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OK, overall, one of the most fun episodes ever. Dean was just a delight to watch during the whole thing, as was Sam. This episode was like...really, really fun fanfic.

Highlights:

- Sam and Dean discussing Ruby at the beginning. Nice to see them together after last week's strangely alienated episode.
- All damn-near seven feet of Sam repeatedly crashing to the ground.
- Dean having great success (and one hell of a closeup!) with his little "you're a thief" speech the first time...not quite pulling it off the second time he trucks it out.
- Deranged Jesus-freak hunter complete with Blues Brothers shoutout. You would think there would be a lot more hunters who were religious maniacs, wouldn't you?
- Deranged Jesus-freak hunter enthusing over the deep-fried onion on the BigGerson's menu. Somehow this made me feel like this is what a hunter's life would be like. Living in an RV. Digging on deep-fried onions. Plastering the walls with Jesus memorabilia. Being completely fucking crazy.
- Dean: "I'm Batman!"
- Sam: "I lost my shoe."
- Dean: "SONOFABITCH!" (If you recorded the ep, PLEASE watch this bit in slo-mo, because you'll catch Jared Padalecki helplessly cracking up in the face of Dean's outrage.)
- Queensboro Bridge shot. I know it's stock. So what? Dean's in Queens! (Makes me wonder what motel he'd have left poor Sammy at -- the shithole Whitestone Inn perhaps?).
- Dean's brain freeze. ADORABLE!!
- Dean plugging away at the scratch-off Lotto right up to the last minute. Man's got his priorities straight!
- I really like thinking that the boys will get a free meal anytime they want as long as they eat at BigGerson's. That luck won't run out, will it?
- Wondrously scruffy Bobby, finally saying what we've all thought at least once: "Ya idjit!" PERFECT!!

And because I have to bitch about something...

- Bela. She was fun in this episode and at least she's not a teenager and has a better wardrobe than just about any other woman who's ever appeared on this show. But I'm not at all sure about her as a recurring character. She seems like a femme fatale who accidentally wandered in from a James Bond movie and that sort of glamorous heist stuff really seems to clash with this show. I'm not too interested in "Supernatural Meets The Thomas Crown Affair." I can't see where they're going with her at all.
- And if she's so rich, why is she living in Queens? Sure it gave me a thrill to hear Dean say, "She lives in Queens"...I was bouncing up and down on my couch shouting "I live in Queens!!!" But yeah...I live in Queens. So why would she? Whatever.
- WTF was John Winchester's problem? If Bobby can so readily figure out a way to destroy these cursed objects, why was John stashing them in some storage locker? Douche. Bag.
- Where is the classic rock??? That's TWO episodes in a row without it.
- Shooting Sam. I thought the whole episode was taking a sudden dark turn but everyone was pretty cavalier about it. I guess it's no big deal for Dean considering that Sam shot him in the exact same shoulder last year, but still...getting shot ain't exactly small potatoes.
- THESE TWO GENIUSES (interstate federal fugitives, need I remind you?) letting their PICTURES GET POSTED on a chain restaurant's website. To quote Bobby: "YA IDJIT!!"
- They seem to be adding a lot of extra characters -- Ruby, Bela, the Jesus-freak and his pal, and now Gordon's back, too. It's getting kinda crowded in here, ain't it?

That's it for me. Nighty-nite.