I'm not sure how OK I am with it yet lol. First, I wanted Sam to have to ASK Crowley to save him. But I guess the important thing is, Dean's alive (not that there was ever any doubt about that lol). And I'm all for seeing Dean play a Crowley-type demon for a while, but will it be another half-season or more of the brothers on opposite sides? I don't know that I'm up for another season of that :(

ETA: I forgot to mention that I am SO with you on the WTF? when it comes to Sam calling Gadreel one of Dean's real friends. Oh, and WAY too much Metatron for me, especially since I didn't get the payoff of seeing him die at the end.