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42.3: Deconstructing "Carry On" - From Dean's Funeral to the Bridge Reunion

April 04, 2021 The Fangirl Business Season 1 Episode 42
The Fangirl Business: A Supernatural Podcast
42.3: Deconstructing "Carry On" - From Dean's Funeral to the Bridge Reunion
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Chapters
0:00
intro and disclaimer
2:38
Dean's funeral
4:53
Sam's mental health, Eileen, and found family erasure
11:03
divergence from the season's themes
13:09
Sam, pizza, dogs, and "Dark Side of the Moon"
17:07
the Austin phone call
19:39
Sam's journey towards love, leadership, and witchiness cut short
22:45
Chuck's unjust framework
25:18
the dropped thread of The Empty
27:35
that file on Dean's desk
30:11
Sam's departure from the bunker
32:28
the telescope and alternate universes
34:45
Chuck's lack of understanding of relationships and community
37:18
Dean's arrival in heaven
40:42
Dean, Bobby, and heaven's jail
43:48
the El Sol beer
46:29
Bobby's exposition and John's presence in heaven
50:44
the weight of what Dean "deserves"
53:18
"Cas helped" and Dean's silence
54:09
paradise on earth?
55:52
"he'll be along"
57:32
the emptiness of the driving sequence
1:02:40
Sam's life montage
1:03:19
Sam's house and "Nightmare Logic"
1:07:35
the "family photo" from "Lebanon"
1:08:54
Sam's family
1:12:02
family legacy, alcoholism, and isolation
1:18:23
Dean Jr's anti-possession tattoo and its implications
1:19:18
Sam's death scene and Dean Jr's stoicism
1:21:25
the bridge reunion scene
1:23:38
the surface narrative vs the visual and musical cues
1:28:40
the exit montage from "Inherit the Earth"
1:29:59
the intermission curtain from "Fan Fiction" and an end to canon
1:31:43
final thoughts
1:35:57
outro
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The Fangirl Business: A Supernatural Podcast
42.3: Deconstructing "Carry On" - From Dean's Funeral to the Bridge Reunion
Apr 04, 2021 Season 1 Episode 42
The Fangirl Business

*CONTENT WARNING: This episode discusses and analyzes "Carry On," starting at Dean's funeral and ending at the bridge reunion. We are including chapter markers in this episode so that you can skip moments that may be too difficult. There are no audio clips in this episode, as we feel that they could be triggering. Please take care of yourselves, friends.*

In this episode, Chrisha and Catherine begin their discussion with Dean's funeral, and proceed through to the brothers' reunion at the bridge.  Along the way, they discuss everything from the way Sam's life montage invokes S14's "Nightmare Logic" to Dean drinking El Sol beer in heaven as they continue to investigate the many allusions to something being "wrong" with the events of the finale. Their conclusion? Given all that they have uncovered, canon for them ends in E19.

Links from discussion:

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*CONTENT WARNING: This episode discusses and analyzes "Carry On," starting at Dean's funeral and ending at the bridge reunion. We are including chapter markers in this episode so that you can skip moments that may be too difficult. There are no audio clips in this episode, as we feel that they could be triggering. Please take care of yourselves, friends.*

In this episode, Chrisha and Catherine begin their discussion with Dean's funeral, and proceed through to the brothers' reunion at the bridge.  Along the way, they discuss everything from the way Sam's life montage invokes S14's "Nightmare Logic" to Dean drinking El Sol beer in heaven as they continue to investigate the many allusions to something being "wrong" with the events of the finale. Their conclusion? Given all that they have uncovered, canon for them ends in E19.

Links from discussion:

Follow us on Twitter @TheFangirlBiz and on Bluesky @thefangirlbiz.bsky.social

Join our Kofi Discord community at $1/month: https://ko-fi.com/thefangirlbiz/tiers

Support our podcast by buying our new merch: https://www.redbubble.com/people/thefangirlbiz/shop

Thanks for listening!

0:00
intro and disclaimer
2:38
Dean's funeral
4:53
Sam's mental health, Eileen, and found family erasure
11:03
divergence from the season's themes
13:09
Sam, pizza, dogs, and "Dark Side of the Moon"
17:07
the Austin phone call
19:39
Sam's journey towards love, leadership, and witchiness cut short
22:45
Chuck's unjust framework
25:18
the dropped thread of The Empty
27:35
that file on Dean's desk
30:11
Sam's departure from the bunker
32:28
the telescope and alternate universes
34:45
Chuck's lack of understanding of relationships and community
37:18
Dean's arrival in heaven
40:42
Dean, Bobby, and heaven's jail
43:48
the El Sol beer
46:29
Bobby's exposition and John's presence in heaven
50:44
the weight of what Dean "deserves"
53:18
"Cas helped" and Dean's silence
54:09
paradise on earth?
55:52
"he'll be along"
57:32
the emptiness of the driving sequence
1:02:40
Sam's life montage
1:03:19
Sam's house and "Nightmare Logic"
1:07:35
the "family photo" from "Lebanon"
1:08:54
Sam's family
1:12:02
family legacy, alcoholism, and isolation
1:18:23
Dean Jr's anti-possession tattoo and its implications
1:19:18
Sam's death scene and Dean Jr's stoicism
1:21:25
the bridge reunion scene
1:23:38
the surface narrative vs the visual and musical cues
1:28:40
the exit montage from "Inherit the Earth"
1:29:59
the intermission curtain from "Fan Fiction" and an end to canon
1:31:43
final thoughts
1:35:57
outro