Reactions

Life is not about what happens to you, but how you react. Respond to this statement in regards to the episode.

This statement applies very well to Supernatural’s episode ‘Home’. Many things in the Winchesters life could be different in the Winchesters’ lives if different choices had been made.

Mary was killed by something in the first episode of the series, and the events that took place in the few weeks after that are briefly talked about by one of John’s old friends. We learn that John started claiming that something killed Mary and began reading ‘strange old books’. There was nothing that could have stopped Mary dying but John did not have to react in the way he did. He could have grieved her death then moved on, maybe even marrying again or at least settling down somewhere to raise his children. Sam might have been on better terms with him because of their ‘normal’ life and Dean would be quite different (which we see in the second season’s episode, ‘What Is and What Should Never Be’).

Dean could have dealt with Sam’s revelation about his powers in a very different way. He could have left his brother there and then and gone his own way, he could have decided to leave the case to figure out what was going on, or he could have been ecstatic with the fact that Sam had the ability to do something. Any of these reactions would change the course of things, but no matter what, it was going to happen.