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These scenes were hilarious (and tragic of course - Cas just lost his faith in God, his father, and is clearly not dealing well) but I wound up with so many questions.

Like, how much did Cas actually have to drink to get that wasted, stay that way for hours at the very least, and get the resulting hangover? Did he at some point stop putting the booze into his face and just magic the stuff into his bloodstream instead until he couldn't remember how to words? Or is this more of a self-flagellation sort of thing and he's deliberately holding onto drunkenness and the unpleasant after-effects so he can play out the full human-style melodrama aspect and avoid actually dealing with the problem?

Not a side of Cas we saw much, self pity and self destruction, or even physical expression of his emotional state until the final seasons, but I was intrigued by the practicalities of how Cas went about letting it rip in this instance!

Misha Collins just owned every scene he was in while Cas was in this state - against some stiff performance competition in this actually-very-dark episode. Even when he's just in the background with no lines, Cas is slumped against something or looking like he regrets his entire existence, looking unwell, wearing his defeat and done-ness like armour. Awesome performance.

"Wow, Cas, tell us what you really think." ↳ 5.17 - 99 PROBLEMS