> Sam and Cas being so concerned about Dean losing Jack
I may be expressing the minority view here but, tbh, when Cas made that comment about it being different when losing a son, I felt it was significant that Cas said it, ostensibly about Dean, while the camera focused on Sam. I honestly felt it was meant to be understood that the sentiment embraced all three of them.
Far be it from me to suggest show might actually be doing something intelligent, but perhaps it's deliberately leaving a lot of historical stuff like the shared parentage of Jack, and Sam's possession by Lucifer, unsaid, so as not to confuse casual viewers, whilst crediting longtime fans with the nous to read between the lines. That would actually be pretty smart because it acknowledges that the show has two very different kinds of viewers: there's the long term fans who are pretty cluey and care about this shit, but then there's the younger viewers that the network wants to attract who are casual and fickle and really only care about the pretty and the BAMF. I guess it isn't easy walking a line that satisfies both.
Oh, and then they have to write around Jared and Jensen's shortened contracts, which means coming up with reasons to film them separately so they can take days off while the other is working. The simple logistical reason why Sam couldn't have gone on the drive and fishing trip with Dean and Jack is probably that Jared wasn't working that day.
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I may be expressing the minority view here but, tbh, when Cas made that comment about it being different when losing a son, I felt it was significant that Cas said it, ostensibly about Dean, while the camera focused on Sam. I honestly felt it was meant to be understood that the sentiment embraced all three of them.
Far be it from me to suggest show might actually be doing something intelligent, but perhaps it's deliberately leaving a lot of historical stuff like the shared parentage of Jack, and Sam's possession by Lucifer, unsaid, so as not to confuse casual viewers, whilst crediting longtime fans with the nous to read between the lines. That would actually be pretty smart because it acknowledges that the show has two very different kinds of viewers: there's the long term fans who are pretty cluey and care about this shit, but then there's the younger viewers that the network wants to attract who are casual and fickle and really only care about the pretty and the BAMF. I guess it isn't easy walking a line that satisfies both.
Oh, and then they have to write around Jared and Jensen's shortened contracts, which means coming up with reasons to film them separately so they can take days off while the other is working. The simple logistical reason why Sam couldn't have gone on the drive and fishing trip with Dean and Jack is probably that Jared wasn't working that day.