This week: Exposure therapy for secondhand embarrassment, making dick jokes about angels, Dean doesn’t know how to destroy a hard drive, the return of Buffynatural, and the JJ Bittenbinder school of vampire hunting. 

References:

• Rat Park - Wikipedia
• “Prayer is no panacea, no substitute for action.” -- Abraham Joshua Heschel
• B’shem Hashem
• Ishim (angel) - Wikipedia
•  Angels as Human Byproducts - Encyclopedia of Jewish Myth, Magic, and Mysticism
• Last rites - Wikipedia
• "What happened to all the pussy in Supernatural"
• The Winchesters and First Aid Kits [Archived Version] 
• Kashrut and bittul (nullification)
• The True Meaning of Smekday 
• Jacob as trickster figure

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