One for Sorrow

Yes! That's exactly what seemed so weird, that the parallels to the pilot were obvious but it seemed like they weren't being very careful about the ways that it wasn't. Like, they must see them but they're not important. The motivations in the pilot were straightforward and here they were weirdly twisted but it's almost like they were presented as if they weren't. Dean's motives are muddled because he's been manipulated and lied to and Sam's motives are muddled because they just are.