Okay... That. Was. AWESOME!!

Very much so! I love how the erasing of John and Mary's memories seemed less like a narrative cop-out to restore the status quo and more an upping of the stakes. The Michael-Dean confrontation was fantastic.

What really broke my heart, though, was the conversation between John and Sam, and John's horror that Sam had been raised as a hunter. Guh.

What really broke my heart, though, was the conversation between John and Sam, and John's horror that Sam had been raised as a hunter.

I was hit by Mary's immediate horror at the thought that she had raised her boys as hunters, even though that was the very last thing she had wanted for her children.

I appreciated the conversation between Sam and Dean where they're discussing how both sides are convinced that they'll say yes to being vessels, and Sam pointed out that John said yes to being Michael's vessel. Because maybe Dean won't be quite so hard on himself if he keeps in mind that the inflexible John Winchester yielded to save someone else too.

That was such an amazing exchange. Although Sam's first meeting at the front door with his parents was achingly beautiful. God, so much there that I could relate to on a personal level. Sam's reaction was perfect!

Whoah. That was creepy and chilling.

I'm going to have to think of that guardian angel as Castiel to keep it not so bad...

That was quite the punch. I mean, I knew Sam couldn't stay dead, but I really didn't appreciate watching him like that. And I was kind of surprised that Michael didn't even try to wager for him. I guess they know how implacable the boys' need for each other is, but also where they've reached this season.

So sad John being de-virginated and then knowing he's going to have to learn this all again sometime. And then Dean making the flat decision to tell his mother the truth and the lack of hesitation to wipe both of them out of existence. He needs Sam revived (he's not living without him), but if they'd both never existed? Would he have suggested Mary leave John with just Dean?

I, I, I,

TOO MUCH FLAIL...

SHOW!!!!

The tag was SO freaking creepy to me. CREEPY.

But, hey! MICHAEL!

Yeah OK. But Ana turning evil (with the best of motives) seems just another case of a long line of gender fail. And then to make a "Fatal Attraction" reference? Isn't this shitting all over Ana's character? (BTW, did Michael kill her, or just destroy her vessel?)

BTW, did Michael kill her, or just destroy her vessel?

A quick straw poll of the two of us in this household agree that it looked as though he killed her.

So no female character can do anything anti-Winchester without it being gender fail? The whole world is against them. It's a bit restrictive if it can only be guys.

I don't think it's shitting over her character. I think it's more indication that Heaven is hard core--they ran Castiel through the re-education wringer too. But I can see why he made it out but not everyone might. I mean, she had a point. Castiel had an attachment.

It was great to see him call Sam his friend. It's not only all about Dean. He could totally have just used Dean as his excuse.

I wonder how he knew to come back to 2010. I guess he stopped by the Winchesters and they looked safe and innocent.

Poor Dean. His (PG13) porn dreams are work-related. But given I had a SQL-related Supernatural dream last night, I can dig it.