The Positively Positive

Sam and Dean in Good God Y’all. Image from www.thetvaddict.com

The second episode of this season brought back a few familiar faces from seasons past and I was very happy to see them. Makes me wonder if they’ll continue to bring back more characters from previous seasons and also if we’ll see more of the ones we’ve already seen.

A highly tense episode with lots of action and a good amount of angst thrown in for good measure, this one had everything that makes Supernatural the great show that it is.

Highlights….

Once again a great song in the opening montage – “Long, Long Way from Home”  by Foreigner.

Cas calling on the cell phone was hilarious. Hadn’t thought about how he wouldn’t be able to find the guys either, now that he’s marked them with a sigil.

Loved seeing the sigil on the x-ray. Too rad.

Whoa. Cas is going to find God?

Cas getting all up in Dean’s face, telling him that he sacrificed everything for them. Love it when he gets all tough like that.

Ha! I knew it! I knew it! I knew it! *does a happy dance* I’ve been saying since last season that the amulet Sam gave Dean was going to play a big part one of these days. So when Cas said it would help him find God I actually cheered out loud.

Interesting that Dean seems so attached to the amulet. Considering he and Sam aren’t on the best of terms right now I have to wonder what significance it has for him exactly.

Another great song! Too funny that I had literally just been listening to “Spirit in the Sky” by Norman Greenbaum a few hours before the ep aired. Oh how I love it when they use songs I already have on my iPod. Makes adding them to my own Supernatural Soundtrack that much easier. (thanks to www.heardontv.com for help with the info on both songs from this ep).

Dean eyeing the red Mustang. Yep, I totally would’ve noticed it too. That was a hot car.

OMG! It’s Ellen! Hi Ellen! Damn, I missed her. Love that the first thing she did was throw holy water in Dean’s face. Some things never change.

Love that Ellen is one of the few people that can make both Dean and Sam shake in their boots, despite being about half their size.

The tension building between Sam and Dean. Wow, you can cut it with a knife. Yes I know that’s cliché but hey, it’s the truth.

The fact that if you watch carefully when Sam kills the “demons” in the store, they don’t flash when he stabs them with the knife. When I saw that I pointed it out to my friends, but I had no idea what the significance of it was. Nice touch.

Oh boy, Sam is thinking about the blood again. No Sammy! Don’t do it!

Sam shoving Dean into a wall for asking him if he really has learned his lesson. Interesting though when you consider that Sam had just admitted to a moment of weakness when he saw all the blood and wished he could save people without killing them. So really, how could Dean not ask him that?

The fact that Ellen spotted that there is something is up between the brothers. She knows them better than they think she does.

OMG! It’s Jo! Hi Jo! Y’all can hate me all you want but I’ve missed her too. Never thought she was right for Dean, but liked her character just the same. Especially after meeting Alona Tal at a convention this year. She is really cool.

Okay I have to admit I was confused as all heck when the “demons” started pouring salt in Sam’s mouth and trying the exorcism on him. My friend figured it out though, theorizing that someone was making everyone in the town see demons where there were none. Great piece of writing, that.

Ellen and Dean going through all the clues and figuring out what was happening. Those two work well together.

Dean knowing exactly where to go in the Bible to find reference to the Apocalypse. Looks like someone’s been going to Sunday school.

War sitting down for a little chat with Sam and knowing all about his little problem. Nice way to get into Sam’s head without him having to say anything.

Dean with demon black eyes. Yowza. Is it, like, totally wrong to say just how amazingly good he looks with black eyes?

Dean’s little “Hi Jo” in the midst of the gunfight. Too cute.

That despite the fact that he’s pissed at him, Dean’s first priority is to go and save his brother.

Sam cutting off War’s finger to get the ring off and stop his power over everyone. Pretty clever since they knew they couldn’t actually kill him. Nicely done, boys.

The brothers sitting down for a heart to heart on a park bench. We’ve seen the “it’s the end of the show, now we need to talk” speech done in a lot of places and it was nice to see something new.

Sam deciding to leave Dean and stop hunting for a while – and Dean agreeing with him. Very heavy stuff and a very interesting direction for the show to take. Can’t wait to see where this goes.

Dean offering to let Sam take the Impala. Aw man, that was so sweet. I seriously got a little teary-eyed at that.

Overall an action packed episode that brought back a couple of my favorite characters and delivered some good brotherly angst.