Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Supernatural 8x05 "Blood Brother"

You guys, it's Halloween. Duh. Did you know that Halloween is probably one of my least favorite holidays? It's the straight truth. I don't like being scared. You know, haunted houses? Not my bag. Things jumping out at me? No thank you, sir and ma'am. Yet I like a show called Supernatural about hunting the very things that go bump in the night. Is this what you'd call irony, or just weird?

Recap/review of Supernatural 8x05 "Blood Brother" by freshfromthe.com
Me and Benny, Benny and me, hunting together, twiddle dee dee.
Anyway! Lest you think tonight's episode has anything to do with the actual holiday of Halloween, think again! This go 'round, we get to learn more about Dean and Benny's friendship, as well as Sam and Amelia's relationship. Sam, as usual, gets to do things like fix a air conditioner! A plugged up sink! An ice machine! Dean gets to kill some crap. Shades of season five episode "Free to Be You and Me" yessum?

Dean and Sam have been tracking down Kevin. Or, rather, attempting to track down Kevin, because ole Kev is pretty good at throwing a tail. Honors students, we know what's up. Dean moans about it for a few before getting a call from Benny, who is in a spot of trouble after killing a bunch of his old vamp buddies, so Dean leaves Sam with only an explanation of "it's personal" to help out his Purgatory brother. Now, time was, if Sam had done something like that, Dean would've flipped his lid, and yet he gives Sam crap for being all WTF mate? I get it, conflict, yes, good, right, but sometimes... sometimes it becomes so old hat and samey. And now I shall shut up about that.

So, while Dean goes off to help Benny, Sam is left to his own devices, which means fixing a ceiling vent, which then sends him on a journey down memory lane. He helps out around a motel, runs coincidentally into Amelia again, because apparently there is only one motel in town and she is living in it. They banter, she's lonely, he's lonely, there's a dog.

Recap/review of Supernatural 8x05 "Blood Brother" by freshfromthe.com
On a boat, motherf--!
Meanwhile, it turns out that our friend Benny wants to track down his sire, who was the one who turned him, and also the one who killed him, all because Benny fell in love with a girl and wanted to quit the vampire pirate life he had been leading. Dean's ready to help avenge this injustice, as said sire also supposedly killed B's lady friend. I think we all saw it coming that she wasn't actually dead, though, right?

They track the sire down, the lady friend is still alive, albeit now a vampiress, Benny is captured, but then eventually does kill his sire after much talking and talking about talking. He wants to get with Andrea and start a new life, but she's all into this current vampirate life she's got going on, which she can now be the leader of without the sire. B's not so happy with this idea, and lucky for him, he's got his hunting buddy to slice off her head, because surely he would not have been able to perform the task himself.

Recap/review of Supernatural 8x05 "Blood Brother" by freshfromthe.com
But he's a vampirate! Oh hey look, a Star Wars boat.
We also see some more glimpses of Purgatory, where the unlikely trio of human, angel and vampire were killing their way through the bleached our forest to find the gate back to Earth, though Benny and Cas are both less than convinced Cas will be able to get out of there, lacking humanity and all. They fight some Leviathan, Benny saves Cas, they're probably bro-bonding.

Back at the docks, Sam has shown up. Right, because he and Dean had a lovely phone chat earlier wherein Dean spilled the beans about going on a hunt with a "friend." Sam immediately cottons on to the fact that Benny is not of the living variety, and boy does he look pissed at Dean about this turn of events. More bitching at each other to come, I'm sure.

Random Thoughts:

- Apparently, Dean is the only one allowed to have good guy friends. Cas, now Benny. Sam's had, uh... a dog named Dog?

- So... the theory on how they get out of Purgatory is that they use Dean's humanity as the sort of vessel. Benny can hop on for the ride because he used to be human, but Castiel is screwed because he's always been an angel. BUT, he was possessing a human body, wasn't he? Did the human body disappear when he got pulled into Purgatory, and now he just assumes that shape because he's grown accustomed to it? I am probably thinking into this too much, but it's stuff like that that always gnaws at me. Logic!

- The crack about Sam's sideburns...priceless.

Quotes:

Dean: Kid's like Rain Man. He's like a crappy little credit card counting, criminal prodigy Rain Man.
Sam: Well he was advanced placement.

Amelia: I knew there was something off about you, with your creepy army navy, and your sideburns.

Dean: Vampire pirates, that's what you guys are. Vampirates.

Dean: You don't know him. He's a friend.
Sam: A friend. Dean, you don't have any--all your friends are dead!
Dean: That's not what I called to talk about!

Amelia: You came from nowhere, you're going nowhere, and you've, quote, "seen a lot of stitches?" It's all pretty solid creepy.

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Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Supernatural 8x04 "Bitten"

Recap/review of Supernatural 8x04 "Bitten" by freshfromthe.com
Shouldn't we be better at detecting liars by now? No?
I don't know if any of you have seen the movie Chronicle, but this episode felt very sort of Chronicle plus werewolves. I really don't feel like I'm giving much away by saying off the top that there are werewolves. Hello, the episode is called "Bitten." I'm a little on the fence as to whether I actually liked the episode, though. They kind of already did something like this with the Ghostfacers a few seasons back, and while I realize I may be in the minority, I loved that episode. I found it super hilarious. This? Was really serious. People are also going to complain about the lack of Sam and Dean, I'm sure. Oh wah wah. You do realize on other shows there are ensembles of characters and your favorite may be on the sidelines on a regular basis, yeah? Just sayin'.

Anyway! Basically, this semi-dorky kid Brian has this semi-charismatic friend Michael who ends up dating this girl Kate that Brian is not-so-secretly in love with. Brian wants to be a filmmaker of some kind, which apparently means just filming himself and his buds in search of a story. Things are just run of the mill college-y until one night when Michael finds himself running away from this bully type Scott in the woods, and ends up getting bitten by something.

Magically, the bite heals, and Michael now seems to have superpowers. He's all strong and whatnot. Meanwhile, though, this other kid was killed, and Sam and Dean have come to town to investigate whether it's their type of case. You know, clawed and missing a heart and semi-eaten and all that. This worries Michael and Kate because they don't really know what's going on with him, but Brian is just like dude, it's cool, bite me too so I can be a mutant misanthrope rather than just this pining person who likes filming stuff.
Recap/review of Supernatural 8x04 "Bitten" by freshfromthe.com
Those kids filming us aren't suspicious at all, nope!

Michael's not so into that, especially not after he has a particular night craving for human hearts, and ends up killing Scott, that bully frat douche from earlier. By this point, they've eavesdropped on the Winchesters enough to figure out that Michael is a werewolf who was probably bitten by an alpha that's in town, who was previously just feasting on animal hearts, but went off the wagon, so to speak. Brian ends up figuring out the alpha is actually one of their college professors, because he was able to spot a pin that was rather conspicuously displayed on said professor's chest earlier in the footage of Michael being attacked.

So what does our ole buddy Brian do? He goes to confront el profesor, of course, because he wants the bite too. He gets it, all right, and gets out of there just before Sam and Dean have tracked down the same professor, and kill him, hunter style.

Brian hurries back to tell his friends the "good" news, but of course they're not so into it. Michael and Brian get into fisticuffs, which ends with Brian stabbing his bff in the belly with a silver knife. Definitely the best way to end an argument, for sure. Kate's freakin' out, but Brian is all "let me bite you so we can be together!" Because that will erase the fact you just killed her boyfriend, yeah. Not so much. It will just give her the super strength to kill your very own ass, Brian. Which she does. I'm amazed how fast these transformations apparently take. Like, instantaneous. Bite, heal, SPAZZ!

Kate edits Brian's videos down into a movie for the Winchesters to watch, pleading that they don't come after her, because she's not going to kill anyone, she promises, pinky swears even. I am a little bit weirded out that Dean is okay with letting her go. On the one hand, since he is friends with the vampire Benny, sure, but on the other, he seems to be all crazy gung ho hunter guy, so...?

No random thoughts this week, really, due to the one off nature of the episode. Also my laziness, perhaps. Anything's possible.

Quotes:

Michael: Is it just me, or are you getting a workplace romance vibe from those two?

Dean: Clear eyes, clogged arteries, can't lose.

Kate: I'm pretty sure FBI agents don't say awesome that much.

Dean: Do I really say awesome a lot?

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Monday, October 22, 2012

Homemade Wheat Bread

An interesting case study: I did not want to go grocery shopping this weekend, but I was out of bread. I'm kind of a sandwich person during the week, so this meant either: go actual grocery shopping (ugh) or make my own bread. A regular person might go grocery shopping.

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I made my own bread. With yeast and everything. Yeah. That's how it is.

It tastes pretty good, but it's not exactly regular piece of bread-sized. I suspect this was due to a combo of not having the instant active yeast and the fact that the bread pan is probably one size too large, because the site where I found the recipe it looked pretty normal. OH WELL. It still tastes delicious, and that's all that matters. It's also not completely whole wheat, which may contribute to the tasting-good-to-me bit.

Homemade Wheat Bread
(via Tammy's Recipes)
makes 1 loaf

1 cup warm water
2 Tbsp milk
2 Tbsp oil
2 Tbsp honey
2 Tbsp brown sugar
1 tsp salt
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 1/2 cups wheat flour
2 tsp (1 packet) instant active dry yeast

Combine first six ingredients in large mixing bowl. Add in the flours and yeast and knead until smooth and elastic, about 10-15 minutes, or use the dough hook attachment on your mixer. Put in a greased bowl and make sure both sides are covered in the grease. Cover with a clean towel and let rise for 40 minutes. It's good to make sure it's in a semi-warm place for this.

Punch down the dough and knead until smooth, then form into a loaf. Place in your greased loaf pan (I would recommend a 7x3 inch pan) and cover with the towel again. Let rise for 30 minutes.

Bake at 350F for 30-35 minutes. If the top starts browning too soon, cover the top with a piece of foil.

Let rest in the pan for a few minutes, then remove to a wire rack and cover with cloth to cool completely. Store in an airtight bag or container, or feel free to freeze for future use.

In pictures:


Water, milk, oil, honey, brown sugar, salt. Whoa!


I love these dough aliens for some reason. After the flours and yeast have been added and mixed with the dough hook.


Put that in a greased bowl, making sure to grease both sides. Let rise for 40 minutes.


It will be bigger, like this! Oooh la la.


Stick that in your prepared loaf pan and let it rise some more.


Like so!

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Bake it for 30-35 minutes until it's this lovely shade. If you have a smaller loaf pan, the loaf will be taller, keep in mind.

Homemade Wheat Bread by freshfromthe.com

After it's cooled in the pan for a few, stick it on a wire rack and let cool completely, covered by a clean towel.

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Slice and enjoy!

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Supernatural 8x03 "Heartache"

I gotta tell you guys, I actually went out for the mythical "drinks" earlier tonight, something I never really do, and I may or may not still have been slightly tipsy when I started this episode, so bear with me if I'm not, you know, 100% here. Though honestly this was a fairly run of the mill episode, not a lot going on besides the monster of the week other than a few comments about Sam wanting to live a normal life and whatnot.

Recap/review of Supernatural 8x03 "Heartache" by freshfromthe.com
Papa and Jensen Ackles on set.
The monster of the week, this time, started with a somewhat pudgy jogger outrunning a rather fit looking jogger, then proceeding to rip out the dude's heart. Well, that just teaches you not to jog, right? I hate running, I really don't understand those who like it, but whatever! This was some time ago, and Dean has decided that since they can't seem to find Kevin and his mom, team GoGoProphet is on hiatus until further notice, and, as such, it's time to go back to saving people, hunting things, the family business.

The jogger doesn't actually remember ripping out the dude's heart, and they didn't actually catch him doing it, so that's at a bit of a standstill. But someone else got their heart ripped out in another town in much the same way, and this time the murderer was caught. This dude actually seems super nutso, mumbling some phrase over and over in some unknown language that is clearly not Latin, because then they would definitely know it for sure. So you know it's not demons. The crazy dude also manages to poke out his wonky eye, because oh yes, it turns out he had an eye transplant. And what do you know, this guy had his eye transplant around the same time the previous jogger also had some kind of medical work done and... are you thinking what I'm thinking? Organ donation gone awry! Now you're telling me not to go jogging OR accept donated organs? How dare you!

Recap/review of Supernatural 8x03 "Heartache" by freshfromthe.com
But Sam, we're only allowed to think about each other,
didn't you get the memo?
It turns out these organs were all donated from one football player named Brick Holmes. Though they don't know all of the people who have the donated stuff yet, they decide to investigate Brick himself, questioning his mother, who seems somewhat flighty, yada yada. Can I be perfectly honest? I cared not really at all about this storyline. It turns out that Brick was some ancient Mayan athlete who made a deal with this corn god Cacao to live forever and be good at sports, in exchange for some ritual sacrifices. You know, pulling out hearts and eating them, as one does.

But, Brick had grown weary of the whole ritual sacrifice game, particularly when the woman he fell in love with started to age past him, to the point where she was old enough to be his mother. Yeah, so, the woman saying she's his mother was actually his wife. Anyway, when his organs were donated, they basically transferred their power to the new people, and they feel compelled to continue the sacrifices. But, luckily for the Winchesters, they don't need to kill all of the donation receivers, only the one who received the heart, a woman still hanging around Brick's place.

Recap/review of Supernatural 8x03 "Heartache" by freshfromthe.com
Let's look as awkward as possible, and... go!
They confront her and fight rather anticlimactically and so on and so forth, she's killed, the curse is lifted, happy endings all around. Except for Sam. Because Sam, you see, has reverted back to his season one self. He wants out of the hunting game, because he finally had something nice and happy and real with Dr. Amelia and the dog. Dean is all not-understand-y guy, even though Dean himself had previously been quite disenchanted with the hunter's life and wanted to the normal life too, so why in the world of worlds is he coming down so hard on Sam for wanting just that? Hypocrisy, thy name is Dean Winchester.

Random Thoughts:

- Not only was this the third time in the director's chair for Jensen Ackles, we also got to see his dad briefly guest star as one of the police dudes early on in the episode. I feel like I would have no idea they were related if I didn't already know it.

- Every time they said the word Cacao, I could only think of Portlandia and that episode where Cacao was the safe word. Cacao! It's just such a weird word.

- I know some people will get all up in arms defending Dean not understanding Sam wanting to quit the life, but come ON. It's like they've tried to erase some of the stuff that's happened, to act as if it never existed. But when you have such a fervent fanbase as this one, that's just not possible. Just. Sayin'. Lisa and Ben? Jess? Dean crying in a junkyard saying he was tired of the life? No?

- Honestly I was expecting way more Sam flashbacks, but I guess that's not in the cards quite yet.

Quotes:

Look, dude, I get it. You took a year off to do yoga, play the lute, whatever. - Dean

You wanna guess who else had a transplant in the last year? - Sam
Paul Hayes? - Dean
I gave it away, didn’t I? - Sam

Really? Our king daddy monster is a stripper? - Dean

Smell that? - Dean
You're gross. - Sam

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Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Supernatural 8x02 "What's Up, Tiger Mommy?"

I'm going to start with a complete aside and ask: did any of you watch Arrow? Because I kinda dug it. It definitely seems like the perfect fit with Supernatural. I mean, pair Stephen Amnell with Jensen and Jared and whoa. Trifecta.

Also, another sidenote, I really don't feel so well right now, so this might be shorter and/or not as funny as usual. That is, if you usually find these at least somewhat fun/funny. Okay! Enough dilly dally!

After the requisite random-person-gets-killed opening, this time involving what turns out to be the bone of a frost giant, a virgin bank worker and a genuinely creepy dude, we get back to the problem at large - finding the tablet that Kevin hid before going on the run from demons. Now that he's got Dean and Sam back on the GoGoProphet team, they can go find it again and close the gates to Hell forever. Right?

Recap/review of Supernatural 8x02 "What's Up, Tiger Mommy?" by freshfromthe.com
Don't worry, Mom, it was just a demon possessing you.
Well. No. Because Kev first wants to make sure that his mom is okay, after what happened to his girlfriend. Dean assures him that she is fine, as Crowley wouldn't get rid of leverage over Kevin. But, she is probably surrounded by demons, so, you know, trap city. But Kevin insists, and Sam happens to agree with him, so Dean throws up in his hands in surrender and off they go.

After dispatching the demons that were indeed surrounding Ms. Tran, they want to put her in a safe house, but she is having none of it. She wants to accompany them on their quest so she can protect her son. Also, why was she that surprised about the demons? Didn't she encounter them before after the angels were killed or whatever? Whatevs. The boys get them inked up with some anti-demon tattoos and they're off!

To a train station, where Kevin apparently stashed the tablet. But, of course, it's no longer there. There was a thief working some mischief, and he pawned it. And the pawn shop dude sold it. They track down the seller's address, which looks to be a motel very similar to one we saw back in season four with the kid in the astronaut costume. The dude in question that bought the tablet is apparently the right hand to the god Plutos, who is about to host a special sort of monster auction, which is purportedly on neutral ground. And they're going to sell the tablet, naturally.

Time to head to the auction, wherein we also see for sale Thor's hammer. Guess who wants to buy it? Yes, the dude with the frost giant bone. Ha. Anyway, Crowley also happens to be in attendance, and when things start selling for much more team GoGoProphet has, things do not look good. Things especially don't look good when Plutus pulls a nasty and puts Kevin up on the bidding block along with the tablet. Since, you know, it's no good on its own, really, with no one to read it. In the end, Kevin's mom offers up her soul as payment. Crowley tries to counter with his own soul, but alas, he does not have one. Ms. Tran "wins." Can you call losing your soul a win? Dean might. So long as it's not Sam's soul, anyway.

Recap/review of Supernatural 8x02 "What's Up, Tiger Mommy?" by freshfromthe.com
Yes Dean, I have a beard. It's a great Purgatorian mystery.
But, Crowley is sneaky. He manages to get Ms. Tran on her own (twice in one episode the boys leave her and/or Kevin alone, to allow them "some time," which is clearly something they should never do), and burns away the anti-possession tattoo. So, yep, Crowley possesses Kevin's mom and manages to get away with the tablet. But, well, yes, not before vacating her body and going back into his own. Sam also gets to wield Thor's hammer while taking down some evildoers. Not everyday that happens.

In the end, the Trans decide to take off on their own. They've had enough of the Winchesters' "help," and can you really blame them? As Crowley said, people who hang around them usually end up dead eventually. So now the boys are without Kevin or the tablet. Well, crap.

Meanwhile, throughout the episode, we were treated to some PurgatoryDean flashbacks of him tracking down Castiel with Benny. They did manage to track him down, only to find that he was trying to keep hidden from Dean this whole time, to protect him from the wrath of the Leviathan(s) down there with them. But Dean was not going to let Cas rot in Purgatory if he could help it. Only, in the last flashback, we're not so sure what has happened, because it looks like maybe Dean actually sacrificed Cas or something. PurgatoryDean is not so nice, you see. Not so nice. ReturnedFromPurgatoryDean isn't much nicer, either, but would you be?

Next week it looks like we get to see more of Sam's time away, getting frisky with the vet and finally having the pet dog he always wanted.

Random Thoughts:

- So Cas grows facial hair in Purgatory, but Dean takes the time to somehow shave but is okay with leaving his face covered in blood? Riiiight.

- The guy who played Alfie/Samadriel seemed ultra familiar to me. Anyone else?

- I do believe this is the first time we've ever seen Crowley's demony eyes, right? It's definitely the first time we've ever seen him smoke out of someone, because I know I would've remembered red smoke. I guess it makes sense that he has red eyes, since he was the king of making deals, and the crossroads demons also had red eyes. Minions, if you will.

- Is there a running tally of how many times Crowley makes a moose reference? It's becoming his idjit, which was fun at first, but was eventually overused into the ground.

Quotes:

Dean: Smell it, Sammy?
Sam: What, burning flesh?
Dean: Revenge.

Dean: They didn't mean it, baby.

Crowley: Listen to Moose, Squirrel.

Crowley: Samadriel. Slumming it, are we?

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Sunday, October 7, 2012

New layout

That's right, it's that time again - time for a brand new layout for the ole blogeroo!

You'll notice this one is quite a bit different than the previous one, assuming you're one who has been here before. If this is your first time here, then nevermind! Actually it's mostly just the general colors and design, not the layout itself so much.

You don't care about all that mumbo jumbo anyway. Let me know if you encounter any issues! I should hopefully now be able to actually reply to comments again. That wasn't working for a bit there, so if I didn't reply to your comments, that's probably why!

As a bit of trivia, that is my actual handwriting on the title and the set and oven topic bits on the right. And obviously the initials, because I just thought that was fun. 

Anyway, enjoy, and as always, thanks for visiting! I truly appreciate it! :)

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Supernatural 8x01 "We Need To Talk About Kevin"

Well, kids, it's time for Supernatural season eight. Honestly I kind of can't believe that the show has been on for eight seasons now. That's a little bit insane, and if I'm being totally honest, it's not as magical for me as it once was. Everything starts to feel all samey-same. This is not to say that I don't still enjoy the show, because obviously I do, but I do wonder if it should become like a TV rule to have a set amount of seasons planned, to actually quit while you're ahead rather than run things into the ground until there's nothing left.
Recap/review of Supernatural 8x01 "We Need To Talk About Kevin" by freshfromthe.com
Sam, did you become a hair model while I was away?

Anyway! Let's get to the recap here. In case you forgot, at the end of last season, after all of the hoopla with the Leviathan(s), Dean found himself trapped in Purgatory with Castiel, Kevin was taken away by Crowley to parts unknown, Bobby was finally really dead after his stupid stint as a ghost, and Sam was left all by his lone to find some semblance of a life. Alrighty then!

Cut to a year later, and a couple camping kids get a light show in the woods, and a bedraggled Dean comes stumbling toward their site with some weapons and a delightfully grim grimy face to growl a question about where the road is. You see, he's got to find this graveyard, which has a grave (they often do), which he digs up, chants some stuff, and then cuts a glowy thing out of his arm to drip into it. It appears that Dean did not escape Purgatory alone, but rather had a hitchhiker of a vampire buddy named Benny. Benny the vampire buddy gets a Dean hug before walking off into the sunset, with a stern warning to, you know, not go eat a bunch of people.

Meanwhile, Sam has apparently found out that Dean is back and sneaks out of the house he's shacking up with a girl and dog in, and meets Dean back at Rufus' cabin. Right? I think that was his cabin. They splash each other with holy water and borax to say hello before we get a trademarked Winchester BroHug. And then Dean immediately gets to the bitching when he finds out that Sam did not, in fact, try to find him. That Sam, actually, tried to have a somewhat normal life for the past year, because that's what they had indeed promised each other they would do. Look down at my random thoughts section for some frowny faces on this whole exchange.

Recap/review of Supernatural 8x01 "We Need To Talk About Kevin" by freshfromthe.com
We break into churches, don't you?
Dean is also pissed because Sam didn't get the messages from Kevin that he had escaped Crowley and could use his help, all of which happened at least six months prior. So, Sam, ever with wanting to please his frowny face big brother, says let's go find the kid. They track him down to the university where his old girlfriend is, but it turns out Kev hasn't been there. And it also turns out that the girl is possessed and now alerts her boss that Dean is back among the living.

Sam works some computer-fu and manages to track down Kevin via some kind of IP address something or other, and basically calls Kev a big ole dope for using the same wireless router more than once. Yay for Sam using his actual computer smarts! If this was last season, they would've had to call up Frank or something.

They find Kevin holed up in an abandoned church. He informs them that while he was captured by Crowley, the demon asked him to read from a tablet he had, which was a different tablet than the one from last season. We're not sure how many tablets there are, or what exactly they all are for, but this particular one was all about demons. Kev used a spell to expel the demons from where he was being held, and has basically been on the run since. The other useful thing about the tablet? It has a way to close the gates of Hell. Forever. Bum bum bum!

But, before the trio can head off on their new mission, guess who decides to crash? Yep, our dear Crowley, and girlfriend-demon. Crowley wants to trade the girl for Kevin and yada yada, but Kevin is smart again and manages to holy water them, enabling an escape. Of course, he gets to see Crowley kill his girl before they make it out of there, but what else can you expect from him? I mean, duh.

While all of this has been going on, we've seen a few flashbacks to some of Dean's time in Purgatory, and how Sam hit a dog and a met a girl. Dean met Benny after Benny saved him from being eaten by a vampire down there, and they struck a deal: Benny helps Dean find Cas, and Dean agrees to let Benny hitchhike a ride stateside, because Benny knows how a human can get out of Purgatory. Sam's story is literally, um, hit a dog, take it to a vet hospital, get berated for not wanting to take care of it, fall in puppy love. Well, not so much love yet, but there's a puppy, and look, they made the joke easy.

We're left to wonder just what Dean had to do down in Purgatory, just who this Amelia woman is that all the Sam girls are going to hate on, and whether the show would even be necessary if they were to actually accomplish their goal of closing the gates of Hell. Until next time!

Random Thoughts:

- Did Benny the vampire escape from Bon Temps? Just curious.

- I have a lot of questions about Purgatory, I suppose. What happens when they kill stuff there? Does it actually stay dead, or does it come back to "life?" Does Dean need to eat while he's there, like he does in the land of the living? And honestly, how is he not dead while he's there? I don't get it, I guess. MOST importantly, though: how did he keep such a short haircut and clean-shaven face over the course of a year? SAM AND I MUST KNOW! Seriously, Sam, with the hair?

- Okay, how can Dean give Sam crap for stepping away from the hunter life when he did the exact same thing with Lisa not so long ago? Honestly, the situations seem rather similar. I get that they didn't have a big ole heart-to-heart promise about it, knowing it was going to happen and whatever, but still. It's a little hypocritical to me.

- What do you think of the new title card? It seems very steampunk to me for some reason.

- Why does Blogger hate Firefox? Or is it that Firefox hates Blogger? What? That's not pertinent to this recap? FINE.

Quotes:

Sam: I don't know whether to hug you or take a shower.

Dean: Well, no visible signs of douchery, I'll give you that.

Dean: The rules are simple, Sam. You don't take a joint from a guy named Don, and there's no dogs in the car.

Sam: It's a burger.
Dean: It's a treasure.

Sam: Trust me, it gets better.
Kevin: You know I'm not gay, right?

Crowley: Moose. Still with the porkchops. I admire that.

Kevin: There's a demon in you, and you're going to your safety school.

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