It is not uncommon for me to rewatch an episode while writing my recap, just to make sure I catch the nuance and get favorite quotes right and such, but this episode… I had to rewatch just to remember what the damn thing was about! That’s not a good sign. And kind of sad, considering how wonderful the previous episode was. Okay, let’s get to this, the penultimate eppy of the season.

THEN reminds us of the Alphas, GhostBobby and the recipe for eliminating the leviathan.

NOW gives us an interview with Dick and his evil plan to make all us sugar-lovin’ humans into tasty leviathan treats. SucraCorp being an obvious comment on the invasion of high fructose corn syrup into our lives. Edgar (That’s his name!) and Dick harass ProphetKevin to translate The Word for them, including the old standby of Mom being held hostage to get him to comply. Poor Kevin, his lifeplan has totally gone to shit.

Sam and Dean gripe about their hopeless sitch, and GhostBobby becomes the most annoying Exposition Fairy ever. I used to love Bobby. Not looking forward to where this is going. So, once those beautiful boys figure out the deal, they summon Crowley to make a deal for another ingredient of the leviathan poison, his blood! Crowley makes a typically dubious deal and drops the info that the AlphaVamp is still around, which is convenient, seeing as his blood is also necessary for this little concoction.

We end up at an appropriately enormous mansion where the boys find a secret lever in a bookcase (hidden by a copy of “How To Serve Man” – hee!), revealing what will turn out to be yet another evil little girl who fills Sam and Dean and Bobby in on the sudden falling of vampires after feeding. Seems as though Mr. AlphaVamp made a deal with Mr. Dick Roman to live together in peace, but of course, Dick is actually poisoning the vamps. Once our AlphaVamp figures this to be true, he goes all subtle menace (Rick Worthy is wonderful, BTW) with Edgar, a monster throwdown ensues, and those wonderful Winchesters show up in the nick of time to behead Dick’s number two.

As a reward, AlphaVamp bleeds a chalice full of his blood for the boys and sends them on their merry way (“See you next season” – I hope). But not before Sam and Dean rescue one of the Alpha’s children (ick). The End. But not really, as we get an end tag of Dick summoning Crowley into a demon’s trap in his slick office. DUN.

Oh yeah, in the midst of all of this, GhostBobby jumps into an innocent motel maid, grabs the flask, and heads out to do God only knows what!

Needless to say I was underwhelmed by this episode. Which is too bad, because we got some good tidbits, visits from great characters, and an entire episode with those lovely boys working together. *sigh* Hopefully the season finale will bring it. If not, I’ve got a Jeremy Carver run season 7 to look forward to!