We were amusingly on the same wavelength concerning this episode! I never read other commentaries until I finish my own, so I'm only making the rounds now, but I had to grin at how congruent many of our comments turned out to be. Loved the boys, loved Sam finally pushing the right button again (when is he going to put together what we've all figured out already, so he doesn't need to yell so much first? *grin*) to actually get Dean to really hear him, and truly loved Dean using the Impala as the means to establish another solid connection. I thought Gordon was most fittingly paid off.

The use of Bela didn't bother me. As someone who openly trades in things, she was obviously easy to find, and I'm gathering that the boys are doing a better job than before of keeping a seriously low profile. I figured that, rather than Dean telling her outright where they were, she would have used a dodge with the cellphone to get his location, so I didn't assume that he'd been an idiot. I do agree that her total disregard for their lives should definitely affect how they deal with her the next time they cross paths, and I hope that's not for a while. And not just because we've got both holiday and strike hiatuses coming up ...