I was so wrong about this episode at first. Then I thought about it today at work and I wondered if they weren't going to do some kind of time jump. That's the only way that Sam would have been okay to work a case on his own. I still wonder if Crowley isn't going to be back at some point to help out. He does have powers and The Leviathans are something Sam and Dean have never faced before. Maybe demons know something about them.
Jensen Ackles did a great job of directing this episode. I still wondered if it wasn't all going to be in someone's head or something. Like Sam was just seeing it and he was in a coma or something like that. I'm glad that it really happened and it opened up Dean's storyline for the season. I can just imagine all the crazy crap out there about Dean now and all the Sam and Dean hating and fighting that's going to go on over this. I don't understand it at all. I get Dean and I get Sam's characters. I don't sit and pretend that they are something or someone they are not. Dean has never been like Sam and Sam has never been like Dean, except when he was soulless. I still say that Dean could not stand soulless Sam because he could not stand looking at himself. Dean can't face himself and who he is. Maybe he finally will this season. I still think it's Dean who needs the saving and not Sam. I'm actually loving what's happening this season and I can't wait for more. I love that everything has changed and those Leviathans are dangerous and it's like Sam and Dean are now the hunted and not just the hunters.
Loved Colin Ford as the young Sam. He does such a great job in each and every episode he is in. He makes me believe that he really is Sam and I love that. The younger version of Sam that is. I loved watching the older Sam and then seeing the younger Sam.
I love how Sam asked Dean to trust him again. Didn't Sam say that before and what happened? Dean didn't trust him and the apocalypse happend. Not because of just Sam, but because of Dean as well. If Dean would have shown an ounce of trust and went with Sam, then the apocalypse could have been diverted. Even what happened with Castiel. Maybe if Dean would have paid more attention to what was happening with Castiel, then maybe none of what is currently happening would be happening. Dean wants others to trust him, but he doesn't trust them. Trust is a two way street. If there is not trust on both sides, then there's no trust at all. I don't think Dean even can trust himself.
I think Dean is the one who needs saving and he either has to save himself by facing the truth about himself or maybe Sam will help him face the truth about himself at some point and help save him. I think Dean wanted Castiel to help save him, Lisa and Ben to help save him, but in the end only Dean can save himself. That's just what I think right now.
I'm excited to find out what the writers have planned and what's going to happen. I haven't been this excited since season three. Three episodes and 20 more to go. Season 7 just is getting better and better.
