Ugh, this is so excessive and so late. Self restraint, I don't got it.

PRETTIEST. THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR BLACK AND WHITE BOYS IN SUITS: Dean: Come on, man, it's like the good old days. Honest to god monster hunt. It's about time the Winchesters got back to tackling a straight forward black and white case. I was hoping they wouldn't explain the black and white :) And Edlund making it fit with what the boys were feeling made it so much more than just an aspect of the genre they were paying tribute to. It was like seeing things through Deano's subconscious. Seriously, I wouldn't be surprised if that's how Dean sees the world all the time. And you know an episode is old school when Sam is pouting about getting on with the big picture battle and Dean's trying to convince him to take a small hunt detour. It's so Wendigo (which I just happened to watch last week)! Dean: We still have to see the new Raiders movie. Sam: Saw it. Dean: Without me! BEN EDLUND IS A GENIUS TO THINK OF THESE THINGS. Now we need to SEE them go to a movie some episode, 'cause that's freaking adorable. How great would it be if the next episode started with them walking out of Raiders, huh? 'Cause you KNOW Dean is gonna make Sam see it again. Alas, the episodes are being aired out of order, so, NOT LIKELY. DEEEAAAAN!!! Ugh, that is going to be so much of this commentary. My reaction to this episode can be summed up by: 1. HOLY FUCK THAT'S PRETTY. 2. DEEEAAANNNN YOU ARE EIGHT YEARS OOOOLD SOMETIMES (AND I LOVE IT). 3. JAIME KICKS SO MUCH ASS. 3. DEAN SURE IS KISSING THAT GIRL A LOT. 4. DEEAAAEAN. Poor Sam. Once again stuck with the filler. I'd love an episode where Sam finds himself surrounded by something he really loves. Then he could be the one running around all gleeful like and Dean could be the one rolling his eyes adoringly. DO WE EVEN KNOW WHAT SAM LIKES? Dean: Guten tag, yourself. I know Dean is making his "boobies" and "do these tacos taste funny to you" faces in these, but I have trouble looking past how hot Sam there. Sometimes he inexplicably looks so lean! Ugh, and really, sometimes I just DO NOT GET why the girls aren't hitting on the tall one. LOOK AT HIM. Dean: I never forget a pretty... everything. Dean would be so slimy if he weren't so adorkable at the same time. Jamie: Seriously? Jamie not buying their FBI shtick was lol-tastic. SHE WAS PRETTY GREAT, HUH? Edlund rocks the side characters. With his episodes it always feels like entering in to a new environment with Sam and Dean rather than entering in to Sam and Dean's environment. And yes, this whole picspam is one giant praise of that Jossverse alum. UM, ALL THAT STUFF ABOUT JAMIE BEING AWESOMELY STRONG-WILLED? I WOULD GO THE OTHER WAY. HOLY SHIT, THAT FIRST FACE. Of course, with Dean all you really have to do is hold out long enough (OFTEN NOT LONG AT ALL) and he eventually shows his true colours: Sam: Can you describe her assailant? Ed: Oh, he was a vampire. Dean: Okay, right. And by that you mean... Ed: You know, a vampire. Dean: So, he looked like... Ed: He looked like a vampire. THIS GUY. AHAHAH. Sam: I'm pretty sure woman today don't react well to the whole wench thing. Dean: Dude, OCTOBERFEST. PLEASE PERFORM THIS NEW TONGUE TRICK OF YOURS ONCE AN EPISODE, PADALECKI. Jamie: Like I said, funny. Dean: It is time to right some wrongs. Sam: Come again? Dean: Which leads me to conclude, sadly, that my virginity is intact. Sam: What? Dean: I've been rehymenated Sam: Dean, please. Maybe angels can pull you out of hell, but no one can do that. Dean: Brother, I have been rehymenated. And the dude will not abide. Ben Edlund sits around pondering about the sexual implications of Dean Winchester returning from hell scareless. And annually pitches an episode about a talking, wish-granting fish. I LOVE THIS MAN. Jamie: You off duty, agent Young? Dean: And then some. Jamie: Besides, no self-respecting bar wench lets herself get picked up by a customer on the first try. THE WORD IS PERSISTENT. Or maybe shameless. Dean: Mam, we understand how hard this is, but could you describe the creature? Girl: It was a werewolf. THIS GIRL. HAHAHAA. Dean: DAMN. Dean: I'm getting a headache. Jamie: Just so you know, I get off at midnight tonight. HOW DO YOU NOT LOVE A GIRL WHO TAKES A DEAN WINCHESTER ENCOUNTER IN TO HER OWN HANDS. This girl doesn't play by the rules in the good way. TOTALLY GONNA GET LAID FACES. You can SEE the wheels turning in that last one. Dean: Do you this vampire can turn in to a bat? Dean: That'd be cool. ALSO, YOU KNOW, HIS MOTHERFUCKING HAIR. SO SHORT AND SPIKY I CANNOT DEAL WITH THAT RIGHT THERE. HE PUNCHED. THE VAMPIRE. IN THE FACE. Dean: No. The X-Files is a tv show. This is real. The not taking his eyes off her as he drinks thing really fucking works. Jamie: So this is what you do, you and your partner? Just tramp around the country on your own dime until you find some horrible nightmare to fight? Dean: Some people paint. Jamie: Wow. That must suck. SO. THE WHOLE DOMESTIC LONGING IS GONE. I'm a bit sad about that. That was a really interesting thing to watch him discover and struggle with. Plus, it gave me hope for a non tragic ending to this whole story. BUT, I don't mind having Dean who is high on life back AT ALL. Everybody keeps saying it, but it really is true how much they've gone back to S1 Sam and Dean this year. Well, except for Sam wanting the opposite of a normal life and no longer wearing hoodies. HOW 'BOUT YOU TWO SIT REAL CLOSE AND SHARE YOUR INNER MOST VULNERABLE FEELING AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS, 'KAY? LOL. BUSTED. Jaime's faces are as good as Dean's. Sam: It's suppose to come off. Ed: No! It's not! Okay, so I got the Bram Stochers Dracula reference there, and a few others, but I have a feeling a zillion went right over my head. Sam: Hey there, Hansel. Dean: SHUT UP. SURPRISE COMPLETELY UNNECESSARY AND UNEXPLAINED LEDERHOSEN! Dean: I can't get over what a pumpkin pie-eyed crazy son of a bitch you are. YOU'RE NOT DRACULA. You know that, right? And even if you think you are, WHAT THE HELL'S UP WITH THE MUMMY? Crazy monster-movie-emulating Shape Shifter! There is so much to say about this! The way it isn't about discovering WHAT the MotW is so much as it's about getting to know THIS particular monster. Which is so much more personal. How many monsters have we met now who wouldn't have or might not have turned to violence were it not for hunter interference to begin with? PLUS IT'S ALSO JUST STRANGE AND HILARIOUS. Some people are especially strange, why can't some monsters be the same way? There's not way this one isn't gonna be a favourite case for Sam and Dean to reminisce about for all of Winchester eternity. Delivery boy: I don't know, did you order garlic? Dracula: I have a coupon. In one of the S3 extra features Kripke talked about how there are usually a few scenes that they kind of why they write the entire episode for, and now I'm always wondering what those might be for each new ep. Dracula and the pizza boy HAS to be that scene for this eppy, yes? Though there are a lot of candidates. Dracula: I just love the movies. Real is being born this way. Different. Real is having your dad call you monster. The first time you hear the word. And he tries to beat you to death with a shovel. Where ever I ran, everywhere I tried to hide, people found me. Dragged me out, attacked me. Called me freak. Called me monster. Then I found them. The great monsters. In their movies they were strong, they were feared. They were beautiful. I AWWED, GUYS. Before he went psycho again and hit her. Also, Edlund loving on movies through his own character while at the same time contemplating the disconnect from reality that can happen when you take fantasy too seriously. Well played, sir. Jamie: Did you ever think that you're lonely because you kills people? Dracula: Or I kill people because I'm lonely. 1. DEAN IS INCAPACITATED BY LEDERHOSEN. 2. SAM IS FRANKENSTEIN. 3. DEAN IS NOT AMUSED. Dracula: Was beauty that killed the beast. 1. Sam is Van Helsing! 2. Chilling for a while after being shot! 3. The one with the girly parts saving the day! 4. Jaime's face when Dracula tells her not to cry for him! 5. DEAN IN FUCKING KNEE SOCKS. And now for the part with lots and lots of kissing. Of all the more respectable things about this episode to be floored by, THE KISSING DID IT FOR ME. It's been a long time, okay? Maybe now that Dean isn't confused about domestic bliss any more there will be an increase in sexy fun times. In between dealing with the impending doom of the planet, of course. OKAY, NOT JUST KISSING. SMOOCHING. DEAN WINCHESTER SMOOCHES. A HUNDRED DOLLARS SAYS HE'S CUDDLES AND CALLS GIRLS THINGS LIKE POOKIE, TOO. Dean: Feels good to be back on the job, doesn't it. Sam: Yeah, it does. Dean: Hero gets the girl, monster gets the gank. All in all, happy ending. Sam: Real classy, Dean. Sam: Yeah, I know what you'd pick. Dean: Heh, no you don't. Sam: Yeah, I do. Of all the Deaning out I'm doing over this episode, Sam's little "Yeah I do" might just be my favourite part. Dean: No. You don't. You don't! Sam: Porky's 2. Dean: What? Sam: You heard me. BUT SERIOUSLY. THIS GUY. MY HEART ISN'T NEARLY BIG ENOUGH FOR HAPPY DEAN. When Dean is on, the whole world is his giant playground of eating and hunting and fucking and harassing his favourite little brother in the whole world.

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Once again I have no energy left to say anything about anything else that happened this week. Even though I liked other things this week a lot, and might even be falling in love with Pacey Witter.