Question about the last couple of SPN episodes

[moonshayde]

I know I haven't posted any thoughts on Smallville and Supernatural last week. Did I? I don't even remember anymore. Anyway...

I do have a question about the episode of Supernatural, though. Spoilers, obviously.



Does Dean remember Hell?

I ask because I'm not sure what we're supposed to think. That might be the point. In Yellow Fever, hallucination!Lilith said that he remembered ever bit of it. In It's the Great Punpkin, Sam Winchester Uriel tells Sam to ask Dean what he remembers of Hell.

We've seen flashes of Dean remembering something in several episodes. (Btw, kudos for making the flashbacks weird and abstract and creepy without revealing anything. The screams last episode were a nice touch.)

But if Dean truly remembers everything, how can he act so much like Dean? Even if he's acting the part, wouldn't we seem him off in his private moments? I haven't picked up anything overly weird about Dean this season, except maybe a couple of brief debatable moments, but I could be missing something. I am not always that observant.

Or does he subconsciously remember Hell and only fragments are coming through. I always thought it was this option, but based on the above episodes, I am not so sure.

What are your thoughts? Am I failing to make a connection?

Comments

[nialla]

I'm leaning towards the memories being there, but hidden in his own mind. The mind will go very far to protect the psyche (angel assistance or not), but with what he's been through, the memories are starting to form cracks and leak though.

I don't think even Dean knows if what he's getting glimpses of is real or not. Probably the more he thinks about it, the more it will come back to him, and he doesn't want it to be in his conscious mind.

[moonshayde.livejournal.com]

I think he's starting to understand the flashes he's getting based on how he reacted in the teacher's shop with that mask. Like I said, I am swaying toward Dean having repressed memories that are slowly breaking through, though the hallunciation of Lilith and Uriel's comments had confused me a bit.

I am really curious and interested to see what happens :)