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Rewatching Born Under a Bad Sign

Welcome to “Annoyed Dean Giving Me Snickers for My Brain Is My Happy Place: A Supernatural Rewatch Blog” with Lor and Mace!

 Up today: s2e14: Born Under a Bad Sign

 Dean is frantic because Sammy has been missing for days. When he finally finds him, Sam is bloody but unhurt and has no real memory of his missing days. The boys work together to reconstruct what Sam was up to, and all signs point to him having acted wildly out of character… and having murdered a hunter. Eventually Sam clocks Dean, knocking him out, then goes after Jo in a seriously creepy bit that is some props to JP. As everything comes to a head, we learn that Sam has been possessed by Meg this whole time, Meg!Sam wails on Dean a bit, Dean lands one solid punch on Sam once he’s back to being unpossessed, and Bobby warns the boys that if any hunters catch wind that Sam killed another hunter, they’ll have hunters on their tail who aren’t likely to ask questions first. Then he gives them anti-possession talismans, and the boys take off into the night.

 Below is a log of our real-time reactions as we watched. Remember that there may be spoilers for any part of SPN’s 15-season run here. Note also that the nature of our conversation is adult and thus it may contain adult language and themes.

 [and we begin:]

  Lor:

 aw Dean. all freckles and hunched in the rain and worried

  Mace:

 YES

Lor:

 omg Sammy's soft "hey, dean"

 "you bleeding?"

  Mace:

 ooof

 Lor:

 nrrrrrff I love it when he big brothers

  Mace:

 snork

 Lor:

 the DECORATIONS in these motel rooms

  Mace:

 Right?!

 Lor:

 Sammy's ribbed undershirt

  Mace:

 YES

 Dude, this is the third time we’ve watched this episode and I STILL don’t remember what the heck is happening

 Lor:

 haaaaahahahahaha

I DO but I also am sitting here going "wait? is it or is it the other...?"

 "I'm not thinking anything" oh, Dean, you LIAR

  Mace:

 Winchester Fine: Variations on a Theme

 Lor:

 YES

  Mace:

 HA! The dangers of a 15-season show

 Lor:

 YES

 "this guy? you're drinking malt liquor? THIS guy?"

  Mace:

 HAHAHAHA

 “po po will be here in five” I LOVE IT

 Lor:

 "am I speaking Urdu?"

this kid is taking some very cool classes at college

  Mace:

 the snark on this guy

 Lor:

 YES

  Mace:

 HAAAAHAHAHA

 god, I want Dean to get impatient and give me that look

 Lor:

 YAAAAAAS

and then bring me a candy bar

  Mace:

 YAAASS

 Lor:

 which I can magically eat bc Cas has fixed all the reasons I can't

  Mace:

 YESYESYES

Lor:

 Dean putting his fist to his mouth

  Mace:

 YES

 Dean, yes, get your fingerprints allll over that body

THINK, McFLY

 Lor:

 right?

  Mace:

 HOW am I still not remembering what’s happening here?! Stupid brain.

 Lor:

 lolol

pets brain. gives it a Snickers

  Mace:

 YES

 Dean’s deep in fix-it mode

 Lor:

 at least he's wiping things down this time

  Mace:

 HA!

 Lor:

 YAS HE IS

it’s very lovely on him

  Mace:

 and he’s impatient with and so worried about Sammy who’s just shutting down

 Lor:

 YES

  Mace:

 a rage-filled Sammy? yes, pls

 Lor:

 HA! yep

  (someone on Tumblr said Sam is all repressed anger and Dean is all repressed fear and I'm kind of obsessed with that read)

  Mace:

 oh that’s interesting!

 Lor:

 the look on Dean's face, like, um, whaaaat you doing, Sam?

  Mace:

 right? Sam saying “I don’t want to hurt you” and he’s doing it right there

 Lor:

 YEP

  Mace:

 I love you Sam, but don’t lay this on him

 Lor:

 "you know I've tried so hard to keep you safe" and you KNOW he's talking about since he was FOUR

  Mace:

 YES

 Lor:

 "I can't. I'd rather die" oooooooof

  Mace:

 YES

 Lor:

 "what?"

  Mace:

 “…what?”

oh Dean

 Lor:

 YES

  Mace:

 HAHAHA

 JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE

 Lor:

 YES

 I love that kind of wee con

  Mace:

 YES

 his arms in that shirt

 Lor:

 YAAAAS

 Dean is actually not more like John than Sam

  Mace:

 yeah

 Lor:

 I don't care much for Jo but she does give good "boy, you best stop talking" face

  Mace:

 HA

 Lor:

 Jared is good at this. very creepy

  Mace:

 he IS

 Lor:

 how did Ellen know this? did John tell her?

  Mace:

 that’s a very good question

 Lor:

 bc John doesn't strike me as the type to be like "oh, hey, widow, oh, um, sorry, you're a widow now, I screwed up and got your husband killed"

he couldn't play it that way

  Mace:

 I agree

 Lor:

 "are you that scared of being alone?"

I mean. nail on the head a bit, there

  Mace:

 OOOOF off sides, Sammy

YES

 Lor:

 THAT was what I couldn't originally remember. I knew he was possessed during the lost time and that we'd see him possessed again, but I couldn't remember if he was the whole time Dean was trying to help him figure out what happened

  Mace:

 Aha

 Lor:

 mrf that SMIRK

  Mace:

 YES

 Ugh Jo go home

 Lor:

 LOL

  Mace:

 nobody wants you around

 Lor:

 i just wish she were a better character

  Mace:

 same

 mmmm the stumbling

  Mace:

 YAS

  you are NOT a part of anything, Jo

 Lor:

 how hard did Jensen say no to having his shirt off in this scene? bc why would you NOT take the shirt off to dress a wound there

  Mace:

 oh interesting thought

 Lor:

 BOBBYYYYYYY

  Mace:

 SMARTY BOBBY

 Lor:

 YAAAAS

  Mace:

 never shit a shitter

 Lor:

 lololol YES

  Mace:

 i hate the phrase “meat puppet”

 Lor:

 how do you feel about meat suit?

  Mace:

 not great. it’s the meat part i don’t like

 Lor:

 ah

  Mace:

 it’s just gross

 Lor:

 it is hard not to think of hamburger

  Mace:

 exactly

 Lor:

 gaaah the jerky movement

  Mace:

 RIGHT?!

 ope, look, the beating is showing up on Dean’s face

 Lor:

 oooof the being attacked by someone who looks like someone you love

 YES

  Mace:

 “you’re worthless” oh DANG

 Lor:

 YES

  Mace:

 that hits where it hurts

 Lor:

 YEP

and the deliberate pushing on the physical wound while delivering the emotional one

  Mace:

 YEP

 the lost look on Sam’s face

 Lor:

 YES

 poor Bobby just looking at the two of them like "did I sign up for this?"

 Mace:

 SNORK

 Lor:

 "no, sir"

  Mace:

YES

 Lor:

 SUCH a better "no sir" than whenever he calls John sir

  Mace:

 oh YES

 Lor:

 respect NOT tinged with fear

  Mace:

 so now they’re running from The Law and the hunter community

so very OUTSIDE

 Lor:

 yeeep

  Mace:

 he watched with his own two hands? that’s talent

 Lor:

 LOLOLOLOLOL

 "if it's the last thing I do, I'm gonna save you"

  Mace:

 YES

 “that’s pretty naughty"

  Mace:

 HAHAHA DEAN

 Lor:

 "it's pretty naughty" DEAN