Amen to your statement! Yeah, I sat there staring at the ending and blinked...blinked some more thinking to myself, "WTF?! That's not my Cas!!!" I can see the road they traveled and I have my feelings about how it went down. In one of Misha's interviews, he even mentioned how Sam and Dean kept using Cas throughout the season and I felt bad for Cas (especially that one episode where Cas sent the boys back in time-Western..I can't remember the title!), here Cas was injured, and Dean didn't even look concerned but wanted to go back?! That was like a punch in the gut for me...I thought it was selfish. I agree with you about how Bobby had worked with Crowley and it seemed to have been minimized and when Cas did, they crucified him. Geez, both Sam and Dean worked with demons in the past...they just seemed to have held Cas to such higher standards and never gave him a chance....but I am hopeful and hanging on to that hope, that Dean will not give up on Cas and that he will remember all that Cas has done. That is what makes Dean, Dean. I know they have a long road ahead but I hope their relationship will be mended...their chemistry returned. I was in the minority in some of the other places I had visited as many wanted Cas to be gone from the show, but, I love Cas in the show. I love Dean. I will, like you, hang onto that hope this summer...and hug Cas in the mean time! He sure looks like he needed it...