Oh god, I agree about what happened the day of the episode, a lot of it came from some of the reviewers.
I also agree that I thought the show did make it clear that Dean wasn't responsible for anything that happened in the past - it would've happened anyway. I thought Castiel was pretty clean when he said what he to Dean...if people choose to not accept that, then I think they're ignoring canon and looking to blame Dean.
As far as the ending goes, I thought what Castiel said actually opened it up for Dean to be more than Sam's guard dog/babysitter. I think Dean himself will include Sam in his (Dean's) purpose, but I don't Castiel was including Sam in the reason Dean was brought back from Hell. To me, there were two different topics in the sentences Castiel said to Dean - the end game and Sam's path. I guess we'll see what happens, but I really do hope the reason Dean was brought back from Hell has to with Dean himself and not because he's Sam big brother.
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Date: 2008-10-04 05:44 pm (UTC)I also agree that I thought the show did make it clear that Dean wasn't responsible for anything that happened in the past - it would've happened anyway. I thought Castiel was pretty clean when he said what he to Dean...if people choose to not accept that, then I think they're ignoring canon and looking to blame Dean.
As far as the ending goes, I thought what Castiel said actually opened it up for Dean to be more than Sam's guard dog/babysitter. I think Dean himself will include Sam in his (Dean's) purpose, but I don't Castiel was including Sam in the reason Dean was brought back from Hell. To me, there were two different topics in the sentences Castiel said to Dean - the end game and Sam's path. I guess we'll see what happens, but I really do hope the reason Dean was brought back from Hell has to with Dean himself and not because he's Sam big brother.