they probably didn't intend it, but okay, this ep is sort of a flip of the pilot
But that is what they intended. At ComicCon the writers and the actors were all talking about the big "role reversal." So we're definitely supposed to see this as a flip of the pilot.
But it doesn't even work as that because Sam supposedly wanted Dean to have this life, to the extent that he made Dean promise that he would pursue it. Dean never exacted any deathbed oaths from Sam about getting a law degree. It's also such a false equivalency...Sam in the pilot was still pretty much a kid. He was a grad student with a committed relationship, but at the age of twenty-two, nothing is set in stone. And even though Dean didn't really "get" Sam's life, he still drove him back to Stanford to continue living it...and in time for his job interview to boot. I've heard people say that Dean dragged Sam back into the hunting life, but he didn't...he just dragged Sam out of the trap the YED had set for him, and after Jessica died it was Sam who wanted to get on the road and hunt him down. I don't think the show plans to torch Lisa and Ben, but they're going to have to find some reason to get Dean back in the game and judging from the way the djinn was used in this episode, I suspect that reason will be hopelessly lame.
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Date: 2010-09-25 11:11 pm (UTC)But that is what they intended. At ComicCon the writers and the actors were all talking about the big "role reversal." So we're definitely supposed to see this as a flip of the pilot.
But it doesn't even work as that because Sam supposedly wanted Dean to have this life, to the extent that he made Dean promise that he would pursue it. Dean never exacted any deathbed oaths from Sam about getting a law degree. It's also such a false equivalency...Sam in the pilot was still pretty much a kid. He was a grad student with a committed relationship, but at the age of twenty-two, nothing is set in stone. And even though Dean didn't really "get" Sam's life, he still drove him back to Stanford to continue living it...and in time for his job interview to boot. I've heard people say that Dean dragged Sam back into the hunting life, but he didn't...he just dragged Sam out of the trap the YED had set for him, and after Jessica died it was Sam who wanted to get on the road and hunt him down. I don't think the show plans to torch Lisa and Ben, but they're going to have to find some reason to get Dean back in the game and judging from the way the djinn was used in this episode, I suspect that reason will be hopelessly lame.