Okay, just a quick note to say that I concur very heartily with everything you just said. I laughed at the same things you/your husband did, and sighed and cried at all the same places. I hold out a (misguided, no doubt) hope that Alfie's death will be the catalyst for Gabriel making a dramatic come-back on a mission from God and, with Castiel's help, setting things right in heaven. (I did mention the misguided/unlikely part, right?)