IT IS ABSURD HOW MUCH I LOVED THIS EPISODE. On Tuesday I was trying to decide whether I wanted to watch it right then, or wait, and I'm so glad I decided to just get it over with. Because it was SO GOOD and I legitimately do not understand how those two managed to pull this off. I was really impressed and surprised by the deftness of Castiel's narrative here--like, a lot. I know others were more critical/angry (though I've only seen those responses secondhand) but I thought it was sad and funny and socially aware in ways that those two usually. Aren't??? I don't know what happened in the writer's room but WHATEVER HAPPENED, I HOPE IT HAPPENS EVERY DAY.

I was saying on my LJ that S9 so far was like one big love letter from S9 to me, and that it was refreshing because as much as I really did like S8, IT VERY OBVIOUSLY HATED ME, AND WENT THROUGH A LOT OF TROUBLE TO DEMONSTRATE HOW MUCH. XD

But seriously though S9 so far is basically just going down my list of desires and checking them off systematically, and I didn't even have to write the list.

Santa Claus is real (and not a man-eating pagan god). O_o;;