I assumed Sam drove the van that was idling with the driver's door open and the headlights on. Dean glanced at it as he passed it on his way inside.

Oh! I saw that on rewatch and didn't put it together. Good call.

Reason to think that the coat may be in the impala? Interview with the director:

Interviewer: ...That was a beautiful scene.

Guy Bee: Yeah, I mean, it was scripted that the coat washes up but, um, but that was it and so I think just over the course of talking with Sera and, you know, meetings or whatever I said you know, "Jensen will fish it out, or Dean will fish it out, should he leave it? Should he take it?" and so we never really were clear on it so the morning we got there to shoot that I said to Jensen, "I don't think we have any you know, like, strict rules on what we need to do, what we're going to do with this coat, but it seems to me you know when they fold up a flag at a soldier's funeral they kind of, there's a specific way they fold it." And then he goes "I'd take it with me, I'd put it in the trunk of the car, and, you know. I'll take it. Because it's silly for me, you know, I wouldn't leave it." And so we agreed on that and it sort of-- folding it up like a military flag didn't really work because that thing was, you know, sixty lbs soaking wet. So, just kind of the way he rolled it seemed to work great and uh, takes it with him. So yeah, that was something that was a little nebulous in the script but that's what we all kind of, we wanted and yeah, it worked well. That was a good tearjerker moment.

Interviewer: I think it worked more effectively that it was a sloppy fold, so that kind of conveyed the emotion of it better. Instead of being such a precise fold.

Guy Bee: Yeah, exactly. And that's it, that was the idea. I just gave that idea to Jensen like, you know, respectfully there's a certain specific fold-up and they basically make a triangle out of it when, you know, at a soldier's funeral the flag that's draped over the coffin is folded a certain way and given to the widow, etc., and you know we should do something along that line. And so that's sort of what, how Jensen interpreted it, that felt right at the time and so that's what you get on the show.

::sigh::

Yeah, not closing the sap tag this time.

That is entirely awesome. I love how well Jensen knows his character. He knew Dean would have taken it.

Oh yeah. The coat folding and the wobbly chin nearly destroyed me. And that was just the first ten minutes of the freaking episode.

Also, if Dean could go ahead and have it dry cleaned and waiting for Cas when he returns, I'd be just fine with that. If they film a scene where he returns it - all the better.

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And yes, that was definitely a beautiful moment. I'm not surprised they gave Jensen some space in how Dean dealt with it, nor am I surprised at his decision. Beautiful. And as with so many moments on this show, ultimately a little hopeful.

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I must have internalized the idea from your post without remembering the source, which obviously wasn't even far back. Oops.

Is anyone else expecting to see the trenchcoat hanging on a hanger over Dean's shirt or with the Samulet on a hanger?

I want someone to draw that.

I have seen so many trenchcoat drawings around so far that I can't even draw one, even though I'd love to. Petite madame has been there, so what do I have to say?