I pointed this out yesterday in another thread but wanted to start a seperate discussion focused solely on it...I think what Sam was seeing & experiencing was actual torture as a result of Lucifer infusing part of himself with Sam's soul when he was in the cage with him. Lucifer would have to know how stubborn the Winchesters are & how Dean would never let Sam rot in the cage, so he would have likely seen Sam's soul as his ticket out of the cage. First he could harness his powers through Sam & bring destruction to Earth through an unwilling & unparticipating Sam. Then he could even torture Sam enough or perhaps even gain control of Sam to ultimately open the cage with the Horsemen's rings to release himself entirely from the cage.
He even said how there is no escape from the cage. Even though Sam would have escaped the cage, if he has a piece of Lucifer with him now, his cage-torture would accompany him wherever he went. It's also possible that Lucifer could have taken a piece of Sam's soul & withheld it from Death in the cage so that Sam's current experiences are a result of a piece of him still being in the cage. This would be huge leverage on Lucifer's part in getting Sam to open the cage again. But I think it would be cooler if he's harboring a piece of Lucifer in him now. Either way, I think this could be what Death was referring to when he told Dean to keep digging since he wanted him & Sam to learn something about souls that they don't know. That something could be that souls could be infused with angels or be split apart. Critics of this could say that why would Death knowingly release a piece of Lucifer into Sam since he of all people would know if a piece of Lucifer was mixed in with Sam's soul or why would Death allow Lucifer to retain a piece of Sam's soul in the cage. My answer to them is that Death doesn't have any favorites and only helped the Winchesters when it suited him (when he wanted to be freed from Lucifer's binding). Death is loyal to one thing---the same master plan that God created and the reapers & Fates follow. So if it was supposed to happen, then Death would not interfere with that. Death's interference in season 5 by giving Dean his ring wasn't really interference since the master plan was not what Michael or any of the angels thought it was, but rather it was always about the Winchesters sending the 2 big archangels to the cage.
So I think Sam is truly screwed at least for the time being. They will either have to find a way to seperate Lucifer from Sam's soul, which may also have to do with what Death wants them to learn, or they will have to retrieve the piece of Sam that may still be in the cage. Or if this is the final season, Dean, Bobby & Sam may come to the conclusion that Sam's presence on Earth as a result of Lucifer latching onto his soul would destroy the world & Sam may have to jump back into the cage, this time permanently. I hope the latter isn't true and that Sam has a happy ending at the end of the show given what the poor guy has gone through.
I think it would be incredibly cool if either a piece of Lucifer is infused with Sam's soul in his body or if a piece of Sam's soul is still in the cage because this could lead to a new & different collaboration with Crowley. We could maybe get a Crowley who could become as loyal as Cas, or as close to that as possible given how he's a demon. Between the threat of Lucifer's return & the threat of the Leviathans, I think Crowley will definitely be teaming up with the Winchesters again. I think as king of hell he may even play a huge role in sending any part of Lucifer in Sam back to the cage or getting any part Sam's soul that's still in the cage out of it.
I don't know what the writers plan, but right now it has a *ton* of potential & looks very promising, which is amazing given that this is the 7th season and how most shows lose their steam way before then. I still think the show can go to an 8th depending on what they do this season. If there's an 8th, I'd say that's a good one to end the show on with the pacing they can do. I hope we get to see a lot more of Mark Pellegrino this season than we did in season 5. One thing I think they should have kept longer was the godCas storyline. I want them to write the arc that's being presented this season like they wrote the Apocalypse plot, which was split into 2 seasons--season 4 being the pre-Apocalypse with the breaking of the seals & season 5 with the actual Apocalypse. This season should be about the Leviathans & Lucifer (and Michael) doing what he's doing to Sam to break free with a final showdown between the Winchesters & Lucifer (and whoever else joins him) next season. That would be a spectacular way of closing out the show.
He even said how there is no escape from the cage. Even though Sam would have escaped the cage, if he has a piece of Lucifer with him now, his cage-torture would accompany him wherever he went. It's also possible that Lucifer could have taken a piece of Sam's soul & withheld it from Death in the cage so that Sam's current experiences are a result of a piece of him still being in the cage. This would be huge leverage on Lucifer's part in getting Sam to open the cage again. But I think it would be cooler if he's harboring a piece of Lucifer in him now. Either way, I think this could be what Death was referring to when he told Dean to keep digging since he wanted him & Sam to learn something about souls that they don't know. That something could be that souls could be infused with angels or be split apart. Critics of this could say that why would Death knowingly release a piece of Lucifer into Sam since he of all people would know if a piece of Lucifer was mixed in with Sam's soul or why would Death allow Lucifer to retain a piece of Sam's soul in the cage. My answer to them is that Death doesn't have any favorites and only helped the Winchesters when it suited him (when he wanted to be freed from Lucifer's binding). Death is loyal to one thing---the same master plan that God created and the reapers & Fates follow. So if it was supposed to happen, then Death would not interfere with that. Death's interference in season 5 by giving Dean his ring wasn't really interference since the master plan was not what Michael or any of the angels thought it was, but rather it was always about the Winchesters sending the 2 big archangels to the cage.
So I think Sam is truly screwed at least for the time being. They will either have to find a way to seperate Lucifer from Sam's soul, which may also have to do with what Death wants them to learn, or they will have to retrieve the piece of Sam that may still be in the cage. Or if this is the final season, Dean, Bobby & Sam may come to the conclusion that Sam's presence on Earth as a result of Lucifer latching onto his soul would destroy the world & Sam may have to jump back into the cage, this time permanently. I hope the latter isn't true and that Sam has a happy ending at the end of the show given what the poor guy has gone through.
I think it would be incredibly cool if either a piece of Lucifer is infused with Sam's soul in his body or if a piece of Sam's soul is still in the cage because this could lead to a new & different collaboration with Crowley. We could maybe get a Crowley who could become as loyal as Cas, or as close to that as possible given how he's a demon. Between the threat of Lucifer's return & the threat of the Leviathans, I think Crowley will definitely be teaming up with the Winchesters again. I think as king of hell he may even play a huge role in sending any part of Lucifer in Sam back to the cage or getting any part Sam's soul that's still in the cage out of it.
I don't know what the writers plan, but right now it has a *ton* of potential & looks very promising, which is amazing given that this is the 7th season and how most shows lose their steam way before then. I still think the show can go to an 8th depending on what they do this season. If there's an 8th, I'd say that's a good one to end the show on with the pacing they can do. I hope we get to see a lot more of Mark Pellegrino this season than we did in season 5. One thing I think they should have kept longer was the godCas storyline. I want them to write the arc that's being presented this season like they wrote the Apocalypse plot, which was split into 2 seasons--season 4 being the pre-Apocalypse with the breaking of the seals & season 5 with the actual Apocalypse. This season should be about the Leviathans & Lucifer (and Michael) doing what he's doing to Sam to break free with a final showdown between the Winchesters & Lucifer (and whoever else joins him) next season. That would be a spectacular way of closing out the show.
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