I think it feels unsettling because it's not totally sincere. Dean's a smart, and somewhat paranoid, guy, and I suspect the possibility that Sam is up to something bigger than a petty tit-for-tat is very much in his head. He's not sure Sam's lying to him, but he's definitely weighing the possibility, and he's willing to apologize if that's what it takes to invite himself along on the hunt.
Maybe so, but it's not just in St. Louis. He was honest about killing vamps on his own to take the edge off, and about not wanting to do it with Sam, and it seems like normally he wouldn't be so forthcoming.
The past couple of episodes have had a delightful amount of Sam in them, and I love that he's doing things (deliciously dangerous and self-destructive things!) rather than being purely reactive, as he too often is in later seasons.
Yes, wonderful stupid proactive things. I love it.
And on the flip side, I also enjoyed the journey into Dean's mind we got with the trip to Purgatory. The set-up of placing a character in a fictional environment to interact with avatars of his subconscious has been used a lot with Sam over the years--"The Man Who Knew Too Much" and "I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here" spring to mind--but I don't think we've had an episode like that with Dean since "What Is, And What Should Never Be" way back in s2, unless I'm missing something obvious.
Well, there was the first Demon!Dean, in Dream a Little Dream of Me.
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Date: 2015-04-24 08:16 pm (UTC)Maybe so, but it's not just in St. Louis. He was honest about killing vamps on his own to take the edge off, and about not wanting to do it with Sam, and it seems like normally he wouldn't be so forthcoming.
The past couple of episodes have had a delightful amount of Sam in them, and I love that he's doing things (deliciously dangerous and self-destructive things!) rather than being purely reactive, as he too often is in later seasons.
Yes, wonderful stupid proactive things. I love it.
And on the flip side, I also enjoyed the journey into Dean's mind we got with the trip to Purgatory. The set-up of placing a character in a fictional environment to interact with avatars of his subconscious has been used a lot with Sam over the years--"The Man Who Knew Too Much" and "I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here" spring to mind--but I don't think we've had an episode like that with Dean since "What Is, And What Should Never Be" way back in s2, unless I'm missing something obvious.
Well, there was the first Demon!Dean, in Dream a Little Dream of Me.