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Posted: 11 years ago
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If you have not seen tonight's episode then spoilers are below...be warned.

Brief recap: The episode begins with a classic Supernatural murder scene. This time an old man gets poked by a big ol' back hoe type machine. The poke was not gentle, shall we say? The story is a classic Supernatural episode with a nostalgic twist. We find out that Dean stole food and was put in a boys' home when he was 16. The guy who ran the home, Sonny, is a man who looks strikingly like Sam Winchester at age forty and after a few months sabbatical in the forest. The home now is kind of in disrepair with a few smartass bullies and one small kid, who is the one being bullied. This would be Timmy, with whom Dean bonds.

The episode is threaded throughout with flashbacks to Dean's time at the home and how he was a star athlete, boyfriend to a local girl, and had dreams of being a mechanic. Anyway, the main story centers on finding a ghost that's haunting the boys' home and after a few false leads, we find out that it's the creepy kid's mother. Apparently she is anchored to him in some way that we have not been told about previously in our Supernatural ghost lore, but I've long since given up on tracing the show's mythologies.

The episode ends with Timmy telling his mommy to leave everyone alone and in a beautiful special effect, her burned ghost skin falls away and becomes beautiful again before disappearing into smoke. The final act reveals that Dean was getting ready to go to his first school dance when John, the very bad father, shows up and takes Dean away. Sonny offers to fight to keep him there but after seeing Sam in the Impala, Dean chooses to leave with his family. The current Sam thanks Dean for all that he's done for Sam, but Dean, being Dean, shrugs off the emotion and they drive away.

Things I liked:

1. Mother's ghost special effect was awesome. Kudos VFX.

2. The actor playing young Dean did very well. Nice emotion.

3. Great classic Supernatural feel to episode. Old school feelings.

4. The AMULET!!!!

5. Kevin Parks' direction was wonderful. He has a beautiful grasp of shot and angle. I love his eye.

Things I didn't like:

1. Sorry but I thought it was a grievous emotional retcon for Dean. Dean loved that life and to pretend like he wanted normal is just a travesty and mocks the pilot. Dean IDOLIZED his father and I am hard pressed to think a pre-season one Dean would allow anyone to say bad things about John. Sorry, that's how I feel.

2. The continuing character assassination of John Winchester.

3. What was Robin's point? She was our mini-Amelia.

4. No Zeke popping out when Sam is choking? Seems discontinuous. In the words of Klum, "You're either in or you're out."

Theories of the Week:

1. I really don't have any. It was a MOTW episode and did little for the mytharc.

2. Still not sure on ghost mythologies.

3. I think we're in Oz and Zeke is the Wizard.

Share your thoughts, speculations, and other feelings below.


P.S (from TM) I really wish Sam remembers thhe "thank you" scene when the cat is let outta bag... about Zeke... Cause It's the maximum a brother like Dean can do to his little brother who is his entire world
Edited by lakshmi_3004 - 11 years ago

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Posted: 11 years ago
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I think this epi broke me lol. I never really cry watching such things even though they are my fav kinds. But the last five minutes pretty much drove things to a point that I didt even realise when I started crying lol. I have to say It goes right up there in my top all time fav epis of SPN. It was too damn good.
Oh a side note I hate the way they portray John in the later episodes. He might not be the best parent in the world. He certainly wasn't bad. He may have left Dean n the boys home cause he was angry but nothing in this world will ever convince me that he didn't check on him and confirmed that he was safe before doing so. As for being hard enough to not let Dean go to a school dance. Its the same thing as not letting Sam be a lawyer. It wasnt their life and he need them to come to terms with it as soon as possible. In my opinion if John wasn't this hard and strict the boys they wouldn't be strong enough to take a stand against the whole world to save it . They would have been like Jimmy Novak or Nick who gave into the Angels manupulations easily.
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Posted: 11 years ago
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My net isn't wrkng proprly.. hv nt watchd new epi..
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Posted: 11 years ago
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Originally posted by: ~*sindhu*~

I think this epi broke me lol. I never really cry watching such things even though they are my fav kinds. But the last five minutes pretty much drove things to a point that I didt even realise when I started crying lol. I have to say It goes right up there in my top all time fav epis of SPN. It was too damn good.

Oh a side note I hate the way they portray John in the later episodes. He might not be the best parent in the world. He certainly wasn't bad. He may have left Dean n the boys home cause he was angry but nothing in this world will ever convince me that he didn't check on him and confirmed that he was safe before doing so. As for being hard enough to not let Dean go to a school dance. Its the same thing as not letting Sam be a lawyer. It wasnt their life and he need them to come to terms with it as soon as possible. In my opinion if John wasn't this hard and strict the boys they wouldn't be strong enough to take a stand against the whole world to save it . They would have been like Jimmy Novak or Nick who gave into the Angels manupulations easily.

I agree Sindhu about John's portrayal.. what it did do is fill more resent against him
But I am amazed that Dean stay put in a place far from Sam for 2 months??😲
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Posted: 11 years ago
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will reply ASA I watch episode on my cell😃
but reading this I think they r doing ched khani wid characters🤣
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Posted: 11 years ago
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I simply loved d scene where Dean sees Sam playing alone in car, poor sam cuz he had no1 to play nd poor dean cuz he had to leave the lyf he had just started 2 enjoy😭, but therez one thing at which I wz surprised, he sacrificed his happiness 4 Sam right?? If he loved Sam so much then how cud he even remain happy without him being around for 2 months nd not even think abt his beloved piece ov heart atleast for once ?😲😆 mayb d writers thot dt he wz just a careless teenager at dt tym so he can 4get things nd his past 4 a while nd enjoy himself...😆
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Posted: 11 years ago
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-heartbreaking episode it was
-agreed the woman did looked scary atleast to me...😆
-if I m. not wrong then john knew where dean was🤔 maybe he met n told where Sam was and left dean there only🤔 just a thot...u know dean having a satisfaction dat Sam was fine...maybe he was trying to fit in there n wen he did he liked being in the reform school🤔 another thot...arghhh CVS leave us wandering😡...or maybe they r showing dat dean was just a teenagers😕
-i say that I just loved the last scene...so muchhh...dean got a chance to live a normal life n he was enjoying it a bit...n then john came n he saw Sam n everything changed k think the last scene was very impactfull...dean all happy and wants to go to the dance...sonny saying ki ur dad arrived and the sadness was so haunting on his face like he wishes to stay there n then he saw Sam playing alone and the smile dat played on his lips was genuine...like I wants to be there😳 there was not sadness wen he saw Sam n then came the blow,yes I have to leave😳 really nicely depicted I will say he just did wat he always do...no matter how he loves it,,it's not more than Sam😳 sometimes I wonder wat wud be sam's life if dean wasn't there with him? coz john was hardly there for them.. ...
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Posted: 11 years ago
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Originally posted by: devilish-grin

-heartbreaking episode it was
-agreed the woman did looked scary atleast to me...😆
-if I m. not wrong then john knew where dean was🤔 maybe he met n told where Sam was and left dean there only🤔 just a thot...u know dean having a satisfaction dat Sam was fine...maybe he was trying to fit in there n wen he did he liked being in the reform school🤔 another thot...arghhh CVS leave us wandering😡...or maybe they r showing dat dean was just a teenagers😕
-i say that I just loved the last scene...so muchhh...dean got a chance to live a normal life n he was enjoying it a bit...n then john came n he saw Sam n everything changed k think the last scene was very impactfull...dean all happy and wants to go to the dance...sonny saying ki ur dad arrived and the sadness was so haunting on his face like he wishes to stay there n then he saw Sam playing alone and the smile dat played on his lips was genuine...like I wants to be there😳 there was not sadness wen he saw Sam n then came the blow,yes I have to leave😳 really nicely depicted I will say he just did wat he always do...no matter how he loves it,,it's not more than Sam😳 sometimes I wonder wat wud be sam's life if dean wasn't there with him? coz john was hardly there for them.. ...

@bold awww now that clears my hard hearted question dt hw cud he remain happy wen he didnt had Sam around him😳
Apart 4m d tym wen Sam decided 2 b bffs wid Ruby, he hz bin there 4 Dean hasnt he? Its just dt he remains quiet n broody most ov d tym nd dxnt show his emotions...😕
Edited by Maano_billi - 11 years ago
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Posted: 11 years ago
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@ manoo
see yup Sam too do dat but he is all sad n gloomy😆 dean just let it go...even during the Amelia thing,Sam do let her go but in the start it's all sad sad,I dont-like-all-this-hunting-stuff😆 ...I think from start it was shown dat dean loves hunting,it was his passion but in this episode,they showed a different side to him too dat even once he thot hunting to be boring n wanted to be normal life...which is mostly Sammy thing in the show 😆...Sam was also there for him but sam is more death prone and at the end,it alwaz end up dean going crazy n do anything to make him alive🤣
I liked it too dat Sam said thank u dean...that was awww😳and dean being dean just shrugged it off...

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