Man I LOVE the opening look this season!

Kudos to Kathryn Humphris = stuffing so much into so little time and doing it so beautifully... very not easy, despite how easy you make it look!

Well despite how easy Jensen and Jared make it look honestly.

Man I got a ton of love for this ep, for a ton of reasons, (not the least of which is issues with fairy tales in general and an odd lack of appreciation for Disney's treatment of them through the years)... oooh digressing already sorry.

Back to business.

That was one seriously deep throated bullfrog! (It was a bullfrog right?) and I LOVE Dean's "I'm sure as hell not kissing any damn frog..."

IT's not often we get to see the boys fight tooth and nail against each other, but when they do it's a little scary.

By the time Sam shouted, "YOU'RE NOT DAD!" I was half squeaking with my hand over my mouth in 'oh you did NOT just say that!' denial, and half clapping up a storm... (I"m sure it looked rather odd) ... then in the heartbeat that followed with the instant of confusion that crossed Dean's face, (could be just me... ) but I could've sworn something inside heard Dean retort, "I might as well be to you!" or some such thing that would have solidly confirmed all of fandom's suspicions that Dean was definitely Sam's most solid 'father figure'. But we know it in our hearts anyway so that'll have to be enough.

(Dean I always figured you for a WB cartooner over Disney) Hence his knowing Wile E. Coyote (I bet you do a mean Taz impression), and YAY for reminiscent moments back to season 1 - The things he can do with a pen (or in the case of Hookman - Brush). Hee !

And honestly Sam you did a great job drawing the tree in front of the house in Home... so what's up with Overstuffed Sausage man? Yikes! (course I culdnt' even do that well personally so... my stick men are crooked).

Sam's "... uh.. well maybe.. nah I got nuthin..." caught me off guard and left me chuckling.

Sam's outward knowledge of Fairy Tales - both Grimm brothers and and the homogenized versions we see today wasn't at all surprising but I loved how Dean goaded and manipulated him into just running with the ball, then ribbing him when he did.

again, if they weren't brothers he never woulda been able to get away with, "Dude... could you be more gay then just as quickly, "Don't answer that." especialy in light of the complete little brother..." you-big-jerk..." look inside his scowl. Gorgeous Jared... just perfect. (that was a cute little mouse by the way... )

Loved how the parallel was drawn by Dean from Snow White (and if you don't think he KNEW it was Snow White and NOT the porno version when he picked up that apple in the parlor... you need to watch it again) to the Sixth Sense, especially after finding out the Doc's daughter was in a coma... Smart Dean rocks.

And Jensen nails the face... after announcing he's going to go after the Big Bad Wolf...

Whoever's done the makeup for the last couple episodes, thanks for keeping it subtle, J's eyes have really been almost luminous lately. Thanks for that. And the blue in Jared's is really showing up too... so props to make-up.

back to the ep - Dean took a massive WHOOPIN' getting tossed into that china cabinet... Seriously... we know he gets tossed around at lot but that was a wicked-hard throw!

And honestly I had a moment where I thought he might just go ahead and plunge those scissors into the guys' chest (maybe cause he's damned anyway or maybe just cause it's so hard to stop in mid-plunge y'know?) but... I'm really really glad he didn't... (yes I'm still clinging to the Blood Innocence stance)

And Sam... he's killed Jake, he killed what's her face and the priest, and now he's killed a crossroad demon. Jake had succumbed to yed's influence. Whatherface and the priest (the people) were killed, BUT SO WERE the DEMONS inhabiting them. The Crossroad DEMON was also killed, as was the human it was using.

So... (after a conversation with Nevermore last night about this very thing) IT's clear that Sam's definitely more decisive but to my thinking he still hasn't crossed that line that would indicate him moving toward a dark-side. He handled the doctor quickly, efficiently, and decisively, telling him what was going on, and what needed to be done to end the situation. He might have, a couple seasons ago stood by while someone else smacked the doc in the face with the facts and simply looked on apologetically, but it seems like he's becoming more John's son than he ever intended, taking pages from both John and Dean's book to make of himself a hunter they would both be proud of.

Course what ever else may come of our once-upon-a-sweet-Sammy... time will only tell...

There were tons of poignant moments here too... Dean's insinuation that Sam should just let him go then walking off alone to make his point. That left owie marks on my heart, don't know if it did on anyone else's but yeah. Owie marks.

And well now we know... if it'd been for a lesser soul the crossroad demon might've been able to do something as she has in the past, but we have our suspicions confirmed. Dean's soul is apparently very highly prized by some very strong power... As nevermore said last night, that "Gutter trash" line was a smokescreen... and a read on Dean's sense of self worth.

as I said to her though... in response to a wondering of how much the crossroad demon actually read from Sam, just cause our fandom likes to think of those boys as inseparable and wholly dedicated doesn't mean they both don't have their resentments all the way back to childhood.

I'm sure Sam still yearns to go his own way, and I"m sure part of him holds a LOT of anger and resentment toward Dean, probably because he always WAS a 'father' figure. and probably because Sam always saw Dean as John's favorite because he was the first born, and a better hunter, and because he WANTED to follow in his fathers' footsteps...

Oh so much... my head spins...

Too much to go into in just one post.

Thank you all Kast and Krew... for yet another job beautifully done. (and shockingly enough with the preview for next weeks ep... Bela might not be as kill-worthy as she was in BDaBR...though I still prefer Ruby).

As is the nature of the game, the greatest love goes to the boys.

mho is all.