Basically your average monster-of-the-week episode, very reminiscent of the early seasons. Since the overall plot of this particular episode was nothing major, it allowed me to focus on the little details, particularly where the boys' heads are at in this episode:
Dean- Dean is back in the game! After Season 7, with Sam and Bobby both worried that Dean had lost his edge and that he was going to end up killed as a result, Dean acknowledges that his time in Purgatory has shown him that killing monsters is what he does best.
Sam- We're now back to the same Sam we had in Season 1, the one who was desperate to give up hunting and live a normal life. It's frustrating to hear him rant about how his past year without Dean gave him "something he's never had before" though...isn't that EXACTLY what he had at Stamford for SEVERAL years with Jessica? Has he forgotten all about her? It was disheartening to listen to him try to convince Dean that he didn't need him around and that Dean should start preparing to continue hunting on his own.
Review of Heartache
