13 Years Not Enough For Supernatural Fans to Forgive Dean For His Meanest Altercation With Sam
The Winchesters were never a picture perfect family, but come on!
Summary:
- Supernatural is an iconic The CW horror series that ran from 2005 to 2020
- Throughout the show, both Sam and Dean proved they were not perfect life-savers for others or brothers for each other
- However, one particular scene in season 7, which aired back in 2011, is still very uncomfortable to watch
Saving people, hunting things, family business. If you're familiar with Supernatural and its fandom, you probably know that Sam and Dean Winchesters are the worst example of a healthy family, with their brotherly love sometimes veering into dangerous territory.
The two spent 15 seasons ready to sacrifice the entire world for each other, and yet, after all these years, we can't help but cringe at some of their family dynamics. It's been four years since the entire show ended, but fans are still rewatching it — and one particular scene from season 7 (which aired 13 years ago, feel old yet?) hits differently these days.
We're talking about The Girl Next Door, the third episode of the seventh season, when Dean presented concrete proof of how ruthless he can be both as a hunter and a brother.
A memory refresher: it was back when Sam was having hallucinations and struggled with telling the difference between what's real and what's not. In a very Winchester fashion, he takes off without warning Dean (but leaving a note) — and, what's worse, he takes the Impala.
After Sam comes back, having let go of a Kitsune who desperately tries not to kill people despite of her monstrous nature, Dean is furious. Not only because he was worried but also because Sam stole the car. Which is why he decides that the best way to greet his brother when the two are reunited was punching him in the face.
Now, fans understood that it was meant to be a Winchester-esque type of comedy relief, but clearly, if you think about it, that was just straight up mean.
"Dean finds Sam, and based on the way Sam he fell after punch, i think the scene was meant to be a comedy, but i really don’t find anything funny about punching someone with Sam state of mind," Redditor Sawsan_88 noted.
You guys were supposed to laugh after he falls in that funny way! How didn't you get that?
"Once in awhile SPN would do something that clearly meant they were trying to be funny that didn't land that way for me at all. Between this and Becky assaulting him with the magical equivalent of a roofie, I'm left scratching my head at the writer's sense of humor," Redditor lucolapic added.
What made it worse was Dean's next decision — find the Kitsune and have her killed anyway, even though Sam had decided to spare her. Moreover, Dean did it in front of her own son!
That's the spirit, Dean! What a nice brother and a what a noble protector of Earth!