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Re: question about Sam and season 8.

[(Anonymous)]

It would be so lame and repetitive if they did that. Dean going to Purgatory isn't that fresh and new by itself, the ending of 7.23 basically parroted 3.16, only these days Dean won't yell SAAAAMMMMM first thing in a hell-like situation. Dick.

I hope Sam gets a love interest after he gets Dean back, as a sort of celebration.

Re: question about Sam and season 8.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm not sure Hell and Purgatory are that comparable.

Re: question about Sam and season 8.

[(Anonymous)]

IDK, maybe. We haven't seen much of both. I just see a lot of similarity in the ending of these two season finales.

Re: question about Sam and season 8.

[(Anonymous)]

I mean, maybe if the first thing that happened in Purgatory was Dean being ripped apart by monster-souls, he might have screamed out for Sam.

There's just a level of intensity between the two that makes them hard to compare as places. As plot devices, yes, comparable.

Re: question about Sam and season 8.

[(Anonymous)]

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I see a lot of difference, actually, at least potentially, in terms of where they might be going with Dean from that starting point. 3.16 ended with Dean being killed by violence against which he was helpless, and the last image of him was him immobilized and tormented. 7.23 ended with Dean successfully defeating his adversary, even if he was sucked away as a side effect, and, though purgatory looks anything but fun, Dean is free, in danger rather than tortured, and still potentially with Cas's help.

It seems like a set-up for hardship, danger, and hurt, but not for the kind of suffering without agency (not to mention the destructive parody of agency in the choice to take up the knife) that did so much damage to Dean in hell. I can see Dean coming out of purgatory hurt or damaged, but also potentially in a better rather than a worse place.