Thank you for expressing the problems with continuity better than I managed to, especially the characterizations of Sam and Dean in relation to their father. It was jarring, and took me out of otherwise completely enjoying the episode. I do think that in addition to everything you mentioned that Dean is processing his own feelings of guilt at having abandoned Ben and Lisa just as his grandfather did. He's personally experienced the pain of that, and I enjoyed seeing how it likely made Dean have compassion for his grandfather when he otherwise might have just stuck with being oppositional. And it's 2013, really? The only fan handwave I can come up with is that Dean hasn't updated the Impala's registration tags, but that seems unlikely as it's basically just a neon sign asking to be pulled over by the police. Pretty silly that they can't keep track of what year it is on the show, maybe that should be our clue to not expect much in the way of overall continuity. Disappointing, but understandable I suppose when the show has gone on so long now.
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Date: 2013-02-06 06:37 pm (UTC)And it's 2013, really? The only fan handwave I can come up with is that Dean hasn't updated the Impala's registration tags, but that seems unlikely as it's basically just a neon sign asking to be pulled over by the police. Pretty silly that they can't keep track of what year it is on the show, maybe that should be our clue to not expect much in the way of overall continuity. Disappointing, but understandable I suppose when the show has gone on so long now.