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This was a very Supernatural-y episode, wasn’t it? It had funny stuff and horrifying stuff and snarky stuff and BigBad stuff and road-tripping stuff and most of all, it had those two beautiful boys working together. Even when Rowena dropped a bomb on them, they got on with the task at hand with seemingly little drama. For now. And what happens when Dean figures out Sam never told him about being infected with the smoke sickness? I mean, that is totally coming back to bite someone in the ass, right?

Anyhoo, on with the recap.

THE MEGA COVEN!

Rowena is having a hard time selling her plan to run her own coven with various witches she is trying to poach from the shambles of the Grand Coven. It’s no help that she keeps killing her coven prospects. She is so desperate to get joiners, she even dangles the Book of the Damned in front of her would-be cohorts.

SAM & DEAN & CASTIEL

Cas is still dealing with the Attack Dog spell, and Dean is cranky that Crowley isn’t answering his phone. Not only is Castiel in bad shape, but the God Squad is still searching for him, along with trying to track down Metatron. At least the boys have a lead on finding Rowena. Castiel: “Earth. Several billion years from the beginning.”  (hee)

BRINGING UP BABY

Crowley thinks he’s so smart, doing his best Uncle Crowley routine to keep Amara happy and chock full of souls. He’s very attentive, and is making sure she is taught the essentials. Of course, Crowley is in WAY over his head, and as Amara grows and takes what she wants, she scares the bejeesus even out of the King of Hell.

GRUNT WORK SUCKS

Be it in Heaven of Hell.

BOYS IN SUITS

You know one of my favorite things about the Winchesters is that they dress in denim and flannel and leather and boots. These are my kind of men. But the other reason is, when they do dress up in suits, they look hot. Like, those dudes who wear suits all the time rarely turn my head, but dudes who rock a suit from time to time? Me likey.

Oh yeah, Sam and Dean harass a witch into a locator spell and head off to find Rowena.

BLONDE BOMBSHELL

Dean shows up dressed like a cabbie (hee), and while Rowena is monologuing, Sammy slams her into some handcuffs. Sam finds the codex in Rowena’s things, but not the Book of the Damned. As a fan, I’d like to mention how much fun Jared, Jensen, and Ruth seem to be having in the bunker dungeon scene, and then the riding in Baby scenes. Love it.

USER FRIENDLY

Castiel is trying to track his “crappy” Lincoln online, since they assume Megatron stole it, but ends up getting spammed by the website “Fortune Nookie”. Dean, clear out your cache from time to time, will ya’? The Attack Dog spell rolls in for another round, and sends Cas frothing off into the world. He finds an easy target, a dummy walking down a deserted street while looking at her phone.

BACKPEDALING

Amara schools Crowley on the idea of eradicating all evil, much to his chagrin, and this is the moment he realizes he may be beyond his depth. Now what, Crowley??

SAVE AN ANGEL, LOSE A WITCH

Sam and Dean, with Rowena in tow, track down Cas just in time to save the girl. Rowena de-spells Castiel (hooray!), and then makes her escape. You gotta give it to her, she’s a pretty bad ass witch when she needs to be. (Aside: If Dean Winchester says “hi.” to you on the street, you should not tell him to “Get a life.” You should turn and follow him, and hopefully get at least get some kissing time with him. Sheesh.)

THE SWEETEST LITTLE ANGEL

Castiel feels terrible about beating the snot out of Dean. He tries to heal Dean, but Dean is having none of it. “I had it comin’.” My heart breaks a little.

AND THEN

Amara hits her next level of growing up. RUH-ROH, thinks Crowley.

Next! Episode four, titled “Baby”. ‘Nuff said. (squeeeeee)

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