SPN: Scenes I Love . . .

Though we didn't realize it at the time, this was a pivotal scene that set precedents for the whole of the next 5 seasons. For Dean, the issues are black and white: Max has supernatural powers and he's killing people; he needs to be stopped. He unhesitatingly describes him as a monster and insists "we gotta end him". Sam will vacillate over this point in the next few seasons but, at this stage, he still sees Max as a person. He can see the parallels between Max and himself and he finds the young man's desire for revenge against his abusers to be, if not justifiable, at least understandable. For now, he manages to persuade Dean to let him talk to the boy. Nevertheless, this is doubtless the episode that sows the seed in his mind that his brother will eventually come to view Sam as a monster.