There were several great episodes in this season. I just wasn't in a very happy place for most of it, and it's easy to take that out on fiction characters. : ) I will always love season one best from SPN, which is strange because mostly I like the later seasons of most of my favorite series.

I hadn't really thought about Dean turning into John more and more, but that's totally right I think. At least it makes it a little more understandable for him doing what he's doing. I don't particularly like it, but that's just me.