I found a livestream for the SPN premiere ...

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... and I flippin' enjoyed it ...It's 3.15 here so I won't say much but ...

*unpopular opinion and spoilers under the cut*



I don't think Sam's break from hunting was out of character at all. He was in shock and lost the only thing anchoring him to the hunting life - Dean - and he did what he's done before - he gave up. He gave up the life when he ran away to Flagstaff, he gave up the life when he ran away to Stanford. He gave up Stanford by running away with Dean. If he hadn't had Ruby in S6 he would have let himself die, and as for learning - look how the Ruby thing worked out :(  This time he didn't look for dangerous solutions and he didn't take revenge (remember Bobby's plea about that) He took the only familiar thing to him (Baby) and ran away again.

Sam deals with stress differently from Dean and he was completely and utterly broken at the end of S7.  Yes Dean was butt hurt about it, yes that's understandable but I actually stand totally with Sam and surprisingly, with the writers on this. No doubt we will find out more of Sam's story - but really, remember S7 reactions before Sam's soullessness was discovered. It is WAY too early to judge the full details of either of the boys' year out.

In other news .... There simply had to be some aspect of baby's upkeep that Dean would comment on :) Kevin has turned badass, Benny is a great mystery, Dean's reaction to his burger was fab, and I'm really not sure about Amelia - not enough there to see.
Oh and it's 3.30 and I have work in the morning so ...off I go.

Edit on 4th Oct: So with a change in  livestream early on I missed this part and rewatching it now, I want to hug Sammy - I know this is crap quality screencaps - but it's about how I was feeling - did anyone else find themselves making this comparison and breaking their heart a bit more? ..

Comments

[grean.livejournal.com]

I loved this ep. BAMF Dean in purgatory, mmmmm. I liked Benny and am intrigued by this new person in Dean's life, he lets so few people in. I was glad to see that he was looking for Cas.
I was put off at first by Sam and Dean's reunion but thought that all things given they handled it as well as could be expected. Dean didn't bitch he reacted and said his piece and then seemed to let it go. I think Sam without his brother just gave into the seeming futility of fighting the neverending wave of evil. That the writers have set us up with an answer for the brothers, a way to rid their world of Demon kind is awesome.
I didn't like Sam's girl one bit, ugh. Who acts like that, my cat was hit by a car, I was there when it happened , it was a horrible accident, no fault of the drivers. He just darted into the road spooked by a dog. To make Sam out to be a bad person becasue he couldn't avoid it, yuck. She will have a tough road making me look at her differently now.
Crowley, always happy to have him annoying Sam and Dean. Looking forward to the new season.

[anniespinkhouse.livejournal.com]

I'm gonna wait a little on Amelia, SPN writers have a habit of putting a deceptive spin on short snippets of the boy's lives - and her flashback was very short. I am kinda hoping it was her awkward way of hooking Sam - get him to take the dog, he has to stick around and see her - 'cos Hell! If I was her I'd be tempted to be unprofessional if Sam turned up like that in my surgery ;)
I was definitely drawn in by this ep. though. Do we really have to wait another week? lol