Harleycat

I think showing Sam with the suburban life that he never wanted was the hardest thing to swallow in the episode. Let's be real, Sam would make an awful father. He was in the role of being Dean's "kid" for way too long for that. He would have terrible PTSD, Mommy and Daddy issues, drinks daily, and sees his true life partner as his dead brother. Sounds like a super fun environment for a kid to grow up in. Now take all of that and add Sam's hard to please, rarely smiling unless smirking at other people's expense thing and make the kid live with that. Sucks to be that kid. Why couldn't they just let Sam do Sam? Have him end up on a beach or in a big city or in the middle of nowhere with whoever his very understanding and patient life partner turned out to be and leave kids out of it.

So what kind of Dad was Sam supposed to be? His kid didn't seem too sad about him dying. How would he describe Sam? A paranoid, functioning alcoholic who has workaholic tendencies, rarely expresses his emotions, and is apparently obsessed with his brother who died before his kid was born. Sounds like a super fun household to grow up in. I think I would have preferred it if Sam hadn't had a kid. He said so many times throughout the series that that wasn't what he wanted. I think I would have preferred for him and whoever he ended up with to just be happy. Maybe they would be van lifers or something.

Re-watching Glee and can't help but notice how dated the show was at times. I mean, shouldn't have Mr. Schuew been very fired when he suspended a 15 year old from glee club for refusing to dance around in a bikini in front of him during the Katie vs. Gaga week? Shouldn't her mother, who works at the school and is trained as a school employee on grooming behaviors, spoken up?

It's always bugged me, but this episode was just ridiculous. They need to write into the rules that it won't be tolerated anymore. TC is for discussion, not to play little mean girl games.

Then Kim would have had to say that she sees that they are targeting minorities, which is usually what happens after the merge.

I don't think I've ever been so disappointed at Jeff as I was at that tribal counsel. As soon as the players even suggested getting up in the middle of tribal counsel he should have told them to sit their asses down and act like adults. All of the whispering and everyone sitting there not actually saying anything has gotten out of control. Jeff needs to set some ground rules for tribal counsel. It is supposed to be a forum for them to talk about the week, instead we are getting a bunch of grown adults acting like 3rd graders at recess. I am embarrassed for this entire cast for choosing to represent themselves like that on national television.

They took the humor that came from the characters having self awareness that they are in ridiculous situations (like having an angel and a demon in their back seat) and stuffed it down the viewers throats over and over again. It just doesn't work, it's not enjoyable for anyone to watch. Instead of the show being about the story they try to make the show about the show. Really for me the bunker was the beginning of the end, because it made the brothers world not grounded in reality anymore. I think my favorite time for them was actually when they went off the grid and couldn't even get motel rooms. It was a real world obstacle that they had to work around to contrast their monster hunting jobs.

I agree. The mom from the Waltons said that she left the show because it fell in love with itself. That's kind of what happened to SPN as well. Instead of focusing on interesting stories about family and ordinary people being up against unusual circumstances it became about inserting odd new characters and then having the Winchesters react to them. It's worse now that they are pushing Dean and Sam as hero's and go on these tangents on what it means to be a hero. I get that they don't want to leave it as Dean and Sam wasted their lives when someone else could have saved the world instead, but the point never was that they were hero's to begin with. They were just people who had knowledge and skills that most people don't have. Instead of trying to make the show fit with other CW superhero shows they should have looked at other off beat quirky shows like the Magicians that tackle magical forces but are still grounded in the characters and real world issues that people have.

He talked more to Dean then Sam. They had discussions, not just pep talks. I got the feeling that he had a lot more respect for Dean then Sam anyway, but it also just could have been because Jensen had better chemistry with him then Jared.

Bobby saw the boys as adapted son's to him. The writers never made it clear what Dean or Sam felt about Bobby other then seeing him as someone they could depend on, so I guess we'll never know. Bobby also said when he had to tell the truth that Dean was his favorite, so does it really matter if he encouraged Sam more? Maybe he was supposed to feel like Dean was a solid enough person that he didn't need to baby him. And even if Dean doesn't see Jack as a son Jack definitely sees Dean as the closest thing to a father figure that he's going to get. We probably will also never know how Dean or Sam really feel about Jack, as that I just how they role with Dean and Sam's feelings about anything other then how they feel about each other. Sam has been "dating" Eileen for awhile now and he hasn't even admitted to even liking her. The boys play it close to their chest with their feelings, the show has been consistent with at least that.

Geez they make Sam insufferable every chance they get. Sam barely seemed to tolerate Jack and Jack associated Sam with the trauma of losing his mother at birth but now Sam was grieving for his lost "son". Give me a break.

I've always liked that they were single, especially that Dean was single. I think it is pretty common for straight people to have families that aren't necessarily with a romantic partner or biological children. It isn't reflected on TV enough that not everyone has lives that revolve around a having a significant other. But yes to the rest. There are all kinds of possibilities out there.

I don't think it makes her weak, but know there are trollers and haters on social media who do glob onto any perceived slight towards women, especially in male dominated shows like SPN. If Mary has been more maternal there would have been backlash about SPN feeling like a women's place is to be the caregiver. It's the same with Eileen. We will never know anything about her besides that she is very independent because these hacks think it is the only social media friendly way for a woman to be presented.

I think the writers are so worried about offending people that they forget that their purpose is to tell a story. They didn't know what to do with Mary because people would be offended by the show not showing strong enough women if she was caring towards her son's and people would also be offended if she was shown to be overwhelmed by the entire situation (which she had every right to be). So they did nothing and then got rid of the character.

More focus on what they are hunting I suppose. Although that would mean having to give guest stars a lot more responsible. I think it was just easier to bring in a new recurring actor then depend on a revolving door of guest actors. Or a different storyline for Cas so he could take up some of the slack.