User blog comment:Savannah Star/Something I need to get off my chest./@comment-68.202.251.151-20121110223143

Honestly, my only real gripe with the season is Sam's portrayl so far. Everything else seems cool. I like that Dean is getting his share of the spotlight, that he might be the main star for new season for once. I love his Purgatory flashbacks and his new buddy, Benny. I especially like that the over-arching plot for the next couple of seasons has already been mapped out, as that means we'll probably get better arc episodes than we got under the reins of Kripke or Gamble (both of whom I like, but let's face it: it's pretty obvious that they made it up as they went along). But, wow, it's like now they're just TRYING to make Sam a totally unlikable prick and they went against a LOT of character development in the process. Yeah, he's always been kind of selfish/arrogant/immature/absolutely awful at making his own decisions, those are his character flaws, but I honestly thought he'd grown past that. THIS Sam apparently shrugged when Dean (and all his friends) disappeared, and went to go work as a handy-man in a motel and shack up with a chick and a dog without even trying to save anyone, and then actually has the nerve to get mad and chew Dean out for being upset about it. Say what you will about Sam, but even when he was drinking blood, he cared about Dean and wanted to save him. (And I will defend that to the death, so don't test me! lol)

I understand that Sam has lost a lot (a LOT) and that he gave up and grieved and tried to move on; you know what, that's actually realistic. But they should at least SHOW him grieving over what happened in the S7 finale (in flashbacks) and feeling like crap that he abandoned Kevin to Crowley and Dean to Purgatory (in the present), because as is, he acts like such a despicable character that this Sam girl wishes he weren't even in this season (yet another reason for me to wish Cass hadn't taken his crazy!).

That said, I'm still hoping for a good storyline for Sam that won't get complaints that Sam has, once again, upsurped Dean. And I'm clinging to the "Crowley brainwashed Sam to keep him out of his way" theory floating around online, which doesn't look that likely, but... We had the same reaction to Soulless Sam and that turned out justified, right? *crosses fingers*

(Please excuse the rantiness. I have lots of thoughts on the season, but I tried to keep it semi-short.)