am disgusted that he's self-aware enough to say he's a cold-hearted sonofabitch, and puts the onus on Dean to keep him human without taking any responsibility himself?

I missed that conversation, and I just fastforwarded through the episode trying to catch it, and couldn't find it. Whereabouts did it happen?

He didn't exactly say that. But I think she's refering to the end of the episode where Dean says he got djinn on them by rushing out side to help his neighbors and Sam was saying that's why he needed him. Because Dean would go without thinking and Sam wouldn't think about it.

So much of what y'all said. I need to rewatch in the morning.

I'm just happy SHOW is back and I'm curious to see where things go from here.

My main thought, at the moment, is that Sammy has grown up and out of the shadow of his brother.

OK, it was the djinn woman who was the waitress at the bar.

Sam's off. Not sure why or what, or that it's bad, but definitely off. Wow. A year certainly changed the dynamic. Kind of mad at Sam and Bobby.

What were the Campbells doing with the djinn??? At least they were hiding it from the boys and not just Dean.

Yeeeaaahhhh, I feel like we should be getting more of an answer to the whys and hows of Sam and Samuel's resurrections, because... really?

Liked Lisa.

Oh, Dean.

Yeah, that's all I got.

What were the Campbells doing with the djinn???

I'm pretty sure they're milking it to make anti-venom.

Mostly I didn't like that episode but the promo gave me hope for next week. I agree with all who said it felt off.

Huh. I am ... not underwhelmed, exactly, but that felt like a LOT of prologue.

I liked Lisa. She was good. I admit to a o/ when Bobby showed up. (But was also confused when he didn't try any sort of demon tests on Lisa, Ben, and Dean. That is not the Bobby I expect.)

Oh, Dean.

Yeah, that's all I got.

Yeah, me too.

I agree that things are very off, and am kind of excited to see how. At the same time, STUPID STUPID BOYS

I also don't buy that Bobby would not tell Dean, or that Sam would go to him.

Maybe whatever time Sam spent in hell made him into a coldhearted SOB. But not letting Dean know - extremely cruel. Did Samiel's eyes show a hint of yellow when kidnapping the Jinn?

Dean! I teared up at the montage and the tucked in shirt.

And then he's still drinking continually and has an assumedly loaded gun under the bed. I get what Lisa's goal is here, and she's making decisions. I just don't think it's WISE. Dean will never do anything knowingly to be a bad role model for Ben, and his core self...well, apart from the complete lack of self-esteem is good people. But the habits that have grown up around that? Not for kiddie consumption.

Still, Dean has girl cooties, and the world didn't end. Page fandom, stat.

Sam's weird. I'm sure he went all uber-ninja hunter in his brother's absence (because he's still alone without him), but Dean's still the better hunter.

Although not sensible.

Grandpappy is doing something weird. Maybe the djinn antidote is made from the secretions of their pineal glands.

Was the quiet one the sassy sharpshooter from Flashpoint?

Interesting that Sam characterised what he was doing as praying for Cas. I'm sure Dean would just call him, yell for him, if he wasn't sulking.

I buy the lying thing. I think it's a major douche move, but definitely in character. Knowing someone and knowing what's best for them are not the same thing. In theory Dean should want to be able to get out of the game. Just, you know, not with the alternative out there.

Won't last.