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How would you rate “Exile on Main Street”?
Awesome! 3 (37.5%)
Pretty good 1 (12.5%)
It was okay 1 (12.5%)
Meh 1 (12.5%)
Parts were okay, but it could have better 0 (0%)
Didn’t like it 1 (12.5%)
Hated it… this episode should be salted and burned! 1 (12.5%)
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Episode 6.01 “Exile on Main Street”; Episode discussion and rating poll
Topic Started: Sep 24 2010, 10:02 AM (308 Views)
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Official Description from the CW:
SEASON PREMIERE

“SUPERNATURAL” — (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET)
“Exile on Main Street” (CONTENT RATING TBD sptv050769) (HDTV)

MITCH PILEGGI (“X-Files,” “Sons of Anarchy”) RETURNS AS DEAN AND SAM’S GRANDFATHER — It’s a year later and Dean (Jensen Ackles) has given up hunting and is living with Lisa (guest star Cindy Sampson) and her son Ben (guest star Nicholas Elia). Mysteriously freed from his cage in hell, Sam (Jared Padalecki) finds Dean and tells him he needs to rejoin the fight and introduces Dean to a world—a family—he never even knew existed.... the Campbells, his mother’s family, lead by none other than their Grandfather Samuel (Pileggi). Phil Sgrricia directed the episode written by Sera Gamble (#601).

:rah :rah :rah -------------------------------------------------------------- :rah :rah :rah

:waves: Our Winchesters are back!

It’s been an extra long :fire Hellatus :fire , gang, and many of us have become a tad antsy so buckle up, enjoy and rate the premiere.
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I think this was the most boring season premier I've ever seen.

Almost through the show, my husband turns to me and goes, "I don't like this one."

It was detached, shaky, and just meh....

The only saving grace was that I was intrigued by grandpa Campbell ... that and we got to see the boys and Bobby again.

Otherwise ... I was bored to tears.
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Ditto. I think I looked at the clock every five minutes to see how much longer I was going to be tortured. The only bright spots I saw were Sam refusing to talk about the cage and the bit at the end with grandpa and the cousin. The rest was pretty much crap!

Hope this is not how the rest of the season is going to go.
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I thought this episode was awesome. I'm uber curious as to who brought Sam back. And did they mean to bring back Grandpa as well or did he hitch a ride? I was hoping that it was Cas that brought Sam back, but I guess we'll find out sometime in this season.

I loved getting to see Bobby. When he was talking about Dean getting out and having what a a hunter usually doesn't get, I could tell he was thinking think of his wife Karen.

I can't wait for next week's episode.
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Irishgirl,Sep 24 2010
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I thought this episode was awesome. I'm uber curious as to who brought Sam back. And did they mean to bring back Grandpa as well or did he hitch a ride? I was hoping that it was Cas that brought Sam back, but I guess we'll find out sometime in this season.

I loved getting to see Bobby. When he was talking about Dean getting out and having what a a hunter usually doesn't get, I could tell he was thinking think of his wife Karen.

I can't wait for next week's episode.

I'm with you. I'm surprisingly happy with this episode (I guess because I expected So. Much. Worse).

I did get some of the bro love that I wanted (hey, rose colored glasses, mmkay?)

I did like that Sam was more BAMF - though I hope it doesn't last all season. I do want a breakdown for Sammy sometime this year.

Campbell's for me, are interesting. I'm sure at least Gramps will be a bad guy, but until then, I'll stay interested.

Dean... 50/50 for me. While I appreciated the fact that he was still grieving for Sam, I was sad and disappointed that he didn't go with Sam (although I knew ahead of time he wouldn't).

Interesting about the Djinn's - kind of cool about the tattoos crawling down their arms.

Sammy saving Dean!!! :fight:

Hehe, Dean golf's. And Sam's got a good swing -_-

And Sam's Charger is AWESOME. :car
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I was happy with the episode as a stand alone episode. I also think it set up a bunch of questions for the upcoming Season and I loved seeing the Winchesters as different characters. Sam was so emotionally detached; Jared did a fabulous job! Also, Dean was domesticated, but I still saw the hunter in him, Jensen also did a great job.

However (I know here comes the but!)... I was really hoping to see more of Jared in this episode. He's the one that went to Hell... How come when Dean goes to Hell, the Season 4 opener is all about Dean; bringing him out of Hell (and OK, we already knew Sam was out), seeing how he is reacting to the world, Seeing Bobby's reaction and Sam's reaction to his resurrection... but for Sam, we didn't even get him walking away (which I believe I saw in a promo, but never saw on the show) or anything about the flicker.

Also, I had heard that we were getting Djinns early in the season and I was hoping we would get some time in Sam's head to maybe see his fears... Kind of like we saw Yellow Fever to get a peek into Dean's after Hell or God forbid an episode where Sam is in an alternate universe for an entire episode for 40 minutes that centered around him (but that would be redundant since that is what we had for Dean)... But, what we got was Sam getting attacked by the Djinn off-screen and not even a hint at what his hallucinations were and two more peeks into Dean's head. Now, they were related... but still... I Need more Sam! Now, someone point me to the fan fiction that had a tag to this episode that covered Sam's Djinn experience. I need it now :blowtop:

That doesn't mean I didn't like the episode, it just means that I always hope to get some Sam and this time my Sam time was limited... and *spoiler alert*....

OK, I was going to put a spoiler here, but I can't find a good color for spoiler vision... Both yellow and orange are too visible... What do we do for spoilers here?

... *end spoiler*

I just wish they would take longer before depriving me of my Sam time after the Hellatus... :lesigh:
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Glad you didn't because I would have had to edit it out. ;) The episode thread is spoiler free, save the preview discussion, and that is just speculation based on the preview and nothing else.

As for more Sam, I agree, but that isn't what I disliked about the episode. It was just :pbbt:
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Glad you didn't because I would have had to edit it out.  ;)  The episode thread is spoiler free, save the preview discussion, and that is just speculation based on the preview and nothing else.

As for more Sam, I agree, but that isn't what I disliked about the episode.  It was just  :pbbt:

Normally, any episode that has that little of Sam is probably on my not to be repeated list (for example, I have only seen Lazarus Rising about 4 times -- for me that is a very low number -- and I loved it the first time through)... However, Sam's emotions were so flat that I had to watch the scenes he was in over and over. I don't seem to get tired of it (I stopped counting at 8 times through). I want to know more about why Sam is so different desperately and I am trying to glean every little nuance out of him... Bobby is trying to tell Dean why he would "do it again" if it meant keeping Dean out of hunting -- one would think that is a fairly intense subject -- and Sam is just sitting there listening to the conversation... Little things like that were sooooo not-Sam, that I loved it! Jared's performance was subtle and so very, very different.... I am going to go watch it again.

I hope that once we get more episodes we will know more about why he is acting that way. Maybe then you will feel better about the episode... :wub:

I hope I don't find out that this is a permanent change in Sam and there is no fixing it because then I will be the one that won't like this episode. :( I love a damaged Sam and this one looks "shattered", just like the glass that seems to be shattering in the opening credits for Supernatural... :evilhands
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Something else I'll add...

I thought Jared played Sam 'different' very subtly, but I caught some of his facial ticks and thought "Wow, I remember seeing those on Samifer's face last year!!" - maybe Sam's emulating the 'devil may care' attitude - to me, Sam had the personality of an angel in the premiere - closed off, strictly need-to-know basis and only concerned about getting the job done and dealing with facts. Something happened hell that radically shifted his mindset (and screwed with him terribly) - it may also play into his resurrection as well, as we still do not know who brought him back.
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Before I get to my own boring review I'll pluck a few passages from your posts and Jess's:

Deadbeat:
"However (I know here comes the but!)... I was really hoping to see more of Jared in this episode. He's the one that went to Hell... How come when Dean goes to Hell, the Season 4 opener is all about Dean; bringing him out of Hell (and OK, we already knew Sam was out), seeing how he is reacting to the world, Seeing Bobby's reaction and Sam's reaction to his resurrection... but for Sam, we didn't even get him walking away (which I believe I saw in a promo, but never saw on the show) or anything about the flicker.

Also, I had heard that we were getting Djinns early in the season and I was hoping we would get some time in Sam's head to maybe see his fears... Kind of like we saw Yellow Fever to get a peek into Dean's after Hell or God forbid an episode where Sam is in an alternate universe for an entire episode for 40 minutes that centered around him (but that would be redundant since that is what we had for Dean)... But, what we got was Sam getting attacked by the Djinn off-screen and not even a hint at what his hallucinations were and two more peeks into Dean's head. Now, they were related... but still... I Need more Sam! Now, someone point me to the fan fiction that had a tag to this episode that covered Sam's Djinn experience. I need it now :blowtop: "

Yes this^^^! My major displeasures with this episode was despite Sam being the one to go to Hell this time, the episode seemed more Dean-centric than LazRising, where at least we had the sweet surprise of Sam using his powers for the first time and in addition this is second Dean-centric Djinn episode! I want to see what Sam dreams of as an "ideal life" or even Sam's nightmares, darn it! Far too much Sam-centered stuff seems to happen offscreen. And you're right, there was zero continuity from the last finale scene, leaving me to speculate that at worst it was a major continuity error :angry:

I know Sam will get his day in the sun but I have the creepy feeling that the writers were just winging it in the first episode and hadn't yet figured out who or what helped Sam escape.

Jess:
"Something else I'll add...

I thought Jared played Sam 'different' very subtly, but I caught some of his facial ticks and thought "Wow, I remember seeing those on Samifer's face last year!!" - maybe Sam's emulating the 'devil may care' attitude - to me, Sam had the personality of an angel in the premiere - closed off, strictly need-to-know basis and only concerned about getting the job done and dealing with facts. Something happened hell that radically shifted his mindset (and screwed with him terribly) - it may also play into his resurrection as well, as we still do not know who brought him back."


I know, deadbeat pointed to Sam's detached look when Bobby was giving his impassioned speech to Dean. I also saw something of Samifer's slightly creepy amusement in Sam's expressions along with a small smidgen of "our Sam". I wonder if the "hybrid" theory is on the right track because Sam does exhibit near angelic detachment.
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I agree with Tammi in that I found EOMS to be the overall dullest premiere since the show started. My initial reaction when the episode premiere was “that was really bad” mostly because watching Dean for 13+ minutes until Azazel and Sam showed up was like watching paint dry. (I know that sounds very “anti-Dean” but frankly PodFamily!Dean bores me to tears). I had to re-watch the premiere twice more to pick out the things I liked or even loved from the elements that took me right out of the episode. The last time this happened was “99 Problems” so I’m going to give EOMS the same rating of “Okay”. I tried to be “cute” with this - I often did this several years ago when I posted heavily on the CW SPN board.

I apologize if any of this is redundant with anything that been written by other posters because I really just skimmed the first few posts late Friday night.

The Good (and Great):
Liked the montage of Dean’s “old life” with Sam in gray tones and his “new life” as a “Family Man" in bright colors. In a way this sort of reminded me of IALT and WIAWSNB where the AU-ish realities were brightly colored compared to the Winchesters actual realities. It drove home how much he misses Sam, and how quickly he would have ditched “safe, apple pie normal” if Sam had let him know he was back as soon as Sam knew he was safe to be around. (But I was still bored stiff the first TWO times I watched the first 15 minutes and a little less the THIRD viewing even though I KNEW Sam would make his dramatic entrance into the episode around the 15 minute mark - this was why I gave the episode an “Okay” rating, rather than my initial “Meh” rating at best).

Liked that Dean still had his keen hunter spidey senses. There was no question about what he needed to do to follow up as a civvie when he couldn’t find the source of the scream after he and Sid left the bar. I even liked how he initially lied to Lisa because he didn’t want to worry her but on the second set of incidents (in their garage the next day) he didn’t lie to her direct question “Are you hunting something?” and advised her to take Ben “out” because he said he wanted to make sure “it was nothing”.

Liked that the show made it look like Sam was “killing Azazel” when he really was just injecting Dean with the antidote.

Liked that the show made the verifying “Sam was Sam” test a bit different than Dean’s “self diagnosis” because it made seem as if this were a process that Sam had been put through at least several times since his resurrection. You could imagine that Bobby (or Sam himself) went through the same drill already and maybe other “sympathetic” hunters (the Campbell’s, possibly Rufus) also needed to be convinced that Sam was Sam and not a demon yet, revenant or shapeshifter. (Of course we also know that these tests aren’t infallible because Ghoul!Adam passed them and I doubt there’s any test that establishes that Sam didn’t “come back” as a hybrid from hosting Lucifer after downing all that demon blood).

Although I dislike Dean’s pod family intensely and can’t wait for this storyline to be resolved (if it’s resolved this season to my satisfaction) I love that at the end of the episode he decided that staying with L&B and protecting them from the “past he brought with him” was more important (better choice of “evils”) than resuming hunting with Sam and the Campbell’s. If he left them to go hunting without making provisions to ensure their safety (as he say he would at the end of 99 Problems) I think he would have a complete breakdown if something “bad” happened to him. So he will stay – out of respect and concern for their safety – more than out of genuine love, particularly for Lisa.

Of course, staying for these reasons has a massive downside as well, because it reinforces his negative traits as well, most notably his horrible self esteem issues, indeed even the premiere song choice “Beautiful Loser” was a fairly honest look inside of Dean’s head. I have no speculations that I favor more than another how the writers are going to end (or put on indeterminate hiatus) the “Song of Lisa and Ben”, but assuming they are not secretly “monsters” themselves I can think of a few solutions – Lisa asks Dean to leave because he’s putting them in more danger by staying and/or Dean asks Castiel/Heaven to protect them.

I loved Sam’s “detachment” and I think as others do that at best he’s taken many pages out of Dean’s “book of life” and is masking lots of trauma from his own guilt and the experience of hosting Lucifer. We know from past episodes how Sam deals with prolonged sense of loss of Dean - because he refused to let Dean know he was back in order for Dean to be able to move on – the Trickster’s lesson that Sam failed so spectacularly – by shutting down “good, heartfelt” emotions and acting on autopilot.

I liked that neither Sam nor Bobby were falling over themselves apologizing to Dean for making the choice they did in not telling Dean that Sam was back. Neither should have to feel as if they have to crawl over hot coals to get back into Dean’s good graces. Yes, both realized that not telling Dean would make him miserable for quite some time but eventually Dean would find some measure of contentment and as Bobby said Dean “got out [of hunting] without getting his guts ripped out at 30” and gained a good woman and a child who looked up to him. Dean certainly has a right to be angry with Bobby and Sam but they have a right to theit own decision processes.

I love that Sam showed some cracks in his detachment when he said he was better with Dean beside him (echoes back to The End when Dean told Sam that they keep each other human.)

The Campbell’s (in general): Grandpa Samuel told Dean that Sam insisted they leave Dean alone so they did. But I wonder if they were getting antsy to have Dean join their hunting party so they arranged somehow to have the WIAWSNB Djinn’s “family” attack Sam – I’m not saying they were in cahoots with the Djinn family but maybe they were keeping tabs on the vengeful Djinn family and arranged for Sam to be in the vicinity to attract their attention so he could be poisoned, then saved by Samuel’s antidote, and since I we already know Djinn call easily read minds they obtained Dean’s location from Sam’s mind (I assume Sam’s been keeping an eye on Dean from a distance.)

Another oddity about the Campbell’s and Sam for that matter, is that as hunters they should be more than familiar with the concept of using “civvies” (and protecting them) or hunters themselves as “bait” for supernatural critters. Sam and Dean did this themselves in at least four episodes. So when Dean rolled out his plan using he and Sam as bait with a bit of sarcasm to match Christian’s condescending attitude, I couldn’t tell definitatively if the others were taking “stupid pills” in order to make Dean not look so rusty after all or if this was part of their plan (including Sam’s) to nearly force Dean to come to that “solution” himself. I think (hope) it’s the later because of the grins of Samuel’s and Gwen’s faces as if they thought “Yep, Dean’s still got it”. And this would tie into Samuel’s kitchen conversation with Dean, particularly about re-joining the clan.

That’s if the Campbell’s are on the level (basically on the Winchester’s side [good]) even though they also have another agenda that they want to keep hidden for now.

“I woke in that field … it was raining”: OK. How did Sam get outside Lisa’s (brown) house then (Swan Song), wearing the same clothes he went into the cage with? Where was Lisa’s brown house? Did Sam hitchhike to the house? Did he stop at a dealership and steal the Charger and then drive to Lisa’s, parking out of our sight? Were the light popping out and the thunder in the background just coincidental (red herrings)? Continuity error, maybe? Is Sam lying to Dean about where he popped up and he really was deposited outside the brown house by whatever entity returned him?

I do like that Sam seems to be content (for now) with not talking about the Cage and seems to be grateful just to “be back”. I believe him when he said he searched for weeks and got no leads. I got the impression that he doesn’t think God is responsible and he can’t get in touch with Cas by praying. Of course, Sam’s “detachment” won’t last. I expect Dean will keep trying to get Sam to talk. And quite possibly Sam does know how he got back but the memories are overwhelming or maybe he was freed by a more horrific entity than the horseman Death and has blocked it out. My theory has been that Death - not God - freed Sam as a reward for jumping into the cage but now I’m not so sure because Sam said “They” don’t want to be found.

The Bad:
I’ve watched the episode three times and still can’t tell when Dean’s hallucinations started from the first time Djinn!Birgitta poisoneded him. In WIAWSNB, once you were “poisoned by the Djinn” everything you experienced was “AU” (unless you “got out” as Dean did). I get that these Djinn Offspring operated differently because their motive was vengeance driven and their touch trapped you in your worst nightmares until you o/d-ed. Was the scream Dean heard after leaving the bar with Sid real or was that part of Dean’s delusion? Was the sulfur Dean found on the floor while explaining he thought the neighbor’s Yorkie was a possum real – or a delusion? I’m assuming these were all delusions but they were so intermixed with “real” events that it confused/frustrated me.

The second time Birgitta dosed Dean was very well done – it definitely showed that Dean’s nightmares – besides Sam-in-the-cage, which he couldn't really imagine other than it being very bad – were of failing to protect L&B – being responsible for the YED killing Lisa and “turning Ben”. As much as I dislike Lisa the image of her burning and saying “It’s all your fault” was more graphic and scary than either Mary or Jess burning on their ceilings.

Still ZERO chemistry been “Dean and Lisa”(JA/Cindy) – the two emotions I sensed was coolness/indifference mixed with mega doses of guilt and concern that Dean brought these “nightmare creatures to their doorstep” and more would be coming (that’s also in the “good category”). But the “No Chemistry” (unintentionally)belongs firmly in the “Bad”.

I don’t want yet another season of dealing with Dean’s poor self esteem issues or multiple episodes where he deals passive aggressively with Sam because Sam chose not to let him know he was back.

And the ugly:
No explanation – yet – about Sam’s new car? Did he steal it from a car dealership? I can’t believe a new car like that wouldn’t have a tracking device embedded it in and if so are we to assume that Sam disabled it/or the Campbell’s knew how to disable it.

There was no explanation about the change of “Lisa’s House” from the smaller, brown house in 99 Problems and Swan Song. Does Lisa still teach Yoga and if she does, does she have a money-ed clientele or does she have “Family Money”? The easy answer is that they could afford “more house” because of the money that Dean was “bringing in”. Do we know where the “new, new house” is located? – for that matter do we know where the brown house was? The show never said where the brown house was just that Dean said “you moved” and “nice house”.

Intriguing mysteries yet to be solved (aka “The Bold and the Beautiful”):
I believe that Sam – who’s still a mystery himself – is telling the truth about not know who, what “supernatural entity” or how he escaped/helped him escape or why he was resurrected (for what purpose) but I’m suspicious that Samuel knows more than he’s letting on and that he shared that knowledge with the Campbell cousins (who also may or may not be as them seem). Samuel Campbell (and the other Campbells) may even be carrying out this or these “resurrecting entity-ies) agenda keeping their secret agenda hidden from Sam (and I presume later, Dean).

The Campbell’s “Djinn-apped” Birgitta and I don’t think the reason is a simple as they needed her as a source of more Djinn antidote or to interrogate because Samuel made certain that both Winchesters were out of the area when they took her and I would ASSume that new Tactical!Sam would be completely comfortable with those reasons as would Dean. Sam and Dean did it before (Fresh Blood, TIOMS) when they captured/restrained and even “caused pain” (and later “dispatched”) Lucy and the demon after they pumped them for information (“Where’s your nest”? “Who holds my contract”?).

How did Samuel find Sam? Did they “wake up” in the same field (Stull graveyard outside Lawrence)? I would have thought that Sam would have shared that detail with Dean in they both did.

Are the Campbell’s collecting monsters-as-weapons against other monsters (or against “us”)? Is Sam still “supernatural” (I hope so but there was no indication of that in the premier) and he possibly doesn’t even know it yet and this is a big part of why (besides being “blood”) the Campbell’s are keeping close to Sam? We know the Winchesters carry the angel vessel bloodline. Besides also being “blood and a superior hunter” is this fact a large part of why the Campbell’s are so eager for Dean to join them. The conspiracy theorist in me says the timing of Sam’s poisoning is suspicious as if the Campbell’s needed about the Winchesters to be separated about a year so the Campbell (or the resurrecting entity’s) agenda could be in place.

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Sorry for the length. I know this novella sounds as if I liked the episode far better than a mere “okay” rating but I stand by it. There were too many little things I didn’t include that I didn’t like to give EOMS a higher rating.
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The Campbell’s (in general): Grandpa Samuel told Dean that Sam insisted they leave Dean alone so they did. But I wonder if they were getting antsy to have Dean join their hunting party so they arranged somehow to have the WIAWSNB Djinn’s “family” attack Sam – I’m not saying they were in cahoots with the Djinn family but maybe they were keeping tabs on the vengeful Djinn family and arranged for Sam to be in the vicinity to attract their attention so he could be poisoned, then saved by Samuel’s antidote, and since I we already know Djinn call easily read minds they obtained Dean’s location from Sam’s mind (I assume Sam’s been keeping an eye on Dean from a distance.)

I love this theory. I was thinking that maybe Samuel was behind all of these monsters acting strangely because he was some type of monster himself. However, I didn't take that theory far enough to think that he, or the Campbell's in general, could have set the Djinns on the Winchesters. I was wondering how the Djinns would have found Dean (let alone Sam) when nothing else has found them all year... The Djinns are practically "cave dwelling hermits", how would they find nomadic Sam and under-the-radar Dean?

Great theory.
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Awesome review (as always!) Donna!!!

I agree with most of your points, and perhaps I should rewatch it as well to perhaps like it more but ... I just can't stomach it.

I was so hyped up all season and I was handed ... that.

I'm glad some enjoyed it, I just ... after the finale it was boring.

I do, however, think gramps is up to something ... big time! I also am intrigued by Sam and what went on in hell. That was really the only saving grace for me with this episode.

Oh ... and I totally agree about the lack of chemistry between Dean and Lisa. I never felt it, ever. I just hope they don't die for no other reason than to have to listen to endless one tear confessions over the hood of the impala!
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Thanks, deadbeat and Tammi. I don’t know if Samuel Campbell is some kind of “Monster” or not, or if he’s carrying out the “Monster who resurrected Sam and Samuel’s” unknown agenda. IF some kind of “Monster” resurrected them and I define “Monster” loosely as any “Supernatural Entity” that doesn’t have humanity’s best interests in mind, be he/she/it a super-demon, super-angel, Pagan God(dess) or any entity that could both open Lucifer’s cage, leave Lu & Mike locked in “Mortal Combat” and separate Sam (possibly not entirely) and pull Samuel out of heaven – if that IS even pure 100% Samuel and not something wearing his shape.

As an explanation why “the usual monsters are acting off” and new monsters that even experienced Hunters like the Campbell’s have never seen before, I don’t think that it’s due to the “Cosmic balance” being so severely shifted because a living “Sam&Lu” pulled living “Adam&Mike” into the Cage. I don’t think God brought Sam back or Samuel because that’s too obvious as is (I think) Samuel’s being a "simple" MOTW himself.

I was leaning toward Death resurrecting Sam as a reward for “services rendered” but I think Death is otherwise too disinterested in humanity for game playing.

Could it be that two, previous not introduced, opposing forces resurrected Sam and Samuel separately to play some kind of game with humanity? Or, simpler, a new entity resurrected both of them. If we take what Sam and Samuel say at face value neither know the entity(s) that brought them back and we know that Sam is an excellent researcher, may even have involved Bobby who is better than Sam and the Campbells (if they ARE the Campbells) who probably know more about supernatural entities (other than "angels") than Bobby/Sam have even dreamed of. Kali did say that the Judeo-Christian "God" was a relative newcomer "to the scene" and that "Westerners" were very arrogant that their beliefs were the only ones that counted.

Sam & Samuel recognize their resurrections are connected to the usual monsters acting differently. I think Samuel knows more about “something” than he’s saying, he and Christian took the Djinn female for some purpose, making certain that Sam and Dean didn’t it, and I’m suspicious about the Djinn family’s timing – attacking Sam a “few days ago”. Samuel curing Sam and Sam, Samuel and the Campbell’s thinking/knowing the Djinn would be after Dean next.

However the Djinn attack on Dean happened I think it’s an interesting way for the show to go – have a few episodes where the “kin” of the monsters killed by SamnDeanorJohn seek vengeance on them and” theirs” (L&B) , just like the ghoul siblings did in JTS.
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