The act where Cas talks to Fate Sam and Dean have no lines. It struck me as weird. Apart from openers or closers, I don't remember that happening. Not just in the middle of the show, an entire segment between commercial breaks. It was suggested that Cas and Meg with the holy fire fit that criterion, but the script reveals that Sam and Lucifer were also in that act.

Can you think of other middle acts where Sam and Dean don't have lines?

Only two codas so far. I'm kinda disappointed in my fandom.

Kate Walder as Fate really hit my glasses fetish. Guh.

It's possible they're finally setting Cas up as a character whose appearance isn't merely the Winchesters' genie or fairy godmother who pops in when summoned and grants--or not--their wishes. Which is good. If he's the third lead, give him more stuff to do on his own and let him carry scenes--whole eps!--and let the Js sleep late once in a while.

Fate reminded me of a prissy Witherspoon.

It was wonderful to see Ellen again--I wish we could keep her. Both Bobby and his house were so neat and arranged and colorful (well, his hat was fairly new and clean) and clean, as opposed to the organized and dust-covered he's managed to keep it. The contrast from AHBL II and up to DaLDom is subtle but apparent, so the (suggested) Ellen-kept house was a point made. The moment where Sam & Dean watched him sleep, then covered him and turned off the light was very tender. I live in fear for Bobby, every ep, every season.

And I'm with Amy--the mustang was a beauty, but...so very wrong. I'm not even sure how they folded Padalecki into shotgun, to be honest.

did everyone notice that the Mustang had the old Impala license plate? i love that they put little things like that in for us.

did everyone notice that the Mustang had the old Impala license plate?

I did! So sweet.

I also felt like the motel room was nicer than usual, or supposed to be.

Bacon cheeseburger:

What interested me was that Fate (Atropos) was clearly working with heaven, the heaven we've seen characterized as the Judeo-Christian heaven so far. She knows the angels, she says God gave her a job. It's a weird mashup of mythology, especially when in The Hammer of the Gods, we weren't given the impression that everyone worked together, even if they know about each other.

I saw some people complaining about another female bad guy. Uh, antagonist != bad guy. Cas was the bad guy. Fate was right.

I'm not sure if it's a rush to see the show as sexist or Cas as good or what that made that an easy conclusion to come to. But Cas fucked with the order of things for a "greater good" which doesn't make Fate a bad person--and then he told Sam and Dean to kill her to keep his plan safe without telling them and then he changed his mind and ended the lives to keep Sam and Dean safe.

Fate is so totally blameless in this scenario.

She is totally blameless. And hot. And in response to a comment upthread, not at all prissy. She is focused, but she enjoys her work.

Fate had a legitimate beef with being downsized, yeah. She was trying to restore the balance of souls according to her job description, and Cas was going rogue for his purposes, both times.

I need to listen to his lines about choices and freedom again, when he's talking to Sam and Dean. He's so conflicted now, with power he didn't have before, and fairly good intentions, but throw the people he actually loves into the mix and all of his own rules go out the window.

RegrettableThings!Cas is one of my favourite flavours, although I have many. It's a shame he couldn't have spent more time with Robo!Sam and had allAboutDean!DarkSassy.

I don't tune in for the mental health.