9.01, or, Carver does it again

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Just saw 9.01 and loved it. And wow, my previous two posts sure did get jossed a lot, occasionally more or less word for word .... Ah, well; I always seem to find my way to the same wavelength with the writers. Consider this a blanket warning that any of my future fics (now that I'm keeping up with the show in real time) may end up spoily.

So apparently Sam really DOES only want death. And is his request for assurance from Death that he STAY DEAD the whole reason he didn't look for Dean when he "thought he was dead"--Sam assumed that Dean must feel the same way he does and want to stay dead? Makes sense. (I heard Carver said they would continue to go into that issue in the show, yay!) "Sacrifice" was magnificent, and 9.01 was all I would have hoped for out of a follow-up. Hurt!Sam and hurt!Cas and hurt!Dean, oh my! And feels, all the feels! *drooooool*

Loves me some Tahmoh! And ooh, as hurt!Dean scenes go, his angel beatdown was imo one of the BEST. EVER. I may even get to see 9.02 next week on something bigger than a teeny screen!!

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I am unapologetically a Sam!girl. I think it's because I'm the 'white sheep' in my family the way he is. But yeah, all the sympathy feels for episode 1.

Sam and Cas' relationship is really interesting, because Sam was so in awe of Cas, and tends to both treat him better and give him the benefit of the doubt more than Dean. I think they share a sense of having done wrong in the pursuit of trying to do right. And you're right, they are similar - I think what Dean loves and hates about Cas is the same as what he loves and hates about Sam.

My fave Sam and Cas moments are Sam saying he still wants to help Cas (isn't it beautiful? Makes me tear up) and Cas' devastation when he couldn't repair Sam's wall.

Dean's "we're family" is up there too, although it slightly tainted by the gag reel where Misha is forcing Jensen's face into his crotch. "You're my baby daddy."

New friendness ahoy!

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'White sheep'! Yeah, me too! Maybe that is what us Sam girls generally have in common ... Always nice to meet a new Sam!girl! Odd that we seem many fewer in number than the Dean!girls.

ARRGHHH, I LOVE Cas's devastation when he can't repair Sam's wall! In fact, I'm just gonna come right out and say that "Born-Again Identity" must be my favorite episode ever, and my favorite moment in my favorite episode is probably that very moment, when Cas can only say, "Oh, Sam." They're forever connected, too, in the memories Cas took from Sam, thereby saving them both.

You know ... I can't get Misha forcing Jensen's face into his crotch out of my mind, either. Six years old, much? I adore Misha utterly, but sometimes he makes me go "hmm ...."

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I've noticed that too. I think Sam!girls are a rare and beautiful breed. ;-)

Those two little words always make my heart skip whenever I watch that ep. It's probably the rawest you ever hear Cas' emotions. And the fact that he gave up his own sanity to save Sam's life. <3

Misha is interesting - he whinges all the time about Jared's behaviour, but he is clearly just as bad! His Twitter feed is outright bizarre sometimes.

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Yeah ... Jared is REEEAAALLLY dickish to him, but then I see the kinds of things Misha does, and hear about things he's specifically done to Jared, and wonder if just maybe, Misha's self-pity is a bit out of place.

But that's one of the reasons I so love Misha--HE AIN'T LIKE ANYONE ELSE. That's one of my favorite things in anyone. At least Misha is never, ever boring.

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I think Misha is jealous, personally. He totally gets out-trolled by Jared.

I love that Cas is like the antithesis of Misha. It makes Cas' straightness all the more hilarious.