I was really annoyed by Ellen at the end of the episode, and considering I've been one of her biggest fans from the start, I figure that if I'm annoyed, there's definitely a problem. I sympathized with her fear for Jo and her anger at being lied to, but the way she dumped the blame for John's vaguely defined past fuck-up on Dean was way OTT and came across as histrionic and mean-spirited to me. That "once a Winchester, always a Winchester" line really rubbed me the wrong way. It came across as a variation of "I know you boys are trash because your Daddy was," which is a little rich coming from someone running a redneck bar in Bumblefuck, Nebraska.
Dean had admitted what he'd done wrong and taken responsibility for it. He didn't deserve this sudden extra load of condemnation over something he's totally blameless for. Especially since we all know he's going to tear himself up about it, and at this point, giving Dean something else to tear himself up about feels a lot like kicking a puppy.
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Date: 2006-11-03 07:51 pm (UTC)Dean had admitted what he'd done wrong and taken responsibility for it. He didn't deserve this sudden extra load of condemnation over something he's totally blameless for. Especially since we all know he's going to tear himself up about it, and at this point, giving Dean something else to tear himself up about feels a lot like kicking a puppy.