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

So is it a good idea to hand off the Necronomicon to Sam-Lucifer's-Chosen-Meat-Puppet-Winchester? Potential fallout from that would worry me more than its effect on Dean.

At least with Crowley, he respects a deal.

Do you think the marketing folks were fully aware that their Surface product placement was in the hands of a demon worker drone in hell?

Do you think the marketing folks were fully aware that their Surface product placement was in the hands of a demon worker drone in hell?

Snerk.

I wonder how expensive "Behind Blue Eyes" was.

I wonder how expensive "Behind Blue Eyes" was.

I kept having flashbacks to Giles singing.

Me too. And I always smile because I remember Willow saying "I remember why I used to have a crush on him"