I think Dean is the one person who will never give up on Sam; that he can pull Sam back from the darkest place Sam might go due to using his Azazel-given powers. But that’s not the only reason God needs Dean.

I hope that the reason God tapped Dean is more than just to counteract the bomb inside Sam. I hope he chose Dean because he’s Dean. Dean has a good heart, is a good soldier, and will make the sacrifices. Despite his 4 months in hell, Dean’s still a human who makes the right choices for humanity. Myself, I think Dean is going to be leading the human army in the insurgency that rises up when heaven and hell start fighting on earth.

But Kripke is crafty… he may have a lot more twists in the road ahead.

Reading this one made me draw parallels between Sam and John Crichton.

Sam now has those funky psychic demon powers, given to him by Azazel. Crichton has wormhole knowledge, given to him by Einstein. While Crichton’s “side” was never questioned, Sam’s is. Dean is really distrustful of Sam’s powers, and rightly so. Crichton couldn’t access his knowledge directly most of the time, but Sam can. I’m not sure where I’m going with this, but I have to wonder about something. Will Sam become Supernatural’s “wormhole weapon” eventually? Remember how Crichton had the DRD’s build that weird cage thing in PKW so he could generate a wormhole that would swallow the ships of both Scarren and Peacekeeper, and when he saw it he knew what it was but didn’t remember having it made? But he did know how to make it work. When Sam was possessed, he did terrible things for weeks and didn’t remember. Is that going to start happening again the more he falls into the well of his powers?

This has to be the reason Castiel pulled Dean from Hell. To keep Sam from becoming a wormhole weapon, metaphorically. Hm.

I am just pondering here…