Hi. I intend to be hanging out in the greenhouse with Joshua until the season ends. I'll...pass him the secaturs, and mist the orchids, or something.

Each of Sam's memories were of being specifically apart from his family, in increasing order of pain.

Putting him, for the symbolic purposes of our Gethsemane RPG, in the Peter role.

(Note: this interpretation does make me narrow my eyes a bit at Pamela's kiss, happening as it does right before they're captured and Dean's tortured by Pilate. I mean, Zachariah.)

I intend to be hanging out in the greenhouse with Joshua until the season ends.

Well the greenhouse was pretty and Joshua seemed almost genuinely regretful at not being able to do more.

Do you think we'll get to see the guys meet up with the hunters who shot them?

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BWAH! "Already Canceled."

That's a lovely picture of Jensen, Bev.

I went to sleep last night with many thinky thoughts about the boys in my head. This episode blew me away. BOYS.

God doesn't care, God's staying out of it.

God resurrected them again.

IJS. He's totally playing favourites, even though he's not fixing the whole thing.

I'm rooting for Sam right now. I think he's in the closest to a healthy place. Looks from the promo that the boys are still travelling together, so that's at least something. But I think either the key to the victory or the key to the psychological reunion or, heaven forbid, the key to the emotional growth and no reunion (don't kill the codependency, Kripke!) will come from his corner.

I think he's in the closest to a healthy place.

Oh, I agree. Sam's gotta save everyone this time, Dean included.

Anyone notice the green light when Sam and Dean got to "the garden"? Totally a "meeting the wizard" moment, although even the wizard was not as mean as Zachariah made Mary be. And boy, she played nasty much better than I would have expected.

I'm sitting here eating my bagel trying to decide which moment hurt worst last night. It's a hard thing.

Wonder if I have the Murray Head version this machine...

I have it if you need it.

which moment hurt worst last night

Right now, I think Dean telling his mother that John loved her and he loved her too. Because...damn. I thought it all started when John handed Sam to him. I thought that was what his need to protect family centred on. But no, he's been doing this longer, under his own steam, and the idea of going back to that moment figures heavily enough that it comes up in heavenly rotation. Protecting his mother, telling her he'd never leave her, is that important to him.

Sam now knows that Dean's been cleaning up after John for a longer while, and he knows too that Dean is just hardwired that way.

Of course, I haven't rewatched yet. I'm sure the pain will change.

At the time of watching, Wee!Sam hugging Dean probably got the most immediate, visceral, allergy-laden response from me.

During watching, it was the fireworks scene and Dean tossing the amulet.

Right now, I'm thinking Dean saying his parents' marriage was only perfect after Mary died might be it. It just seems huge to me that he actually admitted it.

Also Sam's face when Dean dropped the amulet. Saaaaaaaam.

I hope my mom doesn't mind if I spend the weekend obsessively rewatching this and muttering to myself.