I had missed the whole beginning last night, with Dean coming back and in the fill-up station. I had, however, seen that very intro via a leaked video online, and it ended with the glass breaking. I had originally taken it to be part of Dean's hell experience, like Gunn on Angel waking up to a perfect family and having to go down to the basement to get his heart ripped out, rinse, repeat. I was left thinking that part of Dean's endless torture would be escaping from Hell only to discover it was all a lie.

Although I think I'm glad they didn't start the new season out with that kind of trickeration.

And, I'm sorry, Castiel is a bit of a slow learner if he tried a second time to speak to Dean in his true voice. You'd think he'd figure out that after the glass started to bust, that when Dean started to show pain, he'd have shut his trap and showed up in Hotty Misha McHotterson's vessel to chat. And then to go through all that again a second time, and not give up sooner than he did... if he'd tried a third time we'd have to deem him insane.

Or maybe I'm being too harsh, he was desperately hopeful, and hadn't aquired MeSoFine's body yet. (I cannot get over that actors mannerisms and inflection and balance of innocence and sincerity and scariness. He's hot and wonderful!)

I really did enjoy the psychic (Pamela). Fun, feisty actress, great laugh, great shoulders. I'm imagining her having played Bella. My liking her so much made the eye-burn that much more horrible. So at least kudos to that. I hope we see her again (no pun intended).

Hey, I just realized that Alexis Drazen is from Day 1 of 24 and I have the dvds of that season!

Yes, I can do a comparison of Eurotrash Terrorist Misha vs. Midwestern Angel Misha.

They are very, very different.

Also - I love how the trees around Dean's graves looked like the trees on Mount St Helen's.

He Buffy'd his way out the grave and ended up in Tunguska.

Now that I think about it, I wonder if there's any connection between Dean's being yanked out of Hell and chosen to do God's work, and the fact that he was the one who offed the YED.

In other news, I wonder if Dean's burn mark will fade?

I wonder if Dean's burn mark will fade

I am away from my VCR at the moment - if I remember correctly, the hand print was raised, wasn't it? Is that normal for a recent burn of that size? If so, would it be likely to at least fade to a less prominent mark? (By that, I mean level with the skin surface.)

Take that, omens of cancellation!

Yes!! We have hot Angels of God on our side. Booyah!

He has a big ole crush on me

I'm pretty sure I heard something pop in my brain.

Now, whether somebody paid for it is another question.

It took me a moment to figure out if you meant fired or you were deciding if a fan forked over money to see such a pretty sight. My brain is still slow from the above video.

Archangels are notoriously grubby, at least in popular lit and film. Michael, for example. And the angel in Constantine. Angels in The Prophecy movies.

I have such love for this genre. I will gladly admit to my fannish adoration of Dogma. "Boop"

I was left thinking that part of Dean's endless torture would be escaping from Hell only to discover it was all a lie.

This was what was going through my mind when I asked if we were sure Dean was really out of Hell. I'm relieved as well that it was something so much bigger.

I am so happy with SHOW right now. I don't have to go in tomorrow so I may watch it a third time.

Only a third, Austin?

It's like I don't even know you anymore.

you didn't give me a chance to edit that to "third time today.

I've watched the crush video four times if that helps.

Heh. Good girl.

One thing I'll point out about Sam shacking up with Ruby (if that's what is going on); is that it's basically rape. That body who's sleeping with Sam doesn't belong to Ruby, and the girl who owns the body didn't consent to the sex.

... not that I expect the show to acknowledge that. At all. Ever.

The previouslies made me very cranky. Whyfor the focus on how many women they'd shot/killed/beaten?

Despite that, I thought it was a really intriguing episode, and I totally guessed Castiel was an Angel--if only a few minutes before the reveal.