Kripke, I hope you're freaking happy now!

[beanside]

You made me cry, you sonofabitch!

Two damn seasons of angst, and not a tear. John bites it, not a tear. But last night... just damn, Kripke.



It was Dean in the graveyard that did it. Him so angry and hurting, and ranting at John's tombstone. It's a scene I've been waiting for since Everybody Loves a Clown, and whoa. It didn't disappoint.

It's awesome that after all the shit about Sam wanting a normal life, Dean's the one who's secretly craved it all along.

Props to Jensen for just crushing my soul in this ep, and Jared for the prissyest Sam ever. Too awesome. The "Why are you calling me a bitch," exchange just about killed me. And then, back in the real world...Sam finding Dean, and doing the Winchester version of first aid. When someone is unconscious, shake them.

And that last talk, with Dean just looking at Sam...ow.

Comments

[shotofjack.livejournal.com]

It's awesome that after all the shit about Sam wanting a normal life, Dean's the one who's secretly craved it all along.
YES - that is exactly right. It is now canon that Dean protested too much about the horrors of normal.

And JOHN loving softball and Dean just loving that so much. (I am so sorry that JDM couldn't fit this into his schedule because seeing JDM in a softball uniform would have been so awesome.)

And the last talk - the best Sam ever.....

[nilchance.livejournal.com]

When someone is unconscious, shake them.

You've forgotten the ever-important "hey!" that follows the shaking! And then some soulful staring.

(Why aren't you online? I'm bored. *whine*)

[beanside.livejournal.com]

*kiss* We have patients early today. But I'll be on in a bit.

[nilchance.livejournal.com]

Okay. *grin*

We have painters. UGH the fumes.

[robanybody.livejournal.com]

This freaking episode, man. Between Dean crying and Dean being happy to mow the lawn for his MOTHER and Sam's little FACE, I was just destroyed.

I love our show so much.

[hederahelix.livejournal.com]

Also, Dean being so friggin' happy to mow the lawn. I actually thought that that sequence (though it ran a bit long) conveyed that really effectively.

[embroiderama]

It got me, too. I watched it this morning, and definitely got teary. I can't wait to watch it again tonight! The big thing for me was how much it *hurt* for Sam and Dean not to be close, how wrong it was. *heartclench*

[poisontaster]

Man. I cried. I cried and then had to stop myself from emo-calling my brother to weep over the phone at him about how much I miss him.

But the thing that stomps me flat about that graveyard scene (and there are many) is how it was NEVER--NEVER--"DO I do this?" It was only "WHY DO I HAVE TO?" God. I love my boys.

[bluesister.livejournal.com]

Sam finding Dean, and doing the Winchester version of first aid. When someone is unconscious, shake them.
*snort*

I loved the juxtaposition of What a Wonderful World (Mom+lawns+beer) with the gradual realization that he no longer has Sam. Oh dear.

[eskimosatan.livejournal.com]

Hehe, yeah, Kripke is God and Jensen and Jared are his evil (abliet beautiful) minions. As a general rule I don't cry. Ever. For any reason. Should I feel the first inkling that something in me wants to be sad, my brain activates it's self-defense mechanism and I start laughing. So, last night, my friend is sitting next to me with a quivering lip and I'm giggling like a manic clown, saying "We've got more than one tear!" That scene was just gut wrenching.

[eloise-bright.livejournal.com]

DUDE. The graveyard scene broke me. I'm such a sucker for Daddy angst, Daddy doesn't even have to be alive for me to buy into it. I had to pause the ep and give myself time to put my head down on my desk and cry like a baby.

It just shows how conditioned I am by Joss Whedon that when the white picket fence/lawn mowing scene happened, I kept expecting Dean to go down to the cellar and get his heart ripped out by a demon.

I was unspoiled for this ep, and I half hoped JDM would be in it - but the graveyard scene almost made up for his non-appearance. And Dean choosing to go back and fight, and be a hero, and be Sammy's big brother...

Yep, I'll just be over in the corner, crying softly.

[weesta.livejournal.com]

Sam finding Dean, and doing the Winchester version of first aid. When someone is unconscious, shake them.

Edited to add - Sam Winchester's version of first aid - Shake and say "Hey...hey." (Seriously, he does it every.single.time - I love that about him.)