Jump the Shark
Well, that was horrendously depressing. I was open to the whole brother from another mother thing, I just didn't want him to be:
a. Evil
b. Killed (unless he was evil)
c. a new regular
In a way, two of those were violated. Poor kid was already dead and something evil impersonated him. Why does this show want to hurt me? Because damn that was sad. And poor boys.
Ok, now from the beginning.
First off, I was kind of distracted the whole time by the insane lightning outside my window. I was just hoping there wouldn't be a tornado or power outage to disrupt my show. It looked a lot like the lightning we had before the tornado last year. Kind of freaky, but there were only a couple little glitches in my tv, so I was happy. It interruped me less than my roommates did.
Then an ankle grabber! Those things scared the crap out of me when I was little. We had this book and after reading it I had to jump into bed every night and not turn the light off until after I was securely in bed. I still do it sometimes, actually, if it's late and I'm the only one up. Maybe not such an irrational fear after all... though I don't have a vent under my bed. And I'm not related to any Winchesters. I think I am related to some Campbells, though, so maybe I do need to watch out. Though my sister tells me we're related by marriage, so we should be safe. Yay!
Aww, Dean is so not a morning person. I can relate. And Sammy should invest in some Brush-Ups.
The angst in this episode was INSANE. Just when you think Dean can't get any more broken, they snap him a little more. It was really heartbreaking to watch him talking to Adam. He was so jealous and angry. Oh, Dean.
I know the boys don't want to think about Papa having sex, but me? I'm in. Oh, most certainly. If he came into my ER I would've done the same thing as Ms. Milligan (I almost typed Monroe, but Adam Monroe is my love from Heroes. Oops. And damn them for killing him off!). Or the same thing as Izzie, if we're talking Jeffrey Dean Morgan in hospitals. Mmmmm.... Give me a minute.....
Ok then! It was so sad, but cute, how Dean just wanted to protect this kid, even when he was completely less than thrilled that he existed in the first place. And I know they were saying Sam was just like Papa, but Papa protected the kid, too, just like Dean was trying to do. He didn't try to teach him anything. At least not that we know of. Sam, on the other hand, is all too willing to teach him about hunting and get him involved in the life. At one point I thought he might be trying to scare Adam away, but then it really didn't seem like that was the case.
Also heartbreaking? When that guy in the cemetery asked Dean if he'd thought of where he'd like to spend eternity. Holy crap, I actually groaned aloud. Poor boy has thought about it all too much. And knows far too much about it already.
I guess the bartender's wife isn't as good at picking out real cops/Feds as Jamie was. Dean has "a law and order vibe"? Really? Well, I guess when he's not trying to hit on you it might be more convincing. And I did like his coat. I also enjoyed all the pictures of John. Not as good as him being on the show, but at least we get to see him.
Did Dean not tell Sam that all of the stuff with YED was because of mom, not Papa? Because when Sam talked about the Winchesters being cursed all I could think was that, nope, it's the Campbells who were cursed. Although in this case, it ended up being completely unrelated to all that had gone before. But if that ghoul hadn't had offspring, Adam could theoretically have continued on blissfully unaware of all things Supernatural... err, supernatural. Unless demons found out and wanted to screw with Sam and Dean, I guess, but that's no guarantee. I mean, if they had known, you'd think they'd've pulled that one long ago.
I was very very extremely sad and disappointed when not!Adam smiled that incredibly evil little smile and knocked Sam out. And quite depressed when Dean found Adam's body. Oh my God, it was terrible! And at that point I wasn't even sure he was actually their brother or if it was just made up to lure Sam and Dean there. When not!Adam'sMom said that Adam actually was their brother it was a million times worse. Their brother was dead and they couldn't save him. Or even really meet him. Killed by something supernatural that, had they known about it before, they could have prevented. Oh show! Why? Why? Why? Couldn't you let brother live and just be a normal person? There was already enough angst with Dean knowing Adam existed, surely?
I was not terribly concerned with Sam's blood draining out, at this point, though. Get all that demon blood out! And we knew Sam wouldn't die today (well, I suppose it could have happened, but it was very unlikely), so there was no real worry.
And the end. Oh, God, the end. I think Eric Kripke wants to do me serious emotional harm. Burning their brother's body, just like they burned their father's. And then Sam talking about how he understood John, finally, and was glad to be like him/took it as a compliment that he was like his father. And then Dean. Holy crap. Dean completely losing faith in his father and telling Sam to "take that however he wants". Just rip my heart out and stomp on it. This was the most emotional episode ever. I'm so sad that Adam was dead the whole time and they'll never get to meet him. That Adam will never know he had brothers or get to grow up. That one of John's sons, another one of Sam and Dean's relatives is dead. And how weird is it in heaven, with John and Mary and Adam and his mom? Though, as my sister pointed out, "In heaven there's no husbands and wives" (Brand New), so maybe all is ok. But John must be sad that his "normal" son is dead and he couldn't protect him And even though Sam mentioned asking Castiel to bring Adam back, I knew they couldn't. Winchesters/Campbells have messed with bringing loved ones back from the dead too much and know that it never ends quite the way they want it to.
I think I need some therapy after this one. It was incredibly depressing.