9.03, or, wiping the drool from the keyboard

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Needless to say, there will be 9.03 spoilers in this post!

I was dreading 9.03. There were SOO many things I wanted it to be, and I was sure it would fall down on all of them, and instead ... it was everything I wanted and more! YAAAAAY!!!!!

SOO many situations ripe for Cas's ... Casness, for humor and tragedy and everything in between.

Plus, the difficulty of being human is one of my favorite Cas themes (as you might have noticed in my fic!), and they went deep into that in this ep--it was like a fanfic come true! (With even a not-so-subtle Destiel moment there at the end, "I always enjoy our ... time together, Dean." Yeah? Tell us more about this 'time together' that never happens onscreen, Cas ....) Great ideas, great acting, lots and lots of Misha. I am glad I had all the spoilers so I wasn't overly dismayed when April turned out to be evil and Cas was booted from the bunker. OH, CAS!!!!!

I also have to mention a little detail I haven't seen anyone else mention. So Cas is in the bathroom at the beginning, clearly unaware of the basics of how to take care of his body, as he squirts toothpaste into his mouth (... and eats it?!), but then he takes his toothbrush--which he CLEARLY DOES NOT KNOW IS USED FOR CLEANING ONE'S TEETH--into the bathroom stall with him to do ... what, exactly? When it comes to Cas, it's surely best not to ask. A most entertaining little detail. Reminds me of a mentally ... unusual guy (among many) at a job I once had helping people with mental disabilities, and his self-cleaning habits, but ... you probably don't want to know.

Comments

[toratio.livejournal.com]

Also, I was thinking - how is Dean going to explain kicking Cas out to Sam? Sam is going to want to know why, and Dean doesn't have a good answer for that.

[septembers-coda.livejournal.com]

I wondered the same thing! I figure he's just going to hustle Cas out of there while Ezekiel is in charge, then just tell Sam that Cas insisted on leaving and asked them not to look for him, or something. I think that will make Sam VERY suspicious.

[toratio.livejournal.com]

Oh Dean, when will you ever learn that spinning a web of lies doesn't work?

And poor Cas. It's worse than kicking a dog - it's kicking a puppy. Poor widdle Cas. :-(