I forgot "My Bloody Valentine". Great Cas moments. The way he's still talking after teleporting into the morgue. And "That's how they say hello." "I don't like it." "Noone likes it."

And I thought the guy who played Cupid did a great job. I really felt for him when he realized they were accusing him of murder.

My top five episodes of S1.

The pilot: It's all there! (Including awkward info dumping!) The origin story, the wrestling match in the apartment, Sam's bitchface, Dean's flirting, Dean's smart mouthing, the boys working as a team for the first time, and finally Dean going back to ask Sam one more time if law school if what he really wants (which = my handwavium for why Dean drove away and yet was able to burst into the blazing apartment ten minutes later). LOVE.

Faith: Sam is NOT going to let Dean die. Wan!Dean in a hoodie! Big questions, human motives.

Home: Missouri MF Moseley, for one. Also, Sam's dreams, Dean's phone call to John, Mary!, and that last shot of John.

Asylum: A lot of excellent brotherly ribbing and banter, but beneath it a lot of excellent conflict, as well as a scary-ass sanitarium and possessed!Sam for the first time, blasting the shit of Dean. Who *forgives* him, as usual. BOYS.

Dead Man's Blood: As a complete episode, this stands up for me over Devil's Trap, where it's really only the last few scenes that I adore. This has vampires! ("Vampires. Gets funnier every time I hear it.") And the family working together, with the beautifully balanced moments of screaming matches and angst with some heart to heart discussion.

Perkins, ehab, really? "Dean properly fucked..." and you stopped reading there?

Oh yeah, it took me a moment to format the thought. Then I could go on with the rest of the sentence.

The apparent impending demise of the Impala made me realise that I fetishise the symbols of the boy's life and togetherness over the actual other people in their life, because I was willing to trade Cas for the Impala, if push came to shove.

I laughed pretty hard at that post on LJ, knowing how much you love Castiel, when three or four minutes into your instant messaging when it looked like we would lose the impala, it was "TAKE CAS".

•I emphatically do not want Lisa and Ben to die.

Definitely this. It's not their fault they got messed up with the wrong guy and if show isn't going to use them, then give them a nice little path, but don't kill them. This is my srs face.

1. Sam comes back as Sam and interacts with Dean.

I'm ready for Lucifer to be gone. I don't need to see the victory. If Street light Sam isn't our Sam, then I want there to be another reason. Someone here mentioned that he could be Michael and while I think that is definitely an interesting option, I'm really done with angels except for Castiel due to his relationship with Dean. So I want him to reappear in spite of the fact that he's an angel. Maybe hide it from Heaven.

Hunting forever and then moving in together into Bobby's house after he dies peacefully in his sleep of old age!

Sure. Or houses next door to one another, with hunting trips interspersed with training up the next generation of hunters.

Just to be clear, I don't think it's ill-informed! I just don't do it?

Oh, I was more giving myself an out in case one of my wishes had already been covered in an unwatched (by me) episode.

I just finished watching "Wishful Thinking". It has some funny bits, with Sam and Dean as teddy bear doctors and the nihilist bear.

Also, does anyone else feel the a nagging sense that someone should give Bobby a heads up that the Rougarou is in Cleveland? It is Monday, might save him a few days.

Amy, how can we agree on so much and yet pick such different S1 episodes? I guess I'll have to chalk it up to show's excellent fodder.

three or four minutes into your instant messaging when it looked like we would lose the impala, it was "TAKE CAS".

Not my proudest moment as a D/C shipper, but...the truth will out. I was so caught up in the apparent demise of a freaking hunk of metal that...damn you, Kripke!

I'm really done with angels except for Castiel due to his relationship with Dean

Yeah, me too. Heaven needs to give the boys a break...a break named Cas.

Or houses next door to one another, with hunting trips interspersed with training up the next generation of hunters.

::sigh:: I guess I could cope with next door. I'm not very balanced on the topic.

It has some funny bits, with Sam and Dean as teddy bear doctors and the nihilist bear.

Kneel before Todd!

a scary-ass sanitarium

I can't ever watch Asylum without flashing on Jensen at the Paley, leaning to peer down the hallway: "It's not that far. I can make it."

"Wishful Thinking" is totally going on my funniest episodes list. "Is this all there is?!"

Amy, how can we agree on so much and yet pick such different S1 episodes? I guess I'll have to chalk it up to show's excellent fodder.

I think our criteria might just be different. I really have to love the whole episode to put it on a top favorites list. And I love the end of, say, Devil's Trap in unholy and slightly embarrassing ways, but the rest of the ep is just sort of setup for me, so.

"Is this all there is?!"

Oh Bear.

I think our criteria might just be different.

I do like your episodes, even though we only overlap on Faith (bless! Hoodie of fraternal caring!). I think you're right, though, in that gut punch moments get an episode rated higher for me. I do like the entire eps that I quoted, but they all contain moments that just slay me.