SPN: Scenes I Love . . .
Nightmare (cont.)
Dean wearing his red shirt is never a good thing, either!
These ominous portents preface Sam's confession that he moved the cabinet, "like Max". The troubling aspect of this development is, of course, that it signals a shift in Sam's abilities from seemingly passive and harmless dreams and premonitions to an active power that could be used to inflict harm, "like Max".
After initial shock and obvious discomfort, Dean tries to brush it off.
Dean's assurance proves to be so prophetic that we might almost suspect him of having psychic abilities of his own! 😉 Seriously, though, I feel the dramatic possibilities that were suggested by this extension of Sam's powers were disappointingly under-explored.
As Sam expresses anxiety about what he may become, Dean strives to be reassuring. Unfortunately, his next prophecy ultimately proves rather less accurate:
Sam's silent response is hard to guage. What is going through his mind, I wonder . . .
Watching the scene now through the lens of 20/20 hindsight, one can only see the deepest tragic irony.
Using characteristic homour to deflect his brother's concerns, Dean proposes capitalizing on Sam's premonitions with a trip to Vegas but, in the final frames of the episode, we can clearly see his own doubts written on his face.
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Typically we'd expect the brothers' over-the-car summing up to signal the end of the episode but, in "Nightmare", we're served an epilogue back at theire motel room:
Dean wearing his red shirt is never a good thing, either!
These ominous portents preface Sam's confession that he moved the cabinet, "like Max". The troubling aspect of this development is, of course, that it signals a shift in Sam's abilities from seemingly passive and harmless dreams and premonitions to an active power that could be used to inflict harm, "like Max".
After initial shock and obvious discomfort, Dean tries to brush it off.
Dean's assurance proves to be so prophetic that we might almost suspect him of having psychic abilities of his own! 😉 Seriously, though, I feel the dramatic possibilities that were suggested by this extension of Sam's powers were disappointingly under-explored.
As Sam expresses anxiety about what he may become, Dean strives to be reassuring. Unfortunately, his next prophecy ultimately proves rather less accurate:
Sam's silent response is hard to guage. What is going through his mind, I wonder . . .
Trust? Gratitude? Faith? Doubt?
Watching the scene now through the lens of 20/20 hindsight, one can only see the deepest tragic irony.
Using characteristic homour to deflect his brother's concerns, Dean proposes capitalizing on Sam's premonitions with a trip to Vegas but, in the final frames of the episode, we can clearly see his own doubts written on his face.
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