I'll admit, I kinda skimmed your review due to length (sorry!) but the points I did land upon, I agree with you. (Except the statement that you might have to leave Show to preserve your love for the characters; I'm in it for the long haul.) And here's why:
I think the writers have gotten the Sam and Dean Friction out of their system. From here on out, they're going to be working on the tablet storyline and rebuilding the teamwork between the boys. They will do what they've done largely all season and forget the emotions of the previous episode, as well as events of the distant past. What they NEED to do, IMHO, is reestablish the boys' personalities. There should be a handful of bullet points on a board somewhere in the writer's room: here's what Dean is like, here's what Sam is like. And then they should WRITE SMART. Jaysus, how many times have we heard "Okay, time for Plan B," and then the tired response "We have a Plan B?" YES, you cretins! Dean will not have a Plan B, but Sam will. Dean shoots from the hip, Sam thinks things through ad nauseum. I miss Sam's big brain. We got a taste of it early in the season, and then the writers forgot again. And where has Dean's snappy banter gone? Arrrrrrgh.
Annnywho, I think tonight's episode will be incredibly fun and I hope we get back to the adventure and bad-assery and snark and camaraderie. I have hope!
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Date: 2013-01-23 02:17 pm (UTC)I think the writers have gotten the Sam and Dean Friction out of their system. From here on out, they're going to be working on the tablet storyline and rebuilding the teamwork between the boys. They will do what they've done largely all season and forget the emotions of the previous episode, as well as events of the distant past. What they NEED to do, IMHO, is reestablish the boys' personalities. There should be a handful of bullet points on a board somewhere in the writer's room: here's what Dean is like, here's what Sam is like. And then they should WRITE SMART. Jaysus, how many times have we heard "Okay, time for Plan B," and then the tired response "We have a Plan B?" YES, you cretins! Dean will not have a Plan B, but Sam will. Dean shoots from the hip, Sam thinks things through ad nauseum. I miss Sam's big brain. We got a taste of it early in the season, and then the writers forgot again. And where has Dean's snappy banter gone? Arrrrrrgh.
Annnywho, I think tonight's episode will be incredibly fun and I hope we get back to the adventure and bad-assery and snark and camaraderie. I have hope!