It all comes down to this

[agt_spooky]

Well, folks, this is it. Season finale time.

I have NO doubt that tonight's episode will be a rollercoaster ride from beginning to end, drowning in angst all the way.

So Dean's time is up, his contract is coming due. What do YOU think will happen? Is he going to Hell? Will Sam pull off a last minute miracle? Or something else entirely?

Give me your speculations and we'll see soon enough if any of us are right!

Comments

[samazon13.livejournal.com]

You said:
I only don't want it to happen because there has been NO sign for so, so long now that Sam still has any powers. If we'd been given little glimpses this season that Sam was starting to come back on line, then I'd think it would be fantastic if he finally bursts out to save Dean. But now? All of a sudden? Too contrived a plot device for me.

Now me:
I think there have been hints, and I think this may have been one of the things that they would have developed more slowly over the extended season, if they had had time. There are two things in particular that make me think this *might* happen: The first is the fact that they brought up several times in the season a discussion about how Sam's powers *weren't* coming back, which seems a bit suspicious, and the second is a comment Jared himself made at CreationCon in November, where he indicated that Sam's powers were coming back. Now, that may just have been what Jared was playing in Sam's subtext, and may not have been what the writers were planning, but it made me sit up and take notice.

I'm terrible at guessing that way things go, however (unlike my roommate, who sees it ALL coming), so you can pretty much bet if I think it's going to happen, it won't. :)

-Samazon

[agt-spooky.livejournal.com]

The first is the fact that they brought up several times in the season a discussion about how Sam's powers *weren't* coming back, which seems a bit suspicious, and the second is a comment Jared himself made at CreationCon in November, where he indicated that Sam's powers were coming back.

Well, now we know that Sam's powers didn't come back. Yet. :-)

I personally loved the way this was handled, with Ruby giving us hints that Sam's powers are still there and then Lilith unable to kill Sam. I'll be perfectly happy now if Sam taps into those buried abilities next season to save Dean. But I don't want him to go Darkside for too long!

[greenwoman.livejournal.com]

Sam's power may not have come back completely, but he surely turned Lilith back without breaking a sweat. Surprised them *both* ... but that's a re-emergence of the "powers" in my view.

This leads to one of the big questions for next season; what is the extent of Sam's power and what will be the trigger that brings him into his own, if it wasn't Dean's death? Because it seemed to me that Sam responded to Lilith's attack on himself, not on Dean ... a reflexive reaction, not even a defensive one.

The attendant questions are:

How will Sam get the knowledge and training to use his power to defeat Lilith and either bring Dean back, or get Lilith to (which is where I'm pretty sure we're going next season)?

And now that Ruby is incapacitated or utterly gone, will Bobby be his "guide" (which I would LOVE to see)?

And will next season's opener jump back into the story immediately where we left off? (I hope so.)

I don't think Sam's power is buried any longer ... it is definitely awake and we saw him use it. The full extent of what he can do, how he learns to control it, and how he chooses to use it, are all that remain in question.

IMHO. ;-)

[agt-spooky.livejournal.com]

but that's a re-emergence of the "powers" in my view.

Oh, I agree, but it was the fact that Sam didn't suddenly use them to save Dean at the last minute that made me happy.

what is the extent of Sam's power and what will be the trigger that brings him into his own

I've been thinking the same thing! Will it just come naturally to him now, no "trigger" required since he used them, apparently unconsciously, to defend himself against Lilith? He's already "online" now?

a reflexive reaction, not even a defensive one.

Yeah, it seemed like that to me, too. Something inside him turned itself on when Lilith tried to zap him.

How will Sam get the knowledge and training to use his power to defeat Lilith and either bring Dean back, or get Lilith to

That's a really good question!

will Bobby be his "guide"

PLEASE, PLEASE! I love Bobby to death and the boys need someone like him in their lives.

And will next season's opener jump back into the story immediately where we left off? (I hope so.)

Even though I don't want it, something tells me it won't pick up right from there, but maybe the next day or so, kinda like when Sam "died".

I don't think Sam's power is buried any longer ... it is definitely awake and we saw him use it.

Nope, it's back and I'm looking forward to seeing what he does with it next year. :-)