I thought that too - about how John makes the point to mention that the strange occurences were happening around Palo Alto right before Jessica's death. Did he mean that he noticed the occurences AFTER Jess was killed and it was a "hindsight is 20/20" thing, or did he notice the occurences and do nothing? It seems odd that if he knew the Demon was coming for Sam again that he'd take off and leave Dean with only a garbled voice message.

And holy cow, am I so excited about your costuming observations! I was always pretty happy with how the clothing on the show seemed to have a lot of continuity (Dean wears the black and purple plaid shirt a lot, Sam and his grey hound t-shirt) which made sense considering they would only have limited space in their duffels for wardrobe changes. But finding the connection between Sam and the other Special Kids via clothing? That's brilliant.

I can't wait to read what else you come up with!