And also: it's interesting, thinking about the mythos of "The Winchesters" among demons and all supernatural creatures, to think about the MotW realizing they were hunters, but not that they're like, THE Hunters. You know? Like, this lady and her brother were being hunted by the best of the best. It's kind of like a five year old getting beaten in a game of basketball by Kareem Abdul Jabar. (Or someone more current in basketball history I don't know anything about sports.)

From that perspective, pretty much all motw a-plots are going to seem overly simplistic, even as coat hangers for the brother drama. Once you avert, cause, avert, and then cause the apocalypse, it's sort of all child's play. This is an interesting by-product of shows of this sort, and an issue perhaps unique to the form. I wonder if folks in the writers room think about this. Or if maybe they will, in future shows. They'll be like, "yeah, but let's be careful not to pull a Willow or a Sam-N-Dean, here."