After-thoughts: Episode 5.04 Free to be you and me

Free To Be You and Me is another awesome episode of Supernatural. This time last year, we have already watched Lazarus Rising, Are You There God, It's Me Dean Winchester and In the Beginning, and I was saying to myself that season 4 was the best season of Supernatural. Well... I think it's not wrong to say, season 5 is now the best season in my book. There is never a crap season of Supernatural, unlike other TV shows I enjoy watching such as 24, Lost, Heroes, SG1, SGA and Smallville. But season 5 of Supernatural has been magnificent. I know Supernatural is not everyone's cup of tea, but genre aside, this is the best written drama on television right now. No other shows on big networks can top what Supernatural has done so far creatively.

Free To Be You and Me is essentially an episode about the Sam and Dean going separate ways, doing separate things, putting on a game face pretending they are ok without each other but they are not. Castiel appeared in Dean's motel room, standing only centimeters away from Dean, Cas told him that he has leds to find God, but he has to trap a Teenage Mutant Ninja Angel, Raphael. After a trip to the Holy Land and somewhere naughty (on the same day), Castiel was told by Ninja Raph that God is dead. Dean offered his shoulder for Castiel to cry on. Meanwhile Lucifer dressed as Jessica and appeared to Sam in his dream. He told Sam that he was supposed to be his vessel, because Jacob has to go back to the island on Lost. (No, I don't think Mark Pellegrino is going back to Lost, but this is my lame attempt to recap the episode.)

The twists just kept coming! The first 3 episodes of this season have each revealed shocking twists. In the first episode, we found out Dean was the Archangel Michael's vessel. In the second episode, Cas revealed that he was looking for God and Dean's amulet was the God EMF. In this episode, we found out that Sam was the vessel for Lucifer. Not a total surprise, but it was still a big twist.

I love this episode. It's weird to see Dean and Sam going separate way. Seeing Dean hunt on his own and Sam worked in a coffee shop was weird, but thank the Lord, this will not last forever. You and I both know they will be back together. As long as they are together in the Impala, I don't care. Cas can have the backseat. I can stay in the trunk.

Let's talk about Sam's story first. I was excited by the return of Jessica, but a bit disappointed that Jessica wasn't really Jessica and she didn't make an impact like the others in When the Levee Breaks. It turned out Jessica was in fact Lucifer. Lucifer told Sam that he was supposed to be his vessel, but he needed permission from Sam. Mark Pellegrino was great in this scene, he seemed so quiet and gentle, but that's what gave me the chill because you know he is so evil. The wardrobe department could have done a better job though. Not that there is anything wrong with the truck driver look. I guess I was always imagining Lucifer would look like Lex Luthur in Smallville.

Let's talk about Dean. Dean was hunting on his own, hunting was all he could do. He told Cas at the end of the episode that he likes being on his own, he is free from family duty. But that's BS right?! Dean will never admit it. There is only one person in the entire world he'd ever care about, that's Sam. Killing a few Twilight is not going make him feel better. What Dean said when he confront the Ninja was great stuff. Just because their father is not here, it doesn't mean his teaching doesn't stand. Just because the boss is not here, it doesn't mean you can turn the office up-side down and party hard (well.. ok.. not a great example). But I think this could be where the story is going. God created everything, we may or may not see him, but it's up to us how to deal our lives. That's what the Gospels are for, they are stories and there are lessons to be learnt.

Dean has one of the greatest one liners in this episode. I was watching this episode in the airport alone. I laughed so hard when he mentioned Teenage Mutant Ninja Angel. I couldn't stop laughing for minutes. Didn't he also mention Thelma and Louise? Why is Dean so awesome? Because he is so awesome!

Let's talk about Cas. Cas and Dean have great chemistry since Lazarus Rising. I read a blog somewhere saying that Cas and Dean have no chemistry in this episode. Well.. what's wrong with you? Of course they have great chemistry! Dean is so going to corrupt Cas totally. Cas is so adorable. What's not to like about him? He seemed heart broken when Raph told him God is dead. Heart broken as in 'the-whole-men-on-the-moon-thing-didn't-happen-it-was-all-shot-in-a-Hollywood-studio' heart broken. He is a good soldier. When he does find God, I hope he gets an extra cookie.

Ok, so... if Dean is Michael's vessel and Sam is Lucifer's vessel, and if Jeffrey Dean Morgan ever going to come back to the show, he will be God's vessel. I can see it. If he is not, I can live with it. But I am calling this now, JDM will be God.

Deeply. Madly. In love with Supernatural.

Next week Supernatural is going Terminator. Don't miss The End.