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]

It's on Monday night. We're a little behind here in Australia. They tell us it's 'fast tracked'. We get Glee in 24 hours, but we have to wait a week for good fucking shows.

[brightly-lit.livejournal.com]

ARGH!! Well, we'll gush then! (Do you ever watch online? I saw it on the CW website--free with commercials, totally legal, easy to use ... am I tempting you yet?) ;-)

[toratio.livejournal.com]

There's a YouTube site I watch it on - but I'm at Uni and I really shouldn't be using their internet for that (which I totally do, which is why I should stop). Except I just looked up the final bit - and yeah, I officially hate Zeke. "I'm sorry" He's not fucking sorry! Poor Cas, he's so sweet.

Sam is going to shred his brother when he finds all this out. Of course, Dean is already hating himself for it. I wonder why Zeke doesn't want Cas around? And of course, Dean isn't going to tell Cas that Sam has an angel riding him, because Cas will be pissed and won't keep it a secret.

[brightly-lit.livejournal.com]

Here's my theory: Zeke had to save Cas's life because he is indeed the solution to undoing the spell that cast out the angels, but he can't have him around because Cas would be able to tell that Zeke is TOTALLY LUCIFER! ... Or might in any case be able to figure out exactly what kind of no good he's up to, since he is another angel and all.

Sam's gonna lose his shit over this all right ....

[toratio.livejournal.com]

I doubt Zeke is Lucifer. How would he have been able to get out of the Cage? He may be a follower though, or he may have some kind of other plans for leading a rebellion. It may be that Zeke is not Zeke, and Cas will know it's not him. I think maybe Zeke saving Cas' life, well, it could be because it's his brother, or it might be because he wanted to show Dean he could be trusted, you know, the way that Ruby showed Sam she could be trusted through helping them.

Sam is very forgiving, but with everything that is happening, I don't know how he's going to get past this one. I mean, what Dean is doing, it's stupid and reckless and just unbelievably underhanded.

[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. :-(

[cuddyclothes.livejournal.com]

Telling detail from pocochina's review: how does Ezekiel not know who Naomi is?

My theory is that Zeke wants Cas out of there fast because Cas is the one who will see something is very, very wrong. Zeke is getting cockier, and might even refuse to leave Sam's vessel, forcing him to remain unconscious. I'm wondering where the next episode will go (after the Oz ep). My dream: CROWLEY blows it all up! He'd know immediately what is happening--he didn't become the King of Hell by being stupid. Besides, he'd love a chance to gut Dean emotionally and devastate Sam. Anyway, I'm hoping that's how it goes. I can't Abbadon giving a shit one way or another.

[brightly-lit.livejournal.com]

GOOD POINT about Naomi, hmm ...

I like your Crowley idea!

Besides, he'd love a chance to gut Dean emotionally and devastate Sam.

Ah, indeed he would.

[toratio.livejournal.com]

If anyone is gonna crow to Sam about Zeke, it's Crowley. He's gonna love it.

Zeke creeps me out. Not just who he might be, but how he takes over Sam in an instant. That bit where he just starts talking in mid-sentence, taking over from Sam when Dean's asking him to take it easy - holy fuck!

and might even refuse to leave Sam's vessel, forcing him to remain unconscious.

I can see it happening. I wonder if there is some kind of angel exorcism to force an angel out from the outside?