Dean was not originally scripted to cry but he has that final tear down his face right before the deed is done that was not in the script.... the acting in the scene alone is phenomenal....... Sam's very sad heartbreaking reaction creates Dean's reaction and they left it the way it was because it's perfect. Albeit one of the saddest TV scenes I've ever seen
The two parts that get me is Sam's little nod and calmness before he walks forward to Madison, and Dean's single tear and flinch at the gunshot. This episode ends in the most beautifully painful way.
I was so amazed at Jared's acting here! I was almost shocked that a single human being could convey that much emotion just on television---I totally cried at this part, too.
God it hurts... so brilliantly acted, and such an amazingly moving scene for the writers to include... but it hurts. It's perfect and heartbreaking how Dean keeps his gaze locked on Sam while Madison is talking. It breaks my heart the way Madison says "I'm asking you to save me" and knowing what that must sound like to Sam's ears. And Sam insisting to do it himself, even though it hurts, so he can honor her last wish. And especially, the part that kills me most, is the way he looks back at Dean one more time before he does it, looking to his brother for help, his tears and his face say "Please make this go away. Please tell me this isn't our life."
This is one of my favourite episodes, cried countless times over it. Everything Sam might possibly get to make him happy gets ripped away from him. I'M NOT CRYING, YOU'RE CRYING. *Sobs*
I remember being so happy for him in the first two seasons, whenever he got a kiss from a woman (or slept with one in this episode) cuz I knew he was hurting after Jess. This episode left me bawling.
One of the most heartfelt episodes of Supernatural- Sam conveyed so much emotion and Dean and his empathy for his brother- with that one tear you could see he felt all of Sammy's pain. Poor Sam, it wasn't too long ago that he had loss Jess and this was the first person after her death that he really connected with- only to lose her too.
NAman SWAG Yeah, technically it was the second person, because of Sarah. But I think with Madison, he felt like she understood him. Because obviously his powers (which at the time were only really visions. He'd used telekinesis once at that point in time) and then Madison was a werewolf, so he probably felt like they understood each other. It is so sad that Sam can't have a relationship that ends well... Because most of them die. Amelia is one lucky person! Hahahaha
Exactly, It was Dean's offering to carry out the deed, and eventually having to watch his little brother (whose fiance died in front of him) grow up by never having another stable relationship, and come into his own by having to kill the next woman he fell for. That just sucks, no other way to say it.
Sam: A single man tear slips down his face He shows emotion without a trace He hides behind a mask so strong Worried that he could be wrong I wish that he could see the way I see him The perfect brother, a man without sin Cause underneath the manly sheen It is my brother, a boy named Dean A single man tear, a single man tear, a single man tear, that’s all we fear Dean: A single man tear, that’s all I’ll spare I bury feelings, don’t show I care Even though I am haunted, must be the man daddy wanted Wish I could be as strong as Sam Blaze my own trail, be my own man But underneath this broken mask It is my father, with all his wrath A single man tear, a single man tear, a single man tear, that’s all we fear
I can relate to what dean's feeling. Of all the things we older siblings can protect our younger siblings from, a broken heart isn't one of them. I protected my sister from bullies, even a pack of wolves once. But I was powerless against the pain of losing our father. All I could do was be a shoulder to cry on, try my best to hide the pain I was feeling. Believe me it's not easy to hold back the tears, when you lose a parent. Especially if you're as close to them, as I was with my dad.
ruealgie You think you can now, just wait until life throws you a curve ball. You'll find yourself powerless against certain things life is going to throw at her.
There's so much depth to this scene which is why it will probably always go down as my favorite end to a SPN episode (and there's been many endings that I love). Sam making the decision to kill Madison because she's a danger to society even though she's really not evil and Dean realizing that he may be forced to someday kill Sam for the same reason. Also, Dean realizing that Sam is actually capable of killing Madison, while he himself knows he could never kill Sam but would kill himself first.
This hurt for two reason. First most obviously was Sam's expression when he approached her door with the gun. That last look of 'please don't make me do this' before he walks in. Second, the song in the background used to be my lullaby. Childhood ruined.
I know Sam and Dean have been to hell and back (literally), and they have had to deal with so much pain and loss, but nothing else in the show has ever made me cry like this scene
I agree. And I have no idea why do I torture myself again and again watching this. This is just so... beautiful and painful at the same time. One of the best moments in Supernatural
The part that gets me every time is Sam’s face when he starts crying it breaks me every time. Jared done amazing on it. They both did. It makes it that much more real that Deans part wasn’t part of scripted. Jensen said seeing Jared so emotional made him emotional.
Even I need a tissue or two. Love the show but this episode to me is one of the best. Sammy dying inside, it is so sad even Dean....hard as steel Dean cries. Great great show.
The way Sam turns back to look at Dean like he's asking for help, "No I can't do this, do something Dean, help me" . He's always looked upto his big brother and expects him to find a way a to help him. And Dean's single tear and flinch over the gunshot was the one really emotional for me because he doesn't even know Madison that much and he doesn't care about her but seeing his brother broken and crying is making him cry. How pure is that. Crying over your brother hurt physically is another thing but crying over him being emotionally hurt is whole new level of love. The same way Sam cried when Dean opened up about his time in hell. The epic love story of this series is Sam and Dean's ❤️. I've never seen any other movie or series which had a character who loved another with such fierce and dedicated love and affection. These two break my heart 😭😭😭
Let's clarify this: Sam didn't fell in love. If anything, he was infatuated. Almost everyone is talking about losing someone you love and protecting your brothers, but what this scene is truly about, is the fact that you can't save all the people that cross your path. Sometimes you gotta do what seems to be horrible things to keep them away from suffering. And that's why this is so tuching. This episode is the first before/after in the series. When the heores doesn't look too much like heroes anymore, but humans. Just like us.
The girl was important. This was the first time sam opened up his heart to a female ever since his former girlfriend burned alive on the ceiling. To him this was breaking that inner barrier down. Opening himself up. Being vulnerable. Learning to care for someone that way again. Seeing hope in all the darkness he lives in. He saw light. And now he had to strip his own light away. Kill his own inner peace, happiness, and hope.
Sam saw himself in her. The fact that he could'nt save her no matter how he tried reflected that probably no one can save him either from his dark side. Yes a few days are too short to fall in love, but she really was growing on him and he just wanted to believe that you don't have to be bound by your fate, instead you can choose your own way. So having to kill her was devastating for him.
@@amberxv4777 Horse puckey. My wife and I feel in love within a week. We were separated due to various reasons after that first week, and were able to see each other again about 8 months later. This all happened almost 26 years ago. We're still together. If the chemistry is right, it doesn't take long at all.
@@amberxv4777 yeah. He’s feeling the pain of having to hurt someone who doesn’t deserve it, to save them from something worse. And the worst thing, is that Sam and Dean are both so scared they will find themselves in just this position. Sam a monster, Dean forced to put him out of his misery.
it hurts to watch him feel that much pain, both of them. they really are amazing actors. there also hot as hell, but that's just a plus the to the show
I think I might've actually cried when I watched this for the first time if it wasn't for the song. I was so surprised and happy to hear Silent Lucidity. Queensryche in Supernatural? FANTASTIC!
I love the decision to zoom in on Deans face at the end...to me that's one of the many shots that really solidify how emotionally connected the brothers are. And, of course, the performances are fantastic.
And now in series finale, Dean dies too. You said it right. It's heartbreaking that he is left alone. If I spoiled it for you, am sorry but everyone is balling out so bad after watching finale.
@@sharathch1800 I was just binge watching all of the seasons again before watching the last season. I really didn't think in a 13 Year old video from the second season someone would actually ruin all of the end of supernatural. I really do hope you will ever find salvation in your live, because that was the lowest a human being could sink. And that's a personality trait which shows up in all everyday situations and is probably the reason you are alone. If you felt the need to be an asshole, you could've just written: "And now the things happening in the series finally add up to that, it is heartbreaking!"
@@BattleCookie404 I am sorry for spoiling finale for you, accidentally. Sure I could have worded it better as you said but I was so emotional after watching finale reactions & stuff. I assumed that every one might have caught up with series & I empathesized with other comments The news, reactions etc are blowing up everywhere about Supernatural finale. Now, I assume you might have avoided all this buzz to preserve your viewer experience for finale. That is your need. But for your "own" need, you slandered me for "accidentally" spoiling your fun. You didn't stop there.. You basically taunted my existence, in rage. Congratulations .. you successfully spoiled my evening mood yesterday when i was with kids. May "YOU" find salvation for badmouthing others for your fun sake.
Only humans can go to heaven or hell. So unless the theroy of Purgatory in SPN is the monsters that go there are there to redeem themselves to be becoming pure human souls again then I doubt it.
@@Ghost-fu7cb That logic doesn't hold up. There's plenty of evidence to suggest who really ends up in Purgatory, and more importantly, "Why". For instance, Dean once became a vampire, then taking a certain risky cocktail managed to restore his own humanity. Part of that drug was that he'd never drank the blood of a human as a vampire. There's a line you cross when you hurt people. Purgatory is for those who chose to be beasts, who accepted the lifestyle. Garth, for instance, wouldn't end up in Purgatory because he isn't choosing to be a beast - it's just part of who he is now. Examining the creation myth in SPN of purgatory, the area was created specifically to keep the Leviathans, ravenous world-eating creatures, from, "gobbling up the whole petri dish". This is why monsters end up there. Purgatory is described as, "It's like the backside of your worst nightmares. It's all blood and bone and darkness. Filled with the bodies and souls of all things hungry, sharp, and nasty." Benny's the best example to use when noting who belongs, and does not belong, in Purgatory. Benny escapes, but is rapidly devolving back into Vampirism. He says Purgatory is "Pure" in its animal instincts. Benny chooses to go back because that's where he belongs - he was playing at being human, but really, he's happy being a vampire. This also makes sense given that he managed to survive so long in Purgatory - nobody knows what happens to those who die in Purgatory, its mentioned in the show. Eve, the queen of monsters, was constantly trying to refine her monstrous creations. Her entire ethos was to create a perfect monster that would condemn humanity to Purgatory - increasing her power. All Vampires, Werewolves, Jefferson Starships and Alpha's are descendent from Eve. She, like the Leviathan, constitute the greater history of Purgatory. If you follow Eve ideologically, and feast like a beast, you end up in Purgatory. Many of Eve's "creations" die long before this can happen - she attempts to create a disease when we see her, one that kills quickly and rips through a fraternity, but she abandons this idea. It doesn't have enough time to corrupt and give people opportunity to become "Beasts". The best example? The hard one? Bobby Singer. Bobby takes on a ghost form, and ends up in Hell. This is likely less condemnation and more, "he opened an opportunity for Demon's to capture him" which we've seen before. Either he ended up there due to the fact he chose to become a Ghost, or because the Demons did something similar to possessing Tessa is unknown. Regardless of how it happened, he ends up there... but he doesn't stay there. He ends up in Heaven all the same - the path in which this happens is chaotic, but ultimately it's simply because he doesn't belong there. Same with John Winchester - only 3 "righteous" souls have been in Hell in canon during the show, and prior to it no righteous souls were in hell. This is evident by the fact that they required John and Dean Winchester to make Demon deals in hell to break the seals - it's stated in the show there are no righteous souls in hell save for John and Dean. John escapes, Dean is dragged out by an Angel and Bobby is taken out by Sam. All of these characters end up in Heaven, where they belong, despite having taken on Ghost forms. John is confirmed at the end of the series. Benny too, ends up back in Purgatory. This all comes back to Reapers. Reapers, as established by Tessa later in the series, are simply angels. They work for Death and seem empty, vacant, except for Tessa, and by and large have similar powers. They decide where you go when you die - though you don't remember this unless they want you too. They can be subverted by especially powerful demons, Azazel and likely Knights of Hell, Lillith most likely could do this as well - but in that example they only returned Dean's soul to life. This is likely how they manifest demon deals. It's canon that a human soul is what powers these deals, part of a bit of spellcraft that allows them to create incredible feats. Human souls are incredibly powerful in-canon. 30-40 million souls ascends Castiel, albeit flawed, to "Godhood". 50,000 and Castiel can kick the tar out of the Arch-Angel Raphael. A single soul lets Castiel travel through time (Bobby's). More noteworthy is that God couldn't create the world without sewing his own Death into a book, meaning this process is sacrosanct. Everything in the series suggests that this is the real fabric of the SPN universe - the wheel of death. It's integral. It's even stronger than God's powers - you end up where you are meant to end up. This is why Reapers, and Death, exist. To sustain the natural order. It's not ever simplified or subverted - you always simmer out to where you belong. In this character's case, she clearly belongs somewhere other than Purgatory, a place you go only when you commit to pure bestiality. She denied that call, so she's going somewhere else. She doesn't serve Eve. She doesn't feast or let herself do so. It isn't a contract, it's decided by Reapers, who take extra-special care in deciding where you go. Bobby Singer is told outright that he's got a ticket to Heaven during his judgment, a rule that reaper broke to incentivize him. Bobby denied this road and took his own, but that angel didn't think about Bobby's crimes against Heaven's will, it didn't care about his dabbling in witchcraft or sorcery or his deals with Hell. Easy math. Good guy, going to Heaven. Bobby was a good guy by a landslide. The Reaper's decide where you go and they either deposit you there, or an appropriate agent does (likely a Demon if you're going downstairs). There's no agents for Purgatory. Reapers decide that. Meanwhile the Reapers are shown to be kind, understanding and ultimately take their jobs very seriously and without malice. This is an easy decision for them, they'd send her to Heaven.
I remember when I was watching this show through for the first time. this part was the first time I cried. I was ok up until dean started crying then all hell broke loose
Just watching this and seeing how much Jered and Jensen both put into this and the emotions that Jared brought forth was amazing and definitely had me in tears.
started to cry when Sammy started to cry😭😭 i can't watch this i'm feeling so bad for him he lost his mum, he lost jessica, then he tried to start again and fall in love again and now he have to shoot the girl he loves and loose another one???!! damn this boy did not have any luck or happiness in his life it hurts so bad. to see how much he cried and teared up all over his face in this scene kills me😭❤❤ poor Sam😢
Just watched this episode. I remember the exact day when this show aired, I had just gotten home from school and was just flipping through the channels and was almost instantly hooked. Man I can’t believe it’s been 15 years, I was 5 yrs old back then. Gonna miss this show for sure😒✌️
Yes im probably one of the few GUYS that cried when this scene played out.....it was easily Supernatural's most emotional episodes ever.......and im not afraid to admit it teared me up and still does....real men show their emotions yet are still confident about their masculinity....so yes in a nutshell i cry over movies......and not afraid to admit it!! LOVE this show!!!
just going through all the seasons for a 3rd time,and just watched this again..so damn good,Jared/Jensen and Emmanuelle killed this scene...dust flyin' into my eyes here
Masterfully done, both Jared and Jensen. And paired with that song,💔 😭. This series was so good at entertaining us in all levels, action, suspense, and unexpectedly the drama. It tugged the heart strings so well. This was just one of the many times these boys had me in tears, but it was one of the most profound. I never expected such emotion from a simple monster episode. I was blown away and left broken.
@@hallowedbethymelancholy8299 Thanks guys now you've spoiled the hell outta me. Now I don't even know who this chick is, but I do know she's gonna die... Thanks a lot >:'v/
the first time i watched this scene, i was in tears over sam and jared's acting. in his eyes, it's probably how he sees his own life ending, his destiny and he can't be saved from that. rewatching it, i'm crying over how much dean loves and cares about his brother, that single tear from jenson over jared's crying. it's all and all a really well done scene.
this was the MOST fucked up scene in supernatural and I never cried during a tv show or move because im one of those guys that think men shouldn't cry unless it' something really serious or you are at rock bottom but I actually tear up during this scene because everyone that they befriend or love or vice versa ends up getting killed because of the evils that dont like them best show that ever hit tv but it has some fucked up scenes and its more fucked up because I can relate to their lives everyone that they care about dies and they dont really have anyone smh my life story
Sobbing over everything. I know Jensen crying was unscripted and unplanned on his part but you can interpret so much from this. One, Dean has to see Sam lose another bit of innocent happiness. In All Hell Breaks Loose, Pt 2, when Dean is talking to Sam's dead body, he talks about when they were kids, how he always tried to deflect Sam's questions about the dark things in their lives, saying, "I just wanted you to be a kid, just for a little while longer". Dean has always tried to preserve the happiness and goodness in Sam's life. Now, he has to watch his little brother murder something that has made him happy, he has to watch the "hunter's life" once again claim one of the few good things that Sam has to hold onto. Two, Dean is crying because he feels like he's seeing his future unfold before his eyes. Just think, only a few episodes before, Dean told Sam that their dad told Dean he might have to kill Sam. Throughout this whole season, Dean's been watching Sam grapple with the darkness inside him, with his Dad's words hanging over his head. In this scene, he's watching Sam kill someone he deeply cares about because they have an uncontrollable darkness inside them. There is no way he isn't thinking about the fact that he might have to do the same to Sam in the future. FUCK.
jensen actually flinched a second before the gunshot but still definitely both good actors, i don't watch this show anymore but I love this episode, my favorite all time supernatural episode
This is heartbreaking, I had tears falling left and right, it totally describes my need for love and I finally found it..I loved this episode. And I still do.
god i haven't watched this scene in years, but this song came on the radio the other day and I immediately remembered it. although i had forgotten just how heartbreaking it was.
It's VERY rare, that any scene - in anything in life(!), that i break a tear. But, when i saw this on tv, i did in fact break a tear - and, the day today, this is one of my favorit tv-show episodes, of all time. It's just.. Amazing. Supernatural, you are simply fantastic.
