Continuing my series examining the themes, tropes and meta of Supernatural season one, here is a link to the next section of my rewatch review of "Asylum" at my journal, in case anyone here is interested in sharing my celebration of the early episodes with me. And also to a masterpost I've created for the collection. I welcome comments and discussion.
"Sam seems uncomfortable about being in a shrink’s office. “Thanks for seeing me at the last minute” he tells the doctor but, when Ellicott asks him how he is, he replies “things are good”, which begs the question, why did he need to see a psychiatrist so urgently then? You’d think he’d at least have come in with a pre-prepared neurosis to talk about. Luckily, he isn’t short of personal material to draw on. The doctor asks him what he’s been doing and Sam fishes for something to say.
“Just been on a road trip with my brother,” he reveals.