I'm so glad you know the exact moment! Yes, sounds like you've pinpointed it exactly. I think we all need to brace ourselves ... the CW network may have weaponized Jensen Ackles's attractiveness.

Dean's hair looked ... squashed. Like he had a fringe sort of pushed down on his forehead. I don't know what happened there. Maybe it's a backlash from his gelled sticky-uppy hair from S1.