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.

Not to be the voice of dissent here, but why is it evil (EVIL! EVIL! EVIL!) for Sam to exorcise demons the way he was? He got rid of demons, which is good. The host remained alive, which is good. Is it because he was using psychic powers? Are psychic powers inherently EVIL? Or is it because he was working with Ruby? (Or are we to assume that he was doing something else that Castiel and company know about but we haven't seen yet?)

Not to be the voice of dissent here, but why is it evil (EVIL! EVIL! EVIL!) for Sam to exorcise demons the way he was? He got rid of demons, which is good. The host remained alive, which is good.

Honestly, I was thinking the same thing throughout the episode. Dean kept talking about a slippery slope, but...what slope? He's exorcising demons in a way that keeps hosts alive. Deliberately. How does that lead to a path of doom? Where does that logically lead to anything bad? Because he'll get high on his superpower and stop caring whether he leaves his host alive?

Is it because he was using psychic powers? Are psychic powers inherently EVIL?

I suppose they are if they come from demon blood.

Are psychic powers inherently EVIL?

I think it's about the source of the power and what use of that power could develop into. He's dipping a toe into the the dark side of the force.