It didn’t take long to realize that this episode was starting with a case, finally! A crying baby in an abandoned house is enough to grab most people’s attention. But to run into said house not knowing what lies behind the door? Not too smart. I mean, have you ever encountered an angry crackhead? I have, and it’s not as funny as it may sound. But, I digress. Unfortunately for this well-meaning couple it didn’t take long after discovering the baby wasn’t a baby, but a creepy doll, that they met their demise.

We also see Mary decide to make a big change as she chops off her hair. And as we all know, when I woman cuts off her hair, 99% of the time she is about to make some major changes. Change your hair, change your life. But I don’t think the guys caught on to that hint. Or perhaps they just don’t want to see the truth for themselves, their mom is struggling, big time. Castiel surprisingly caught on to her struggle after a simple late night conversation with her. Shocking for the man who seems to always be clueless. And it seems that perhaps Sam isn’t as clueless about her struggle as it first seemed. However, Dean doesn’t seem to want to admit anything is wrong, after all it was his dream to have her back.

While the boys head out with Mary to take on a case, Castiel follows a lead on Lucifer. He feels that it is his responsibility to get him back to Hell since he is the reason Lucifer was back in the first place. Little does he know, he’s not the only one on the search for him; Crowley is already there. I have to admit, Castiel’s choice of names always cracks me up, especially this episode when he chooses to go by Agent Beyonce. Crowley being too scared to go after Lucifer himself, and too proud to admit it, pushes Castiel to join forces in the search for Lucifer. I’m sure at some point this is going to blow up their faces, as it always seems to do.

The one thing I found quite frustrating this episode, was how dismissive the guys seemed to be of their mom. After all, she was a hunter way before they were even thought of, so it was quite surprising to see them not trust her instincts about their case. She was the one with direct contact with the spirits, so I would think they would have listened. But, I suppose if they had, it wouldn’t have been as interesting an episode.

When Mary was touched by the little ghost child, I felt bad for her. She was already going through so much transitioning from the afterlife and being back with her boys. And being injured by a scared looking ghost child Lucas, I’m sure didn’t ease her anxiety. After all, in her mind, her boys are still little, and Dean was still the child’s age.

While the Winchester’s are busy with their case, our angel, demon duo is working on their leads as well. They track down the sister of Lucifer’s new vessel Vince (Rick Springfield). And it didn’t take Castiel but two seconds to know Lucifer had already been there. He sensed that the sister Wendy was recently healed. The wheelchair in the room drove that point home. And the good cop bad cop routine worked perfectly to get her to cooperate. Crowley, always the jerk, threatens to undo the healing that had been done; not cool Crowley.

Speaking of Crowley, the look on his face was priceless when Castiel realized the true reason he was so hell bent on getting Lucifer. He has his mother, Rowena. And right now, he was trying to get her to use a beauty spell, to reverse the aging on his rock star vessel. It’s quite amusing to me that Lucifer is using the vessel of a rock star, seeing how many once thought and some still think that rock and roll is the devil’s music.

One thing I thought was interesting was the way they had Mary have a vision. It made me wonder if she was given this ability from being touched by the child Lucas, thus giving her a connection to him, or if she was able to have the vision because of her connection to the other side? I mean being dead for 30 years must give you some kind of connection to the spirit world, right? In my opinion, it was a jerk move for the guys to treat their mom like they had to baby her. But it gave her the opportunity to do things her way, which as we saw, ultimately solved the case. We get to see how similar the guys are to her in this episode more so than the first two episodes. Like Sam and Dean have done many times in the past, she went solo into the house with not much more than a gut instinct and a bag of weapons. And like Sam and Dean, this decision nearly cost her her life, again. She was able to fight the possession long enough to communicate with Sam to let him know just what to do to save her. Something we have seen her boys do quite a few times before. Also, her emo tendencies in this episode mirror that which we have also seen in Sam and Dean in the past. Both of them have also chosen to go off on their own to collect themselves. Let’s just hope her leave of absence is temporary and she comes back stronger than ever.

Speaking of strength. How in the heck has Rowena not learned her lesson yet? Screwing over and tricking Lucifer has never worked well for her. I don’t understand why she thinks it will be different this go around? He asked her to restore his vessel, instead she sped up the decaying process. Why he thought he could trust her is another question I have to ask myself. Wishful thinking perhaps? Once weakened she sent him to the bottom of the ocean. This is not going to be good for anyone when he returns, as he always does. And it seems by what Rowena said to Crowley and Castiel when they found her, she knows it too. I have a feeling Rowena will be the first to see Lucifer again, regardless of what she is hoping. It should be interesting to see how this plays out.