After a decade on the air (almost) Supernatural season 10 episode 1 proved why this series has weathered so many stories.
Because it’s a damn good tale of two brothers.
One need only watch Supernatural online to see that at its core, this show has been so successful because of Sam and Dean Winchester.
On the season premiere, Sam is hunting Dean, who is now a demon, but Dean doesn’t want to be found and Crowley doesn’t WANT Dean to be found.
Crowley wants Dean to rule Hell.
Dean is content to live it up, though. He likes drinking in bars and sleeping with women far too much to submit to leadership of the underworld.
Despite his newfound love of all things dark and sinister, Dean still loves his brother, as is evidenced by his willingness to kill the man who kidnaps Sam while Sam is looking for Dean, even if he seems not to care that Sam has been captured.
Castiel is still sick and growing sicker by the day, but his trip with Hannah was a low point for the premiere. With so much focus on what Dean is doing now that he’s a demon, Castiel’s role just didn’t feel as important to the story the writers were trying to tell last night.