I've Never Skied; I'm Too Afraid Of Sharks.
- Sam actually calls Castiel 'Castiel'! Thank you, Sam; I am thoroughly fed up with everyone calling him 'Cas'. Well, yes, all right, he said 'Cas' at the end of the exchange, but I'll take what I can get. (Is it 'Cas' or 'Cass'? 'Cas' seems to indicate that it would be pronounced 'caz', but it's the spelling I generally see on my flist.)
- Speaking of Castiel, he's become quite a lot more awesome, hasn't he? I love that he can do the YOU FAILED ME AND I LOST EVERYTHING RAR speech whilst also retaining his slight cluenessness ('...no, he's not on any flat bread').
- 'Enough foreplay; get over here and lay your damn hands on.' So, who's going to be the first to write Bobby/Castiel? You know you want to.
- I WAS QUITE UPSET THAT DEAN HAD TO GIVE UP HIS AMULET. It is Dean's amulet! Sam gave it to him when he was wee! He has worn it in every single episode! DON'T LOSE IT, CASTIEL, SERIOUSLY.
(I was terrified that, having taken away Dean's amulet, the show would then destroy the Impala. SOMEHOW THEY SEEMED TO LOGICALLY LEAD TO EACH OTHER. But the Impala lives to fight another day! (Please never destroy the Impala beyond repair, Supernatural. I'll cry.))
- Does 'Spirit in the Sky' signal the return of music to the show? I have missed the music, I have to say.
- Other things I have missed: Ellen and Jo! Hello again! I'm glad they've been hunting together in their absence, because that is pretty awesome. And I am very glad that they were not killed, which was a prospect that absolutely terrified me.
(When Ellen hit Dean, I thought for a moment that she was possessed. It took me a second to realise that, of course, Ellen would hit Dean anyway. I love Ellen. PLEASE DO NOT DISAPPEAR AGAIN, ELLEN AND JO.)
- Ellen! Jo! Castiel! Bobby! Rufus! My goodness, it is weird having all these previously-met characters in an episode. I remember the days when it was just Sam and Dean and a car and whoever happened to be wherever they were. It is quite nice having a larger recurring cast.
- I noticed, when Sam killed the 'demons' in the shop, that there wasn't the usual demon-death flash. I was very pleased that that actually turned out to be significant to the plot, rather than an oversight. Also, the general 'no demons; people just think there are' concept was very cool. I have to confess that my first thoughts upon hearing of the 'possessions' were 'oh, come on, demons again?', so I'm glad this episode did something slightly different.
- NO SAM AND DEAN DON'T GO YOUR SEPARATE WAYS. THIS IS A BAD IDEA FOR SO MANY REASONS. On one hand, I am very interested in seeing how long their separation lasts and how the show copes under it, but on the other hand nooooooo.
- I can't believe Dean offered Sam the Impala. Had he taken you up on it, Dean, you know you would have just sat there and cried.
On an unrelated note: Derren Brown's How to Control the Nation is on Channel Four at nine o'clock tonight. He is going to stick us to our sofas. Literally. Whilst I'd love it to work on me, I think my enormous control issues make me quite a poor subject, but I'm very much hoping to at least see some 'HELP I CAN'T STAND UP' entries on my flist (sos_your_face, hippyjolteon, cryforthemoon, we all know from Enigma that you're susceptible).
In any case, it should be interesting!
(For those who aren't going to be watching it: if Derren Brown affixes us all to our seats and then takes advantage of our helplessness to take over the world, it is your duty to save humanity. Good luck.)