not disappointed with the show, I think if I had to go through a Sam vs Dean season, then this was the perfect way to play it. There have only been 3 episodes where I felt that the angel/demon plot was overpowering the Winchester story, out of 22, that's not much. I can live with that.
I dislike the boys being played, that's true, it makes me uncomfortable, which I guess is the point, but that doesn't mean that I dislike the angels, I just assume that I like them even better now that it is clear who plays what kind of game. Faith and Houses of the Holy have always been two of my favourite episodes of the show and I love how SN took the themes in those episodes and extended them over a whole season. Especially Sam and Dean's different approach to faith and how it was influenced by the knowledge of the existence of angels. Fantastic stuff!
I agree with you, the writers did an outstanding job this season. I hope they make Lucifer and the apocalypse work on their miniskule budget.
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I know, Sam breaks my heart. His expression when he realises how badly he was played? I think that was his equivalent of Dean's moment of despair at the end of On The Head Of A Pin. Man, I hope that you are right and Dean will be the one to help him back to his feet. Help him to forgive himself. Sam will go through some serious issues next season and I look forward to that.
Oh, please, don't misunderstand me, I love the addition of the angels. I think it was a fabulous move and re-energised the writers visibly. I think S4 was one of the best written Supernatural seasons! I am not disappointed with the show, I think if I had to go through a Sam vs Dean season, then this was the perfect way to play it. There have only been 3 episodes where I felt that the angel/demon plot was overpowering the Winchester story, out of 22, that's not much. I can live with that.
I dislike the boys being played, that's true, it makes me uncomfortable, which I guess is the point, but that doesn't mean that I dislike the angels, I just assume that I like them even better now that it is clear who plays what kind of game. Faith and Houses of the Holy have always been two of my favourite episodes of the show and I love how SN took the themes in those episodes and extended them over a whole season. Especially Sam and Dean's different approach to faith and how it was influenced by the knowledge of the existence of angels. Fantastic stuff!
I agree with you, the writers did an outstanding job this season. I hope they make Lucifer and the apocalypse work on their miniskule budget.