I was dubious, my friends. An episode with TeenDean working with Sammy? Hold on for massive hokey-ness, I thought. But guess what? It was really good! \o/

We open with a drunk bastard getting thrown out of a bar, and a homeless guy seeing him disappear in a flash of light. A grungy dude with a hex bag around his neck seems to be behind it.

Meanwhile, in the bunker, Dean is researching like he never has before, and Sam insists that he get out and help him on a hunt. I love ConcernedSam. Aww, cute brother moment alert! (Easter Bunny!)

Those beautiful boys head out and talk to the homeless dude, who smelled flowers, and is sure the guy got abducted by aliens. “He said it.” (hee)

Sweet brother moment with Sammy offering to not split up. These are the Winchesters that I love.

Dean walks into the bar and orders a drink. GOOD. Sober Dean is no bueno in my book, even if it makes the Mark start beating… eek. Dean starts chatting with a regular named Tina, who knew the victim. Tina and Dean get drunk together, and bond over their terrible childhoods. And then, SHE LEAVES WITHOUT DEAN. Seriously, she didn’t even try and hit that. WTH?!

Dean sees the grungy guy follow Tina outside, and Dean goes to investigate, hearing a scream and the same bright light from before. There is only a pile of smoking clothes, and Dean is confronted by grungy guy who squeezes his hex bag, and Dean disappears in a white light. He wakes up in a basement, sees himself in a mirror, and voila, TeenDean. “Son of a bitch.”

TeenTina is in the cell next to him, and they figure shit out through a hole in the wall. Oh yeah, the guy from the opener, JP, is TeenThere too. And grungy guy comes and drags TeenJP away.

While Sam goes to the bar and figures out that Dean has disappeared, TeenDean breaks out of the basement and heads back to the hotel.

Jared Padalecki is awesome as he reacts to his teenage brother showing up. And Dylan Everett (previously seen as TeenDean in “Bad Boys”) is great doing his best Dean impersonation. Comedy ensues.

The up side, Dean no longer has the Mark of Cain. Sam and Dean discuss while Sam drives.

So, seems they are fighting Hansel and Mrs. Patmore the Witch (Hansel ate Gretel ages ago! Willingly!). They are turning adults into kids to eat, seeing as everyone makes such a fuss when kids disappear these days. Also, the Witch mentions Rowena and the Grand Coven. Hmm.

Hansel tricks the boys by saying the Witch is controlling him, they get dragged to the kitchen to be eaten, and after a struggle, Dean steals and squeezes the hex bag to change himself back to adult Dean so he can save Sammy and Tina. AngryDean shoves the hex bag in the Witch’s mouth and shoves her in her own oven! Now Tina is stuck as a teen!

TeenTina decides that she is gonna be fine as a teenger, and hopefully make better choices. A second chance! Dean knows that he again has the Mark, but he thinks it’s worth it to have saved Sam, and Sam is happy to have him back. They know they will figure it out.

Dean fires up Metallicar, and Taylor Swift’s “Shake It Off” is playing on the radio. They boys exchange glances, Dean shrugs, and tears outta there. CUTE.

Quotes!

Sam: “You can beat this, Dean.” Dean: “Do you really believe that?” Sam: ” Yeah, you’re damn right I believe that!” Dean: “You know, you also believed in the Easter Bunny until you were twelve.” Sam: “No I didn’t! Look, I was eleven.” Dean: “And a half.”

Sam: “His landlord said he blasted Neil Diamond 24/7, and that his bathroom was like, and I quote, like staring into the devil’s butt.” Dean: “That’s vivid.” Sam: “And accurate. I saw it.” Dean: “You saw the john, or uh…” Sam: “Don’t.”

Dean: “No clue. Scar-faced lookin’ dude, bright light, I end up lookin’ like Beiber.”

Sam: “Wait, talk to me.” Dean: “Really Sam? Now? I got no grass on the infield and a girl’s gonna die. Sorry if I’m not in a chatty mood.”

Lady: “Your son is so polite.”

Dean: “It’s freakin weird, dude. And… there was a Taylor Swift song on the bus I hopped to the motel, and uh, I liked it, Sam. I like it a lot. My voice is weird, I got like, nine zits, and zero control over this. It’s up, it’s down, it’s up for no reason.”

Sam: “Dean, I’m way to big to fit in that.” Dean: “First time you’ve had to say that, huh?.” Sam: “Big talk coming from the dude wearing underoos.” Dean: “Okay, good one.”

Dean: “So, Grand Coven. Sounds like a 80s hair metal band. You know, a lot of hairspray, a lot of eye shadow, a lot of key-tar. No, nothin? C’mon man, I’m painting a word picture here.”

Sam: “We’ll figure it out. We always do.” Dean: “Damn right.”

Sam and Dean, even with the horror of the Mark to deal with, are back to their old selves with each other. Sam put in the position of caretaker seems to have evened out any hostility or old wounds these two have, and I am enjoying having my Beautiful Boys back. Props to the writers for taking advantage of Jared and Jensen’s obvious and well-documented fondness of each other, and giving us, for a few episodes at least, the Winchester’s we fell in love with.

Next! Millennials and their tech, AMIRITE?

(All gifs courtesy of Where We Belong tumblr, found at itsokaysammy.tumblr.com)