It took me a full hour before I could speak coherently again, I kid you not.  When I say I'm "flailing," I usually mean it as a figure of speech.  Ohhh, not this time.  I literally FLAILED.  Like, waved my arms back and forth like a madman screaming bloody murder.  I wish I could have gotten my reaction on tape, because there was babbling, crying, jumping up and down in the seat--the works.  I don't think I've reacted this way to an episode since the season one finale, where I screamed so loud I actually woke up my sister (this was about 4 am or so.)  Ohh, the traumatization.  Kripke still hasn't paid my psychiatric bill.

The other day, a friend told me that "back in the day," people used to think a woman getting hysterical meant her uterus was trying to move up towards her brain, and the only way to coax it down was by giving her flowers.  Now that I think about it, he may just have been seeing if I'd fall for it, and, if so, bravo dude.  Apparently, it's not very hard to get me to believe crazy shit.  Err, what does this have to do with Supernatural again?  Oh yes...I need some flowers.

A couple of things...

I feel really, ridiculously shallow right now, but Sam looked so so soooo good tonight.  The hair is finally tamed (rawr!), and I'm never going to tire of him in blue stripes.  I mean, Sam always looks hot, but sometimes, through no fault of his own, it's hard to notice much else when Dean "Hotty McHottenstein" Winchester is around.  He should probably look into getting an average looking sidekick, or something.  Anyway, there was no outshining this time, unless you think it went the other way around, and I COMPLETELY agree with you in that case.  Sam was smokin' tonight.  "Rawr!" again (but for entirely different reasons.)

I became suspicious of Ava the moment I saw her.  She was kidnapped from her bed, right?  She shouldn't have been fully dressed.  At least, that's what set it off in my mind.  It's probably not even relevant, because she wouldn't have anything to change into when she first showed up five months ago anyway, right?  Ahh, the continuity hurts my brain.

I still think the whole Evil!Ava thing is hilarious, by the way.  Let me explain.  Remember when she was first introduced, and the entirety of SPN fandom just LOVED her?  There were a lot of very specific "She's sooo much better than Jo." reviews.  It's pretty ironic that she turned out to be an evil, deceptive bitch, and Jo's the nice one who just wants to follow in her father's footsteps.  Somewhere, a short man with receding hair is cackling.

I want to say the biggest suprise of the episode was Mary's "It's you!" statement, but I read someone's theory that Mary was probably supernatural in some way, so there was no novelty in the reveal.  Kudos to whoever that was, by the way  (I half suspect it's just Kripke trying to stir up some debate.  That man makes me paranoid of posting in forums.)  The crib scene flashback made me notice something--when Mary sees John asleep in the living room, she rushes upstairs without waking him.  Could that imply she had no fear of a robber or whatever she thought the YED was?  It's very possible she was just in a hurry to get back to Sam, but, when you think about it, it wouldn't have taken more than two seconds to wake him up.  Hmmmmm....

I'm so glad Sam didn't try and finish off Jake.  It might have cost him his life (maybe?), but at least he didn't play the YED's game.  Was this what John was referring to when he implied Sam could turn evil?  If so, we're officially safe from Sam ever turning evil, right? Right?

Favorite part is when Sam sees Dean for the first time--his face just lights up.  If you'll allow me:  AWWWWWWWWWWW!!!! *melts into a happy puddle of goo*

As he's holding Sam, Dean makes a lot of "calming" remarks.  At first, I thought it was a little strange because Sam obviously didn't need calming--he's just sorta slumping there.  Then I realized Dean wasn't saying it for Sammy.  HE needed the calming.  *sigh* Oh, Dean.  *perfect, single Jensen!tear*

Stuff I liked:

- "Bring me some pie!"
- Andy's earcuff. Hee.
- Eva took Lily out first.  Okay, I didn't like that.  That sucked.  I just liked the thought that was put into it.  Lily's obviously the most powerful, so it makes sense to get rid of her first.  Good thinkin', SPN writers.
- As Ash does his "shifty look" on the phone with Dean, a cowboy walks by that looks a lot like Ennis from Brokeback Mountain.
- D. Hasselhoff.  Hee.
- The conversation between Sam and Jake about keeping the others calm.  Aw, that was cool.  We barely knew ye, Jake.
- YED has been steadily losing hair since the incident in Sam's nursery.  What?  His head looked fluffier!
- Ash has a tattoo that reminds me of Plastic!Dean's "Sam" tat.
- Andy needs to broadcast gay porn into MY brain.

Can't wait 'til next week.  I didn't watch the previews, so do your best not to spoil! :-)