Goodness me!

It’s a show people! A SHOW! As I understand it, Eric let Jared go finish a movie he was filming, hence the short airtime he got in this one ep. ONE EPISODE OUT OF 3 and a bit seasons and it brings this reaction from people? Would you have rathered Kripke not film one at all?
I’m a Sam girl and totally appreciated the reasoning behind it and certainly wasn’t bothered one iota by his non-presence.

Enjoy the episode for what it was people and let it go.

As you were.

My favorite lines:

When Dean realizes he’s gone back in time, he asks if “angels got their hands on some Deloreans.”

When Castiel shows up in the passenger seat of the pinto, Dean asks if this means “God’s my co-pilot.”

And someone please tell me why every time someone travels back in time, there’s a reference to Tab. Is that the universal sign of time travel?

I have to admit I’m a little disappointed to hear about the lack of Sam screen-time and that’s because I love both brothers but what I watch the show for most is their interaction together. So knowing that will be missing disappoints me. I’m sure I’ll enjoy the episode because I’d like to find out more about their family history but I just don’t see why that should mean that I can’t also be disappointed at the lack of brotherly interaction. Sam may be there in spirit but yeah, not completely the same if he’s not actually there to interact with Dean in person.

I do think that this debate would be just as angry if it was Dean only in it for 40 sec because again I think most people watch for both boys and this is a big change (one of the reason Ghostfacers got such mixed reviews was a lack of Dean and Sam and they still got more than 40 sec). Again NOT saying this will make the episode bad but it does bring some disappointment for what is missing. I don’t see why that has to mean people who lean more towards Dean should automatically mean that disappointment means people hate Dean. I love Dean but I prefer both boys. Just as I love Sam but if it was Dean in for only 40 sec, I’d be disappointed that there wasn’t more Dean.

I don’t think acknowledging that disappointment means we’re bad fans or that we don’t care enough about Jensen and Dean too. Like I said, I love both guys. More importantly both guys love each other and I think as fans, it’s pretty disgusting to see you ripping on one or the other guy for no real reason that I can see but that you’re pissed at someone else for doing the same. It’s a never ending cycle and no “side” comes out looking good when you do that. Personally I think both boys are great and that they bring out a lot of great things in each other’s acting too. Stop being so insulting to each other and to these guys who are working so hard to bring us this show.

This doesn’t mean that people aren’t allowed to ever criticize the show or even the acting but this is definitely not the way to go about it because all it comes off as is petty and immature.

Personally I can’t imagine the show going down to just one brother no matter your preference because I think the whole point of the show is the two of them together and their bond. Of course I find the whole ‘which boy is better than which’ debate to be lame overall and fail to see why some don’t get the importance of both of them in their own right as well as together.

We have a show where there are only two main characters. We should embrace that seeing as it really is unique in that most shows are ensembles now and there are rarely any good buddy shows out there anymore. What’s more, not only do they have chemistry on-screen but they have it off-screen too. Not every fandom has that so why spend time fighting and making it a Sam/Jared vs. Dean/Jensen thing when they’re so great together. I guess I just don’t get that and I’d think that if they saw this, they’d be pretty disgusted by their fans. Especially when they’ve always given so much praise for each other.

in other words, dudes, calm down! :)

Enjoy the fact that our show doesn’t SUCK like so many of them do.

Sure there is if you’ve got great writing, great acting and several of the central questions of the show being answered, especially if those questions are about the character than is MIA.

Of course if you only watch the show to see JP being tall, then of course you’re gonna be disappointed.

And it’s not necessarily a Sam/Jared vs. Dean/Jensen thing. Many of the fans watch for both brothers and their relationship. I know my favorite scenes in an episode always involve Sam & Dean together. I just think that there will be a lot of disappointment — there’s really no way to put a positive spin on 40 seconds for a character.

This makes me laugh. For three seasons we Dean girls have been moaning that Dean is nothing more than Sam’s big brother and all the Sam fans said that it should be enough. That Dean doesn’t need any more than that. After all, what could possibly be more important than being Sam’s big protective brother? We were told to chill.

Well, it does seem that Kripke agrees, Dean’s only purpose in life was Sam, and he gets pulled out of hell to continue that great and honorable job of being Sam’s big protective brother. Wow Kripke, the only reason you sent Dean to hell was for ratings. Great job. Too bad Dean still means nothing.

Now we are told that it’s wrong of us to tell the Sam fans to chill because Sam has only a 40 second spot in an episode where Dean is nothing more that a vessel in showing us just how super important and special Sam really is.

I wish they’d let Jensen go to Hawaii and have Jared do the episode so Sam can find out how super special important he really is. After all, if it’s going to be all about Sam anyway, might as well as have the character play in it.