Episode 58: Season 8 Wrap Up!

This week we wrap up not only our coverage of Season 8, but our time with Jess. Fear not, Ella and Ilse will continue to cover all of the Cas episodes of Supernatural, but, yes, our last episode with our beloved cohostie has come. Listen to her heartfelt goodbye and her instating of jock autumn (jautumn?) as we answer your questions and discuss our takes on this season of Supernatural.

Mentioned in this episode:

• what’s with Cas and the pop girlies?
• “have Australians started saying nonbino yet?”, and some suggestions on how they could make gender neutral language their own
• the collated masterpost of Cas Cast fic recs
• the lovely Ve's masterpost of fic recs
• Mixtape Book Club
• CAS AS A FUCKINGGGG DRAGONNNNN by tumblr user firlexgremlin
• bro just listen to MOTW

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This week: Sacrifice, original air date May 15, 2013.

Written by Jeremy Carver, directed by Phil Sgriccia.

Please enjoy our swag filled coverage of the SPN season 8 finale Sacrifice. Oh yeah and CAS ISN’T AN ANGEL ANYMORE??? How will his swag levels be affected?! Tune in and find out! Also we're trying to bring the word swag back! Please support us 🙏

Mentioned in this episode:

• Beloved listener Morts awesome tumblr where you can find their art
• The reason we couldn’t remember exactly when Charlie set the boys up with magic credit cards is because it seems to be only mentioned in season 15? Lol
• Wild Geese by Mary Oliver
• Vintage fun Cas art from between season 8 & 9

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This week: Clip Show, original air date May 8, 2013.

Written by Andrew Dabb, directed by Thomas J. Wright.

Hey, gang. Listen, sometimes it’s hard. Pretty short episode this week! Included inside: bitching, moaning, and animal sounds. You’re welcome.

Mentioned in this episode:

• Dabb and Loflin DID DO 5x16 DARK SIDE OF THE MOON??
• benefits would be i get kicked way less vine
• insane Jensen Ackles quote
• swag license revoked !
• Linkin Park - In The End
• dean-isms tumblr

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This week: The Great Escapist, original air date May 1, 2013.

Written by Ben Edlund, directed by Robert Duncan McNeill.

Our last Bedlund ep 💔 and it's a good one! Cas get fingered again!! Yippee!!! There are MANY rammies in this episode though. Watch out!

Mentioned in this episode:

• Probably some things.. watch this space? Lol

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This week: Goodbye Stranger, original air date March 20, 2013.

Written by Robbie Thompson, directed by Thomas J. Wright.

Oh my God. Oh my God?? After weeks away, we finally return to you with a beautiful helping of Goodbye Stranger. It’s only late because it’s been aged in oak. Don’t worry about it.

Mentioned in this episode:

• this one is very, very late. I’m so sorry. - Ilse
• epic guitar solo

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This week: Torn and Frayed, original air date January 16, 2013.

Written by Jenny Klein, directed by Bob Singer.

All SORTS of fucked up. Ilse gets excited about Naomi and talks about it for way too long. It’s fair. It’s justified. It’s their time. They are writing this, yes. They will talk about it for way too long again. I love this show.

Mentioned in this episode:

• Sam, baffled by people wanting to date Cas (comic)
• the cheapest room in the house by biggaybenny
• Cas and Dean would kill themselves if they tried to open their relationship (so I can’t find this one. What are you going to do about it. Kill me? Whatever. – Ilse, 2024)

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This week: Hunteri Heroici, original air date November 28, 2012.

Written by Andrew Dabb, directed by Paul Edwards.

Many people should have an anvil dropped on them for how they treat Cas in this episode!!!! BUT we also kind of love it. Cas is going to become a hunter :) Surely everything will be fine forever and ever! Capeesh?

Mentioned in this episode:

• THEE With Understanding
• If Only Maybe and Then by stonelions
• Pseudodementia
• The Complicated History of Who Framed Roger Rabbit

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This week: A Little Slice Of Kevin, original air date November 14, 2012.

Written by Brad Buckner and Eugenie Ross-Leming, directed by Charlie Carner.

While Ella was taking the screenshots for this one, she wearily said, “This episode is so gay.” Reader. This episode is gay as hell. Additionally, we are very silly this week.

Mentioned in this episode:

• Massive Gene Kelly geek out. Just Google him.
• I’m With You - Avril Lavigne
• Jess’ book rec: The Goblin Emperor

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This week: Audio Commentary Track for The Man Who Would Be King, original air date May 6, 2011.

Written and directed by Ben Edlund

We got you something special for our 50th episode! It's a podcast you can watch Supernatural to. Just pop it on and hit play when we say play, and boom, you've got yourself some audio commentary.

Thank you for being here for our 50th episode <3

Mentioned in this episode:

• Umm 6x20 I guess

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This week: Blood Brother, original air date October 31, 2012. 

Written by Ben Edlund <3, directed by Guy Norman Bee.

Oh brother... barely any Cas in this episode AND he's getting bullied. But he looks great. Ben Edlund freaked it again as always though! Jess had to talk about Benny a lot in this one, and for that she is so brave. R.I.P. Andrea, you were wearing the hell out of those pants!

Mentioned in this episode: 

• Our bestie Tessa's upsetting post (Follow them!)
• Us working away at The Cas Cast factory
• Scary Jensen image
• Vampirates book rec from Jess
• Fic rec (ao3 login required): The Benjamin Franklin Key-and-Kite Experiment by beerenee

We've had to use some back up audio for this one, sorry for the dip in quality.

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