Very nice.

I thought that they got rid of Michael a little too easily the first time. This is much more satisfying and not without future disaster - as all good Winchester solutions are.

I especially like that Michael himself called out, "Didn't you question why I disappeared so easily?"

Also, Dean and Pamela tending bar and doing shots was sort of heartbreakingly bittersweet.

I really liked this episode a lot. Aw, Pamela. I still don't really get why Michael bailed out of Dean, but it got us psychological warfare Michael, who I find thoroughly menacing, and My Mind My Rules Dean locking him in a beer cooler, so it's all good.

Keep it up SPN.

Y'all know I'm not a big picture person, but I'm duck-on-a-junebug with minutia. Monkey! Monkey that used to sit on the Roadhouse bar! Squirrel! Squirrel with beer bottle and moosehead on the wall, and *Rocky's* Bar--aw, Moose and Squirrel! "Got this nice IPA from Austin," coasters from FBBCo. Nice plug, there, Jensen. Pamela! Hi, Pamela, hi! (Dinwiddie apparently goes not by Traci but by "Thunderbird" now. Huh.)

And that's just the first 30 seconds of the ep.

"Put Michael in the trunk."

"Garth's in the trunk."

Beat. "It's a big trunk."

And really, anytime Lisa Berry's on my screen is a pretty damn good time.

Yes, to all that! I didn't quite make the "Rocky" connection - cute

"It's a big trunk" made me laugh.

Catching up before Lebanon. Damaged Goods coulda used 90% less Nick, other than that a pretty good episode

Started watching Prophet and Loss and OH NO MORE NICK?!?! Whyyyyyyyy

I could use 100% less Eugenie Whoever and Brad Buckner as a writing team. In their episodes, if Dean's not having SexyTimes, he's being made more woobie than has ever woobied. Meh.

The whole thing was too spot on for me to really enjoy. Dean wants to teach Sam how to let go? Let's use Donatello! Dean needs to learn sometimes all hope is not lost? Let's have Cas save Donatello! Blech.

But I secretly really enjoyed Dean's reminiscing (painful as it was), because I can't resist stuff about their childhood. And the camera was really loving both Jensen and Jared this week, and Jared's hair in particular.

Yeah, the reminiscing was the best. I also liked Sam reminding Dean that they are Team Free Will, they don't do fate. I forget what happened with Donatello, so all that had very little impact on me, but the question of the next prophet maybe getting sort of called but not really and that being terrible was interesting.

I am excited for Lebanon. I hope it doesn't suck.

ME TOO. But most of me knows I will love it just for the reunion aspect.