Supernatural gets better and better with each passing episode. Last week’s DVR snafu caused the Winchesters to be pushed out of the recording slot and into dvr limbo which caused some cursing and some throwing but thanks to my friends at iTunes, we’re golden.

“What Is and Should Never Be” was one hell of an emotional roller coaster of sadness and thrills. Jensen Ackles did the acting of a lifetime as he lived out the nightmare world that would be his perfect wish… having his Mother alive and seeing Sam with Jess. Too bad it came with a price. Papa Winchester was still dead, though this time of a stroke and oh yeah, did I mention the part where a semi-sexy tattooed evil Genie was killing him softly?

Dean is still that little boy that watched his family be ripped apart by a demon, who couldn’t become his own person because he was thrown into “hunting” with his Father while his brother was allowed to traipse off to College leaving him with the burdens of the family and the brunt of the baggage that comes along with being a Winchester.

Dean got the harsh reality of what could have been and by eps end, what should never be. Scripted by the shows creator Eric Kripke, it was an emotional episode that not only opened up the character of Dean, but opened the mythology wrapped around this series.

I broke Dean’s heart (and mine) to see that he has no relationship with Sam. It broke my heart to catch a glimpse of hope and happiness on all the Winchester’s faces knowing the reality of the situation. Simply superb storytelling.

Now lets get to the fun stuff!

So much of the stuff we saw on the set visit was from this episode! In the Visual FX trailer we saw them creating the 3D effects and the liquid movements to the flames coming out of the Jin’s hand and eyes.

We walked through a set and commented on what a nice house it was (if it were real) and it ended up being the Winchester’s house. We took our pictures on the Winchester staircase.

I commented on the built in bookshelves in the living room that were visible behind Dean on numerous occasions.

The motel set we saw with the red and orange wallpaper and 70’s yellow glass lantern divider was from this episode.

We saw Papa Winchester’s headstone and it was featured prominantly in this past episode.

Oh and Dean and Carmen’s kitchen has the funky brown and tan wallpaper with the retro sparkles and it was one of the kitchen sets without a sink!