I loved the way Jensen played Dean in this episode. His anger didn't bother me; it seemed completely rational in context. To me it felt like Dean was being such a dick because he resented the hell out of Sully.
Sully threatens everything he had as a kid - taking care of Sammy was what Dean did. It was his job. So here's this invisible guy who tells Sam he doesn't have to be like Dean, or do what his family does, who should maybe think about college, or running away. And Sam did run away, just a few years later, to Flagstaff., which Dean was traumatized by and blamed for. I'm sure Sam talked all about Sully to Dean; up to then, he must have thought it was just Sam's imagination, but no, it was an actual supernatural being trying to get his kid brother to leave the family. Add that to the guilt of what Sam's been through by sticking with the family business... and there's the bitter gall that Sully might have been right. And maybe deep down there might be a little unfairness at the fact that he never got to be a kid long enough to have one of his own; once again Sam gets the support, while no one but Dean takes care of Dean.
As for Sully trying to convince Sam to run away - I can see how Sully would have thought it was the right thing to do. What healthy family leaves a 9-year-old kid alone for what had to be more than a day - far enough away that he has to catch a bus on his own to get to them. Obviously the kid is no worse on his own, since he's ALREADY on his own. And what is it that the family does? Constantly risk their lives fighting things. How much more danger is he going to be in, especially with a supernatural being with magical abilities around?
Questions I DID have, though: - The boys went hungry a lot. Sully can magically create food that was real even when Dean couldn't see Sully. So why? - That house looked far nicer than anyplace I thought the boys got to stay in growing up, didn't it?
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Date: 2015-12-03 09:15 pm (UTC)Sully threatens everything he had as a kid - taking care of Sammy was what Dean did. It was his job. So here's this invisible guy who tells Sam he doesn't have to be like Dean, or do what his family does, who should maybe think about college, or running away. And Sam did run away, just a few years later, to Flagstaff., which Dean was traumatized by and blamed for. I'm sure Sam talked all about Sully to Dean; up to then, he must have thought it was just Sam's imagination, but no, it was an actual supernatural being trying to get his kid brother to leave the family. Add that to the guilt of what Sam's been through by sticking with the family business... and there's the bitter gall that Sully might have been right. And maybe deep down there might be a little unfairness at the fact that he never got to be a kid long enough to have one of his own; once again Sam gets the support, while no one but Dean takes care of Dean.
As for Sully trying to convince Sam to run away - I can see how Sully would have thought it was the right thing to do. What healthy family leaves a 9-year-old kid alone for what had to be more than a day - far enough away that he has to catch a bus on his own to get to them. Obviously the kid is no worse on his own, since he's ALREADY on his own. And what is it that the family does? Constantly risk their lives fighting things. How much more danger is he going to be in, especially with a supernatural being with magical abilities around?
Questions I DID have, though:
- The boys went hungry a lot. Sully can magically create food that was real even when Dean couldn't see Sully. So why?
- That house looked far nicer than anyplace I thought the boys got to stay in growing up, didn't it?