Can I nominate 'writhing and moaning in the throes of a nightmare' Dean for favourite looks? Because I'd like to.

Also beating the crap out of/threatening to kill Cas for Dean's, ah, already-long list of sins this season...

I really enjoyed the season overall, but the few bad episodes were really bad. I'm with septembers_coda on the whole raising the stakes thing, though. I feel like the Darkness has to potential to be interesting, and to be used in ways that let the drama come from the characters rather than Nebulous Apocalyptic Threat #37, so I'm letting myself be excited about it until I'm disappointed. But also I'd like them to just hunt some monsters and work their shit out for a bit. (I'd also like some more Dean & Cas interaction, and that's not just the shipper in me talking. I missed their friendship, fraught and baggage-laden as it is, this season.)