It's a cricket *bat*, right?

My heart was breaking for Sam there at the end. And I wish whoever wrote would stop applying the anvil -- every time they got in the car, Dean was all, "We're together again!" "Whoo, this is the life!" I got it the first time. Leave poor Sammy alone.

And I wish whoever wrote would stop applying the anvil

Yeah, and what's with women with picnic baskets symbolizing an idyllic life? (That is what Dean was seeing when under the influence of the dream root, right? Or am I misremembering?) That scene with Sam and Amelia had everything but butterflies and little birdies fluttering around. Not to say that he doesn't deserve peace and happiness -- they both do -- it's just that my God, that was a clumsy scene.

I'm beginning to wonder if Sam's actions have been so uncharacteristic because he's literally under Amelia's spell, much like he was with Becky last year. Because I just cannot reconcile the über-bitchy vet we saw trying to insult a drifter into adopting an injured dog that may or may not have already had owners in the premiere with tonight's refugee from a Massengill commercial.

I'm beginning to wonder if Sam's actions have been so uncharacteristic because he's literally under Amelia's spell

nods head, okay, I could see that ... the other thought I was entertaining was drugs. As in, he's been medicated by a psychiatrist, which has changed his affect so completely.

I can't be mad at Sam or Dean. I'm mad at the writers for making me uncomfortable with one brother written miserable and one written tone deaf.

How can I root for anything other than them coming back to themselves? And it doesn't have to be a plausible gradual shift--they can wake up that way tomorrow, for all I care. This part is not fun for me.

Part of me thinks that Sam should be easier on his brother who was in Purgatory, but Purgatory was only sad last week, so enh. I also have no idea how long Dean was there, how much time passed for him, how much was without Cas, or why HE is the one sneaking away to make surreptitious phone calls, and not Sam who left a woman and a dog in bed.

Sure, maybe a year is plenty of time to get them here, but a) tell me how, and b) don't make me not enjoy them each week.

Oy.

Sneak peek

Several things that aren't fresh in Deanmark: he's reading the news on his phone, followed closely in confirmation of wrongness by him downloading an app. And since I was just watching old episodes last night, I noticed that now he's way too tanned (or has the wrong shade of makeup on)(/superficial).

Eggs Benedict: so, Betsy/Eleanor says the heart is key, so kill the donor patient with the heart and that's like the head of the snake. But I thought jogger dude got the heart? Or was it that despite what organ each original donor patient got, they were all going after hearts?

Hate Amelia with so much vitriol. "Don't you know what a cake looks like, dummy? Let's ignore the part where my disappearance made you worried and angry. Eat, you moron! EAT!".

Maybe Jensen hates her as much as I do, and let her all but say "Eat the cookie, mother!".

Was the blond cop in Ames a previous demon on Show?

Jogger dude got a kidney, they were all ripping out hearts for the sacrifice.

But show opens with Dean reading "jogger in Mineapolis gets his heart ripped out" and six months ago the same thing happened in the same city.

--I think I'm mixing up who gets what when. My bad. My question had been about whether the killer!jogger ripped out the heart of the poor bastard in the beginning. But I was still confused at that point and mixing up that with original transplants. I am tired. Ignore me now.