Yeah the Misha moving on part was all good.

I was cool with the way the ended Cas('s then current) run, and also the way the killed Bobby. Though I fully expect to see Bobby again in some form. But, they actually made me OK with both of those partings. Huh. Who knew.

But I don't want to get him back and lose him again. That's asking a lot.

YES.

Paget Brewster is leaving "Criminal Minds."

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Awww, I love Paget. She used to have a talk show in San Francisco before she made it on Friends and elsewhere.

I wish her luck. But she better stay gone this time, or I'll get Magic Johnson flashbacks.

Unrelatedly, an upcoming SPN episode will apparently feature a former flame of both Sam and Dean's. Talk about fandom's instantaneously most hated character!

Apparently Paget Brewster never wanted to come back this season but had no choice after her comedy pilot wasn't picked up because of the way her contract read. This is according to TVLine, which I can't link to on my phone.

The article linked to above explains her contract issues.

Hey, what if Misha comes back, and it's not as Cas? Or he never remembers he's Cas at all, and then he dies anyway? That would be so FUCKING TORTUROUS.

Which means it's on the table.

My current understanding that is tainted with fic I don't know how much...Sam has to go into the mental hospital because he has a breakdown and they find a guy that looks like Cas there.

Am I making shit up? I mean, I haven't read that story, but I don't remember reading that article either.

Well, there's a picture of Misha (as a character on a show, presumably, although...) sitting on an institutional-looking bed in what looks like hospital clothes out there somewhere. (Did you link it? sumi?), so your hypothesis does not sound unreasonable to me.

That would be fucked up! I'd kind of like to see it.