#1.22

[scoobydoodean]

Dean criticizing his father | 1.20, 1.21, 1.22, 2.01, 2.03, 2.10, 2.11, 3.03, 3.10, 4.10, 4.19, 5.06, 5.13, 5.16, 5.17, 6.02, 8.18, 10.03, 12.14, 12.22

[joshdonnas]

WHAT KIND OF DAY HAS IT BEEN Season 01, Episode 22 The West Wing

[baijingting]

THE FIRST FROST 难哄 (2025) dir. Chu Yu Ning

[ellenatural]

1.22, The Fisher King Pt1

he's really doing it for me this episode. this is him clocking that elle is not in a good state of mind at all.

[jerksbitch]

dean saying “killing that guy, killing meg. i didn’t hesitate, i didn’t even flinch. for you or dad, the things im willing to do or kill.. it just scares me sometimes” like oooo wow i love how perfectly normal and healthy he is <3

[spacedean]

DEAN WINCHESTER in one random episode per day ‣ 111/327 1.22 DEVIL’S TRAP

[dinahlaurellancesource]

dinah laurel lance: food is her love language

[ouatrumquotes]

Belle: "I'm, I'm sorry, do I know you?" Mr. Gold: "No… but you will."

Mr. Gold - 1.22

[babygirldeansblog]

this scene should've been talked more often, dean actually agreeing that his dad has the effect on letting people be angry and mad, like john's always the reason people buttheads with him is absolutely insane, it kind of takes you back to the original pilot script — 1.22 // 1.01

[dick-chugger]

Literally what was up with this

[scoobydoodean]

Dad knew who you really were. A good soldier and nothing else. Daddy's blunt little instrument. Your own father didn't care whether you lived or died. Why should you?!

Supernatural | 1.22, 1.18, 1.01, 3.03, 1.08, 1.20, 1.09, 1.12, 3.10

[soft-pine]

spn20rewatch 1.22 devil's trap

okay i have to admit i'm feeling a little self-conscious about all the john analysis. cause like there is so much going on in season 1, so many things to learn, so many dynamics to unpack! but to be honest dean studies and piecing together pre-series dean and dean & john's relationship takes up so much of my headspace. but i guess if you're still hanging around here you must know that....

so let's dive in! first off, BOBBY! hello! i love his introduction here as the place dean runs to when he's out of all other options and i love that theme will carry us through so many future seasons!

given the context we gain from 7.10, there is something so layered about bobby having had to shoot his own dad, having babysat sam and dean as kids and fought with john about their treatment, and having threatened to shoot john. paired with dean aiming the colt at john at the end of the ep - but not because his dad is being too cruel but too kind.

anyway, I was really struck this go-round by how much dean is not motivated by revenge. like we saw that in the contrast in 1.21 when sam wanted to run back into the house to kill azazel even if would kill him and dean stopped him. dean later says, "if hunting this demon means getting yourself killed then I hope we never find the damn thing." in 1.22, that's repeated with added layers:

Dean: Well, you and Dad are a lot more alike than I thought, you know that? You both can’t wait to sacrifice yourself for this thing. But you know what? I’m gonna be the one to bury you. You’re selfish, you know that? You don’t care about anything but revenge.

of course this all sets up sam's choice at the end of the episode - kill john and azazel together or let azazel escape.

but like... did you know... dean does everything for love?

he helps exorcise meg, he unties her and gently lays her on the floor, he tries to find out where john is, he shoots the demon attacking sam, he helps support his injured father's weight, and it's all for love.

"I swear to God, I will march into hell myself and I will slaughter each and every one of you evil sons of bitches" (oh god girl don't say that.) and it's for love

"I always wanted to be a fireman when I grew up" and it was for love. (sam says "you never told me that"... hon, he doesn't tell you all that much)

"Everything stops until we get him back, you understand me? Everything." and it's for love.

it's interesting that sam (and john) is put in a scenario which puts his desire for revenge to the test against his desire for his family to be safe and it's a question.

but there's no scenario dean can be put in where it would even be a choice. even though he knows john will be pissed at him for bringing the colt and using a bullet, he just can't watch sam die. even though he knows down to his bones that john's possessed, he just can't shoot him. and it's for love!

of course this is what azazel plays on in his creepily-close (we'll see that again in 4.03) speech to dean.

You know, you fight and you fight for this family, but the truth is they don’t need you. Not like you need them. Sam – he’s clearly John’s favorite. Even when they fight, it’s more concern than he’s ever shown you.

honestly there's not much i could say about that scene that hasn't been said - and better. like i'm constantly thinking about that post that's like, they should have had dean start to get pushed up the wall to mirror mary (i've lost the link rn!!) but i mean he's already got the bloody torso...

it fits again within the pattern of dean trying to distract the villain from sam by mouthing off. "Listen, you mind just getting this over with, huh? Cause I really can’t stand the monologuing," he says as azazel fawns over sam. and it works. and he nearly kills dean.

there's something in the way dean is watching and articulating his worry about john and sam throwing their lives away for revenge and how he keeps trying to hold them back from that and yet he loves them so much he's the one who ends up almost dying. the ultimate "things [he's] willing to... kill" being himself.

i'm holding myself back from getting more into dean's anger with john until next time (2.01) but there is something so delicious to me about him both being ready to die for john and also yelling, "I don't care what Dad wants." as i've been saying, there have been cracks in the questionless loyalty all season. soon it will be irreparably damaged. but the love, oh, the love is still there.

but oh i cannot resist the little hint. dean, dying and bloody in the backseat listening to john yelling at sam that killing the demon comes first, "before everything."

oh look at those eyes....

speaking of, dean is so babygirl in this ep!

[wennboy]

Meet the Creaking!

[ellenatural]

hotch giving elle his jacket is a genuine turn on for me. it's that he didn't even make a big deal out of it, just casual thoughtfulness + he looks sexy in his shirt. u gotta hand it to the hotch girlies when it's due.

[gayhoediaz]

[spacedean]

DEAN WINCHESTER in 1.22 DEVIL’S TRAP