I'm nervous about tonight's episode! When it gets this close to the end of the season, I start anticipating the Serious Pain.

I find that's a decent criterion with which to save my time

To say the least.

I hope this was all a ruse and Naomi was responsible for Bobby's soul being derailed from its rightful reward so that she could get an in with the Winchesters. It makes no sense whatsoever for Crowley- or any demon - to be able to determine the disposition of souls that haven't made crossroads deals.

Would Kevin have been more safe, or at least have felt more secure, if he had been relocated to the Bat Cave? The guys took what's her name and the kid (the woman who had a baby by Prometheus) to stay there, so it's not as though they're adverse to letting others in. And Kevin's not really an outsider.

I think maybe there was a thing about having everyone in one place? Or some reason why Kevin wanted to be where he was? At first, anyway?

Man, if I didn't have some Dean/Benny inclinations already, they would have walked up and said hi tonight. I really, really like Benny, too.

I'm curious about what Naomi's real end game is. And I hope Kevin's all right, but I want Crowley gone. If he's still around next season ... well, we all know I'll watch anyway, but my fondness for Mark Sheppard ended a while back.

In other news, Jensen remains bow-legged. I repeat, Jensen remains bow-legged.

Mmmmmm. Bow-legged.

Rogue reapers bug me. He didn't seem reaper-ish at all. I mean, didn't the boys have to die to see reapers in the past? Why is a rogue reaper different?

Damn. I was wrong.

The Bobby rescue smells more like fan service. I still think it would have been much better to have Sam rescue Adam from Hell and send him back to Heaven. They could finally tie up that loose end, but instead they re-routed Bobby's soul to Hell to be rescued? Rogue reapers, my ass. What crap.

Harumph.

I still liked the episode in spite of the continued Adam loose end.

And I agree, Amy. I'll be quite glad to see the backside of Mark Sheppard at season's end. Or before.

Rogue reapers who hang around as cabbies by day in the physical world and run scams. And apparently more worried about displeasing Crowley than doing so to their boss, Death. Purgatory is suddenly Hell's vestibule and accessible to everyone and his brother rather than a great mystery that requires extraordinary measures by extremely powerful/resourceful individuals to track down. Sam and Benny are both able to immediately find the people they're looking for upon arrival in another dimension despite there being millions or billions of others there. Souls that can be intercepted like mis-delivered letters at demons' whims, which makes both crossroads deals in general and that whole Righteous Man business seem pretty unnecessary.

Brought to us by the same hacks who gave us the sexy bestiality earlier this season.

We seem to have remarkably little SamandDean time where they're on the screen at the same time. Not just in this episode, but all season so far.

My main gripe about this episode is all the fucking coincidences. What *time* does Sam's watch show in Hell? Why is Bobby kept so near to...anywhere? Why is Hell so literal? Why is Heaven above us? Why does Benny find Sam? Why does Dean walk up to the portal just as Sam pops through?

And, yes, I scribbled Batcave many times in my review (don't know if it will go up), but didn't actually write it down, because the coincidences, and also the devaluing--so Crowley and Cas couldn't find out where Purgatory was much less how to get there, and it was just two doors down the hall and then right at the potted sinner? SERIOUSLY?

Castiel might just have found Dean while he was taking a constitutional. Getting in was a snap. Or will everyone put out when they name drop without even using their names?

eta: to clarify--I liked the plot moving forward. But this ep doesn't hold up to much scrutiny.