[Maybe it's not, but without the Chuck factor? It's hard to feel like it's anything else. Anyone else. He isn't seeking forgiveness, though. And Sam's past the point in his life where he'll sit and screw himself over and make himself go without the things he needs (the people he needs) because he's seeking redemption.

It's just—hard. It's not great.]

Maybe not here. [Because if it was Chuck, he'd be sitting there reminding him and Dean about how he can hit rewind and make a new version of their screwed up stories.]

I'm not gonna sit here and make you tell me again and again that I have it wrong. [That's not fair to her.] But I thought it was important for you to know. We only just started getting to know each other, and that life—it was—uh—a lot.

[A beat.]

And how it ended. I'd like to try to be there for you for that. It's something I've been through. [To the point that Castiel's welcome message back was "condolences on your recent death," because. Yeah.]