He understands the power of drinking to Dean, even if he wasn't imbibing along with him. Sam didn't even notice their potential shared drinking moment.

Ooh, nice. That gesture struck me as odd, that Cas would be enabling his crutch. And then it hit me that Cas, as usual, wasn't judging Dean. Dean needed a drink, it's the least (and only thing) Cas can do.

does she get the same treatment as a normal death?

Oh. That I don't know.

Dean's totally wrapped up in Sam right now, but Cas *is* being remarkably human. He's just split. Dean, especially now that he's not with Lisa, is monomaniacal and doesn't understand people that care about him (all two of them--not counting Sam or Sampa, because one can't feel and the other is plain shady) not dropping everything in pursuit of what's clearly most important. Getting Sam right again.

Which, seriously, is why I'll ship Dean/Cas over Dean/Lisa any day. Cas gets that, even if he can't be for Dean all that Dean wants--he's willing to try. Lisa has more important things in her life. Like, say, her life.

I was all worked up for this week's thigh holster, but I had no idea sniper sights were as hot. Every time I see that preview I become a more hard-core Dean!girl.

I also love the actor who played the Alpha. I remember him from that show with Tim Daly where they were risk managers. That was a really good show.

What was he doing with his nail that got him free?

he was scratching through the leather band that held him to the chair.

I loved the automatic reaction to Sam raising his gun. Dean didn't even look. Great moment.

that show with Tim Daly where they were risk managers. That was a really good show.

Eyes! Yes. That's where I remember him from, too.

he was scratching through the leather band that held him to the chair.

Thanks, I was trying to make that so much more complicated.

I think Dean needs to start insisting Sam create an itemized list of all his enhanced capabilites since his return, like not needing any sleep, ever, so he can do the driving at night when they need to get somewhere in a hurry, and the ability to escape ropes and (self-professed ability to get out of) locked rooms, and the increased hotness factor, which is good for me, if for nothing else.

Really, neither Dean nor Cas reacted to Sam just brushing the ropes away. Did I misunderstand that? He just kind of magicked them undone, didn't he?

I saw Sam physically working at the knots, but his declaration that the panic room couldn't hold him... lies? Maybe the basic point being that Dean would have to be prison guard 24/7 in order to hold Sam, and then there'd be no spare time left to try and fix him? (Shoot, Dean and Cas were right there and he still got free). "You can't hold me, but I'm willing to stay with you if you'll work with me"?

The BB seems to have broken all the writers, and I've run out of fic. So I'm going back and reading what I really wasn't all that interested in. Have just been scarred by Zacchariah making out with Gabriel.

Sam's now Superman to Dean's Batman.

I loved the moment where Sam was going to shoot Sampa, and Dean stopped him with baerely a glance, and Sam stops even though he doesn't get it.

Also very hot was the boys being disarmed. Always a pleasure.

Julie. I remember that fic. I'm sure I would have read it if I had seen it, but Zach/anyone needs to be heavily warnjed for.

I loved Sam's "I was hoping it wouldn't have to be this way," standing up and shrugging off the rope. He'd been sitting there obediently the whole time because Dean and Castiel wanted him restrained. And possibly because he didn't want to tip his hand that he had rope-slipping ability. But they weren't listening, and he got tired of sitting that way, so he just--got up.

And the bit with Dean stopping Sam from shooting Grampa was wonderfully played by both of them, sort of a fallback on previous behavior, whether ingrained or instinctive or a mixture of both, but for different reasons now.

Dean was more solidly Dean this ep than he has been since S3. The flash of actual happiness on his face when Sam came back to the car was a reminder of who Dean was, and who I hope he'll have the chance to be once Sam's restored.

I'm excited to see where the show goes from here.

Sam didn't really do anything with the ropes that Barry Bostwick's character didn't do faster in "Criss Angel Is a Douchebag."

In terms of fighting a poltergeist, though, I would imagine it's like any mother protecting her children -- in the face of danger, you've got more strength.

That brings back one of my complaints about the remake of 13 Ghosts. The ghost of the kids' mother was hanging around and conscious of what was going on while her children were being attacked by other ghosts. But all she did was give faint warnings that everyone ignored, whereas the Juggernaut was energetic enough to rip people apart and move junked cars. I wanted to see her go ballistic when her daughter was attacked and start smacking the Jackal into walls until it ran away.