Supernatural 4x14 - Sex & Violence
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meg_tdjThis whole season has felt like the whistle before the boom as the bomb is falling. Welcome to the boom, ladies and gentlemen.
Love the opening, with Sam's secret phonecall to Ruby, and Dean pretending he doesn't know about it. Dean is so far down in the depths of despair by now that it's like he doesn't even have the energy to care. He doesn't ask Sam about it, he just half-heartedly snoops when the opportunity is presented. And even when he knows beyond a doubt that it's Ruby, he still says nothing. Oh, boys. :(
The whole episode is like watching Sam and Dean's relationship crumble in slow motion. It wasn't even the siren that made it happen, like Sam tried to convince Dean it was. It was happening before they even took the case. PAINFUL.
Sam's sudden friskiness, temper tantrums, ignoring Dean's phonecall... directly related to the demon blood, all of it. It makes him feel high, powerful, invincible. He may have convinced himself that the stuff he said under the siren's spell isn't the way he truly feels, but deep down it IS. He basically brought up every button that Ruby's been hitting all this time - that he's stronger than Dean, that Dean is too weak to be told about how he's going after Lilith, that everything he's doing is Extremely Important and he doesn't have time to be dragging Dean along with him everywhere. Dean is holding him back, Dean isn't what he used to be... etc etc. It's been pounded into his mind for so long that part of him is starting to believe it.
So now Dean has yet another reason to distrust Sam (the whole "none of your business" answer when asked if he was keeping any other secrets), and yet another reason for his low self-worth. Dean knew that what he said to Sam under the spell was exactly what he'd been thinking for the past few months, so he had to feel as though it was the same for Sam. Although for Sam, I think the things he said were buried a bit deeper in his subconscious than the things Dean said... for Sam it was like those deep, dark thoughts that just niggle at the back of your mind, even though you tell yourself that isn't how you really feel.
And of course, Cara's comment didn't help much - "One day I looked up and I was living with a stranger." That got the "Dean is different, Dean is weak, Dean is pathetic and always whining since he got back from Hell" juices stirring in Sam's mind, which is why I think he didn't answer Dean's call, and everything just went downhill from there. Augh! You have no idea how much I hate Cara. ;)
And then Dean's comment about Sam's "monster" girlfriends. Ouch. And Sam throwing the phone and glaring at his reflection. *shivers* And Sam not saying a word about the Ruby thing at the end, even though he knew Dean knew about it. The whole "We're good?" "Yeah, we're good" thing was so incredibly far from convincing.
Their faces when they first come around after the siren dies... they so knew their bond was breaking fast. Maaaan, it's tragic. :(
Clippage - The Talk, The Fight, and The End. I can never get enough of those scenes.
Randomness -
*I'm honestly surprised they don't run into the real FBI more often on their cases. Or other hunters, for that matter.
*Bobby's phones!! Best. Thing. Ever.
*Bobby and his don't-drink-and-drive lesson again. I love you, Bobby.
Quotes -
Dean: You're up early. What are you doing?
Sam: Nothin'. I was in the can.
Dean: Yeah?
Sam: Yeah. Want me to draw you a picture?
Dean: No, I'll pass.
Dean: Sounds like Ozzie and Harriet.
Sam: More like The Shining.
Sam: You seem pretty cheery.
Dean: Strippers, Sammy. Strippers. We are on an actual case involving strippers. FINALLY.
Sam: Siren.
Dean: Like, Greek myth siren? The Odyssey?
Sam: *stares*
Dean: Hey, I read.
Bobby: We're dealing with 3,000 years of the telephone game here.
Bobby: The next time you want to waste my time with stupid questions, don't. *hangs up* Those idjits.
Dean: Did you sleep with her?
Sam: No.
Dean: Holy crap, you did. Middle of Basic Instinct, and you bang Sharon Stone?
Dean: First it's Madison, and then Ruby, and now Cara. It's like, what is with you and bangin' monsters?
Dean: I know how it sounds.
Nick: You sure about that? 'Cause it sounds like crazy on toast.
Sam: I gotta tell you, you're one butt-ugly stripper.
Sam: I have fought some nasty sons of bitches, but you are one needy, pathetic loser.
Sam: Boohoo.
Dean: Soda?
Bobby: You boys are drivin', ain't ya?
Love the opening, with Sam's secret phonecall to Ruby, and Dean pretending he doesn't know about it. Dean is so far down in the depths of despair by now that it's like he doesn't even have the energy to care. He doesn't ask Sam about it, he just half-heartedly snoops when the opportunity is presented. And even when he knows beyond a doubt that it's Ruby, he still says nothing. Oh, boys. :(
The whole episode is like watching Sam and Dean's relationship crumble in slow motion. It wasn't even the siren that made it happen, like Sam tried to convince Dean it was. It was happening before they even took the case. PAINFUL.
Sam's sudden friskiness, temper tantrums, ignoring Dean's phonecall... directly related to the demon blood, all of it. It makes him feel high, powerful, invincible. He may have convinced himself that the stuff he said under the siren's spell isn't the way he truly feels, but deep down it IS. He basically brought up every button that Ruby's been hitting all this time - that he's stronger than Dean, that Dean is too weak to be told about how he's going after Lilith, that everything he's doing is Extremely Important and he doesn't have time to be dragging Dean along with him everywhere. Dean is holding him back, Dean isn't what he used to be... etc etc. It's been pounded into his mind for so long that part of him is starting to believe it.
So now Dean has yet another reason to distrust Sam (the whole "none of your business" answer when asked if he was keeping any other secrets), and yet another reason for his low self-worth. Dean knew that what he said to Sam under the spell was exactly what he'd been thinking for the past few months, so he had to feel as though it was the same for Sam. Although for Sam, I think the things he said were buried a bit deeper in his subconscious than the things Dean said... for Sam it was like those deep, dark thoughts that just niggle at the back of your mind, even though you tell yourself that isn't how you really feel.
And of course, Cara's comment didn't help much - "One day I looked up and I was living with a stranger." That got the "Dean is different, Dean is weak, Dean is pathetic and always whining since he got back from Hell" juices stirring in Sam's mind, which is why I think he didn't answer Dean's call, and everything just went downhill from there. Augh! You have no idea how much I hate Cara. ;)
And then Dean's comment about Sam's "monster" girlfriends. Ouch. And Sam throwing the phone and glaring at his reflection. *shivers* And Sam not saying a word about the Ruby thing at the end, even though he knew Dean knew about it. The whole "We're good?" "Yeah, we're good" thing was so incredibly far from convincing.
Their faces when they first come around after the siren dies... they so knew their bond was breaking fast. Maaaan, it's tragic. :(
Clippage - The Talk, The Fight, and The End. I can never get enough of those scenes.
Randomness -
*I'm honestly surprised they don't run into the real FBI more often on their cases. Or other hunters, for that matter.
*Bobby's phones!! Best. Thing. Ever.
*Bobby and his don't-drink-and-drive lesson again. I love you, Bobby.
Quotes -
Dean: You're up early. What are you doing?
Sam: Nothin'. I was in the can.
Dean: Yeah?
Sam: Yeah. Want me to draw you a picture?
Dean: No, I'll pass.
Dean: Sounds like Ozzie and Harriet.
Sam: More like The Shining.
Sam: You seem pretty cheery.
Dean: Strippers, Sammy. Strippers. We are on an actual case involving strippers. FINALLY.
Sam: Siren.
Dean: Like, Greek myth siren? The Odyssey?
Sam: *stares*
Dean: Hey, I read.
Bobby: We're dealing with 3,000 years of the telephone game here.
Bobby: The next time you want to waste my time with stupid questions, don't. *hangs up* Those idjits.
Dean: Did you sleep with her?
Sam: No.
Dean: Holy crap, you did. Middle of Basic Instinct, and you bang Sharon Stone?
Dean: First it's Madison, and then Ruby, and now Cara. It's like, what is with you and bangin' monsters?
Dean: I know how it sounds.
Nick: You sure about that? 'Cause it sounds like crazy on toast.
Sam: I gotta tell you, you're one butt-ugly stripper.
Sam: I have fought some nasty sons of bitches, but you are one needy, pathetic loser.
Sam: Boohoo.
Dean: Soda?
Bobby: You boys are drivin', ain't ya?
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Date: 2010-08-07 11:00 pm (UTC)Does he hide these books so nobody thinks he kinda a geek?
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Date: 2010-08-07 11:07 pm (UTC)