I knew what that linked to!

You know me so well!

I just remembered. Did Dean really refer to the angel as "Cass"? Gonna go rewatch.

I do think Sam has an argument in his favor that exorcising demons his way leaves the host alive, most of the time, whereas hacking at them with the knife kills them 100 percent of the time.

Latin works, too. Especially when they're all tied up and can't do anything anyway.

Oh, I meant to say way at the beginning that the actress playing Ruby is doing a good job of using the same mannerisms that Katie Cassidy did. I felt like I was seeing Ruby, just in a different body.

Huh. I'm not feeling Ruby. I'm not sure why.

Did Dean really refer to the angel as "Cass"?

Yep

Oh, I meant to say way at the beginning that the actress playing Ruby is doing a good job of using the same mannerisms that Katie Cassidy did. I felt like I was seeing Ruby, just in a different body.

I had to go back and check, but missing pieces of actors heads and faces made me suspect who directed this episode. Kim pushes in and gets from the forehead down or the left side of the face. Does he direct all of them? Kudos for the car window, Mr. Manners. Anyway, I think the actress is being shot the same way as we saw Katie on camera and that is why there is so much similarity. He is having her tilt her head at such an angle and then move her eyes quickly the other way, por ejemplo.

I wondered if Kim directed this one! I think he does nearly half of the episodes.

He is having her tilt her head at such an angle and then move her eyes quickly the other way, por ejemplo.

Exactly. Good coaching on his part and good pick up on hers.

SHOW! JP has really improved, hasn't he?

OMG, the eating. Like I had to plug my ears and squint my eyes while Jack was mowing down on the steak. Gore? Didn't bother me so much. Open-mouthed mastication? Blllleeeeecccchhh.

Second watch thoughts:

I'm watching Sam tell Dean that he is through. It is his choice and he is not going to use his powers anymore. But I remember the THEN previouslies and he sounded just as sincere that he wasn't going down that road when he was lying to Dean in Metallicar.

I know Sam is going to use his powers. I just haven't figured out if Sam knows that yet or not. He was convincing when he lied before in Metallicar, so maybe he was just being convincing for Dean again. Maybe he is so messed up from those eight plus months without Dean that he can lie as easily as any sociopath.

Then again, the look on Sam's face when Dean says, "If I didn't know you, I would want to hunt you", is too hurt to be a sociopath. And when Dean delivers the impossible line (and hits it out of the park), "that means that God doesn't want you doing this", Sam looks five years old, scared and confused.

Even if Sam has been stretched to the breaking point, I don't see him going against the wishes of God and His angels. Dean, maybe. I can't conceive of Sam not following God's will though.

Also? Sam was a mathlete. Ahahaha!

Huh. I liked the interaction between the boys (and yes, JP did a really good job), but on the whole, I found tonight's episode kinda eh. And Full Of Anvils.

I may be closer to Jilli on this than to others. Something felt off with the SamandDean interactions--not the acting, but how it played out.

And Full Of Anvils.

Soooo many anvils.

I was surprised that all the secrets came out. In that case, it does seem quite plausible for Sam to have been on the time trip last week originally since it was never planned to keep that knowledge secret from him. Huh.