You are right in picking up that that was an if/then statement and that Dean didn't seem to like it any more than Sam did.
My point wasn't so much that Bobby knows what he's talking about (he doesn't know the boys *that* well, certainly not the way they know each other. In BUABS, he identifies Not!Sam by habitual paranoia, not through familiarity with Real!Sam.) but rather that they show felt the need to show us that conversation.
I think it could be argued that Dean's primary objective was killing Ruby, not reconciling with Sam.
Sam's attempt to pick a fight in 4.20 seemed to be an attempt get Dean to talk, to clear the air and start toward a resolution, not just being a jerk.
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My point wasn't so much that Bobby knows what he's talking about (he doesn't know the boys *that* well, certainly not the way they know each other. In BUABS, he identifies Not!Sam by habitual paranoia, not through familiarity with Real!Sam.) but rather that they show felt the need to show us that conversation.
I think it could be argued that Dean's primary objective was killing Ruby, not reconciling with Sam.
Sam's attempt to pick a fight in 4.20 seemed to be an attempt get Dean to talk, to clear the air and start toward a resolution, not just being a jerk.