Aw, yeah. Poor Sammy.

I'm trying to watch last night's episode and my attention keeps wandering. Why is this playing like a telenovella tonight? Makes me sad.

Ten years: [link]

BOBBY! Balls! Idjits!

I LIKED this ep a lot.

I really wanted Castiel's response to "what was that again?" to be "bust a cap in your ass".

I would have fell out. With joy.

I loved all the Bobbys' heavens. "The Bobbys are unruly" or rebelling. Surly! "The Bobbys are surly. Repeat, the Bobbys are surly!" Whatever the Bobbys were, it was delicious. And the door out of heaven was number 42!

I hope Hannah and her crew aren't going to do something awful to Bobby in retaliation.

Cas wasn't a confused baby or a crazed godling this ep. He had strength and purpose--he was the badass angel he started out as, and it was glorious to see.

Watching Dean hustle pool was a joy. Even if it did end in tears.

How much did I love the "Moose, Squirrel," "Boris, Natasha" ref? "Watch me pull a rabbit outta my hat. (disaster happens) I gotta get me a new hat!"

Do you think we've seen the back of Rowena for good? I can't say I'm sorry, if so. Ruthie's a cutie, but her chewing on the scenery uses up good Winchester time.

Beaver was asked about his return to set--he said Jared hugged him so hard he nearly broke ribs, and if he'd been able, Jim would have returned the favor. I love that it was Sam who got to speak to Bobby. It was always obvious Dean was Bobby's favorite, but it was Sam who thought of Bobby as more a father to him than John.

And lastly? From a prop geek's POV? I was tickled to see Pamela's black iron pentagle candle holder again, complete with "foom!" flame effect.

Hannah doesn't seem the vindictive type. She might confine Bobby while trying to get information about what they intended to do with Boogertron, but I'd imagine she takes her stewardship of Heaven fairly seriously with regard to the treatment of the souls therein.

I don't think that Hannah would torture Bobby, but they damn sure would want to know where Metatron got to.

I hope that Castiel gave Sam Metatron's grace to hold on to while the found the rest of Castiel's.

In reflecting on the scenes in Heaven, one thing that bothers me a bit is that the white corridor Rolodex of the Elect gives the impression that every soul in Heaven is actually stuffed in a broom closet somewhere having a good trip. I prefer the view of Heaven presented in "Dark Side of the Moon," where every soul generates its own private universe upon arrival, but metaphor and intent can be used to find connections bridging the divide between them or lead one to the communal Garden in the center of it all.

Raphael conducting his discussion with Castiel in Ken Lay's heavenly study and Leviathan-possessed Castiel laying waste to the angelic host in that autistic man's summer afternoon both lend credence to the latter interpretation.

I was thinking about that this morning, Matt, and it makes sense that the way Heaven works/is organized would be a little different now, doesn't it? It's more or less been dismantled and put back together, right?

There were a lot of things I really liked about Inside Man. That Bobby is the one they go to for help. Of course he is. And Sam and Cas conspiring to help Dean against Dean's wishes/best judgment, that's totally the Winchester way. And Cas has learned to be human from the Winchesters.

Which got me thinking about Crowley and how prolonged exposure to the Winchesters is also making him more human, apparently. I still think we are seeing too much of him and he's a boring King of Hell, but that thought makes his storyline more interesting to me in the abstract