Oh, the lip quiver was just as good as I remembered. "Drop the show and be my brother again. 'Cause ... just 'cause."

SAM.

Oh my god, how did I forget the final scene?! Auto shop with Dean! Christ, the look on Sam's face. And Dean's patience, explaining the manifold and the head valve.

Oh, the torture! I can't finish it before tonight. Just the memory of that final scene tears me up.

I was just reading somewhere that Gordon was supposed to be a one off character but the actor impressed enough that they wrote him back in. Glad they did.

Beverly, if the show was supposed to be the Sam Show, what happened? Because when it's not the Sam and Dean Show, it's the Dean Show.

That auto shop scene is another reason this episode is in my top five. Brothers!

I loved Gordon as a character and wish we'd gotten more of him. He was an interesting foil for the boys and while single-minded , righteous, and unforgiving, he wasn't evil exactly.

His behavior was understandable. I hate that he died but I do think the tragedy of his death was deliciously ironic and horrible.

I loved that they brought Gordon back. Hendricksen, too. I just wish they could have add a few more recurring characters to the mix.

His behavior was understandable

After all, John did tell Dean to kill Sam. If he had to. It just wasn't Gordon's job to bother with the whole "try and save him first" thing. And I wonder if John realised that there was no way Dean was ever going to follow that particular order.

I think I can tell which of the S3 episodes will make my top 5, but I don't want to make a list until I've seen them all. It will be all about the brotherly pain and Sam in pain over Dean.

I think I can tell which of the S3 episodes will make my top 5, but I don't want to make a list until I've seen them all. It will be all about the brotherly pain and Sam in pain over Dean.

I'm shocked to hear this!

Oops, did I say "pain" out loud?

Also, hardass Sam. I liked him "We totally have to kill Gordon" and Dean doing a wuss-Sam impersonation that was completely unsubstantiated. Sam might have been sensitive about Harmony needing to be offed, but he's practical at the core.

One thing I'm not quite sure about in retrospect... it's been shown that angels can bring people back to life, and in fact both sides have threatened to just resurrect people if they kill themselves before the overall plan comes to fruition. So why aren't Michael and Lucifer telling each of the brothers that they'll restore the other to life once the big showdown is concluded if they'll just say yes?

They're going to trash the world in their altercation, though. The brothers wouldn't want to be responsible for that, even if they had each other.

Though, really, ensuring the other's survival ought to be promise #1.

I think, though, the angels really don't get either of them and what's important. They think they dig the family dynamic, but have it all wrong. Even Michael's "I raised him and I love him, but I must do this" missed the mark.

Yeah, I sort of assumed what was left of the earth isn't something they want to come back to.