On the other hand, that's now two episodes that have been fairly cheerful, and with yesterdays 'everything is relatively happy with warm fuzzies' ending you can tell that from now on Kripke is probably just going to be beating us into the ground with angst and trauma and horror and angst.

I have been thinking this. I remember when we had 'Monster Movie', 'Yellow Fever' and 'Wishful Thinking' in quick succession, and then the rest of the season was pain and misery. We see what you are planning, Kripke.

Chuck was indeed pretty amazing in this episode! (And, hey, it turns out he loves us as well!)