We get to see the boys still getting along and Sam giving Dean crap about his dating app. I love that Sam tries to prep Dean to the fact that Shayleen is most likely not her profile pic and might not even be a woman. Annnnnd then she shows up and proves Sam wrong- - for the time being. I think we all knew that something would be up with her. I am glad the boys are still getting along and that the tension undercurrent is at a minimum. Switch to Castiel and Hannah. Their mission on earth seems to be wrapping up and she seems to want to call it quits. Cas wants to guarantee that all the Angels are back in Heaven. I think he probably just doesn't want to go back himself so he's telling himself he needs to finish this mission. Of course insert awkward moment with Hannah getting naked so she can go shower. Back with Dean and the woman we soon find out is a prostitute-- with a twist. She's requiring souls as payment instead of money. Obviously she doesn't believe this is a big deal, but here's my question: Why use real prostitutes? Why not have demons handle both ends? As in why not possess prostitutes so they can just seal the deal with you instead of having to call in a third party? It just seems like a mood killer to me-- not that I'm looking to start a demon prostitution ring-- but if I was I think I could do a better job. And we switch story lines again back to Castiel and Hannah-- where her husband is crashing the party. This is awkward as well-- as everything with her seems to be and she tries to convince her husband that the reason she ran away was because she is in love with Castiel and they are together now. Her husband doesn't buy it and I think after she kissed Castiel she realized that he really wasn't interested either. She gives all of these noble excuses as to why she's going to leave her body and go back to Heaven, but I really think it's just because she finally gets that Castiel isn't interested in her like that. I'm so glad that she's gone now though and hope that Castiel teams up with the boys again. Rowena shows up at Raul's Girls and kills Raul. She takes the girls along to "help" them and at this time I was slightly unsure if she was really going to be a bad guy or not. I know we've seen her killing people in hotel rooms, but in this world that doesn't really make someone all the way bad. The boys find Raul's body and realize that witches are involved. With a little research (btw surely they ran across this spell when trying to kill Yellow Eyes or Crowley. Or any other demon) they find out that the spell originates from a 300 year old witch named Rowena. We see Rowena manipulating everyone around her while giving a pitch to the girls to try to bring them into her coven. So yeah-- now we're sure that Rowena is a bad guy. After a little bit of time getting all they want however we see that her magic does come with a rather large price (like the people she enchants die a horrible death pretty quickly-- gives new meaning to dine and dash). We also see that Crowley isn't too happy with the Raul's Girls establishment and agrees that a soul in exchange for some good (or nasty) sex is a bad deal. I would like to think that he agrees with me that Raul was running a poor business model as well. I also am concerned with Crowley's lack of focus. He's the King of Hell he should act like it! I miss my bad guy. Dean and Sam are now on the hunt for Rowena when we see yet another story line introduced. We see the dude (Cole) that tied up Sam at the beginning of the season and who Dean humiliated. He evidently hasn't given up and is now torturing demons to find out what makes them tick. So when Dean and Sam corner Rowena he gets the drop on them and Rowena gets away. In the struggle with Rowena though the boys kill 2 demons who were sent to grab her and Rowena kills one of the hookers as a distraction to try to get away. I am curious to see if instead of going home to his family if Cole sticks around and really gets to see what the boys do. He finally got to see a glimpse of the real Sam and Dean, but I find it hard to believe after a quick conversation with Dean that he'd really buy that Dean killed his dad for legitimate reasons. Is this going to be a plot line that disappears (cough-- Benny-- cough) or will we find out what Cole's dad really was? Will Cole become a hunter? Yes we see Cole drive off, but now that he's not out to kill the boys I'd kinda be interested in his story. The biggest feels were to be had during Dean's conversation with Cole. He acknowledged Sam's love for him, he thinks he is destined to die a bloody death (which I'm inclined to agree with), and he wants Cole to avoid the darkness he has in his life. Yep. All off the feels.
At the tail end of the episode we see Castiel Googling his host body's story, but even bigger we see Crowley go to kill Rowena. Yeah. . .about that. As many fans predicted we find out something big-- Rowena is Crowley's mom. You know that witch mother he mentioned a few seasons ago-- welp-- that would be her. Will he kill her? Create an alliance with her? Will his humanity cause (even more) issues with this situation?
At the tail end of the episode we see Castiel Googling his host body's story, but even bigger we see Crowley go to kill Rowena. Yeah. . .about that. As many fans predicted we find out something big-- Rowena is Crowley's mom. You know that witch mother he mentioned a few seasons ago-- welp-- that would be her. Will he kill her? Create an alliance with her? Will his humanity cause (even more) issues with this situation?