What was it she said? "You try to weasel your way out of it?" Something like that.

Also, there's the part where villains never fall for the same trick twice. We're reasonably to understand that it's the same crossroads demon in both cases, so, unless the writers get really desperate, I think not.

(Which is not to say that Sam mightn't come up with something else worth bargaining for, but, it probably won't be as simple a trick.)

Yes, but she was speaking directly to Dean, and he could--or Devil-and-Sam-Winchester could--make a good case that her "you" was not collective. So as long as Dean doesn't help, Sam can search and research as much as possible, and so can anybody else.

Or that's my interpretation, anyway. I could be wrong.

Yeah, see, that different-actresses thing confused me. Especially since it was a different crossroads, too. Shouldn't there be one for every corner, like demonic hookers?

My understanding was that Dean could in no way try to weasel out of it, or help anyone else do it. Leaving Sam free to try. But yeah, the threat for Dean is that if Sam does, the deal is off, meaning Sam is dead again.

I get that villains shouldn't fall for the same trick twice, though. Makes sense.

I don't think a simple threat is going to work on the CRD for this. She's hankering for Dean's soul, and she's not going to give it up easily.

(I hope the girl they pick when Sam finally faces her down is blonde and looks like Jess.)

If they actually go for a Devil-and-Sam-Winchester scenario, they better make it AWESOME.

Or that's my interpretation, anyway. I could be wrong.

That's the one I have, too.

(I hope the girl they pick when Sam finally faces her down is blonde and looks like Jess.)

I'm snerking, and you know exactly why.

Yeah, see, that different-actresses thing confused me. Especially since it was a different crossroads, too. Shouldn't there be one for every corner, like demonic hookers?

Different meat puppets! Which I originally typed as poppets. Which is disturbing on a different level.

(I hope the girl they pick when Sam finally faces her down is blonde and looks like Jess.)

What if it appeared to him as Mary?

Don't they still have Samuel Colt's demon-zapping MacGuffin revolver? I say, why bother trying to trap an enemy you can destroy?

I thought they used up the last bullet killing the YED and only the bullets Colt forged worked with the gun.

Sam doesn't remember Mary.

If Adrianne Palicki can take time off of her FNL schedule -- that would totally rock.

Different meat puppets, sure, but shouldn't there be more demons, too? A NE division, a SE division ... They could have the annual conference in New Orleans every year. Hell, they probably do, during Mardi Gras.

I thought they used up the last bullet killing the YED and only the bullets Colt forged worked with the gun.

Yeah, they used the last bullet. Unless I'm wrong. Which I usually am.