Recurring theme! A good storyline and good character development of a recurring theme. When does the ends justify the means? Dean goes out of control and does some questionable things when his family is kidnapped! Dean is helped out by another character who has good intentions but does questionable events. Is Dean a hypocrite? Just as when Sam used the same logic! One sees the problems with Sam as a results of some of Dean's reckless actions. Sam is stunned at Dean's behaviour; little does Sam realize that he was exactly the same way maybe worse than Dean when he had no soul. In the end, one wonders about Dean? One wonders if this episode is a foreshadow for the season finale. I give "Let it bleed" a ten out of ten.