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1. "Blessings aren't just for the ones who kneel....luckily." - U2, City of Blinding Lights

2. "Love it will not betray you, dismay or enslave you, It will set you free..." - Mumford & Sons, Sigh No More

3. "Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working." - Pablo Picasso

1. When Dean starts to see himself in Ben in the The Kids are Alright and is rather freaked out by it. So much so that he goes to leave and walks right into the trash can.

2. Dean's expression in reaction to the bed & breakfast decor in the episode "Playthings". Loved that one!

3. Dean in "Heart" when Madison asks Sam to kill her and Sam is really struggling with it....Dean takes the gun away so gently...all he ever wants to do is spare Sam the pain in life.

4. When Dean returns from hell and sees that Sam has put (gasp) an iPod jack in the Impala. Sam thinks it the greatest thing and Dean is so offended...."I told you to take of her, not douche her up!". Classic Dean.

5. When Sam & Dean are saying the same thing at the same time at the diner in Mystery Spot. So so so funny.

6. Dean singing along to Air Supply in Slash Fiction. Jensen could not have acted that better!

1. When Sam gave Dean a real Christmas in "A Very Supernatural Christmas"

2. this exchange from "Scarecrow":
Dean: So, can I drop you off somewhere?
Sam: No, I think you're stuck with me.
Dean: What made you change your mind?
Sam: I didn't. I still wanna find Dad and you're still a pain in the ass...but Jess and mom...they're both gone...Dad is God knows where...
you and me, we're all that's left.
So if we're going to see this through...
we're gonna do it together.
Dean: (with a look of extreme fake honesty) Hold me Sam. That was beautiful.
Sam: (realizing Dean's making fun of him) You should be kissing my ass...you were dead meat, dude!
Dean: Yeah, right...I had a plan. I'd have gotten out.
Sam: (very skeptically) Right.

3. In The Curious Case of Dean Winchester when "old Dean" is trying to crack the combination lock on the safe and can't focus in on it due to his "aged" eyesight...Sam pushes him aside and says, "This is like Mission Pathetic; get out of the way." Love that.

1. Swan Song in season 5
...because it was the culmination of just about the entire series and giving the Impala a central role was perfect. There was not a single wasted second in this episode. Funny, emotional, violent, really creative, well-written, and well-crafted all-around. The best Supernatural episode ever.

2. Playthings in season 2
Playthings was pretty much the perfect Supernatural stand-alone episode.....it was creepy (the old haunted hotel with all the old dolls in it and the dollhouse that would show people dying before it happened), it was funny (everyone assumes Sam & Dean are a gay couple out antiquing...and after initially being put off by this, Dean starts to run with it a bit in order to further the investigation...and Dean's take on the hotel decor is hilarious and true!), it keeps you guessing a bit (you aren't sure of the relationship between the family at the hotel), it's touching (Sam gets drunk and makes Dean promise to kill him if he ever turns "bad" and Dean's care in taking care of Sam when he's drunk is pretty sweet), it's redemptive (Sam gets to save the little girl and is reminded why he's a hunter in the first place and that people don't just die around him; sometimes they live because of him), it's beautifully shot (the scenes in the glass pool house and underwater are really nice and the camera work really gave you a sense of how huge this old hotel is; shooting in many different rooms), and the "job" at the hotel is resolved, but it's still creepy with the final scene of the two ghost children playing together in the room full of old toys. Pretty much the perfect Supernatural episode.

3. Heart
This one really got me. Probably the best final minute of any Supernatural episode. Sam's pain looks totally real (maybe a bit over the top, but I loved it anyway!) and so does Dean's pain for Sam. You hear that gunshot and see that single tear on Dean's face; ugh; gets me every time. Dean flinching when he hears the gunshot was perfect and conveyed everything you needed to know.

4. Time is on My Side
Dean's pending trip to hell....a totally creepy evil doctor...the last of Bela...Sam & Dean get to work on their own...Dean shows some insecurity (for once)...Dean decides it's more important to be human than to live forever...good episode.

5. Weekend at Bobby's
Because Bobby deserved his own episode and I love how he's so hassled and so busy he never gets to eat the dessert his neighbor brings him. He tries so hard but is always too busy helping everyone else to take care of himself!

6. The Monster at the End of the Book
I love the scene where Dean & Sam are doing laundry at the laundromat and Dean is reading from Chuck's book, telling Sam what he's going to do right before he does it. It was an episode I thought might be a bad spoof of the show, but it turned out to be quite excellent.

7. When the Levee Breaks
Sam & Dean finally have it out over Sam's addiction to demon blood. There was so much in this one about everything going on in Sam's head. Dean knows he's right. Sam knows he's right....turns out Dean is right about everything, but watching them beat the crap out of each other was heartbreaking.

8. Mystery Spot
Like the best Supernatural episodes, it was funny and really touching. I don't know how they could make Dean dying over and over funny AND heartbreaking, but they did. Seeing the effect on Sam was hard to watch. Jared did a great job in this one and the scene with them in the diner where they are saying the same thing at the same time as Sam tries to prove he's re-living the same day over and over is one of my all-time favorite moments.

9. Baby
A favorite episode in season 11 is just...so...Robbie Thompson. Love his writing. This one was so touching and the camera work was gorgeous. Loved Sam and Dean talking over the seats. Loved the whole d a m n thing. Beautiful and perfect.

10. Sacrifice
Sam...wow...just...Sam; Jared killed it in this one. Amazing amazing amazing.

11. Slash Fiction
I loved this episode and I haven't loved a new episode in awhile...I loved the leviathan Sam & Dean clones complaining about what it is like to be them!!! Loved Dean singing along to Air Supply! Loved that the truth about Amy came out. This was a very good episode and I feel like the old Supernatural I love is back!

12. Sex & Violence
It was great how Dean's ideal was someone who looked up to him and trusted him...a brother instead of a stripper. Great how they had the chance to get their real feelings about each other out while under the siren's spell. Just a really good episode and it did actually keep me guessing.

13. Pac Man Fever
So very touching...also had funny moments and there was so much packed into this one. I love Charlie and Dean and Charlie's bond really deepened here as he helped her cope with letting go of her mom. This one seemed to resolve some issues between Sam & Dean too. It was classic, perfect Supernatural. Loved it.

Favorite Episodes:

Swan Song:

Playthings:

Heart:

Time is on My Side:

Weekend at Bobby's:

The Monster at the End of the Book:

When the Levee Breaks:

Mystery Spot:

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Baby:

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Sacrifice:

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Slash Fiction:

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Sex & Violence:

Pac Man Fever:

1. Dean to Cas: Well Cas, not for nothin' but the last person who looked at me like that, I got laid.

2. Zachariah to Adam: You know Sam and Dean Winchester are psychotically, irrationally, erotically codependent on each other, right?

3. Bobby to Crowley: Now get the hell off my property before I blast you so full of rock-salt that you start crapping margaritas!

4. Ben & Dean:
Ben: No, don't go over there...only
b i t c h e s send a grown-up.
Dean: You're not wrong.
Ben: And I'm not a b i t c h.

5. Dean to Sam: (Are you) still driving that plastic piece of crap?
Sam: What kind of mileage do YOU get.
Dean: Shut up.

6. Harry: Ed, you got to go be gay for that poor dead intern! You gotta send him into the light!

7. Dean: There's Sam girls and Dean girls. And what's a slash fan?
Sam: As in... Sam slash Dean. Together.
Dean: Like... together together?
Sam: Yeah.
Dean: They do know we're brothers, right?
Sam: It doesn't seem to matter.
Dean: Ah, come on. That's... that's just sick.

8. Crowley (to Cas about Sam & Dean): Am I the only game piece on the board who DOESN'T underestimate those denim-wrapped nightmares?!?!?!?!