#8.14 trial and error

[samtoys]

8.14 Trial And Error

[o-birdseed-o]

Dean's perfect ending is one where sam gets to have a life and that actually makes me insane

[babygirldeansblog]

something about him flirting and being "available" but when a girl replies to his flirty ass, he freaks out, he's just like me 😔

SDFERGEVAFS

[onespncap]

s08e14 -- "Trial and Error"

[winchestergifs]

STACKEDNATURAL ⇉ 201/327 (part 1)

8.14 Trial and Error Written by Andrew Dabb Directed by Kevin Parks Original Air Date: February 13, 2013

[acecroft]

Dean Winchester in SUPERNATURAL 8.14 'Trial and Error'

[padaleckigallery]

Supernatural - 8.14 Trial And Error

[greypistacchio]

people who claim that Dean wouldn't make a good parent can suck my toes. in 8.14 ("Trial and Error") he cooks for Sam and it tastes wonderful. then he immediately clocks that Kevin hasn't been taking care of himself and goes grocery shopping to get him healthy foods. plus he gets him meds for his headaches and pep without Kevin having to ask.

Dean is THE parental figure of all time and has parented a variety of people, from Sam to Ben to the shape-shifter baby to Kevin to Castiel fucking Novak, and I won't hear a single word trying to discredit his fatherly instincts, STAT

[dotthings]

Andrew Dabb wrote both of these:

Dean: And you told me yourself that you see a way out. You see a light at the end of this ugly-ass tunnel. I don't. But I tell you what I do know – it's that I'm gonna die with a gun in my hand. 'Cause that's what I have waiting for me – that's all I have waiting for me. I want you to get out. I want you to have a life – become a man of Letters, whatever. You, with a wife and kids and – and – and grandkids, living till you're fat and bald and chugging Viagra – that is my perfect ending, and it's the only one that I'm gonna get.

8.14, Trial and Error *

Dean: You, me, Cas, toes in the sand, couple of them little umbrella drinks. Matching Hawaiian shirts, obviously. Some hula girls.

Sam: You talking about retiring? You?

Dean: If I knew the world was safe? Hell, yeah. And you know why? 'Cause we freaking earned it, man.

13.23 Let the Good Times Roll

And yet people wonder why I thought Dean was going to subvert his own outdated grim self-prophecy, when canon showed growth and development on his arc toward hope.

Like.

That 2nd speech happened. It's canon. And Dean grew over the course of the series.

I did not pull that hope out of my ass because I don't "get" SPN.

Dabb and Singer set their trap and I ate the cheese and they sprung the trap. Perhaps the hope was there just to make it hurt worse, to make us feel (because sometimes creatives lose sight of the fact there is more than one way to make people feel) when that grim prophecy got fulfilled instead of being overturned.

Anyway Dean's story isn't over. *raises glass* Here's to the revival. No, I don't expect any retcons. Heaven storyline's not going away. But something more fulfilling than what aired for the series finale, I can go for that.

[aliusfrater]

supernatural, trial and error [8.14]

[spinning-supernatural]

Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin (1969)

Featured song 1 - You Shook Me

referenced in 04x14 "Sex and Violence" during a convo between Dean & Nick

Featured Song 2: Good Times, Bad Times

referenced in s15 promotional images

Dean is shown to have this vinyl in his bunker room in episode 08x14 "Trial and Error"

I haven't had my own room. Ever. I'm making this awesome. I've got my kickass vinyl. I've got this killer mattress. Memory foam -- it remembers me! And it's clean, too. There's no funky smell. There are no creepy motel stains.

– Dean Winchester, 8.14 Trial and Error

Dean:Nobody's Fault But Mine.

Nick: Oh, oh, let me guess. Zeppelin recorded it in '75, It was a cover of a Blind Willie Johnson tune.

Dean: Nice.

Nick:You Shook Me.

Dean: '69, debut album, written by Willie Dixon.

Nick: And?

Dean: And what?

Nick: Written by Willie Dixon and J.B. Lenoir.

Dean: Dude! Dude!

So, for a bit of backstory: I semi-recently moved to a new state, and unfortunately, the thrift and antique stores in my new location kind of suck in comparison to my old one. I've had very little luck here finding the items that I usually look for, so I picked something new to hunt for - records! Particularly Led Zeppelin records because a.) I'm obsessed with Dean and b.) my collective family classic rock cd collection is completely lacking in that area >:( An inexpensive used copy of Zepp 1 had eluded me for quite a while until the kind owner of one of my local vinyl stores sold me this one. It's just the right amount of rough around the edges and I love it - it doesn't skip, and the crackles add to the ambience. It might be the wear and tear on the record or the fact that it's not remastered, but this vinyl has a really special and different sound compared to the digital versions I've listened to. I'd give a favorite song or two, but I'm just too in love with the whole album.

[demigodcastiel]

Dean’s depressing ass speech in 8.14 Trial And Error makes me cryyy

[milfsisyphus]

watching dean set up his room in the bunker. the records. the picture of mary. no one look at me. i..

[winchesternova-k]

dean saying he’s just a grunt and that he’s willing to die so sam can have a normal life makes me hate john even more than before. dean rlly thinks he’s worth nothing and that he’s only good for making sam’s life better

*WINC*ST SHIPPERS DNI*

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STACKEDNATURAL ⇉ 201/327 (part 2)

8.14 Trial and Error Written by Andrew Dabb Directed by Kevin Parks Original Air Date: February 13, 2013

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