I like that most of the characters could be construed as villains or protagonist, depending on the standpoint. Which is why I usually root for Elijah, Rebekah and Marcel, even though they're all morally problematic.

And it could bring more than one gay character into the show! Seriously, how does this universe *not* have more gay vampires?

1) There were much more men than women in this episode.
2) Many of the men survived (Dean, Sam (?), Cas, Zeke, Metatron, Malakai)
3) You could argue that all the surviving men were more important to the story than the women, but that would not do much good for the idea that this show doesn't have a gender bias, would it?

Somehow, I don't think that any of the storylines that are supposedly over are actually over. On the other hand, they truly seem to work some things out as they go and I can't help but wonder how much of this was planned since the pilot.

I hope he never dies and remains Davina's best (only) friend forever.

Dog Dean Afternoon was comedy gold and I won't hear otherwise.

Cas crossed my mind too, but he didn't really have anything on Metatron and I don't think he's got anything personal against him.

Being an archangel vessel is likely not a qualitatively different thing from being an angel vessel, just stronger. I guess that they would be ideal vessels for any angel if they were willing.

Was it ever explained what happened to Jimmy when Castiel lost his grace?

I thought Kate Cassady was great as Ruby. I've never really seen Veronica Mars, so I couldn't tell if they were going for a Kristen Bell vibe.

The 'Zeke is not really Zeke' reveal would have worked better for me had the impostor been someone who we've already known, not a new player entirely. Feels like a sort of awkward mythology retcon, I wonder if the show will use it well after the break.

I guessed that either Kevin or Castiel would be the name on the paper Metatron gave Gadriel. Thought that Dean would be able to stop him in time though. Shame I was wrong.

On the other hand, that was still marginally less cruel than what Robin did to him with his fake bachelor party.

They didn't just push a personality reset button though, he's been unraveling over the course of the series (I think).

7 has my least favourite Supernatural episode ever (time for a wedding), but then there are awesome moments like Death's Door to balance it out… 8 is probably worse because they just completely stopped giving a fuck with Sam's character. "I don't want to hunt anymore! Fuck Kevin, let someone else of the many people…

It was mostly about Prometheus, who was a Titan. Also not Roman gods but Greek gods.

I think both 7 and 8 were worse. Didn't mind Eve as a villain (specifically because she turned out to be not really a villain, she was just asserting herself against provocations from Crowley and Castiel), and though the Campbells were awful, the final stretch of episodes turned out great.

The thing I don't like about Zeke is that it will inevitably lead to a Sam/Dean confrontation that's going to be a pain to watch. Mostly when he appears he's the most interesting thing about an episode, so I'm willing to forgive that.

It does, you make good points.

Who doesn't like the Zeke plot?