• Dean - "Listen, I may not be able to carry the burden that comes along with these trials, but I can carry you."
  Sam - "You... realize you kind of just quoted Lord of the Rings, right?"
  Dean - "Come on, man, but it's the Rudy hobbit. Rudy hobbit always gets a pass. Shut up."
  
• Crowley - "I'm here for the stone with the funny scribbles on it."
  Sam - "That's not gonna happen."
  Crowley - "Love it when you get all tough. Touches me right where my bathing suit goes."

• Meg - "Hold on, there's one part I don't understand. You hit a dog and stopped. Why?"
  Sam - "That whole story, and that's your takeaway?"
  Meg - "Oh, I heard the rest. You fell in love with a unicorn. It was beautiful, then sad, then sadder. I laughed, I cried, I puked in my mouth a little."

More Goodbye Stranger Quotes

• Is Sam well enough and strong enough to succeed in the other two trials so The Boys can close the "Gates of Hell"?

• Where is Cas taking the angel tablet to keep it safe? - Why doesn't he trust Dean with it?

• Is Cas completely free of Naomi's mind control now?

• When will Kevin translate the other two trials? - Are they even on his half of the tablet?

• What's happened between Crowley and Naomi in the past? Will they end up working together to find Cas and the angel tablet?

• Dean finds out that Sam is coughing up blood now. He also sees that Sam has been severely weakened by the first trial - he has trouble killing a 'stunt demon' now - and Cas tells Dean that Sam has been injured in ways he can't fix.
  
• Dean finds out that Cas has been under the control of Naomi ever since she arranged his escape from Purgatory.
  
• Crowley and Naomi had some sort of relationship in the past.

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More Goodbye Stranger Trivia

• Dean starts quoting "Sam" from "The Lord of the Rings" at the end, when he tells Sam he can't do the trials for him, but he'll carry him - very funny!
  
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More Goodbye Stranger Allusions

• "Goodbye Stranger" by Supertramp

• "Satan's Foot on My Neck" by Brett Detar

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