I don't think we ever needed Dean to say out loud how much he has always put Sam above every and anyone else in their live. Dean who has a set of rules of how he interacts, sees and handles everyone and then a special book filled with an exclusive set of rules of how he interacts, sees and handles Sam.

YES! Excellent points and we, the audience, see that time and again but Sam....Sam just might not be able to see that because, maybe, he has felt unworthy and a failure for so long that he cannot even get how someone might feel that way about him and really needed Dean to say that to him. Oh, Sam.

what show are they watching?"lol

I do wonder that myself, sometimes. ;)

Thank you so much from coming on here and rambling right along with me!