8.20 "Pac-Man Fever"

I thought this was a pretty good episode.

I was very excited to see Charlie return. It was cool to see the way her relationship with the boys has grown. So far it doesn't seem like the writers are too keen on killing her off. I'm glad they gave her more back story in this episode; I think it means that they're gonna put her in more episodes.

Sam's health is really taking a hard left. I'm actually starting to think that he'll die again by the time this season is over. I know that there is going to be some kind of extreme change. I really am wondering how the finale will be if next week he has already fainted.

There isn't much to say about this episode in corolation with the story line. By that I mean the main goal of the season wasn't really the plot of this episode, but they kept the continuity so that it was still mentioned. I think it's good that the writers can put episodes in the season that still carry on the story without actually putting anymore weight on the rising action. It would be overwhelming if they only made episodes that continued the heaviness and drama of another emotionally heavy episode. I really enjoyed all of the comedic beats in this episode. The montage sequence was a nice touch. I actually forgot about the Carver Edlund books. If I were the boys I would have beat the holy hell out of Chuck for those but of course, Chuck has disappeared on mysterious terms. One thing that kind of bothered me: It seemed as though Charlie was only thanking Dean for saving the world when while Dean helped, Sam is the one who sacrificed his life and his soul.

Being someone who has recently been playing a lot of the zombie version of COD, I saw that the scene with Dean and Charlie was reminiscent of that game or some other army game that has zombies in it. Those games are addicting but they totally give me the skeeves. Giving my female opinion real quick: Dean in a uniform was not acid to the eyes. Anywhoo, the enigma that is Charlie Bradbury is slowly starting to unravel itself. I kind of want to see more back story in the episodes to come. Maybe she could be their resident hacker-that would be pretty awesome actually.

This is unrelated but I'm getting tired of all of the ratbutt excuses for why Garth isn't on screen. Why don't they just bring him on? Garth is friggin awesome!

Something else that bothers me is the fact that Sam never has a special bond with a guest star or recurring character. I feel like I've said this before. Every time there is a character that the boys befriend, they always bond more with Dean: Charlie, Krissy, Cas, Garth. I think one exception is Jody Mills who they seriously need to bring back. I actually want to see more Sam and Cas bonding as well because Cas has frequently called Sam his friend and I want to see more of their dynamic. And I'm not gonna lie, it would be cool if there was a scene where Dean walked in on Sam and Krissy rockin' out to Taylor Swift like this:

 
So that was my piece. I think I had more to say but I'm so scatter brained that I forgot. Oh, this season Dean has been huggin like it's his job. And this was the first hug that he and Sam have shared that wasn't directly related to one of their deaths or suspicions of the other being dead, what a monumental moment*sniff*. I'm quite thrilled for the next episodes, I wanna see what has happened to Sam, I wanna see what Kevin Tran's stupid self has done. OH! Most of all: Cas is back and I reeeeeeaaaaalllyy want to see if the boys will tell him about Meg and if he will react with the fit of rage that I am hoping for. Alrighty then, G'bye!