It's odd and I haven't figured out their reasons, but why are they willing to write entire characters and story lines out of existence (i.e. Amelia) but won't do anything to address the treatment of women issue?

Bet you're gay.

That just means there's more cilantro for me!

I interpreted the 'see what sticks' part to be what fans would cheer or jeer. I think the show should steer away from too much fan input.

I agree. You can almost sense that it pains him to not be able to be enthusiastic…or maybe he was just tired—babies are little soul suckers.

That would be one way Gadreel could redeem himself to the Winchesters.

I thought it had to do with bloodlines. Metatron has to find a consenting person from the bloodline assigned? to be his vessel.

But cilantro tastes gooood. Salsa tastes gooood.

You must not read much fanfiction if you thought this season felt like it. As someone who studies fanficition copiously for…ahem…academic and sociological purposes, this season doesn't come close. Pun intended.

Let me have just a little bit of peril?

What Crowley did to Sarah Blake should be at the forefront of every encounter the brothers have with Crowley. It's so unrealistic that they've forgotten her as well as what Crowley did and how he did it.

What makes a great villain? The villains I've found most satisfying have been the ones who actually scare me and make me scared for Sam and Dean—and the ones who present the most cathartic defeating and death. I was never so ecstatic as when Dean killed Zachariah. For one, I didn't think Dean was going to be able to…

Yes, all he's been doing is cheating, hasn't he?

Neither was Carver, evidently.

When Ackles was talking about the upcoming Season 9 in interviews the summer before the season started, he mentioned that the writers were throwing lots of stuff at the board to see what would stick—and it shows, doesn't it? I hope Carver has learned the error of this kind of show planning.

I was expecting Dean to grab Cas and thrust his face toward the dying Gadreel to suck out his grace—that would have been hardcore.

It seemed like the way they killed Tessa was that she was just there as a vehicle for Sam and Cas and everyone else to not believe that Dean didn't kill her and cast Dean in an even more disreputable light. It's a shame—Tessa should have had a more complicated reason for dying or they should have kept her.

I'm not a Destiel shipper either, but it would be refreshing if the show went in that direction more clearly. If you're interested in a smart analysis of the Dean and Castiel relationship, here's a link with a thorough and almost academic (meaning they back up their points with evidence from the text/show) discussion…

Oh, man, don't get me started on the fiasco that is Buckner and Ross-Leming (aka Robert Singer's wife). I was looking at writers over all the seasons and that unfortunate team keeps getting assigned more episodes as the seasons progress. By Season 10 they're going to be the showrunners.

I agree and add another question: do the monsters of Bloodlines know about the existence of Hunters? Did any of the monsters refer to Sam and Dean as Hunters even once? (I can't recall and I'm not willing to re-watch to find out). The Supernatural universe has established time and again that monsters can spot a Hunter…