Sam (well, Jared) looks so young, sweet, and innocent (dimples!!!!) throughout the first 2/3 of this episode. It's heartbreaking watching the last of his innocence die when he has to kill Madison.
We know from S1E1 that Sam is no inexperienced virgin and over the course of seasons 1 and 2 we see him deal with death and possession and other horrors but watching him go from embarrassment over seeing her freshly laundered undies to coming to terms with killing someone he cares about is so heartbreaking.
Jared Padalecki gives a fantastic performance in this episode and the use of Silent Lucidity at the point when it kicks in is perfection. The contrast with battle-hardened big brother Dean coldly killing Glen and later offering to do the "dirty work" of killing Madison to spare Sam the pain is brilliant.
We know from S1E1 that Sam is no inexperienced virgin and over the course of seasons 1 and 2 we see him deal with death and possession and other horrors but watching him go from embarrassment over seeing her freshly laundered undies to coming to terms with killing someone he cares about is so heartbreaking.
Jared Padalecki gives a fantastic performance in this episode and the use of Silent Lucidity at the point when it kicks in is perfection. The contrast with battle-hardened big brother Dean coldly killing Glen and later offering to do the "dirty work" of killing Madison to spare Sam the pain is brilliant.
