Interesting ideas, both of you!

I'm still stuck on wondering if the power that brought Cas back and put Dean and Sam on the plane was actually God. Zachariah seemed to know who Cas was referring to when he said it wasn't the angels (which is the only reason I can't see Castiel being Michael), and he did NOT look happy. Obviously, it wouldn't have been Lucifer, right? Who else is left?

No.

Good. I need to be told that. Their brother thing is insanely important to me. It's one of the reasons Wincest makes me so crazy.

I get that. It's their childhood that gets me, when I think about it -- how they were raised, what they were to each other, the weight of the secrets they were carrying around. And they really don't have anyone but Bobby now, aside from each other.

Not that I think they should stick together simply because they're blood. But they share a history that's made them who they are, and I don't think either of them should or would walk away from that lightly.

Their brother thing is insanely important to me. It's one of the reasons Wincest makes me so crazy.

This. And I really believe there are going to be some very interesting brother moments to come. I'm stocking up on Kleenex.

is there any chance that Castiel is actually Michael?

That would completely dash my hope of seeing a guest spot from Cate Blanchett.

EJ, you need to spoilerfont that, pronto.

Casting spoilers are still spoilers, guys. See the slug!

Zachariah "deceptive ruses, torture, threatening loved ones to get your way

When Zach broke Sam's legs, I was thinking, "and Alastair was the BAD angel?!"

brother thing is insanely important to me.

This is the whole show for me. That relationship. That said, I think it is absolutely where it needs to be right now in order to ring true. I never thought Dean was getting in the Impala by himself to drive away. I thought he said what he needed to say, feeling like an ass for saying it even though he had to say it, so he turned to get in the car to simply not be looking at Sam. Sam on the other hand was stunned into being motionless. It was going to take him another minute before he could move himself over to the car. This is a total contrast to the boys simultaneous car entrances ( which we've seen in outtakes are carefully timed) to show there is a rift.

Dean may be feeling betrayed but he would still die for Sam.

I love Castiel being a badass again, filled with the light of true righteousness.

Beverly, I do love the way you turn a phrase. That sentence is yummy.

Um, the little promo that I saw showed lots of hunters - Ellen, Jo and Rufus and I could swear that Jo's eyes turned black.

I saw this on tv.

And quite often we don't get one.

Is that the one you saw online?