Does Jensen do pilates like this? [link]

Pilates porn!

Oh, this was much better! And I am sooo happy to see Dean back in the Impala.

Thoughts:

Hunters having fams -- well, cops have families. FBI, CIA, soldiers -- all kinds of people with jobs that could rebound on the safety of their families. Is it the safest thing in the world? No, but Jesus, what is? It can be workable -- IF the partner is willing, and precautions are taken. Granted, lots of the Winchester fam and friends have been hunted down and killed, but frankly, Dean's been living with them for a year already. The emotional hostage to fortune horse is outta the barn.

I understand why Dean doesn't want to see Ben holding a gun, but he's a stupid fucking fool if he has 18 bazillion guns around the house, and he doesn't take him out for basic gun safety training and shooting practice. Basic lesson do not a hunter make.

I can see what Lisa's doing, but what, Dean just shows up at Easter and Xmas and randomly? I hope they are trying this out, but would come up with some more semi-structured set-up. As a long-term relationship, with a kid, I'd be awfully pissed to do all the parenting and money-making, and just have someone come by "when they can." I'm not saying it couldn't work, but I think it wouldn't, in practice, work for many.

Something's still off with Sam. Why is sudden "Oooh, family, I seem to trust them more than you" thing? Either Sam and Gramps know more about their pull-out than they are letting on, or there is something else going on; if the big bad is shaping up to be something like the granddaddy of all supernatural critters, then there's no reason they can't all be shifters at this point. No testing seen on screen still, other than self-administered by Sam to himself.

Is Gramps hunting critters for bounty? Government research? (Which would be a hilarious kind of shout-out to XFiles.)

Sam did seem much more Sam this ep, though, so I don't know.

Baby-liquor taste didn't ping me. I had whisky rubbed on my gums for teething; plenty of people do it, and I don't think it's a big.

In my family the traditional teething remedy was rum and honey on a teething rag.As long as oral hygiene was maintained so that this did not lead to gum disease or tooth decay, I doubt it did any harm.

As a long-term relationship, with a kid, I'd be awfully pissed to do all the parenting and money-making, and just have someone come by "when they can."

Ben's her son. It'd be odd for her to pissed at raising him. Dean has neither married her nor adopted him nor made any other formal commitment to raising him. She was also fiscally responsible for herself before Dean showed up, and we're assuming she's not supporting him, no? So why would she be annoyed at continuing to support herself and her child?

I think I noticed Sam giving Dean the side eye at him pouring himself a drink. I still maintain they've been pretty consistent about showing us he's still consistently partaking.

I still maintain they've been pretty consistent about showing us he's still consistently partaking.

I agree. Given that consistency, I can't help but wonder if it's a plot point to some future purpose.

The drink Dean had at the motel raised my eyebrows more the one at home last week, just because he was 'on duty' at the time.

ita, I cede that for sure, but when you have a relationship with another person, it means sharing your life, and all the good and bad, including parenting and financials, which Dean has obviously been doing.

I don't think she's wrong for trying more of a LDR thing; I'm just hoping that if it would seem to work, then it would be more than just him dropping in whenever. That doesn't seem good for her or Ben.

It seems like she would be selling herself short; "I'll take whatever I can get of you." That doesn't seem healthy.

That said, I'm extrapolating from what we see on-screen and for the future. She is a pretty practical laid-back chick, but she seems pretty down with letting him roam back and forth into her life. If she wasn't a parent, or had a really young child, it wouldn't ping me. But she doesn't.

It seems like she would be selling herself short; "I'll take whatever I can get of you." That doesn't seem healthy.

It pinged me a little this way too. On the flip side, though, she's called Dean on his shit pretty consistently and she doesn't flinch from the reality of the situation. So I'm willing to go with the idea she's testing the waters and will be evaluating how it all works.

when you have a relationship with another person, it means sharing your life, and all the good and bad, including parenting and financials, which Dean has obviously been doing.

Dean has obviously been contributing to parenting, and that was important to her, but I think quite rightly that Dean's happiness is more important to her than an additional parent. And we don't actually know what their financial arrangement was--I think it would be kinda irresponsible of her to have become dependent on him.

I think she was crazy to let the damaged man into her house and keep a gun under her bed with her young son down the hall, but the bit where she's ultimately responsible for raising her son and paying her own bills pings me not at all. If she were leaning on him more I'd be irritated--in fact, it pinged me when she threw the Daddy card at Dean during 6x01. Helping raise Ben is a gift from him to her, not a requirement.

Lisa knew about the monsters under the bed before Dean moved in. I find it surprising that she hadn't already asked him to teach her to fire a gun. If I were in her place I would have pressed for lessons in drawing a devil's trap and performing an exorcism besides.