not that it's all that relevant, but...

[ratcreature]

Just how long in the internal timeline has Sam been wearing that cast now? I mean, he says it's been four weeks since Ava, and he's had it for several eps before that now.

Actually I've never broken a bone myself, and I don't know how long a casts has to stay on usually, but do we need to assume that Sam reinjured it at some point by now or something because he keeps using it? (and obviously I realize that in reality it's because of external factors such as the actor being injured, but I cling to my intra-universe viewpoint)

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[wabbitseason.livejournal.com]

He broke it in "Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things" episode wise, so 6 episodes. Not such how long that is timeline wise.

[ratcreature]

It's hard to tell because it's not like the eps are evenly spaced in the series timeline. And I guess it feels just unusually persistent for an injury on tv because it doesn't just vanish from one week to the next like when they get mauled by a monster. ;)

[derryderrydown.livejournal.com]

Perhaps he broke his arm really really badly.

When I did my wrist in as an eleven-year-old, I was in a cast for about four weeks but, being eleven, I healed very quickly. For my ankles at about the same age, I was in casts for about six weeks. More recent breaks - spine, skull and multiple collar-bones - have been of the sort where you don't get a cast.

Why, yes, I am very accident-prone.

[liviapenn.livejournal.com]

Yeah, when I broke my arm as a kid I had to wear it in a sling for about 6 weeks, but it wasn't a very bad break. Maybe Sam broke more than one bone in his hand, or something.

[ratcreature]

I keep thinking that the way he isn't all that careful with the hand can't be great for its fast healing either. I mean, I suspect a cast can only do so much to immobilize a wrist if the wearer still jars his hand a lot or maybe sometimes punches things with it.

[ratcreature]

Yikes, that sounds as if you got a bunch of extra fractures so that people like me can avoid break without upsetting the average...

But yeah, I think Sam mst have had the cast longer than six weeks at least.

[loddlaen.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad someone else noticed that coz it popped into my head when I watched last week's ep :)

Perhaps it is taking a long time to heal because Jared can't simply rest it as a normal person would? Unfortunately, he has to keep using it in the course of his work. It's just a guess on my part.

I find it very hard to figure out the internal timeline of SPN episodes, I'm of the opinon that TPTB keep it deliberately vague.

[ratcreature]

Yeah, this week's "four weeks" comment putting a definite timeframe on how much time has passed between eps is definitely an exception rather than the rule.