Yeah, and I've always thought the season opener is probably the worst episode of the series. It was just... I don't even know. But the beats were all wrong. The strike took a toll for sure, but then again, maybe it was a good thing it got Dean in Hell faster. (If only so we didn't have to spend 22 episodes waiting.) I wasn't crazy about the new characters that season either. So, all in all, it's not a season I jump to throw the DVDs in for.