It was a wonderful, wonderful episode. I was as spoiled as you were (I try not to spoil myself too much, but it's so hard!), and I had similar worries. I'm glad it happened the way it did. Given the circumstances, it's not a surprise that they didn't have the time they would have needed to grow on their own, but as you said, it was a good compromise. "We keep each other human" is really the key line to the whole episode.
It's the first time that Dean deliberately turns his back on his family, not because he doesn't love Sam - he even explicitly states otherwise for the first time - or doesn't want him at his side, but because he is scared of that very love.
It's true that Dean has never been so close to saying "I love you" to his brother! Lately, the brothers have mostly seen the bad in their love for each other. It's understandable given everything that happened, but I love that his episode brought that there is also a lot of good about it! Now they just have to keep that in mind^^
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Date: 2009-10-04 05:11 pm (UTC)It was a wonderful, wonderful episode. I was as spoiled as you were (I try not to spoil myself too much, but it's so hard!), and I had similar worries. I'm glad it happened the way it did. Given the circumstances, it's not a surprise that they didn't have the time they would have needed to grow on their own, but as you said, it was a good compromise. "We keep each other human" is really the key line to the whole episode.
It's the first time that Dean deliberately turns his back on his family, not because he doesn't love Sam - he even explicitly states otherwise for the first time - or doesn't want him at his side, but because he is scared of that very love.
It's true that Dean has never been so close to saying "I love you" to his brother! Lately, the brothers have mostly seen the bad in their love for each other. It's understandable given everything that happened, but I love that his episode brought that there is also a lot of good about it! Now they just have to keep that in mind^^