Oh, no, of course not. Fogive me; I must've commented unclearly. I didn't think you were comparing; I'm merely aware that there are people who ARE comparing the two,side by side, and I think your description of Sam's time w/o Dean being hell on earth is a much closer and point-on persepective.
I'm watching it again tonight,too-wanna IM me when you are and we can make up for our date last night?