lol i get you (and the archs from the history of the writers etc)..and im not missing the point of the arc..its just that i think the arc has moved too far away from what "sam"'s identity was for the majority of the seasons...he would probably consider doing a lot of this as he was...but this new sam is super charmin soft..old sam woulda at least kept dean in the loop..or woulda kept him locked the fukk up...and i thought he was bossing back up with the crowley assassination attempt but he got soft again immediately thereafter. old sam woulda murked rowena after that fukk shyt and figured out another way to read it (since charley broke the code). instead he called her on the phone like he was telling his mom he failed a quiz
dean obviously did shyt behind sams back (angel keeping sam alive resulting in tranny's death for example)..but dean usually comes clean on that shyt.
and dont get me started on crowley friend..before the attempt crowley was by far the best "devil/demon" situation they had to deal with. there was basically 0 chaos going on..pax crowmana..and sam conspires with his mother to kill him and possibly kill dean (since sam woulda never had a clue about the spell and rowena until after the fact, if that bytch even said it at all)...plus she hates all the men of letters and their legacy..new age sam woulda let her scot
free then she woulda hit him with an epic spell