Here’s a parallel I noticed that highlights the difference between Cas relationship with Dean and Cas relationship with Sam pretty well. Episodes 10x22 vs 14x15
When MOC Dean is beating up Cas, Cas doesn’t hit back even once. The most he does is try to bear hug him from behind to calm him down. But not a single punch.
When Sam is Justin Smith, Cas says he won’t hurt him, but he actually does pick him up and slam him into the ground. It’s not a big deal, obviously he knows Sam can take it, but it’s something he wouldn’t even do with Dean.
Before the actual fighting, Cas tells dean, “I’m your friend… I’ll be the one that watches you murder the world.” And then when MOC Dean is on top of Cas holding the angel blade to him, Cas holds onto the wrist Dean has on his tie and the only thing he says is, “please”. He doesn’t even try to grab the hand holding the knife. And then Dean stops.
On the other hand, when Sam is on top of Cas trying to stab him, Cas uses an entirely different approach. He’s forcibly holding back Sam’s arm that’s holding the angel blade. He tells him he understands that he wants to be happy, but that if he does this he fails the people they lost. He says “if you do this you fail Jack. Sam, you fail Dean.” And that makes Sam stop.
The difference that’s so stark is that Cas has to appeal to Sam through talking about Dean. But Cas can appeal to Dean through his own relationship to him. He doesn’t need to bring up what it will do to Sam or anyone else, because their own relationship is powerful enough and he knows it.
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Last Holiday and the golden time of sacrifice in 15x14
I enjoyed these lines:
MRS. BUTTERS: "I hoped for better from you, Dean. Obviously, he's influenced you...Just like the serpent in the garden. Just like his father!"
It vibes like Chuck in Moriah, like when Chuck screeched for Dean to pick up the gun, then when Dean yelled "Stop it!" He was thrown into and cracked a headstone. Metaphorical execution.
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SAM: "So...Jack's taken over Dean's mind and they're both downstairs ready to be killed...by us?"
Is a portion of the audience implicated here(?) in wanting Jack to go and the show to revert to season 1? In 15x06 Golden Time, Sheriff Roy lamented needing to kill Melly and Caleb:
SHERIFF ROY: Yeah, he did. Unfortunately. Been looking for you. I try not to kill more than I have to, but now you and the kid are just such a big pain in my ass.
CASTIEL: You won't hurt them.
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This ep feels like a microcosm of struggling against a Charming-Acres style narrative of SPN. It's glitzy but strangely black-and-white: assignment-style, open-shut hunting cases where there is no struggle. It's a colorful mate to purgatory's unthinking gray.
Arguably, this homey influence could be an echo of Magnus and Mrs. B's magic, especially since they got so glamored and dazed that they didn't even research her-- She's like a little buttery "Golden Time," all by herself. They seem dazed, like Hansel and Gretel in a witch's snare:
All in all. The Last Holiday calls to mind a Last Supper.
But who is being sacrificed, really--Jack? Or Dean?
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supernatural s14e15 peace of mind (story: meghan fitzmartin, steve yockey; teleplay: meghan fitzmartin)
what in the riverdale is going on in this opening
JACK
You want to know how much of my soul I had to burn off to kill Michael.
CASTIEL
Yes.
JACK
I don't know. I try not to think about it.
well cas has this fun and painful method just jamming his hand up in your chest cavity and we can find out
guess we're picking the rando au people we didn't know except kinda maggie for sam to be traumatized over (my long held irritation over no mystery spot trauma rears its ugly head :p but it's only just gotten way worse over the years) way back when they used to follow those things through pretty regularly
so sam's running off to the riverdale hunt because he can't stand to not be busy
CASTIEL
You were right. Jack is struggling. And I've tried, but --
DEAN
Why do you think he'll talk to me?
CASTIEL
Well, because he looks up to you. And his soul -- I mean, you've seen this before.
DEAN
No, no. No. See, I was -- I was not great with Sam, you know, when he was uh...
CASTIEL
But Jack's soul isn't completely gone. At least I don't think so. W-We just don't know how much is left.
DEAN
Well, how am I supposed to figure that out?
CASTIEL
I don't know! Just talk to him. Get him to open up. And then sleep until the cows come home.
the stuffed face eyeroll :p i know it's part of his schtick but i hate the massive bites thing.
literally the most impractical cars they could pick for traveling cross country for hunts. old fucking american cars. sure to break down constantly and consume staggering amounts of fuel
SAM
I'm good. I'm good, honestly.
CASTIEL
Yeah, I know. Everybody's good. But after this, maybe Dean's right. You need to rest.
SAM
Can't.Just because I'm tired doesn't mean the monsters are gonna stop, you know? Doesn't mean anything. Plus we don't have as many Hunters as we used to.
a) love to see the snark from cas b) that is the LAMEST excuse because they had this surplus of hunters for what.. a handful of months at most? i don't even know. NOT VERY LONG.
CASTIEL
Yeah. It's like we're stepping into a Saturday Evening Post. I look at them sometimes after you fall asleep at night. They're very soothing.
do they have a stockpile in the bunker of them? is he reading them on the internet? so many questions. and reminder of the weirdness of him never sleeping
is the free milkshake gonna put the 50s whammy on sam?
CASTIEL
Oh, no. His head exploded.
CHIP
I'm sorry!
CASTIEL
Like a ripe melon on the sun.
occasionally the way they do his social obliviousness does hit for me
SAM
Passionate how?
CASTIEL
She spends, uh, quite a bit of time talking about the -- the shape and the heft of his --
LOL ok
guess we're going with clueless!dean dealing with the maybe-soulless!jack. hokay. the stilted attempt at bonding over the snake, the ... test of angel food or devil's food snack cakes...
MS DOWLING
Oh. The very nice, the very tall fella?
CASTIEL
Yes.
LOL cas in a huff over the lady being charmed by sam. and the milkshake lady too. yes, looking for the very tall man 🙄
good "does not compute" face from cas
JACK
I don't know. I know I don't feel nothing, but I don't feel the same, either. And maybe I just don't know what nothing feels like. Mostly, I just don't want Sam and Dean and Cass to worry.
DONATELLO
They're your family. Families worry.
JACK
But I just -- I need time and space to figure things out on my own, but everywhere I go, there's someone looking over my shoulder.
DONATELLO
Ah. When I need to, uh, "blend," I ask myself, "What would Mr. Rogers do?"
JACK
Who's Mr….
DONATELLO
Rogers? The best man I know. Sam and Dean are the best men I know.So, ergo, whenever you don't want them to worry, just think "WWWD" -- "What Would the Winchesters Do?"
JACK
I can do that.
reminds me a bit of amos in the expanse, knows he doesn't have a good moral compass so naomi is often is his. ps you should watch this show. it's so, so good.
the expanse s1e2
AMOS
Ask me whether or not I should rip your helmet off and kick you off this bucket, and I couldn't give you a reason why I should or shouldn't. Except Naomi wouldn't like it.
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DEAN
So he's not like you?
DONATELLO
Oh, no. I'm a Prophet of the Lord, but he -- Jack's probably the most powerful being in the universe. I mean, really, who knows what's going on inside his head?
like okay so we're regressing to dean being freaked out over jack's powers now i guess, with the questionable morality. but also, surely jack can't be more powerful than the most juiced up god? why didn't archangels go around making little stronger-than-god creatures before
CHIP
What, did you think it was the milkshakes?
well, they got me too. still unclear what this dude's deal is even after that long speech
CASTIEL
Sam, I know you want to be happy. And I know what it's like to lose your army. I know what it's like to fail as a leader, Sam. But you can't lose yourself. You have to keep fighting. You can't lose yourself, because if you do, you fail us. You fail all of those that we've lost. You fail Jack. Sam, you fail Dean.
said the magic word to wake him up. can't let dean down
DEAN
Heard you wore a cardigan.
CASTIEL
Yeah, I told him about the cardigan.
SAM
Great. Thanks.
DEAN
And the wife. He said you were, uh, really happy.
SAM
Thanks.
i would like to imagine this taking place as texting with pictures
DEAN
Really happy, huh?
SAM
I mean, I guess I was happy, but… It wasn't real, you know? Just…
DEAN
Well, not a lot of happy goin' on around here.
SAM
I hate this place right now. I hate it. Everywhere I look, I see them. I see Maggie. I guess that's why, uh -- why I was so desperate to get out of here, why I kept running us ragged. But I got to stop that. I-I can't keep running. I -- This is my home. This is our home. Dean, I think I just need some time.
DEAN
Okay.
just give him a hug, dean. bah. shoulder pat and walking away, lame. anyway, good on you, sam! telling him straight up why you're struggling. kinda would like to see a little more support other than the immediately complying with the need for time/space from dean, but ok.
JACK
Cas says you miss your friend. You need help. Sam and Dean would help you, so -- so I'll help you. I'll help you see your friend again. In Heaven.
lol great great. and cas got to see it.
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Peace of Mind (14x15)
It's a good thing Dean didn't go with Sam to investigate right away because I think that Charming Acres really could have gotten it's hooks in him, because you know that he wouldn't have turned down a milkshake, especially a free milkshake. And if it had gotten both of them...whew boy!
As it is, Cas is wonderful in this episode! "No, I don't eat." HILARIOUS!
And ugh, Jared is so good!
Sam: Fine! Sir, using language like, uh, "H-E-double hockey sticks" You should have your mouth washed out with soap.
Castiel: Sam...
Sam: It's Justin. [slams door in Castiel's face]
Meanwhile... Dean is so awkward about Jack and the snake, it's fucking adorable. Not knowing, or caring, what snakes eat, "Have you tried bacon?" And then watching to see if Jack chose the angel or devils food cake? Like, babe, that's not... you know what, nevermind.
Castiel: [pinned on the floor under Sam] Sam, I know you want to be happy. And I know what it's like to lose your army. I know what it's like to fail as a leader, Sam. But you can't lose yourself. You have to keep fighting. You can't lose yourself, because if you do, you fail us. You fail all of those that we've lost. You fail Jack. Sam, you fail Dean.
"Sam, you fail Dean."
And that was what did it. Always. Sam's greatest sin (according to himself) has always been letting down his big brother, and the thought of doing that again snaps him out of it.
And now Cas has had both Winchester brothers stab an angel blade into the floor next to his head, and really, just good for him. They both have had the opportunity to stab him in his face and yet chose not to.
Dean: Hey! How was Arkansas?
Sam: Arkansas was, uh... It was weird.
Dean: Heard you wore a cardigan. [Sam shoots a look at Castiel]
Castiel: Yeah, I told him about the cardigan.
Sam: Great. Thanks.
Dean: And the wife. [Sam shoots another look at Castiel] He said you were, uh, really happy.
Sam: Thanks.
Castiel: Yeah. Where's Jack?
Dean: His room. [to Sam, after Castiel leaves] Really happy, huh?
Sam: I mean, I guess I was happy, but... It wasn't real, you know? Just...
Dean: Well, not a lot of happy goin' on around here.
Sam: I hate this place right now. I hate it. Everywhere I look, I see them. I see Maggie.I guess that's why, uh -- why I was so desperate to get out of here, why I kept running us ragged. But I got to stop that. I-I can't keep running. I -- This is my home. This is our home. Dean, I think I just need some time.
Dean: Okay. [Dean gives Sam a double pat on his shoulder before leaving the room. Sam looks on the verge of tears but exhales a steadying breath]
Why are they *gestures vaguely at the Winchesterness of them* like this?
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