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I could write a thesis on the performance of body language in this scene (if I didn't keep getting distracted by the dialogue, and the expressions on their faces, and 2014!Cas being more insightful while toasted on god-knows-what than most characters are on a good day). The before and after of Cas looking at Dean and spotting that he's not 2014!Dean.

The whole ep is a performance goldmine, a cinematic one, a worldbuilding one, a script one. The direction, I mean... wow. Incredible work. And half of it's held up by Jensen Ackles playing opposite himself, which is the extreme sport of acting - the sheer amount of dialogue between the two Deans alone makes this episode extraordinary when the rest of the episode pivots on him too. There's a reason you usually only get quick glimpses of 'double' characters interacting on TV: the time and performance energy it takes to do it well needs a movie schedule, not a TV episode one.

My list of 'best eps of anything ever' is actually pretty short after 40 years of active viewing. Adding this one was a no-brainer.

"Whoa, strange." ↳ 5.04 - THE END