Oh, my, the promo...

I don't know... the fact that death can be undone not only by God, Michael, Joshua, and assorted angels but also by demons in pursuit of a sold soul makes me think that its personification might not be so much of an absolute as he was portraying himself in that conversation with Dean. I mean, if the setting didn't have resurrections happening all over the place and glimpses of assorted afterlives, death as a concept might carry a bit more finality.

I did really like the actor's performance, and having that confrontation come down to a civil conversation over dinner rather than another barely won finger-amputating fight.

Telling Dean he can't cheat death is kinda...well, who better to cheat him?

Or maybe the difference is supposed to be when Death is looking at you, and it's not just general reaping going on.

Hey, I am on the internets at the AIRPORT!

::still wowed by technology::

The line about not being able to cheat Death cracked me up. I was like, "Who's not giving you the memos, buddy, because these two do it all. the. time."

Chicago pizza is weird. Especially if you grew up eating New York style.

And it seems to require a knife and fork to eat, even if you are Dean.

That's weird.

The line about not being able to cheat Death cracked me up. I was like, "Who's not giving you the memos, buddy, because these two do it all. the. time."

Yeah, but Death still wins in the end.

More random thoughts:

When Dean first walked into the diner to find Death, and there was the shot of everyone dead, I immediately texted Cass with "Hey, Sandman shout-out!". (One of the early issues. I know Kripke is a Gaiman fanboy, but I'm pretty sure Edlund is too. And I'm still kind of astonished that they didn't make Death a pretty brunette lady.)

After watching the promo, Pete said that he thinks that the damage Dean showed will be at the hands of Adam-as-Michael.

Death still wins in the end.

They're just masters of putting off that end past all practical expectations.

I'm still kind of astonished that they didn't make Death a pretty brunette lady

After Tessa, I can see why they didn't. I think it was explicitly called out that she was inspired by Neil's Death.

Pete said that he thinks that the damage Dean showed will be at the hands of Adam-as-Michael.

Tricksy! And then I'd be okay with Sam beating the crap out of him. Because I play favourites like that. I'm totally not tri-bro.

My suspicion is that the sweetening of the deal is to make Bobby not be particularly eager to take his soul back.

Why would Crowley sweeten the deal? Ensure his survival? Thanks for the tongue? You can never truly trust a Mark Shepard character

::nods:: "Demon!"

I was totally expecting Tessa to be in amongst the crowd.

Oh me too! I don't think we've seen a female reaper since we last saw Tessa.

Death was played by a wonderful character actor who's done everything from Highlander to Hard Core Logo. His voice always surprises me in its cultured ordinariness, too.

::nods:: "Demon!"

Heh. I started a Buffista meme.