Much more than ever before, this ep really did cement for me SPN's problems with women. For once, could a woman hammer a man's head in without her being a bitchy witch? Just once? And the motif goes way back -- women using sex against men, way back to Gilgamesh, but UGH.

Just UGH.

I admit, I liked the homoeroticism of the pre-fight, but as you note, the fight was ugly.

Hmmm.