If he gets saved, Sam dies. And that's the part of the deal he didn't tell Sam about.
Yes! Yes! I totally forgot to mention that. Both of them are still keeping secrets - that's Dean's and Sam's is that he didn't tell Dean that he ingested demon blood when he was a baby.
Actually, what the red-eyed demon said to Dean was ". . . if you try to welch or weasel your way out [of the deal], Sam drops dead . . . ". I think that while this means that Dean can't do anything to get out of it without killing Sammy - it doesn't mean Sam can't do something. And my feeling is, even if Sam knew that saving Dean would result in his own death, he would still do everything in his power to save Dean ("you're my big brother - there's nothing I wouldn't do for you"). And I can't imagine a way that Dean would be able to keep Sam from trying to find a way to save him. I think that is going to be a big part of next season's continuing plotline. And how would we the fans be able to enjoy an entire season of watching Sam trying to save Dean if all the while we know if he is successful that Sam will die instead - which would in turn kill Dean anyway? So I think the deal Dean made does not extend to something Sam might do to save Dean.
And I think that more than hiding the demon blood-ingestion thing from Dean, Sam was hiding the fact that their mother appeared to recognize the demon. It would kill Dean to know that Mom might have brought all this on because of some deal she made. I still want to know why she apologized to Sam.
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Actually, what the red-eyed demon said to Dean was ". . . if you try to welch or weasel your way out [of the deal], Sam drops dead . . . ". I think that while this means that Dean can't do anything to get out of it without killing Sammy - it doesn't mean Sam can't do something. And my feeling is, even if Sam knew that saving Dean would result in his own death, he would still do everything in his power to save Dean ("you're my big brother - there's nothing I wouldn't do for you"). And I can't imagine a way that Dean would be able to keep Sam from trying to find a way to save him. I think that is going to be a big part of next season's continuing plotline. And how would we the fans be able to enjoy an entire season of watching Sam trying to save Dean if all the while we know if he is successful that Sam will die instead - which would in turn kill Dean anyway? So I think the deal Dean made does not extend to something Sam might do to save Dean.
And I think that more than hiding the demon blood-ingestion thing from Dean, Sam was hiding the fact that their mother appeared to recognize the demon. It would kill Dean to know that Mom might have brought all this on because of some deal she made. I still want to know why she apologized to Sam.
That's what I think, anyway!