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 Tumblr: https://thecas…

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…

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…

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! Capeesh? Mentioned in this epi…

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 episod…

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 her…

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 …

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 actua…

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 Re…

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, so…

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 g…

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…

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 episod…

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 qu…

This week: It's our season 6 wrap up episode featuring our beloved Jeremy Greer from the Monster of the Week Podcast! It got very silly, enjoy! 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…

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 …

This week: 6x21 Let It Bleed, original air date May 20 2011. Written by Sera Gamble, Directed by John F. Showalter Huge thanks to Ella for editing this one when scheduling would not allow me to do so. I am humbly doing the shownotes to help out xx Ilse Mentioned in this episode: So, so many songs. Jesus Christ we like to talk about music and Supern…

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'…

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 …

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 l…

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 m…

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'r…

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 we're being honest. This one was an installment of the show, and they’ve got a sword in some rock, too. Yeah this one is called Like Cas Virgin... Ella wasn't awake to stop Ilse and Jess from choosing a…

This week: BONUS BANTER, original air date today? I guess? Written by nobody, directed by nobody. Sometimes you just talk to your friends too long for it to be outtakes. Sorry about that. We made it a little bonus episode instead! Also as an apology for being gone for a bit due to unforeseen circumstances. So you get two episodes today, and if you …

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 bre…

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 …

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 Wikip…

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 lor…

This week: Ghostfacers Webisode(s)! We decided to cover the episode in which Cas appears to the Ghostfacers, because we said if Cas was in there, we’d do it. This is less of an episode and more friends rambling while a dog tries desperately to derail them, peppered with mentions of the television show Supernatural and its main character, Cas. Menti…

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 pros…

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 (…

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 t…

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…

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 ho…

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 epi…

This week: 5x14 My Bloody Valentine, original air date February 11, 2010. Written by Ben Edlund, directed by Mike Rohl. Happy Valentines Day to all who celebrate this time of year! We love love, and Cas loves eating raw meat off the floor! What a romantic ♡ Mentioned in this episode: Ve’s awesome book binding creations The Love Story of the Runner …

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 Ca…

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! Tumblr: https://thecascast.tumblr.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/The…

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 chi…

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. Tumblr: https://thecascast.tumblr.co…

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 Aginc…

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. Tumblr: https://thecascast.tumblr.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheCasCast Email: thecascast@gmail.com…

This Sunday (!) it’s September 18th!! So we thought we'd do a little something to celebrate Cas, a guy who is unfathomable, old as balls, has a deep melancholy, and must be very dense. Love you, bud. Mentioned in this episode: THEE ringtone amv Carly Rae Jepsen masterpiece a Castiel touchstone Tumblr: https://thecascast.tumblr.com/ Twitter: https:/…

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 yo…

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 …

While Ilse is away Ella and Jess will play. This week for a little fun we talked about the Angel episode Smile Time, written and directed by one of our favourite Cas understanders, Ben Edlund! An absolutely delightful episode of television. It's left us with one major question though, WHY the HELL did they never do a puppet episode of Supernatural?…

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 Mentioned in this episode: Beach Life-In-Death - Car Seat Headrest Romantic Theory - 2street2car Tumblr: https://thecascast.tumblr.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheCasCast Email: thecasc…

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…

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 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 ep…