God is just a dick really - he's interfered twice that we know of, sticking the brothers on a plane when Lucifer appeared and resurrecting Castiel, but never again, no matter how dire the situation.

He also resurrected them when they were killed by Roy and Walt. Or at least he resurrected Dean - I guess Lucifer could have taken care of Sam.

I love what this says about Sam's character, though. Above anything else, he is a man of faith in others. He believed in Dean not saying yes when Castiel lost faith, believed in Castiel when Dean lost faith even though Castiel had broken his wall, believed in Dean again as a demon no matter what he did or said to him.... and still believed in God even after he was tortured in the cage and everything that followed. The only one he ever loses faith in is himself.

{sob}

And maybe he loses faith in himself partially because Dean often expresses his lack of faith in him. And I know that's not always the case, I know Dean believes in him, but he doesn't say that out loud very often.

This episode did confirm that Dean never told Sam about the connection to Amara, but if I needed proof that she's somehow controlling Dean supernaturally, him ignoring Sam's phone call when he knows what's happening is all the proof I needed.

I don't know that he was ignoring Sam's call as much as he was distracted by what was happening with Amara.