Have you any idea why they don't return to wearing the leather Jacket for Dean? We see it in Reichenbach, when Dean kills Cole's father and also in the photo where J2M have dressed up as TFW, so why don't they bring it back?
Personally I see the leather jacket as symbolic of Dean trying to fulfill his dad’s expectations. The jacket is the macho image that John trained Dean to be. It’s too big for him and it’s heavy. I always felt it made him look like a young boy trying way too hard and not knowing how to want or decide for himself. I don’t want to see the jacket return, but that’s just me. I have no idea if the show people have these same thoughts about the jacket. Oh, except for that ep where Dean faced himself with demon eyes and had this diatribe about how everything of his was really his dad’s: his car, his jacket, his music, his thoughts...
I’d say Dean has made his car his own (and Sam’s). He’s ditched the jacket, expanded his music taste, and learned to think for himself. If John came back now, he’d find a very different Dean than in season 1–2.
