It all starts with Castiel hunting down and killing Dean. GULP. Only to see the reveal of Naomi and a warehouse full of dead “Dean” littering the place. Seems she has been training him to get used to the idea of killing his earthly best pal.

After the opening title, we find Sam and Dean in the Batcave (it needs a better name than that, but I have yet to come up with or see one… ). No preamble, no cursed random dude or couple that dies some horrible death, so it’s pretty clear we have got ourselves a juicy mythology episode ahead of us. With extra added Castiel, so YAY for us!

While Dean is perusing the vast stores of the place, Sam coughs up a bloody loogy and ewww. Hey! This place seems to have a neat light-up map table that is very cool. Isn’t it nice to see those beautiful boys just chillin’ and enjoying each others company? This warms my heart. Also, they seem to be excited about hunting again, so that’s nice as well. Maybe we’ll get a ‘bitch’/’jerk’ call back? Pretty please. *sigh*

So, there is this town where randoms are suddenly wandering off and digging holes. I mean, lots of deep, deep holes all over the place. We figure out pretty quick that these people are being possessed by demons, looking for something, and anyone who saw the previews for this episode knows just what that is!

While searching out what the hell is going on, Sam and Dean meet a lovely be-curlered lady who clues them in on the history of this little town. She’s very excited about it! Suddenly, the conversation is rudely interrupted by a trio of demons knockin’ at the door. While Sam and Dean jump on two of them, the third grabs the old town map and runs for it. Meanwhile, a demon jumps one body and lands in the lovely lady, and runs into the kitchen. Just then a dead-eyed Castiel pops in, smites the demon on top of Sammy, and has the lovely lady by her curlers. Yay?

Sammy wants to know where Cas has been, and Dean admits to praying for his help. We have one of those infuriating back and forth conversations with Cas and Naomi, and Cas and the Winchesters. She compels him to lie to them about the angel tablet’s proximity, and the boys think they are looking for some demon scroll of some sort. LIES. During a little Cas instigated demon torture, we find out that Crowley has a hostage who is feeding them location info, and then Cas kills the demon before she can tell them the truth about the angel tablet, and takes off in search of this hostage. Sam and Dean are PISSED.

They chase Cas across town, busting into a hotel room just as he smites two more demons, and then revealing the Crowley hostage. Meg! I like Meg, I can’t help it. Meg still HATES Crowley, of course, and she has been kinda sorta doing the right thing, leading the demons on wild goose chases. And this is when Sam and Dean find out that Crowley is looking for the Angel Tablet, and the boys realize that Castiel is WRONG. So now we have a room full of papable tension what with the Meg snark and the Cas lying and Dean knowing Sammy is hucking up blood…

And then we get Meg and Cas sitting in a tree… they are ridiculously cute together, and it makes me feel wrong in so many ways. These two get the best lines. Hee. Oh, if only we could have had a Meg & Castiel spinoff, that would have been awesome. Oh well, show.

Crowley finds out that Meg has been snatched, and we suddenly have an episode with Castiel, Meg and Crowley, and things really couldn’t be more fun and snarky. A veritable snark-fest!

Castiel tells the crew that there is indeed something wrong with Sam (AGAIN, as always), so Meg and Sam stay on the lookout as Dean and Cas head into the crypt looking for that pesky tablet. While Meg charms Sammy on the outside, Castiel finds the tablet. After tattling to Naomi about it, he points it out to Dean, as it is the only thing warded against angels. Dean opens the box, and Cas pulls some “I’ll take it.” silliness on Dean, and Naomi orders Cas to kill Dean. The part of Cas that loves Dean, really really loves him, struggles, and Dean not trusting Cas won’t let the tablet go. Cas pulls his sword on Dean, and everyone’s heart breaks a little as Dean begs him not to kill him.

We see Castiel comes to his senses momentarily, and he struggles mightily against the wishes of Naomi, while Sam and Meg fight off demon-y thugs outside. Dead-eyed Cas returns long enough to beat the snot out of Dean, and then, AND THEN, Dean calls him family. That he needs him. The spell is broken and we see that sweet little angel is back. (Not without a little weepyness from me, I might add.) Cas grabs the tablet from Dean, rebels once more, bright lights it right outta Naomi’s office! Suck it, Naomi! Cas tells Dean he has to protect the tablet from the demons and from Dean, and as the boys escape, Crowley ganks Meg. Booo. And bye-bye Meg, you snarky bitch.

Then. THEN. Turns out that Naomi and Crowley have been in cahoots. Honestly, what is that about show?

Metallicar holds the boys as they pledge to be honest an true, a Naomi flunky shakes her head “no” to a concerned boss, and Castiel has got the tablet on a bus to who-knows-where. An angel on a bus! Where could this all be leading? Five more episodes to find out.

QUOTES!

Dean: “Dude, this is a first edition. Do you have any idea how much this would go for on eBay?” Sam: “No. Why, do you?” Dean: “No. Maybe. Shut up.”

Castiel: “I am hoping the strange-haired demon in the kitchen is more knowledgeable than the others I interrogated.”

Castiel: “You know, I can hear  you both. I am a celestial being.” (<— heeheeheeeeeee)

Meg: “Aren’t you a little short for a storm trooper?”

Dean: “So, I gotta ask. What’s up with the hair? What?” Meg: “Thanks for noticing, Dean, but this wasn’t my idea, and just another reason I want to stab Crowley in the face.”

Meg: “You really do know how to make a girls nethers quiver, don’t you?” Castiel: “I know how to do that.”

Dean: “Do you really think we can trust MegStiel?”

Crowley: “Castiel? So that’s who’s been poking my boys, and not in a sexy way.”

Sam: “You, realize you kinda just quoted the “Lord of the Rings”.” Dean: “But it’s the Rudy hobbit. The Rudy hobbit always gets a pass. Shut up.”

Next: Hogwarts for hunters??? Yikes.

PS – Looks like my favorite screencapper site, Home of the Nutty, is back up and running! Hooray!