In a show where Dean and Sam are constantly paralleled with married couples, the writers really outdid themselves with the Sam & Dean/Amelia & Don thing. Sam and Amelia found each other because they were both completely broken by the loss of their partner. Don was a soldier missing in action, presumed dead by Amelia and everyone else. Dean is definitely a soldier and he’s basically missing in action too. Sam thinks he’s dead. Then both Don and Dean (really? even their names sound alike) come back. Don finds out about the relationship between Sam and Amelia and although he’s clearly not happy, he leaves it up to Amelia to make her decision.
Dean is also very much NOT HAPPY about Sam and Amelia. In We Need to Talk About Kevin, they have an exchange where Sam tries to explain why he stopped hunting and Dean gets incredibly hung up on one thing:
Sounds a lot like jealousy to me. It reminds me of the scene in Metamorphosis when Dean finds out about Sam using his powers and gets completely stuck less on the powers thing and more on the fact that he’s working with Ruby.
SAM: What, are you, are you leaving?
DEAN: You don’t need me. You and Ruby go fight demons.
But this time with Amelia, Dean eventually gives Sam basically the exact same choice Don gave Amelia: It’s her or me. All the way in or all the way out.
Amelia chose Sam, but of course Sam chose Dean. As always. So I guess maybe it’s not a perfect parallel because apparently Sam and Dean’s relationship is much stronger than that of the actual married couple.
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