Actually, I think Theo has put her finger on why Supernatural is better this season. More emphasis on ghosts and one-part show plots, and less on yellow-eyed demons and the running soap opera plot that never seemed to end or go anywhere. Maybe they changed writers?
Then out spoke brave Horatius, the Captain of the Gate: "To every man upon this earth, death cometh soon or late; And how can man die better than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers, and the temples of his Gods,"
"Well, John Henry said to the Cap'n, "A man ain't nuthin' but a man. But, before I let that steam drill beat me, gonna die with my hammer in my hand, Lawd, Lawd, gonna die with my hammer in my hand."