SPN countdown to Season 10. Season 2 (part 2)

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I can't let Season two day go by without adding to my earlier post. I never got beyond Episode 1! And while most of my favorite episodes of the entire series are in this season, most of the worldbuilding, much of the mytharc and overarching mythos, at least before the advent of the angels, I'm going to bow to others who have posted about particular episodes, most of them my favorites, from the season. And I'm going to go straight to the two-part finale.

At Dallascon 14 recently someone finally asked about Sam's death scene in AHBL 1. It's 11:20 minutes into the J2 breakfast panel, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_3Ahqfc2aM (Thanks to maryjo24 for finding the vid for me!)

Jared did a truly amazing job of dying. As an actor will, I had it broken down by beats at one point, as Jared showed Sam's life slipping away. He gave Jensen a lot to work against, as Dean felt Sam dying in his arms. It's such a powerful scene. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQlKlfD8rYk






Dean's monologue over Sam's body in AHBL 2 before he sells his soul has been praised to the skies, and deservedly so. But Sam's death scene affected me as deeply, and both are etched into my memory.

For me, trying to process it took writing fic about it. If you're interested, it's here.

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I also think there's something about this being the first "real" death that makes it even more devastating. Dean didn't know there was another option, he hadn't yet seen death reversed in any real way. Also, as a viewer, I was still new to the show and genuinely wasn't sure if Sam was coming back. The whole thing was just really well done. (As an aside - that's also why Dean's death in S9 was so devastating to me. It also feels like a real death. I know Jensen will still be on the show and I'm seriously excited for Demon!Dean, but Dean is dead. *sobs* I feel very conflicted!!!)