Rewatch S5: The Devil You Know (5x20)

[hells_half_acre]

My plans were foiled! My boss discovered that I had no work and gave me some! Boo!

Anyway, so, this is later than I intended and I'm probably too tired now to work on VVV tonight. Story of my life! Still I'm only two episodes away from finishing the rewatch, which will mean that I can do fun stuff like: A)post my S5 timeline, such that it is. B)Get

Comments

[mymuseandi]

Personally, I play this game where I try to be as polite as possible to the person I'm mad at. Apparently it freaks people right out.

LOL I do this too, but it's not really a game, per se. My works previously involved customer service, and doing that in a country that is well-known got being complainers, it's a necessity, otherwise you'll go mad. So I'll be polite and smile and etc to them, and if it gets too much, once the're out of the immediate area, I'll be bitching about them.

"Maybe the only difference between you and a demon is that your hell is right here."I'm not entirely sure what this means, but I always thought that Sam could never really be at peace eve since season 1, when Jessica was killed, and then finding out that the YED had some grand plan for him, and then Dean selling his soul and subsequently going to Hell for him, and then he was consumed with revenge and Dean not trusting him when he returned from Hell, and then learning that the King of Demons himself wanted him as a vessel

[hells_half_acre]

I started the politeness thing in high school. I had this one teacher who was just rude. I noticed that the students who were (quite rightly) rude right back to her, were immediately put on her "bad list" and subsequently marked down for it. So, I figured it'd be a game - the more rude she was to me, the more polite I would be to her, and then she'd have absolutely no grounds with which to be marking me down and she'd feel like a complete idiot when she did so - so ultimately, I would win. It worked wonders. In the end, she liked me so much that she'd ignore my mistakes on tests, and mark me as correct. I still hated her, but she'd never know it from my behaviour. The "game" just branched out from there

[borgmama1of5]

I think Brady means Sam's life is hell because of the way he has unknowingly been living his 'destiny' and all the awful stuff he has gone through.

I'm surprised you didn't remark on Dean's reaction when Sam went to kill Brady.

I read the look on Dean's face as though he didn't want Sam to do it but that he knew Sam HAD to. Almost like when Sam had to shoot Madison, and Dean would rather have done it to spare Sam the pain.

Difference being, by this point in the show Dean knows he can't spare Sam the pain and lets Sam have his vengeance, even though he wishes his little brother hadn't gotten hard enough to want to do it himself.

Am I making any sense?

It's a look that says Dean didn't like it, but not in a disapproving way but in a sad way.

[hells_half_acre]

Hmm...you're right. I should have commented on that. I also should have commented on the fact that after 5 years, Sam finally gets the vengence on Jess' killer that he wanted in S1.

Dean's look was hard to interpret. Personally, I think Dean wanted Sam to do it...wanted to give him that. I think though, that just like always, he was disturbed by the things the demon was saying about his brother. Also, I don't think he's used to Sam being cold like that. Sam didn't kill Brady in a rage, he killed him in a calculating way and then afterwards just walked calmly away. I think ordinarily Dean is used to Sam being a huge ball of emotions.

That all being said: Yes, I agree. Dean didn't like it in a sad way, but not in a disapproving way - otherwise he wouldn't have laid the salt down and given that speech and let Sam go at the dude with the knife. Brady's death was something that Dean could give Sam. He didn't necessarily like watching it, but he knew it was a catharsis that his brother needed.

[trystan830]

again another awesome review! thanks for another good read. =)