All I can post is a bullet list as the week was extremely busy for me and I wasn’t able to really synthesize my thoughts. But, like always, since I’m unspoiled, I want to be able to look back later and see where my head was before we get new story…

  • “I can’t find you.” Anna says this to Dean when she appears in his dream. Yes, I still think the boys are lost and need to be found.
  • Anna bitterly applies the “good little soldier” label to Castiel while talking to Dean.
  • Are we certain Dean went to Castiel about Anna’s visitation? Would he have let Castiel deal with her alone?  I wonder if perhaps Castiel is monitoring Dean’s dreams and therefore aware of dream appearances?
  • “Sam Winchester has to die.”  Anna or Gordon? (Anna in this case, of course.)
  • “The answer is still no because Sam Winchester in my friend,” I love Castiel owning that. Is it like Ruby protecting Dean though?
  • The 1978 Winchesters live at 485 Robin Tree?  (Robin? Hee! I know it’s silly but I liked hearing Sam make that canon.)
  • Sam’s extended handshake with John. I’m not sure if there’s anything to turn that into, but it was noticeable.
  • Dean says to Mary: “Look at my face and tell me if I’m lying to you.” This has worked for Dean before when he had only the strength and sincerity of his convictions to gain an ally. Think Folsom Prison Blues and others.
  • Anna pulling the crowbar from her chest reminded me of the zombie (ANGELa, I think!) pulling the shears from her chest in S2′s Children Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things.
  • “I will turn this car around.” Oh, I loved the family riding in the Impala!! And this standard everybody’s dad line also connects to the repeated “Reverse. Reverse. Reverse,” from Swap Meat as well as the back in time aspect of this ep. I think there’s a theme becoming more obvious….
  • The cabin had the lathing showing through the walls like so many locations – especially with Gordon and with Ruby. (Anna grabs a piece of lathing and uses it to stab Sam.)
  • John says, “You all might have treated me like a fool. But I am not useless.” That “useless” has been a recurring issue. Hunters Bobby and Martin both are despondent because of the feeling. Nice to see John being proactive about it.
  • Sam’s private time with John and getting to say the things he’d come to realize (understanding, forgiveness, and love) regarding his dad was wonderful. I am of the mind that the overly explicit dialogue is there for a reason.
  • “Hey, Jude” – I sang that to my first baby. Love the line about ‘the world upon your shoulders’ when it comes to our Dean.
  • Sam tells Mary, “You have no other choice,” when insisting she leave John before the boys can be born.
  • Deteriorating sigils and holy oil make me wonder about the strength of the illusions (or manifestations or projections or whatever it is making up reality). Is Castiel’s nosebleed and increasing weakness related?
  • “Sammy,” “Dean,” “Sam.” – It’s while the boys are in distress and calling out to each other that Michael’s light appears to John.
  • I do like the actor playing young John and current Michael, even though I’m distracted by the height difference between him and Jeffrey Dean Morgan. His accent brought high school Dean to mind for me more than once.
  • Are there extensive repercussions because now Anna was killed in 1978? (If that is what we saw happen.) I definitely have not thought through the time travel ins and outs of the ep.
  • Uriel to Micheal: “I didn’t know.” That reminded me a lot of Sam’s line of realization after opening the door in Lucifer Rising.
  • Michael puts Mary to sleep.
  • Michael refers to Dean’s “darling little Sammy” with a tone that makes me think he’s a dick.
  • Michael specifically and plainly says about Lucifer, “I still love him.” We got that exact line from drugged Sam to Dean in Sam, Interrupted.
  • Dean: “I gotta believe I can choose what I do with my unimportant life.” I loved the way this was said.
  • Michael touching Dean’s coat before sending him to join Sam was a neat little detail.
  • I am rooting for Team Free Will. It IS awesome.

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