User blog comment:Touchinos/“Jack in the Box” Discussion/@comment-2605:A000:122A:408A:A4D0:A333:6EBD:6061-20190420142223/@comment-2605:A000:122A:408A:A4D0:A333:6EBD:6061-20190420202110

I agree Jack seemed stupid. I'm surprised Dean just wanted to trap him instead of trapping-him-until-they-could-learn-how-to-kill-him, especially with Jack's perfunctory manner. But I also think that Dean wasn't written as smart as he normally is. Nor was Sam written with his ability to think past grief and trauma and act clearheadedly like he has in the past. I just think the point of the episode was more plot events--the destruction of the box, the worsening of the relationship with Jack, the transition of Jack to an (presumed) antagonist--than it was about the characters themselves. For me, it's more of a question if there were other (more palatable) ways to accomplish the same events.