Rattle Rattle ANOTHER ROAD SO FAR! Which, aside from reminding us that people named "Rufus" and "Ellen" and "Jo" once existed on this show, merely hits the major plot points from last week's premiere, so aside from noting they've recycled Foreigner's "Long, Long Way From Home" to provide the musical accompaniment, we'll be skipping ahead to the...

...Slashy, Slashy NOW! You should probably know that this season's NOW! jitters around all over the screen before settling into the center to advance menacingly upon the audience, which is a change from previous years. And once the NOW! has vanished into the black, the camera fades up on the depressing image of Bobby slouched down in a wheelchair, silently staring out the window of the private room he managed to score for himself in last week's hospital. The camera pulls back to reveal Darling Sammy spying on the apparent cripple from the hallway, and I'd be remiss were I not to note that Darling Sammy's hair is very sad, indeed. Probably because Darling Sammy hasn't washed it in over a week, from the looks of things. Gross. Fortunately, Dashing El Deano and his ever-immaculate coif slide into the frame at this point to kick the episode into gear, for I've suddenly found myself fighting the urge to hurl shampoo bottles at the television screen in the entirely unrealistic hope one of them will somehow magically make it through to the other side, and that's just silly. "We gotta cheer him up," Dean determines, noting that Bobby hasn't spoken a word in the last three days. "Maybe I'll give him a back rub." Bamp-chicka-wow-wow. "Dean!" Sam chides, primly pissy indignation passing across his face. "Well, what, then?" Dean shoots back. Sam shakes his head and sighs that they might just have to reconcile themselves with the idea that Bobby will never walk again, and Sam, Sam, Sam. You know I love you to bits, but you might want to hold off on making remarks like that when Bobby is sitting right there in front of you. He's crippled, for Christ's sake, not deaf.

In any event, College Boy finally notices the humongous manila envelope stamped "X-RAY" that Dean's had clutched in his hand since his entrance, and wonders what gives.