I love your recaps. You catch things that I don't. I too wish Sam had friends. I don't think that not making friends is a basic part of his personality, because he had friends in college and clicked with Sarah and was close enough with the guy at the motel he worked at to know the guy's father was sick (when Dean was in Purgatory). He just doesn't make friends when Dean is around, which says something, but I'm not sure what.

Now nitpicky percysowner is going to be nitpicky. For the record it is SHEMP not Chimp. It was his real nickname, but his family didn't hate him enough to call him Chimp, which is a blessing. Also, I'm pretty sure the name is Portia after the Shakespeare character, not Porsche after the car. Although maybe a woman/dog familiar wants to tell the world that she is as good as a Porsche.