The end scene was just a killer, and both Jared and Jensen knocked it out of the park, as usual. I could feel their pain and sadness and confusion - wanting to believe in something and have it taken away, and then having your eyes opened to something you didn't believe in. (and Knocking on Heaven's Door was a great touch). And Sam's talk about redemption? Broke my heart. I don't know how either he or Dean carry around the weight of Sam's "destiny".
I so agree with you here, Barb. I posted something about this episode last night in reply to another of your LJ entries and wanted to also put it here to be in on the discussion.
As you know, I thought their beliefs would end up closer together after this episode. And I also said that now that Sam knows the demon is after him that he is probably hoping more and more that there is a god out there to help him fight it. I think I was right on these two things, but even though I expected to see this, I was totally moved by this episode. The last scene, where Sam tells Dean that he was right and Dean basically tells Sam that he was right - these boys continue to break my heart. And I think that what it came down to in the end is that, more than anything, they have faith in each other. I really have to watch this episode again in order to speak more coherently about it, but without analyzing it too much, I simply loved it. I now understand why Dean is such a skeptic; I'm still not sure why Sam is just the opposite, though I have a feeling that Dean has a whole lot to do with Sam always feeling safe and never having to question whether there is really a God. But our poor broken Dean, with the last words his mother said to him thrown back into his face at such a tender age - I can understand why he feels (or at least why he felt) the way he did. I'm unabashedly happy that they got to see things from the other side, so to speak. I just want to hug them and make them feel better (or better yet, have them hug each other!).
How much pain do these dear boys need to go through? I so hope that, in addition to some answers, they (and we) get some peace by the end of the season.
Kudos to Sera Gamble and Kim Manners for another great episode - one I'll definitely be watching again.
Thanks for this - I knew Sera wrote the episode but had missed who directed. I should have realized it was Kim. Jared and Jensen do the brother moments so well, but those moments seem to have a little extra *something* when Kim directs them. I think it's the faith they have in him to take care of them (to bring it around to the subject of this episode!). Whatever it is, I'm certainly grateful for it. Any idea who is directing next week's episode?
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Date: 2007-02-02 01:39 pm (UTC)I so agree with you here, Barb. I posted something about this episode last night in reply to another of your LJ entries and wanted to also put it here to be in on the discussion.
As you know, I thought their beliefs would end up closer together after this episode. And I also said that now that Sam knows the demon is after him that he is probably hoping more and more that there is a god out there to help him fight it. I think I was right on these two things, but even though I expected to see this, I was totally moved by this episode. The last scene, where Sam tells Dean that he was right and Dean basically tells Sam that he was right - these boys continue to break my heart. And I think that what it came down to in the end is that, more than anything, they have faith in each other. I really have to watch this episode again in order to speak more coherently about it, but without analyzing it too much, I simply loved it. I now understand why Dean is such a skeptic; I'm still not sure why Sam is just the opposite, though I have a feeling that Dean has a whole lot to do with Sam always feeling safe and never having to question whether there is really a God. But our poor broken Dean, with the last words his mother said to him thrown back into his face at such a tender age - I can understand why he feels (or at least why he felt) the way he did. I'm unabashedly happy that they got to see things from the other side, so to speak. I just want to hug them and make them feel better (or better yet, have them hug each other!).
How much pain do these dear boys need to go through? I so hope that, in addition to some answers, they (and we) get some peace by the end of the season.
Thanks for this - I knew Sera wrote the episode but had missed who directed. I should have realized it was Kim. Jared and Jensen do the brother moments so well, but those moments seem to have a little extra *something* when Kim directs them. I think it's the faith they have in him to take care of them (to bring it around to the subject of this episode!). Whatever it is, I'm certainly grateful for it. Any idea who is directing next week's episode?