The Cas Cast: Recent Episodes

Ilse, Ella, and Jess

Welcome to the Cas Cast, where we discuss only the Cas (Castiel if you're nasty) episodes of Supernatural.

This week: Sacrifice, original air date May 15, 2013.

Written by Jeremy Carver, directed by Phil Sgriccia.

Please enjoy our swag filled coverage of the SPN season 8 finale Sacrifice. Oh yeah and CAS ISN’T AN ANGEL ANYMORE??? How will his swag levels be affected?! Tune in and find out! Also we're trying to bring the word swag back! Please support us 🙏

Mentioned in this episode:

Beloved listener Morts awesome tumblr where you can find their art
The reason we couldn’t remember exactly when Charlie set the boys up with magic credit cards is because it seems to be only mentioned in season 15? Lol
Wild Geese by Mary Oliver
Vintage fun Cas art from between season 8 & 9

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This week: Clip Show, original air date May 8, 2013.

Written by Andrew Dabb, directed by Thomas J. Wright.

Hey, gang. Listen, sometimes it’s hard. Pretty short episode this week! Included inside: bitching, moaning, and animal sounds. You’re welcome.

Mentioned in this episode:

Dabb and Loflin DID DO 5x16 DARK SIDE OF THE MOON??
benefits would be i get kicked way less vine
insane Jensen Ackles quote
swag license revoked !
Linkin Park - In The End
dean-isms tumblr

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This week: The Great Escapist, original air date May 1, 2013.

Written by Ben Edlund, directed by Robert Duncan McNeill.

Our last Bedlund ep 💔 and it's a good one! Cas get fingered again!! Yippee!!! There are MANY rammies in this episode though. Watch out!

Mentioned in this episode:

Probably some things.. watch this space? Lol

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This week: Goodbye Stranger, original air date March 20, 2013.

Written by Robbie Thompson, directed by Thomas J. Wright.

Oh my God. Oh my God?? After weeks away, we finally return to you with a beautiful helping of Goodbye Stranger. It’s only late because it’s been aged in oak. Don’t worry about it.

Mentioned in this episode:

this one is very, very late. I’m so sorry. - Ilse
epic guitar solo

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This week: Torn and Frayed, original air date January 16, 2013.

Written by Jenny Klein, directed by Bob Singer.

All SORTS of fucked up. Ilse gets excited about Naomi and talks about it for way too long. It’s fair. It’s justified. It’s their time. They are writing this, yes. They will talk about it for way too long again. I love this show.

Mentioned in this episode:

Sam, baffled by people wanting to date Cas (comic)
the cheapest room in the house by biggaybenny
Cas and Dean would kill themselves if they tried to open their relationship (so I can’t find this one. What are you going to do about it. Kill me? Whatever. – Ilse, 2024)

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This week: Hunteri Heroici, original air date November 28, 2012.

Written by Andrew Dabb, directed by Paul Edwards.

Many people should have an anvil dropped on them for how they treat Cas in this episode!!!! BUT we also kind of love it. Cas is going to become a hunter :) Surely everything will be fine forever and ever!

Mentioned in this episode:

THEE With Understanding
If Only Maybe and Then by stonelions
Pseudodementia
The Complicated History of Who Framed Roger Rabbit

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This week: A Little Slice Of Kevin, original air date November 14, 2012.

Written by Brad Buckner and Eugenie Ross-Leming, directed by Charlie Carner.

While Ella was taking the screenshots for this one, she wearily said, “This episode is so gay.” Reader. This episode is gay as hell. Additionally, we are very silly this week.

Mentioned in this episode:

Massive Gene Kelly geek out. Just Google him.
I’m With You - Avril Lavigne
Jess’ book rec: The Goblin Emperor

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This week: Audio Commentary Track for The Man Who Would Be King, original air date May 6, 2011.

Written and directed by Ben Edlund

We got you something special for our 50th episode! It's a podcast you can watch Supernatural to. Just pop it on and hit play when we say play, and boom, you've got yourself some audio commentary.

Thank you for being here for our 50th episode <3

Mentioned in this episode:

Umm 6x20 I guess

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This week: Blood Brother, original air date October 31, 2012.

Written by Ben Edlund <3, directed by Guy Norman Bee.

Oh brother... barely any Cas in this episode AND he's getting bullied. But he looks great. Ben Edlund freaked it again as always though! Jess had to talk about Benny a lot in this one, and for that she is so brave. R.I.P. Andrea, you were wearing the hell out of those pants!

Mentioned in this episode:

Our bestie Tessa's upsetting post (Follow them!)
Us working away at The Cas Cast factory
Scary Jensen image
Vampirates book rec from Jess
Fic rec (ao3 login required): The Benjamin Franklin Key-and-Kite Experiment by beerenee

We've had to use some back up audio for this one, sorry for the dip in quality.

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This week: What’s Up, Tiger Mommy?, original air date October 10, 2012.

Written by Andrew Dabb and Daniel Loflin, directed by John F. Showalter

Cas is here! Everyone clap and cheer for our boyyyy!! Um. We’ve got some special performances for you in this one. You’ll know it when you hear it. Although we don’t spend a lot of time discussing the actual episode, we do dig into Cas’ whole situation right now and roundly make fun of Benny.

Mentioned in this episode:

Almost Out of Minutes by ellerkay (Cas gets his first cell phone)
IN THE HALL OF THE MOUNTAIN KING AMV!!!!!!!!!! WATCH IT AGAIN!!!!!
It appears that the music in the background of the purgatory is not the Cas theme, but I may be wrong! I do hear some Americana from Jay Gruska in there, though. Yours subjectively, Ilse.

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This week we caught up about all things Cas in season 7 & answered your great questions. This was a short season but ooh boy did our guy go through a lot!!

Mentioned in this episode:

Did Sam imagine Amelia?
Our beloved bedlunds very cool Castiel zine
Fic recs from the outtakes: Empty Spaces by schmerzerling & If Only Maybe and Then by stonelions

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This week: Survival of the Fittest, original air date May 18, 2012.

Written by Sera Gamble, directed by Robert Singer

Well, we made it to the end of a long season with a severe case of Cas-drought. In this episode, we cover 7x23, “Survival of the Fittest.” It’s a long road paved with Destiel and confusing yet at times utterly delightful writing, some Dickley Croman, and then there’s the Ghobby of it all. Stop laughing, Australians.

Mentioned in this episode:

Check out Monster of the Week!!
Koh the Face-Stealer!
IN THE HALL OF THE MOUNTAIN KING AMV!!!!!!!!!!
the ever-famous gay cajun side-piece post

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This week: Reading Is Fundamental, original air date May 4, 2012.

Written and directed by our good Judy, Ben Edlund.

The library is open! Guess who back in the house, heels click-clackin' about? It's Cas! Category is: Psych ward reallness! Ben Edlund slayed this episode, 10's across the board! Okay I'll stop sorry.

Mentioned in this episode:

Good god the top comments on this clip are hard for little ol' me to read. Pro finale content warning
Thee iconic Cas Poetry fic Teaching Poetry to Fish by aeli_kindara

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This week: The Born-Again Identity, original air date March 23, 2012.

Written by Sera Gamble, directed by Robert Singer

How long was Cas gone? What’s up with Ms Daphne Allen? Is there too much Sam in this episode? All this and more discussed in our coverage of 7x17 “The Born-Again Identity.”

Mentioned in this episode:

wake up. refer to supernatural as the text available for your reblogging convenience!
My heart is beating from me by Enochian Things
the deal with bouncingbabynames.com
Jensen Ackles and Misha Collins: Holy Shit This Is Gay Can We Get A Re-Write In Here Pronto
CASTIEL SCREENSHOT BE UPON YE!!

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This week: Hello Cruel World, original air date September 30, 2011.

Written by Ben Edlund, directed by Guy Bee

Short episode, long outtakes, in keeping with the fact that Cas isn’t even technically in this one. We kinda messed up, guys. But! We still manage to talk about Cas and the implications of his presence and absence.

Mentioned in this episode:

Sera Gamble clip

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This week: Meet The New Boss, original air date September 23, 2011.

Written by Sera Gamble, directed by Phil Sgriccia

Oh, man, you guys are really gonna like this one. You’ve got everything you need to make a good episode: mail from you guys, the lovely listeners, retakes by Ilse when in the editing process it became clear they read the mail too quickly and nearly unintelligibly in the initial recording, some classic beef on the pod, Jess LARPing as a Tumblr user whose job is pointing out problematic things, and Ella giggling about men looking good. It’s an all-rounder. We also talk about this episode, which is pretty good.

Mentioned in this episode:

GoFundMe for John MacCarthy
CrowBuzz art made for us by Friend of the pod littlebluejaydraws
Fics:
- The Dean Winchester Beat Sheet
- Down to Agincourt
Protozoa <3
HIP FLEXORS JOKE!!
The Ship of Theseus
CVNT AMV

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This week: No humans have ever talked this much shit before I fear

Mentioned in this episode:

Jake Lionheart's music and the Andrew Huang vid
10/10 fits you've gotta see, Especially this one
Could Cas pull off this moustache? Absolutely
Watsonian versus Doylist
Winchesters lightning lawsuit article
Supernatural cast & crew striking recently
The uquiz we did
Young Bobby!!
Busty Asian Beauties Podcast
One of the many apparent Supernatural themed makeup product
Best url on tumblr

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This week: 6x22 The Man Who Knew Too Much, original air date May 20 2011.

Written by Eric Kripke, directed by Robert Singer

CW: minor discussion of sexual violence.

Another season finale in the bag, nothing but net, boom, etc. We remember that this show might be bad! Ilse scream laughs a lot and tries to get it under control early on, so just hang in there, listeners.

Mentioned in this episode:

the noble hadeda. Again.
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) poster ft. a figure wearing a long coat!
Vertigo (1958) kinda weird, report sources
there’s a little puppy in the background in this one and by God will he be a puppy this episode. More in the outtakes.

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This week: 6x21 Let It Bleed, original air date May 20 2011. Written by Sera Gamble, Directed by John F. Showalter Mentioned in this episode: * So, so many songs. Jesus Christ we like to talk about music and Supernatural, links coming here soon * Supernatural Opinions Podcast & Carrying Wayward * Entertainment Community Fund

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This week: 6x20 The Man Who Would Be King, original air date May 6 2011.

Written & Directed by Ben Edlund!!!!

Hold onto your knickers girls, it's thee big one!! We've reached levels of over unknown to the human race! Absolutely unprecedented levels! Television is great sometimes!!

Mentioned in this episode:

Let's fucking go ball
After Everything I've Done for You (That You Didn't Ask For) - "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend"
Hot or Not!? You decide: Jensen badly shoveling snow
Sorry Ilse

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This week: 6x19 Mommy Dearest, original air date April 29, 2011.

Written by Adam Glass, directed by John F. Showalter.

This week it's sooo OVER!!! But also, we are SOO back!!!!! God, Cas is just really Cas-ing it up in this episode. Everything is going totally great with him and will continue as such forever!

Mentioned in this episode:

Flirt (with your dad) - Tom Cardy

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This week: 6x18 Frontierland, original air date April 22, 2011. Written by Andrew Dabb and Daniel Loflin, teleplay by Andrew Dabb, Daniel Loflin & Jackson Stewart, directed by Guy Norman Bee.

Howdy partner! Slap on your cleanest chaps and come on down to Frontierland! We here have all you could ever want from a Supernatural episode: Dean in funny little outfits, Sam yelling at someone, Casgirl angels risking it all, Monsters who truly did nothing wrong & some good old fashioned soul fisting between friends. And more!! Yeehaw!!!

Mentioned in this episode:

if it all fell to pieces tomorrow - spocklee
Ninety One Whiskey - komodobits
spirit of the west - teen_dean
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Killing Monsters Cinematic Trailer
Great video actually sorry for not believing you Jess

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This week: 6x17 My Heart Will Go On, original air date April 15, 2011. Written by Eric Charmelo and Nicole Snyder, directed by Phil Sgriccia. In the wake of Rufus’ death in the previous episode (we didn’t cover it. Cas wasn’t in there. You understand), Sam and Dean try to cheer Bobby up, fail, and decide to let Ellen handle it. “Now hold on,” you might say. “I know Ellen died.” Yeah, it’s a new timeline, and in it, Balthazar chose to un-sink the Titanic, ostensibly because he hates the movie and Celine Dion, but actually because Cas needs the souls of the passengers’ roughly 50 000 descendants to make him powerful enough to continue to fight this heavenly war he started. Creative problem-solving! Mentioned in this episode:

Nothing I can remember
Sorry I usually do these while editing but I forgot this time
My bad

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This week: 6x15 The French Mistake, original air date February 25, 2011.

Written by our best friend Ben Edlund, directed by Charles Beeson.

Season 6! R.I.P. Misha! Another fan favourite episode this week. We imagine a universe with canon hetero destiel, but at what cost? Also somehow we ended up recording for almost 6 hours over 2 days, so if you're looking at that run time thinking "hey, that's long!!!" it could have been a lot worse! Well bestie, now that you have your sword, try not to die by it, and enjoy this episode.

Mentioned in this episode:

Misha's real tweets while the episode was airing

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This week: 6x12 Like A Virgin, original air date February 2, 2011.

Written by Adam Glass, directed by Phil Sgriccia. An episode of Supernatural, if I’m being honest. This one was an instalment of the show. And they’ve got a sword in some rock, too.

Mentioned in this episode:

Checking my banana bread meme

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This week: 6x10 Caged Heat, original air date December 3, 2010. Teleplay by Brett Matthews, story by Brett Matthews and Jenny Klein, directed by Robert Singer. Quick TW: We discuss the number of rape mentions and/or references in this episode, so know that going in.This week on the Cas Cast: rants, calls for torture-rack equality, Ilse having a breakdown laughing at something that’s not even that funny, censorship, and actual episode discussion, too, if you can believe it.Mentioned in this episode: * the Andrew in Drag AMV. See the Tumblr post here! Thanks for the rec, Ve! <3 * the Atlantic City AMV * the Song Exploder Andrew In Drag episode * Ms Luna <333 * Geralt of Rivia of Witcher fame reporting weather conditions * P. Pomeranian Cabbage Dog.

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This week: 6x07 Family Matters, original air date November 5, 2010.

Written by Andrew Dabb and Daniel Loflin, directed by Guy Bee.

First off, major apologies about my (Ilse’s) audio in this one. We’re working with some constraints that mean we have to work with audio recorded on my phone sometimes, which means more noise filters through. Sincerest sorry to your ears <3

Mentioned in this episode:

The Trench Comparison, courtesy of Cai! Thank you Cai!!

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This week: 6x06 You Can’t Handle the Truth, original air date October 29 2010.

Teleplay by Eric Charmelo and Nicole Snyder, story by David Ree, Eric Charmelo, and Nicole Snyder, directed by Jan Eliasberg.

Well, they hate us. Less than two minutes of Cas in here. Veritas is cool though.

Mentioned in this episode:

HaysCodenatural (the Hays Code Wikipedia page, for those who want to know more!)
Thay one tiktok describing how Jensen and Jared’s acting differ and how Jared is better as soulless sam bc it’s closer to his regular personality. Ella edit here Good grief, I can’t find it anywhere. If anyone knows the tiktok I’m talking about please send it to us lol
linked promo pics on spn wiki. phone holster moment!
those metronome things (also known as the experimental (?) comics series Obelisk and Metronome)
Hammer of the Gods and racism – specific piece Jess was talking about got deleted, so please go ahead and do your own reading on that if you want more context/info

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This week: 6x03 The Third Man, original air date October 8 2010.

Written by Ben Edlund, directed by Robert Singer.

We’re back for season 6 babyyy! It’s a big one for our boy, he's gaslighting, he's gatekeeping, AND he's girlbossing! All in a days work.

Mentioned in this episode:

chocolatecakecas summing up how important that one scene is to the lore better than we did
Fanmade "Castiel Returns" season promo video
The CUTEST toddler Cas girl tik tok
pov you ask them to play midnights

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This week: Season 5 feedback!

Asked by you, answered by us.

Our feedback episode for Season 5 is here! Posting this on the first 5th of 2023 feels like a good move. Symbolically, you know. I asked my cohosties if they wanted me to say anything in here and Ella said “Cas is hot,” which if you’re here, I think you knew. Happy New Year! May it be prosperous and full of Cas, or at least Cas-related imagery, so you can pretend.

Mentioned in this episode:

ALL TOO WELL 10-MINUTE VERSION (more than one of these exists, but this is the one I am always rewatching)
truly incredible PMV (Podcast Music Video) by @udontknowshitaboutcats <3
broken hwdyk.com quiz… may it serve you better than it did us

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This week: 5x22 Swan Song, original air date May 13, 2010.

Written by Eric Kripke with Story by Eric Gewirtz, directed by Steve Boyum.

We're at the end of another season & they exploded him again :( But someone brought him back to life, again :) All is well (everything is truly terrible)

Mentioned in this episode:

We're reclaiming it
Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)
Upsetting/perfect Swan Song montage Phoebe Bridgers edit

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This week: 5x21 Two Minutes to Midnight, original air date May 6, 2010.

Written by Sera Gamble, directed by Phil Sgriccia.

As I write this the episode is exporting. Current estimated time remaining is 27 minutes and 49 seconds. At this point, that feels like a lot of time in which something could go wrong. One of us could get sick, or not be able to use their good, quality audio which they recorded on their phone all special. One of us’ audio could spontaneously appear in the other hosts’ tracks during the outtakes. The power could go out. Pestilence is truly upon us in this episode. I only hope hitting publish won’t unleash a curse of some kind.

Mentioned in this episode:

Ella’s Tumblr: deanhisnippleisout.tumblr.com
Jess’ Tumblr: haloemoji.tumblr.com
Ilse’s Tumblr: castielmode.tumblr.com
Jess’ two Really Good Ones:
- thursday + the sword
- Ella’s incredible Supernatural playlists:
- i pick the music, the cw shuts their cakehole + remember how to stand up (dta playlist)
- Ilse’s Too Many Playlists:
- just some guy😇👼 (cas songs) + print (destiel, cas pov) + d. (dean songs) + man, i hope you can hear me (destiel, dean pov) + galahad girl (songs for if they let sam be a lesbian) + but make it the national (destiel but only the national)
- gifset we got linked!
- fargo scene

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This week: 5x18 Point of No Return, original air date April 15, 2010.

Written by Jeremy Carver, directed by Phil Sgriccia.

Nihilism is a family trait: the episode.

Mentioned in this episode:

where is Kurt Fuller’s Emmy for his role as Zachariah the angel of bureaucracy and/or middle management?
partial No Reptiles AMV!
SPN angels Runs In The Family AMV!
various hot girl Cas AMVs!

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This week: 5x17 99 Problems, original air date April 10, 2010.

Written by Julie Siege, directed by Charles Beeson.

Cas found a liquor store, and he drank it! So things are going super well. Quoting Jess here - "Dean's really depressed this episode, Cas is on a bender and Sam is also there trying to keep the plot moving!" There's also Cas' gaping hole. Sorry. We also get really invested in Paul's love life! Not sorry for that.

Mentioned in this episode:

Sometimes lines in a tv show give you I'm Gunna Fucking Die Disease
A disappointingly small amount of Paul works on Ao3
Fleabag scene to consider re: Dean using the Spanish "padre"

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This week: 5x16 Dark Side of the Moon, original air date April 1, 2010.

Written by Andrew Dabb and Daniel Loflin, directed by Jeff Woolnough.

So everyone’s dead in this one, but don’t worry, because it’s not big-deal dead, it’s fucking-with-the-world-building dead. Hop onto the Axis Mundi with us as we cover Dark Side of the Moon on this week’s episode of the Cas Cast!

Mentioned in this episode:

Sharpeville Massacre
A really expensive oven. No link on this one just trust me.
The cathode ray television. It’s real and you’ve seen it.

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PS: IF YOU ARE GETTING WHAT I AM SAYING. WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF A VERSION OF YOURSELF WITHOUT THE ABILITY TO CONTROL THAT REPRESENTATION OF YOURSELF. IN HEAVEN. TEXT ME. BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE. - ILSE

This week: 5x14 My Bloody Valentine, original air date February 11, 2010.

Written by Ben Edlund, directed by Mike Rohl.

Happy Valentines Day! Cas is one hungry hungry angel. Don't forget to leave some raw meat out on the floor for him!

Mentioned in this episode:

Ve’s awesome book binding creations
The Love Story of the Runner Up by Margo_Kim

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This week: 5x13 The Song Remains the Same, original air date February 4, 2010.

Written by Nancy Weiner and Sera Gamble, directed by Steve Boyum.

Get in, we’re going to the seventies again, and this time, somebody’s pregnant! This week, we get to see Anna, the vibes are off, Ilse really flubs it with the new format (working on it) and says Cas as Cash at least once (WORKING ON IT), and Michael makes his first appearance, I guess. Whatever.

Mentioned in this episode:

Ve’s contributions! 5x08’s regular colour grading, sitcom colour grading, and 11x06’s regular colour grading. Everybody say thanks Ve <3

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This week: 5x10 Abandon All Hope... original air date November 19, 2009.

Written by Ben Edlund, directed by Phil Sgriccia.

Oh god Cas is sooo hot but this ep is sooo miserable! Yet another great episode from our close personal friend Ben. Fun/upsetting time for the whole family!

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This week: 5x08 Changing Channels, original air date November 5, 2009.

Written by Jeremy Carver, directed by Charles Beeson.

Tune in this week to hear us talk about a whole bunch of shows in one episode, text Misha Collins, get temporarily side-tracked by Fire Nation lore, touch on the merits of watching Law and Order: Special Victims Unit as a child, and partake in a little bit of light Sabriel hate. Sorry.

Mentioned in this episode:

parodied game show segment
parodied herpes medication commercial
you should listen to Jenny Was A Friend Of Mine. Here’s a live version! It rules!
don’t listen to this one actually

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This week: 5x06 I Believe the Children Are Our Future, original air date October 15, 2009.

Written by Andrew Dabb & Daniel Loflin, directed by Charles Beeson.

This week on The Cas Cast, lying to kids is okay, Cas is the ugliest little doll you've ever seen, & sometimes you have to murder a child to save the day.

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This week: 5x04 The End (!!!), original air date October 1, 2009.

Written by Ben Edlund, directed by Steve Boyum.

This week, we refuse to give Jensen Ackles athletic accolades, forget what alliteration is called, and talk about Dirty Dancing? For some reason? Sorry about that.

Mentioned in this episode:

Fata morgana. by orange_crushed
Down to Agincourt by Seperis
Epilogue by Jayne L
Ella would like to note that she DOES know why Australia has states as well as territories but she had covid when recording so swiss cheese brain. Also doesn't matter because it always was and always will be Aboriginal land.

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This week: 5x03 Free to Be You and Me, original air date September 24, 2009

Written by Jeremy Carver, directed by J. Miller Tobin.

Biggest Cas Count Yet! Lots of normal guys being normal this week, nothing to see here, move along.

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This week: 5x02 Good God, Y'all!, original air date September 17, 2009.

Written by Sera Gamble, directed by Phil Sgriccia.

Lots of people get angry in this one, but we think Cas was justified.

Mentioned in this episode:

Absolutely swagless wardrobes
Jess being a SICK individual. You are responsible forever for what you have tamed. By the way. If you even care.
Some dude wearing sock garters
SPN but it’s reality TV
Spooky Cops from Skip Intro

CW: Brief mention of historical genocide in Southern Africa.

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This week: 5x02 Good God, Y'all!, original air date September 17, 2009.

Written by Sera Gamble, directed by Phil Sgriccia.

Lots of people get angry in this one, but we think Cas was justified.

Mentioned in this episode:

Absolutely swagless wardrobes
Jess being a SICK individual. You are responsible forever for what you have tamed. By the way. If you even care.
Some dude wearing sock garters
SPN but it’s reality TV
Spooky Cops from Skip Intro

CW: Brief mention of historical genocide in Southern Africa.

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This week: 5x01 Sympathy for the Devil, original air date September 10, 2009.

Written by Eric Kripke, directed by Robert Singer.

This week, we see some truly impressive emotional misdirection from one protagonist and some really open communication from another. But who gives a fuck about those guys when Cas is here and branding ribs!!

Mentioned in this episode:

Castiel feels so untouched right now
Cas Cast merch?? Not really because we want your money but more because the comedy potential is really very present and we have some very fun ideas. You understand.
we give you some homework re: Diddy

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In this episode of The Cas Cast we answer some of your mailbag questions & chat about everything that went on with our favourite radio wave Castiel in season 4

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Beach Life-In-Death - Car Seat Headrest
Romantic Theory - 2street2car

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This week: 4x22 Lucifer Rising, original air date May 14th, 2009.

Written & directed by Eric Kripke.

It's the season 4 finale! (already?!) Extremely important Cas episode !!!!!!!!! and it's a long one! Did you all know that actually we're making it up as we go???? Can you believe this?????? Castiel invented improv AND free will <3

Mentioned in this episode:

THEEEE So Says The Sword by komodobits (essential reading)
Me and My Husband - Mitski

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This week: 4x21 When the Levee Breaks, original air date May 7, 2009.

Written Sera Gamble, directed by Robert Singer.

This week on Supernatural: what if acting was good? We’re talking about Season 4, Episode 21, “When the Levee Breaks,” and brother, some of these performers are really earning their dinner on this one. We are not earning our dinner. This podcast is free. Having fun though. Hope you do too!

Mentioned in this episode:

Phrases coined by Leonardo da Vinci
Timestamp for That Long Shot (16:25)

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This week: 4x20 The Rapture, original air date April 30, 2009.

Written Jeremy Carver, directed by Charles Beeson.

Hi Jimmy! Bye Jimmy! Gone and certainly forgotten (Sorry Jimmy) because the angel that possessed his body is so much cooler than him. Also, Claire!Castiel !!!! Here's our episode Season 4, Episode 20, “The Rapture.”

Mentioned in this episode:

Broken Road by thegeminisage
Ella’s Dean thighs post!
Scary… just got Sexy
Young JDM. Old JDM. I changed my mind as I was typing this up. If you want to look at Jeffrey Dean Morgan, known hot guy, you have to Google him yourself bc I can’t be bothered to do all that xx - Ilse

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This week: 4x18 The Monster at the End of This Book, original air date April 2, 2009.

Written by Julie Siege and Nancy Weiner, directed by Mike Rohl.

New guy just dropped! This loser's got a bathrobe, lots of little drinks, and more knowledge than he'd like to have. Join us as we get into Season 4, Episode 18, “The Monster at the End of This Book.”

Mentioned in this episode:

Sick tits
Fake novelisation quotes
Ilse LIES about the Gospel of Luke. It’s not epistolary I just got it all mixed up because I am so silly in the head and I got confused because the author opens by addressing Theophilus. Which is just a way of saying Christian (lover of God). You understand. Sincerely, my bad.

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This week: 4x16 On The Head Of A Pin, original air date March 19, 2009.

Written by Ben Edlund (!!), directed by Mike Rohl.

Torture gets heavenly in this week’s episode, where we discuss Season 4, Episode 16 “On The Head Of A Pin.” A big one for us and for every other Cas fan out there! There's a little audio clip from the show in this one. Just for fun. I don't know how copyright works. We better not get in any trouble.

Mentioned in this episode:

The Allusionist queerbaiting episode
Baitpod
American Meat
Ben? Bam??
On The Head Of A Pin post
Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane
Iconic fanart, as recommended by Jess
REALLY GOOD POST (by Jess)

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This week: 4x15 Death Takes A Holiday, original air date March 12th, 2009.

Written by Jeremy Carver, directed by Steve (Stevie) Boyum.

Pour one out for our girl Pamela! This week we’re talking about Death Takes A Holiday. This episode has everything: Incorporeal Winchesters, Cas making a dramatic entrance, Alastair in his final form, and a dead kid guiding the boys through a spooky ghost training montage.

Mentioned in this episode:

Contender for the best 9 minutes & 42 seconds ever uploaded to youtube: Destiel // "Bat Out of Hell" - katebushstandean
Why would you do this to Robert De Niro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfT-UZCA6Tg

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This week: 4x10 Heaven and Hell, original air date November 20, 2008.

Written by Eric Kripke and Trevor Snads, directed by J. Miller Tobin.

What if you were a fugitive from both major afterlife states and you were a girl and an angel and wore jeans sometimes? This is just one of the questions we tackle in our discussion of Season 4, Episode 10: “Heaven and Hell.” Don't look at the run time and nobody gets hurt.

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This week: 4x09 I Know What You Did Last Summer, original air date November 13, 2008.

Written by Sera Gamble, directed by Charles Beeson.

Now what the fuck is all this. WHERE is CAS?? Oh there he - it's OVER????? And we had to sit through all that flashback? This just isn't right. At least Anna's here.

Mentioned in this episode:

Not Enough Cas
Where Is He
Lintel: Real Word?

We also answered our first batch of listener responses in this one! Corresponding clips are posted on our Tumblr.

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This week: 4x07 It's the Great Pumpkin, Sam Winchester, original air date October 30, 2008.

Written by Julie Siege, directed by Charles Beeson.

Happy Halloween everybody! The boys are celebrating by trying to solve some spooky deaths in a small town. Castiel and Uriel show up and ruin all the fun by bringing up the ol’ apocalypse again. Speaking of Cas, He's NOT a hammer, as you say!!!??!? He has QUESTIONS!!!!!! He has DOUBTS!!!

Mentioned in this episode:

Orville Peck's "Fancy"
Pictures of Ilse's cat, Jack

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This week: 4x03 In The Beginning, original air date October 2, 2008.

Written by Jeremy Carver, directed by Steve (Steven?) Boyum.

Would you rather: Live a life completely alone after your family has all been brutally murdered OR bring back your young, dumb and full of normal boyfriend BUT some creep says in 10 years you owe him one? Find out which Mary chose this week as we take you back to the 70s, even though nobody smokes any goddamn weed, for Season 4, Episode 3: “In The Beginning.”

Mentioned in this episode:

His Little Face (Burning For Love):

https://haloemoji.tumblr.com/post/646760923827208192/youre-gonna-miss-me-when-im-gone * Stream Miss Atomic Bomb I'm Not Joking

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This week: 4x02 Are You There, God? It's Me, Dean Winchester, original air date September 25, 2008.

Written by Sera Gamble and Lou Bollo, directed by Phil Sgriccia.

Hunters get targeted by some ghosts as a result of them focusing too much on hunting things and too little on saving people. It takes forever, but we do eventually see Cas. Worth it. Join us as we discuss Season 4, Episode 2: “Are You There, God? It's Me, Dean Winchester.”

Mentioned in this episode:

The Extras podcast episode:

https://www.theextras.tv/podcasts/blog-post-spnbaby-022322 * screenshots where Ilse thought Cas looked really good:

https://www.tumblr.com/blog/view/thecascast/686594383817097216?source=share * Jess' heart locket:

https://jenneferofjengaberg.tumblr.com/post/637252770520530944

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This week: 4x01 Lazarus Rising, original air date September 18, 2008.

Written by Eric Kripke, directed by Kim Manners.

On September 18, 2008, the angel Castiel appeared on the Supernatural for the very first time. One of the most important Thursdays in history, you’ll agree. Also this makes Cas a Virgo and a rat, if you consider 9/18/2008 his birthday. Cute! Join us as we discuss Season 4, Episode 1: “Lazarus Rising.”

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color theory: https://thecascast.tumblr.com/post/685920586162225152
Hot Knife amv: https://youtu.be/jzUfRxxSsoQ

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Welcome to the very first trailer of the world’s very first podcast about Cas! Join us as we discuss Cas, the Cas Cast longcon, Cas and podcasts, becoming bigger than Serial, and Cas.