With all that occurred in the last season, I wasn’t sure what to expect from the season 12 premiere. I knew that season 11 ended with Sam captured by some British woman from the Men of Letters, as well as Dean being reunited with his mother. But, it was kind of annoying to see when the premiere started that she didn’t even remember him, or any of their previous encounters we saw in the previous seasons.

In a way only Dean can, he explains to the audience while speaking to his mother, that they have met before since her death, and that her memory had been wiped. So, that covers that then. I suppose the writers knew we would want that to be explained. When she asks how long she had been gone, and he replies, 33 years, I was kind of surprised. That would make Dean 37. I guess I hadn’t realized the character’s true age. But that’s beside the point.

I was happy to see Castiel’s return, and thought it was funny the way they reintroduced him. He came in with a blazing fire, quite literally. I do however feel bad for the gentleman whose truck he stole. But not as bad as I felt for the veterinarian forced to work on Sam. The threats the British woman and her counterpart inflicted upon him for his cooperation is sure to be nothing compared to what Dean will do when he catches up to him.

Speaking of cooperation, can we talk about how silly these demons are? Do they ever learn? They are constantly trying to go for whoever’s team they believe is in the lead, whether it be Crowley or Lucifer, and playing that game never seems to work out for any of them.

And the games this crazy British woman is playing with Sam, is not good. She quickly learns he is too strong for physical intimidation when she torches his foot and still doesn’t get any information from him. She claims that she is there to help, but it doesn’t seem to be the case judging by her approach. I don’t want to seem like I am always hating on Sam, but seriously, why is it always him getting captured? He is always being tortured and having to recover from his trauma. Is it because they don’t want to weaken our beloved Dean? What do you think?

Poor Castiel; his introduction to Sam and Dean’s mom wasn’t the greatest. Having a gun pulled on you is never a great way to meet someone. But he seemed more offended by Dean’s description of angels. As for Dean, he doesn’t seem to like the way his mom looks at his car. He’s used to that being his baby, and it seems his mom had that same vibe.

As predicted, Dean was able to track down the veterinarian who worked on Sam, but as they follow that lead, it seems the British woman’s lackey was tracking them. I am sure having his mother get injured in that process was more motivation for Dean to get payback. I mean, if this British woman really knows as much as she say she does about them, you’d think she wouldn’t want to make him angry. But it seems Dean gets his fight from his mom. As I was surprised to see her come in to save Dean and Castiel. But I couldn’t help but wonder if that woman was the other one on the blonde British woman's team. They had mentioned someone briefly that seemed to worry her, a rogue Man of Letters perhaps? I have a feeling we will find out just who that man is at some point in this season.

Part of me wonders, if all the British captors want to do is help America have less “monsters” and be as successful as their British counterparts at keeping all the Supernatural business under wraps, then why come at them with such hostility? Why not train them to their ways? I suppose these are questions that will have to be answered later in the season. But for now, it seems that they are a little closer to tracking down Sam. Luckily for him, he seems to be doing a lot better than in previous seasons as far as how he is holding up. I’ll be interested to see if next week continues in the same fashion as this episode did, or if they will incorporate a case as well.