Due to time issues and CW's often sucky website I missed the ep with the superkid. Do we think it essential enough that I should shell out for it on iTunes?

It's the only ep that I have kept saved on my dvr. I really love it.

That said, so far it's fairly standalone. It's a huge gun in Act 1 but I don't honestly know if they'll remember that it needs to go off ever again.

Two codas! Two codas for the price of one! Thanks, Plei. I'll add her to my reading list.

serial:

Not really related--why are Dean's fanfic text messages always terribly spelt? Have we ever been given any indication he can't/won't spell?

Also, have we ever seen Dean acting out of his head drunk onscreen?

I think Dean himself makes fun of his lack of formal education on purpose, but his vocabulary alone is proof of his intelligence. I do think he might use the occasional abbreviation in a text simply out of impatience.

I don't think we've ever seen him stupid drunk, like Sam in Playthings. We've seen him a little tired, and despairing, and drinking, but never falling down wasted.

What does coda mean?

Just watched "Heart.". Sam has had to be so brave from the time he was Wee!Sam. Taking responsibility for killing Madison because she asked him to do it,gutted me. Poor brave good hearted Sam.

I guess the spelling issue is from dropping out of school? But that's not fair.

I need an Archangel refresher. We know Michael is waiting for his Dean suit and seems to be in charge in heaven. Gabriel is hiding out as the Trickster, but have we met Raphael? I thought we had but can't remember what we know about him.

And aren't there supposed to be 4 archangels? Who's the 4th? I thought it was Uriel, but he's never been refered to as an archangel that I recall.

Anyone? Bueller?

I hate both those things in fics, the bad spelling and the messy drunk. Not until I see it onscreen, thanks. GED doesn't mean illiterate or dyslexic. And usually, when it's bad, it's BAD.

Codas are post-ep addons, Theresa. Usually pretty short, wrapping up (or fixing) stuff. Sam taking the amulet out of the trash, stuff like that.

Taking responsibility for killing Madison because she asked him to do it,gutted me

That exchange between the two of them, where Dean wants to take it all upon himself, but Sam recognises the intimacy of the responsibility-- ::sigh::

have we met Raphael? I thought we had but can't remember what we know about him.

Yes we have. He was, IIRC, the angel that killed Castiel offscreen in Lucifer Rising. And then we get to see him in Free To Be You and Me. They grill him for info about God, but he's not playing.

Uriel wasn't an archangel. Anna was his boss, and she wasn't one either.

This is what Wiki says:

Archangel is a term meaning an angel of high rank. Archangels are found in a number of religious traditions, including Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Zoroastrianism and Wicca. Michael is the only archangel named in the Bible as recognized by both Jews and Christians. Gabriel, named in the Holy Bible's New Testament book, Luke, is considered to be an archangel, as are Raphael (mentioned in the Apocrypha Book of Tobit) and Uriel (mentioned in the non-canonical Book of Enoch). The Book of Tobit is included in the Catholic Canon of the Bible, as well as in the Orthodox Septuagint; however, this book is considered apocryphal by many Protestants. The archangels Michael, Gabriel and Raphael are venerated in the Roman Catholic Church with a feast on 29 September. The named Archangels in Islam are Gabriel, Michael, Raphael and Azrael. Other traditions have identified a group of Seven Archangels, the names of which vary, depending on the source. The fallen archangel Lucifer (also known as Satan) was an archangel until he rebelled against God who then had Michael cast him down to Hell from heaven.

The show's mythology is some odd cut and paste and, "oooh, I think I might have read this on Wikipedia once." I am mostly looking at it as a whole new version of heaven and hell that is using some familiar names.