The other things that supports your analysis is the 'blanket forgiveness' Dean gave at Rufus' burial. I believe he was sincere when he said 'all is forgiven'--the spectre pulled those feelings Dean had overcome back into play. Like you point out, the wife in the first murder had been married for 37 years! So I do think the spectre pulled out grievances that Dean had resolved.
The parallels to Sam in 'Asylum' are very striking, even to the point of Sam holding a gun on Dean--and he fired!
And there is the question lingering about what Dean remembers saying. Based on the other victims, I really think he doesn't remember, but good luck convincing Sam (and a lot of Sam!girls ) of that...
The part that made me want to scream at my TV was Sam equating Dean keeping Benny a secret with Sam not looking for Dean. The two things aren't the same magnitude--but what I think is happening is that Sam is projecting his guilt over not looking for Dean AND his guilt for feeling guilty because he felt his was doing the right thing at the time. And we all know that Sam turns his guilt into anger, whereas Dean turns his guilt into depression. So Sam is lashing out.
I shall continue to scream LISTEN TO EACH OTHER fruitlessly...
I better get an epic reconciliation as my reward for suffering through this much angst!
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Date: 2012-11-11 12:51 pm (UTC)The parallels to Sam in 'Asylum' are very striking, even to the point of Sam holding a gun on Dean--and he fired!
And there is the question lingering about what Dean remembers saying. Based on the other victims, I really think he doesn't remember, but good luck convincing Sam (and a lot of Sam!girls ) of that...
The part that made me want to scream at my TV was Sam equating Dean keeping Benny a secret with Sam not looking for Dean. The two things aren't the same magnitude--but what I think is happening is that Sam is projecting his guilt over not looking for Dean AND his guilt for feeling guilty because he felt his was doing the right thing at the time. And we all know that Sam turns his guilt into anger, whereas Dean turns his guilt into depression. So Sam is lashing out.
I shall continue to scream LISTEN TO EACH OTHER fruitlessly...
I better get an epic reconciliation as my reward for suffering through this much angst!