I needed a good night's sleep after that!

[heidi]

1. DAYENU! It's enough! And it makes me feel better about my Chanukah prompt for spn_j2_xmas

2. If Dean does not pay for sex (as per Sin City) then how does he know how things go down at a brothel? Perhaps because (as Jensen implied once) he's been on sale in one? (No, more likely he's taken someone to one before but I will choose to believe the Occasional Sex Worker backstory.

3. Lucifer definitely did not take the boys out of the church and onto the plane. He wanted Sam to be there for vesseling purposes, so he wasn't the one who did the blasting. Which screws with Rafael's theory, and makes me wonder if Rafael was lying to Castiel on purpose, or if he just did not know that Sam is meant to be Lucifer's vessel. Does Castiel know? When will Sam tell Dean?

3a. Lucifer may have brought back Castiel, not so much to have another rebellious angel around but to keep Sam and Dean apart because he knows the best way for Sam to hand himself over is if he and Dean are apart.

4. Sam kissed Lucifer! HA!

SPOILERS BELOW FOR 5.04

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SO for Castiel, the post-apocalyptic life is all Burning Man, all the time?
And Sam is definitely a white-suited vessel for Lucifer because of his broken-heartedness after Dean rejects him for something and the only way Dean can prevent that happening is for him and Sam to get back together forever and try to reach that Happily Ever After. I am sort of hoping for a metaphorical Gift of the Magi scenario here.