sammii

SUMMARY
"Driven to the edge of emotional endurance, Dean makes a sacrifice that leads to a cosmic showdown with the yellow-eyed demon...and to consequences even more far reaching."

ORIGINAL AIRDATE
May 17, 2007

LITTLE THINGS I NOTICED

*Red-eyed crossroad demon, yellow-eyed Azazel

*When John disappeared in a haze of light, did he go to heaven?

*Azazel seems quite glad (and unsurprised) to see Sam. Did he know this would happen all along?

THINGS I LIKED ABOUT THIS EP

*OMG, Dean's grief. Soooo heartbreaking. It's so obvious here how much he loves and needs Sam.

*We really see how little Dean thinks of himself here, how strong his self-esteem issues really are. And we get the first peek of his idea that by dying, he's 'setting things to rights.'

*Seeing John again in the cemetery, sooo moving.

*The scene with Sam and Dean at the Impala at the end, when Sam finds out what happened, really made me cry. <3

THINGS I DIDN'T LIKE ABOUT THIS EP

*Azazel makes a point that maybe what Dean brought back wasn't all Sam. Interesting concept, but it's never explored in depth, unfortunately. I'm a little disappointed it wasn't. Dropped plot line, I guess.

Screencaps here... There are a lot more coming, but I took over 2000 captures and it's taking me a while to sort through them and pick out the good ones. :)

RATING:
M.O.T.W.: A
OVERALL: A