I think I'm a little shocked (or a lot), b/c so far I've been feeling numb about this episode. I loved it, but I can't feel anything towards it yet. Weird. But it was less scary than I feared. At least Cas apologized. Though I didn't really like how they handled it. Why should Sam be the one to firgive him so quickly if Sam had suffered much more? And why didn't Dean apologize? He's as much to blame for their fallout as Cas.
But I agree about Misha deserving an award. His acting just keeps getting more and more breathtaking.