I loved it, and I love the angel angle. And I am NOT a fan of angel lore (read: crap) as a rule. But I think they are going to do something interesting with this angel. I have a suspicion that god is nowhere to be found in this mythology...we only have a new class of powerful, dangerous beings that believe they're on the side of virtue. Not sure they're in touch with god. I have faith in Kripke on this one.

I am so looking forward to Dean developing a relationship with this Castiel dude. I can see the angst coming, oh, please. "Don't you think you deserve to be saved, Dean?"

I see Castiel/Dean fic in my future.

By the way, I'm sure the location for the opening scene was somewhere near Vancouver, regardless of how southern it looks. There are rural spaces like that all over North America.