Positive points about Stairway to Heaven

Since I’ve not been able to get on here much until now I’ve only really thrown in quick comments about the negative element - ie. Tessa.

But OMG I actually kind of LOVE the episode!

Can we talk about ALL THE CAS and ALL THE ANGEL PLOT and how it was AWESOME?!

Angels WANTING TO STAY ON EARTH because they have discovered they like it more than Heaven - because bowling and PHYSICALITY of human/fallen life (the smell of wood etc)! EVERYTHING I WANTED from the fallen angel plot! :D

And Cas’ team becoming independent and questioning Cas and standing up to Dean because they are thinking for themselves!

Okay, asking Cas to punish Dean by KILLING DEAN was EXTREME - surely an alternative punishment could have been negotiated? But it makes sense angels would hold an ‘eye for an eye’ sense of justice, I think, and that it will take more time for them to start thinking differently about that (and Cas knew that, which was why he didn’t try and argue, just accepted that his credibility had come down to his ability to kill Dean AND HE COULDN’T BECAUSE ‘he’s in love’ and there were FUCKING TEARS IN HIS EYES as he realised that’s what things had come down to OMG GUYS GUYS! Why was he crying? Because he was losing his army, AT THE THOUGHT OF KILLING DEAN, did the thought of killing Dean make him cry?? or was it the look in Dean’s eyes, that moment of FEAR in Dean and Cas was crying that Dean would look at him like that, could possibly think he would ever kill him?? why was he crying guys??)

Oh and Cas being ‘very pop culture savvy, now’ - SQUEE!

AND ‘ONLY THE PENITENT MAN MAY PASS’ - I was gasping and flailing THE INSTANT Sam quoted that because FAVOURITE INDIANA JONES ALERT! And they even mimicked the shot with the breeze blowing through the cobwebs that happens just before Indy figures it out and I was screaming ‘duck Cas DUCK!’ and Cas DID because he KNOWS INDIANA JONES NOW and it was super fun shut up don’t judge me! :p

Plus, oh - CAS AND SAM working together. CAS AND SAM WORKING TOGETHER.

(to add another quick negative - the annoying mother at the beginning who was berating the angel for eating the banana split felt OTT and uncalled for, I didn’t like that, although I liked the child angel).

Generally all the angels and the DEVELOPMENT the scenes with them showed were/was great imo - angels growing comfortable on Earth! Angels using casual and colloquial language, angels in ‘outreach’ programs where they are helping with ‘minor miracles.’ Was that Cas’ idea? Did he want to make sure his followers were more than soldiers?? Or did they suggest it to him? Did they want to be actively helping humanity? Either way - awesome!!

Cas and Sam talking about Dean and being concerned about him!!

Cas and Dean arguing (like a couple?) and Sam telling them to stop! :p

CAS AND DEAN’S FINAL CONVERSATION where Cas was hurting from the lack of trust/belief from his followers and Dean was 100% genuine ‘dude yes I believe you’ even though he’d been the one distrustful and doubting of Cas at the beginning, and how it was exactly what Cas needed - to know that the guy whose opinion he cares THE MOST about trusted him. AND believed in him, being confident the three of them could take down Metatron!

Not to mention how seeing Cas give up his whole army, his prestige, his rockstar status, what could be called Cas’ best shot at defeating Metatron and returning to Heaven FOR DEAN must have influenced Dean himself. How it must have really hit home the way Cas CARES ABOUT HIM, really shown Dean what he means to Cas!

(and now I’m thinking I would really love it if next episode when they are all yelling at Dean for attacking Gadreel - and wasn’t it SUPER BIG AND AMAZING OF SAM to even CONSIDER working with Gadreel and maybe even giving him at chance at redemption/forgiveness considering the violation Gadreel subjected Sam to?? - that Dean will answer something like ‘look, Cas needs juice, right? lets just take it from this guy, keep Cas alive, sounds like a fair trade to me’)

…aaaah. Yes. There was much to the good this week :)