• Castiel - "The Darkness has almost infinite power. I'm not sure what 'growing up' means in this case."
  
• Rowena - "But as you grow and become stronger, your true destiny will become clear to you."
• Crowley - "She wants to eat everyone. Don't take is personally."

• How long will it be before Crowley completely loses control of Amara?
  
• What does Amara want?
  
• What will Rowena do now?

• Amara does not want the world to be all evil, but she will not say what she wants with humanity.
  
• Dean feels like he deserved the beating he got from Cas, because of that Dean did to Cas when he had the Mark of Cain.
  
• Low-level angels and low-level demons are conspiring to fight the Darkness.

• This is the 5th episode of Supernatural that Jensen Ackles has directed. (The other four are "Weekend at Bobby's", "The Girl Next Door", "Heartache", and "Soul Survivor").
• Cas' car is a 1978 Lincoln Continental Mark V; and Cas seems hurt that Sam called his car "crappy".
• Crowley gives Amara a children's pop up book titled "Uncle Hoppity", but she is already reading "The Inferno", by Dante Alighieri -- the first book of his "The Divine Comedy" epic poem.
• "Sonny's Taxi Cab" is the name on the taxi when Dean arrives to pick up Rowena.
• "Fortune Nookie" seems to have replaced "BustyAsianBeauties.com" as Dean's preferred pornographic website.
• At the end of the episode, Dean clearly feels guilty when he says he "had it coming", referring to the beating he gave Castiel in season 10 "The Prisoner".

• A mai tai is a rum-based tropical drink.
  
• Dean refers to Crowley's "ninjas" being after Rowena. Historically, in feudal Japan, ninjas were used as mercenaries and for assassinations.
  
• Florence Nightingale lived during the 1800s and is considered the founder of modern day nursing.

• "Big One" -- by Louden Swain (plays during the angel/demon bar scene)

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