Supernatural is back with a vengeance -- and we're thrilled! We LOVED the season premiere for so many reasons. Such as, you ask? Well, let's lay it out for you:
The shocks
The boys are all set to meet Lucifer -- and probably die -- when they're whisked onto an airplane. Wha? Cas is dead (sob!), blown into a million pieces ("Like a water balloon of chunky soup") -- until he shows up to save the boys from Zachariah. Is this divine intervention, malign influence, or what? We can't wait to find out.
Bad-ass Cas
Speaking of Cas... oooh, boy, he's turned into one ass-kicking smiter of all things evil -- even when those evil things are theoretically good guys. We can't wait to see what's going to happen with him now that he's a free-agent agent of hte Lord -- and now that he's got butt-kicking on his mind!
The angst
Oh, BOBBY! When he finds out that Sam unleashed the apocalypse and says "Lose my number," we almost wept. Thank goodness he was possessed at the time... although he made us cry again when he told Sam "I ain't cutting you out, boy -- not ever." Wibble!
And then there was Dean's reaction to Sam. He spent the entire episode telling him not to talk about the whole apocalypse thing, then finally admitted what was going on in his head: "I Just can't keep pretending that everything's all right. Because it's not, and it's never going to be. You chose a demon over your own brother and look what happened.... You're the one who I depended on the most, and you let me down in way that I can't even... I'm just having a hard time forgiving and forgetting here.... I don't think that we can ever be what we were. I just don't think I can trust you." Oh, BOYS!
The funny
Becky the fangirl who wouldn't stop touching Sam? Hah! Dean describing vessels as being angel condoms? Hee! The boys being confronted by Yosemite Sam confronting a cartoon devil on the in-flight entertainment system? Snort! Nick telling Satan to remind him not to drink before bed! Giggle! Even in the midst of the end of the world, the writers continue to bring the funny.
The menace
But despite the funny, they made sure we remembered that yes, this could spell the end of humanity. Zachariah giving Dean stage-4 stomach cancer and removing Sam's lungs. Bobby choosing to stab himself rather than kill Dean (Oh, BOBBY!). Nick being confronted by a bed full of blood, a crib overflowing with gore, the carved-up ghost of his wife. That's got to remind us just how high the stakes really are here.
The Devil
We're loving Lucifer so far. The way the fallen angel is written -- sympathetic, reasonable, all-too-persuasive -- just brings it all home. We could almost understand why Nick decided to invite Lucifer in. (Plus, the writers put Lucifer's vessel in Delaware, and as that's my home state, I'm taking it as a direct shout-out to me. Me, I tell you!)
The defiance
Here's what Dean tells Bobby: "Screw the angels and the demons and their crap apocalypse. They want to fight a war, they can find their own planet. This one's ours, and I say they get the hell off it... [I have] a GED and a give 'em hell attitude and I'll figure it out." Yes, that was bravado talking, and yes, Dean tells Sam they don't have a hope. But we know our boys -- if anyone can save the world from demons, angels, and the Devil himself, it's the Winchesters. And we can't wait.
What about you? What were your high points and low points? Are you looking forward to this season after that premiere? What do you hope will happen?