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• Is there anything of the real Dean left inside his demonized soul?
• Can Sam save Dean?
• What will happen to Sam now Cole has trapped him and Dean won't agree to his demands?
• Will Cas be cured of his diminishing grace? Will he accept some other angel's grace to save himself?
• Will Dean re-join Crowley and agree to be his partner in ruling Hell?
• If Cole was tracking Dean all this time, how did he find Sam and disable the stolen car Sam was driving?

• Dean is revelling in being a demon!
• Cas is dying as he loses his grace.
• Dean appears to have no feelings for Sam and has threatened to kill him!

• This season premiere is the first time that a song by a female artist (Pat Benatar) has been featured in the opening recap.
• In the opening torture scene, Sam is not using the demon knife. Where is it?
• Jared's shoulder was injured in real life; he injured it play-wrestling with Osric Chau.
• In the opening sequence at the bunker, Sam is eating Corn Flakes.
• The "Black Spur" is the name of the bar where Crowley and Dean have been hanging out.
• The Black Spur is in Beulah, North Dakota (which is a real place), but there's a photo of Mount Rushmore on the wall in the background; Mount Rushmore is in South Dakota.
• Jakob Davies, the actor who plays Cole's son also played a child (Tyler) in "Plucky Pennywhistle's Magical*Menagerie" (Season 7).
• Travis Aaron Wade is a military veteran in real life.

• Crowley says he and Dean were beginning to wonder if Sam had "hit another dog", referring to the time (between seasons 7 and 8), when Dean was in Purgatory and Sam did not look for him.
• Crowley refers to demon "chum"; in this context, chum refers to fish parts/blood that fishermen throw into the water to attract sharks.
• Crowley refers to the "Tin Man" from the Wizard of Oz.
• "Suicide wings" are very spicy buffalo wings, a popular appetizer.
• Cole tells Sam a story about showing off for the girls "outside the D.Q." when he was a child. "D.Q." refers to Dairy Queen, a popular fast food and ice cream restaurant chain.

• "Heart Breaker" -- by Pat Benatar (plays during the opening recap)
• "I'm too sexy" -- by Right Said Fred (Dean's first karaoke song)
• "Honey" - by Bonjah (plays in the bar while Dean is playing darts and Crowley is talking to Sam)
• "Imaginary Lover" -- by the Atlanta Rhythm Section (Dean's second*karaoke*song)

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