>upernatural continues to adhere to the "all is predestined, there is no free choice, your actions and intent mean nothing" philosophy.

But how can that play out all the way to the end?

Dean becomes a Michael suit. Sam becomes a Lucifer suit. They kill each other. The world ends. The end.

I'm glad that is really not likely to be out the end. Because while it would be a ballsy ending, it would be a heartless one, and the show usually does have heart. Still not out of line with the type of horror that are at the show's roots.

Really don't know how they resolve it. God shows up? There has been enough setup and foreshadowing that this would be legitimate, but there is a reason that "Deus EX Machina" is normally a critique rather than a compliment.

Steal from Angel? Show fades on Sam & Dean together still fighting to stop the Apocalypse with the odds not looking good?

I'll curious to see how they do resolve this. Ideally nothing too easy on either side of the ledger. Neither Sam & Dean riding off (together or separately) into the sunset, nor Sam & Dean as dead meat puppets battling endlessly across the lifeless waste that was once our world.

I don't find anything I've outlined a satisfying ending, but I suspect Kripke has come up with one.

Michael and Lucifer HUG IT OUT, BITCHES.

Clearly, this is the way the world ends.

I continue to opine that the brothers' success will be a subversion of what these fates have in store for them. A great escape. Even if they end up ensuited at some point, I don't see it going the way any of the big players want. We watch to see them flout these things.

And to see Sam get punched in the groin. I wonder if realised the answer to the question was Ruby.

God, the CSI: Miami riff was painful. JP looked like Jim Carrey doing David Caruso.

But the simple best was Dean's mancrush on Dr. Sexy.

Speight absolutely sold the idea of Trickster-as-Gabriel. I can't help but hope that what Dean said to him at the end sinks in and that Gabriel does wind up standing up to his family. For one thing, story-wise, that could be kind of awesome. For another, I'd love to see the character come back for an episode.

the simple best was Dean's mancrush on Dr. Sexy.

Wow did he get absolutely flustered!

Speight absolutely sold the idea of Trickster-as-Gabriel.

Yeah, at first I was thrown and WTFed by the retcon, but it ended up working. And for some reason I am buying the whole "Oh, it's been the plan all along and we've been watching you" bit here more than I did on BSG.

I almost forwarded past the herpes commercial, but then I saw that there was a CW logo, so I was curious to see whether it was some sort of network-sponsored thing. I didn't expect it to be part of the show. Sam-as-KITT cracked me up.

Also, I was pleased to hear a song I like on the show! That rarely happens. (Anya Marina, "Move You," the song playing after the credits when Dean is watching Dr. Sexy, M.D.)

I continue to opine that the brothers' success will be a subversion of what these fates have in store for them. A great escape. Even if they end up ensuited at some point, I don't see it going the way any of the big players want. We watch to see them flout these things.

Exactly.

Also, what ita said about Dean's mancrush. Heh.

As much as I liked seeing joking evidence that Dean might not be entirely at the 0 end of the Kinsey scale, I think Sam as the Impala is my all-time favorite moment on the show.

I think Sam as the Impala is my all-time favorite moment on the show.

The "ow" and "Should I honk?" were frigging priceless.

"Dean, that's...really uncomfortable."

Slam!