The final scene in this episode is Dean's "it was 40 years..." confession. I swear most people who rate this episode highly are almost exclusively thinking of that scene. It is one of the best scenes in the show-acting, writing directing all come together to make a heartbreaking scene. Unfortunately, nothing else in this episode is worthwhile.
Like the prior episode, the Anna storyline exists to hang the flashback material on . It is underdeveloped and frankly dull. These two episodes are an early example of the show treading water-something that got much worse in the later seasons- because of the mythical arch being overstuffed and yet underplanned. Add in the forced sex scene and the episode *overall* is quite bad. It would have been better to just slam the flashback material into one episode.
Like the prior episode, the Anna storyline exists to hang the flashback material on . It is underdeveloped and frankly dull. These two episodes are an early example of the show treading water-something that got much worse in the later seasons- because of the mythical arch being overstuffed and yet underplanned. Add in the forced sex scene and the episode *overall* is quite bad. It would have been better to just slam the flashback material into one episode.