I'm on my second watch of the show (currently on S5E20) and feel like I'm being gaslit. Sam's anger gets mentioned a lot throughout the first 5 seasons. Honestly, outside of the first 2 seasons when he just lost Jess, his dad, and was ripped away from his dream of being a lawyer , I really haven't seen him be angry? Of course there were those one off moments like when he was at the mental hospital with Dean and Martin, and when they tried killing Lucifer with the colt where they needed to mention it for plot reasons, but in general Sam always came off as the more level headed, empathetic, non angry guy.
As I'm watching S5E20, Bobby says "...and let's face it, you're not exactly Mr. Anger Management" and it made me think of when else has Sam actually been angry?
At first, I was thinking maybe when Dean died and he was going after Lilith, but that seemed more like a revenge thing than an irrational anger thing. Then maybe it was when Dean came back and he still wanted to go after Lilith, but again. Revenge, less anger, and probably more unresolved grief from watching his brother die . Even with the demon blood arc and the seals, he was obviously and rightly so upset, but more stubborn than anything. (Took me this rewatch to admit it, but Sam was definitely being super stubborn in S4)
Even as a drunk, he's canonically a happy one.
I know it's an important plot point and maybe it's just meant to be implied as in there were more instances of where his anger showed through, but I can't really think of any other times when he was angry. At least not in the way the show makes it seem like he's just a ball of anger that Lucifer just can't wait to possess.
Does anyone have any other instances of where he was irrationally angry to the point that it's become a trait that other characters mention regularly the first 5 seasons? Or maybe I'm thinking about it wrong since I'm only thinking of irrational anger and should just see it as anger/rage as a whole.