I spoke too soon. Annalee redacted my perfectly brilliant title (Team Free Period--how is that not comedy gold???) and published the recap on the front page again.
Oh, Annalee, just wait until my hand-illustrated recap--edit your way out of that one! Bwahahah!
Title for episode 23:
Sacrifice
Two repeats in April: 10th and 17th.
Amy,
you
have sophisticated tastes. Pfft, Annalee, srsly.
I have to admit that after not reading the white font about this week's ep and hearing the name Victor, I got a little excited about the idea of Hendrickson being brought back, with skin grafts and in a wheelchair, missing a leg or something. So this new old hunter with teh crazy was a bit of a letdown.
I did love the BtVS vibe, with this posse of young folk who still have to deal with homework and classes and curfews. And I did feel for Sam that there was this model of a way to be a hunter and have a normal life, only to find that it was a bit of a lie.
I can see Sam as a dad reading all the books and going crazy with timetables and schedules and expectations, and Dean being all "dude" and letting it flow and getting to be the indulgent uncle with a shotgun.
Didn't we see Victor's ghost in that episode where Lilith sent him and Meg Masters (not the demon) to confront the Winchesters? That pretty clearly erased any doubt about him having died.
I didn't think we'd seen Victor at all before.
Hmm, I think you're right, Matt, I'd forgotten that. Didn't stop me from getting hopeful, though.
Being a Witness rules out Victor having survived. However, a resurrected Victor being the evil shenanigans is as possible a plotline as depressed guy partnered with vampire, I'd figure.
I think it's just dumb to re-use high profile names. A Jessica might be when I throw things.
Reused names:
We've got
Cassie/Cas(tiel)
Victor/Victor
Ben/Bennie
Sam/Samuel
Dean/Deanna
Sam/Samandriel (this one bugs because of AU fic reasons)
Amelia (Ames)/Amelia (Bitca)
Chuck/Charlie (at least the nickname separates them!)
Any others? (although that's quite enough, for me).