Wishful Thinking

• What does Dean remember from hell that he won't tell Sam?

• Sam is truly resigned to life as it is now, and perhaps obsessed with finding and killing Lilith. When asked what he would wish for most in the world, Sam replies, Lilith's head on a plate -- bloody."

• A wishing well is a term from European folklore to describe wells where it was thought that any spoken wish would be granted. Water was long considered sacred, and it was thought that deities lived in it. The coins were offerings to the gods, and if they landed a certain way, a wish would be granted. In November 2006, a British agency reported that tourists throw just under 3 million pounds per year into wishing wells!

• (unidentified song playing in background in the first restaurant scene)

• Dean tried to tell Todd, "With great power comes great ... ," before Todd chokes him. This is a reference to the line commonly attributed to the comic book character Spider-Man, created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, and omitting the word "responsibility." The line, as first used in Amazing Fantasy #15, is actually "With great power there must also come great responsibility."

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Ruby hears about Anna, a girl that everyone seems to be looking for, and tells Sam and Dean. They find her and discover that Anna can hear the voices of angels and figures into the plans of a demon named Alastair, who wants to use her as a tool against the angels.

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