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Wow, I loved seeing Cas go all kickass angelic on Crowley there.

Not a card any show can play too often, a powerful character actually letting rip with their superpowers - which explains why Cas spends so much of Supernatural at varying levels of diminished ability. He couldn't be around so much of the time otherwise, short of some convoluted "...but I'm sworn never to interfere with the affairs of mortals..." MacGuffin that would've made him even more emotionally constipated and angsty than he was.

In this episode, Cas is shown to be severely drained by using his usual power first to smite a demon, then fly/teleport a very short distance. Both efforts leave him swaying on his feet and breathless. But then he does this. Full badass glowy angel mode (more or less - bit wobbly). It's not his usual style, that's for sure.

I love that I couldn't tell if this moment was Cas bluffing big with his last reserves of strength - a lightshow to intimidate Crowley before it came to a physical fight that Cas wasn't confident of winning in his current condition - or if he was capable of actually following through and smiting everything in sight. (I love that Crowley generally errs on the side of, "Yeah, nope, bye!")

Is Naomi limiting Cas' powers as well as scrambling his poor brain at this point? Is that why he had trouble appearing fully to Dean at the start of the ep? Lashing out to smash the tablet and scare Crowley leaves Cas on the floor, so his physical strength seems diminished too.

I can't remember if the season ever explained the extent of Naomi's hold over him, nor how much she was letting him remember between their meetings - how much he was conscious of as she marched him about doing her bidding. I got the impression their 'first meeting' at the end of this ep, the scene were we the audience first meet Naomi, wasn't the start of her hands-on influence over Cas - just the first time he became aware of it during the episode.

“Maybe you can get it up, but you can't keep it up.”

SUPERNATURAL | 8x07 - A Little Slice of Kevin