Hotel Room of Rage and Despair. Sam, now in his hunter civvies, walks into his hotel room and sees Nick sitting on one of the beds. He asks Nick what he's doing there, and Dean comes out of nowhere, tackling Sam from the side, slamming the hotel room door shut with his body and pulling Sam back to put a giant knife to his neck. AUGH! MAYDAY! Also, how the hell did they block this? Did the Puppy have his legs splayed out giraffe-style so that we could see teh Pretty over his shoulder like that? Moving On. Sam tries to reason with Dean until Nick gets up from the bed and Sam Figures It Out, pronouncing Nick one "butt-ugly stripper." Nick says that's as may be, but he got Dean. Sam tries to reason with Dean some more, and I have to hand it to Ackles - his eyes don't leave Sam, but they are stone cold. Dean's not there anymore, Sam. Or rather, he is, in all his hunting badassery, but 
now you're a threat, not his top priority. Yikes! Nick twirls a small hyacinth blossom around and asks Dean to cut Sam on his neck, just a little; Dean complies immediately, rocking Sam back slightly and leaving a small bloody gash on his neck. DAMN. Sam snaps that Nick poisoned him, but Nick says he just gave Dean what he needed. "It was you," he says quietly. "A little brother that looked up to him, that he could trust. And now he loves me." To drive the point home, Dean rocks Sam back and cuts him a second time. AUGH! Nick tells Sam that having someone kill because they love you is the best feeling in the world. When Sam asks why he's "slutting all over town", then, Nick smiles and admits that he gets bored. "You know, like we all do. And I want to fall in love again... and again... and again." Man, that's creepy. And kind of awesome. I have to sidebar here to say that Jim Parrack is doing a phenomenal job in this scene: not overly villainous, just getting a rush from all the potential eternal devotion. He's giving one of the best performances I've seen on this series, IMO, and Cara was also exceptionally good. Way to go, SPN casting! Sam says that he's fought lots of monsters, but that Nick is... "one needy, pathetic loser." HA! Oh, Sam, I love your snarky bravado. Nick tells Sam that he won't feel that way in a minute. He grabs Sam's jaw, forces his mouth open, and then opens his own mouth. A small part of his tongue raises up and shoots a small amount of liquid onto Sam's lips. Well, that was... unnecessary, writers. You couldn't just have Nick smear a dab of his own spit onto Sam's mouth? Kripke Owns Me was all over this being an ejaculatory thing, and I'll leave it to her to argue that in the comments. Sam struggles and grabs at his mouth, trying to wipe the spit away, but when he looks at Nick again, it's already too late. Nick moves Dean's arm off Sam's shoulders, setting Sam free, and steps back; an absolutely thunderstruck Sam stares at Nick in astonishment and actually stumbles forward a few steps like, yes, a little puppy. I would pay a good sum of money to know what Sam sees in Nick at this exact moment: the way Sam almost totters forward, I wouldn't be surprised if he saw Nick as an older brother. Nick says that he knows the two of them have a lot to get off their chests, so why don't they "discuss it", and whoever's left standing can be with him forever. I know of more than a few fangirls who have TOTALLY had this exact dream. Also, he may be a bastard, but you have to admire Nick's style.
Sam turns and faces Dean; they're on the opposite sides of the room. Dean says that he doesn't know when it happened - maybe when he was in hell, "maybe when I was staring straight at you" - but the Sam he knew is gone. He says it's not the demon blood or the "psychic crap", it's Sam's lies and secrets. Sam asks what Dean means, and when Dean mentions the super seekrit phone call that began this episode, Sam snarks that he doesn't need Dean's permission to make a call. "That's the point," Dean says. "You're hiding things from me. What else aren't you telling me?" Cut to Sam, looking at Dean with a smirk playing on his lips, and I immediately flash back to Born Under a Bad Sign as Sam snarks: "None of your business." Dean clenches his jaw and grits that they used to be in this together and had each other's backs, but Sam's had enough: he tells Dean that the reason he didn't tell Dean about how he and Ruby are going after Lilith is because Dean is too weak. I have to admit that I actually slapped my hand over my mouth when Sam said that. Sam continues that Dean is, get this, holding him back - that he's a better hunter than Dean, stronger and smarter, and that he can take out demons Dean's too scared to go near. Dean pronounces this to be crap, but Sam's decided to play dirty: "You're too busy feeling sorry for yourself, whining about all the souls you tortured in hell... boo hoo." I think it's worth noting that Dean's upset about Sam's actions, while Sam is upset with Dean's inaction: they have separate goals and priorities now, and they both know it. This last comment from Sam hits Dean's breaking point, which Sam knew it would: Dean hurls the knife in his hand at Sam's head, who ducks, and then it is ON. This is not anything close to the slick, choreographed fight from Skin or the fast wrestling match from the Pilot: it's just deliberate, brute force. The boys lunge at each other, throwing the hardest punches that they can. Sam deftly catches Dean's arm and pins it against his body, twisting it so we hear a bone-crunching sound; Dean awesomely ignores the pain and punches Sam repeatedly with his other hand. Sam releases Dean and punches him once, twice, three times, and then finally hits him so hard that Dean sails through the air before he goes down, breaking some random furniture as he falls. Sam tells Dean that he's not getting in Sam's way any more and pushes him against the wall, hitting him over and over. Dean grabs Sam and spins him, throwing Sam back against the wall and moving to the center of the room; he's getting his ass kicked and he knows it. Sam steps into the room and Nick, smelling the proverbial blood in the water, gets up from the bed and moves a few feet behind Dean, trapping him - which is when Dean charges right at Sam, slamming him back against the door and breaking it down. Dean scrambles up and stares down at his little brother, who can't even get up off the floor. Dean sees the handy fire axe encased in glass in the hallway and shatters the glass with his elbow, which I have to admit was the hottest thing for me in this ep. He jerks out the axe and stands over Sam as Nick smarms his way into the scene, telling Dean to kill Sam for Nick. Cut to Sam looking at Dean, scared, and then over at Nick. "Tell me again how weak I am, Sam," Dean growls. "How I hold you back?" He hefts the axe, lifting it to swing it down at Sam and -
BOBBY, awesomely, catches the axe on the downswing with one hand and stabs Dean with a brass knife with the other. Dean collapses, clutching at the wound, and Nick starts to run. One of my favorite things about this scene is that Sam realizes what's about to happen and actually shouts "no" at Bobby several times, but Bobby is too awesome: he throws the brass knife, now soaked in the blood of one of the siren's victims, right at Nick and stabs him in the back. Nick staggers against a window pane, and we see the Joker/Mystique reflection for a moment until he falls to the floor, dead. Bobby walks over to make sure; behind him, we see the siren's spell over the boys begin to fade. Dean blinks; Sam sits up awkwardly and starts to pull himself up, but then slumps back against the wall, too stunned to move. The boys look at each other, remembering everything they said and can't take back. Sam can't bear it, and looks away.
Outside on an overcast Vancouver day. Bobby breaks out the hunter bubbly, handing two bottles to the boys and keeping one for himself. Dean looks down and buhs that Bobby just handed them each a soda. Bobby: "You boys are driving, ain'tcha?" HEE. Nice, Bobby! The boys kind of stare at him for a minute and then take a drink; Dean shifts his weight awkwardly, like a wounded little kid. Sam thanks Bobby for saving their asses, again, but Bobby evenly says that the boys have done the same for him, and more than once. Aw. He saves the day and he's gracious! He tells the boys that if they'd made a call, they too could have known that "Agent Nick Monroe" wasn't real. Sam smiles, impressed; Dean purses his lips in self-disgust and drowns his embarrassment in sweet, dark cola. Bobby stares at the boys for a few long seconds, sizing them up, and then asks if they're going to be okay. Sam: "Yeah, fine!" Dean: "Yeah, good." Nothing to see here! Move along, please! Bobby tips his worn-out baseball cap to the boys and stops halfway to his car, turning back to the boys. "You know, sirens are nasty things," he says. "That one got to you... there's no shame in that." The boys blink, still unused to encouragement from a father figure and fellow hunter; Sam raises his soda slightly in a goodbye, but Dean doesn't move.
As Bobby drives off, Dean looks away and asks if Sam's going to say goodbye to Cara; Sam says no, he's not interested. Dean, still not looking at Sam, asks why not. "What's the point?" Sam asks. Dean looks at Sam for the first time since Bobby left: "Well, look at you. Love 'em and leave 'em," he says, knowing that it's always been difficult for Sam to do either. It's just another moment in which Dean's noticing how much Sam has changed, and how little he knows about him now. Sam glances at Dean and immediately looks away. He starts to say that Dean knows that what he said was just the spell, he didn't mean any of it... "'Course, me too," Dean interrupts, lying through his teeth. "Okay. So... we're good?" Sammy asks. Oh, SAM! Tell me you don't remotely believe that. Dean shrugs quickly that of course they are, and I do believe the Dean Winchester walls are back to full capacity, ladies and gentlemen, just as Little Sammy is looking for all the world like he's ten years old and all he wants is for his older brother to have his back. Twist the knife, writers, why don't you? They both get into the car, sad and hurt and alone, and close the doors as we cut to black.
*I’m a Deangirl, but sweet mother of God, Sam has a well-sculpted back. *
BLASPHEMY. Your Deangirl card should be revolked. NOTHING is better than the Ackles back…N-O-T-H-I-N-G.
Oh, whatevs! Your Deangirlism is much too fanatical. I’m more of the Episcopalean Deanreligion, so my card stays firmly intact. :)
Win.
*I’m a Deangirl, but sweet mother of God, Sam has a well-sculpted back. *
BLASPHEMY. Your Deangirl card should be revolked. NOTHING is better than the Ackles back…N-O-T-H-I-N-G.
Oh, whatevs! Your Deangirlism is much too fanatical. I'm more of the Episcopalean Deanreligion, so my card stays firmly intact. :)
Win.
**You couldn’t just have Nick smear a dab of his own spit onto Sam’s mouth? Kripke Owns Me was all over this being an ejaculatory thing, and I’ll leave it to her to argue that in the comments.**
I was *dying* to see what you’d say about this ;)
**because Dean is too weak. I have to admit that I actually slapped my hand over my mouth when Sam said that. Sam continues that Dean is, get this, holding him back **
I think my exact words, after the gasp, were “oh fuck no”.
**The boys look at each other, remembering everything they said and knowing they can’t take it back, and Sam looks away.**
This killed me. Ded. They are so far past “not good”; great for Ruby and whatever her nefarious plans are. Also great for Castiel and (what I think are) *his* totally nonagelic/quite devious plans are for Our Boys.
Damn you Otter, for making me wibble :(
As much as I dread it, I can’t wait to see the fallout from this. Of course I may have forgotten all about it since we have *another* waay too long hiatus. C’mon, March 12th!
Fantastic recap, Otter:)
Thanks, PW, I’m glad you liked it! This one was extra wibble-inducing, IMO.
And I agree, *another* hiatus? NOT FAIR!
**You couldn’t just have Nick smear a dab of his own spit onto Sam’s mouth? Kripke Owns Me was all over this being an ejaculatory thing, and I’ll leave it to her to argue that in the comments.**
I was *dying* to see what you'd say about this ;)
**because Dean is too weak. I have to admit that I actually slapped my hand over my mouth when Sam said that. Sam continues that Dean is, get this, holding him back **
I think my exact words, after the gasp, were "oh fuck no".
**The boys look at each other, remembering everything they said and knowing they can’t take it back, and Sam looks away.**
This killed me. Ded. They are so far past "not good"; great for Ruby and whatever her nefarious plans are. Also great for Castiel and (what I think are) *his* totally nonagelic/quite devious plans are for Our Boys.
Damn you Otter, for making me wibble :(
As much as I dread it, I can't wait to see the fallout from this. Of course I may have forgotten all about it since we have *another* waay too long hiatus. C'mon, March 12th!
Fantastic recap, Otter:)
Thanks, PW, I'm glad you liked it! This one was extra wibble-inducing, IMO.
And I agree, *another* hiatus? NOT FAIR!
Poor Dean. Poor Sam.
The fight was interesting to watch. Sam attacked Dean because of what he has become, and Dean attacked Sam for what is he becoming. It was somewhat inevitable that Sam begin to chafe under Dean’s control. Dean, and this is completely understandable to me, fails to see that although Sam is his little brother, he is a grown man. Sam fails to recognize that even though he can take care of himself, Dean still sees that as part of his job.
It’s hard to watch, but really, these are the growing pains that the boys should’ve experienced a long time ago, but couldn’t because of the way they were raised. (Not a slam on John, by the way) They had to stick together, follow orders, because they only had each other. Now there is Bobby, Castiel, Uriel, and Ruby. Not all of these people are good, but they do provide an outlet that the boys never had before.
Agreed, AW. They’re branching out from each other, which is totally natural – it’s just that the stakes are so high, and it seems like everyone has their own agenda which may or may not put the boys’ well-being first. Not to mention that Sam & Dean’s neuroses and defense mechanisms dovetail perfectly. It’d be infuriating in real life, but it makes for very good television for 5-6 years. :)
Thanks for posting!
Poor Dean. Poor Sam.
The fight was interesting to watch. Sam attacked Dean because of what he has become, and Dean attacked Sam for what is he becoming. It was somewhat inevitable that Sam begin to chafe under Dean's control. Dean, and this is completely understandable to me, fails to see that although Sam is his little brother, he is a grown man. Sam fails to recognize that even though he can take care of himself, Dean still sees that as part of his job.
It's hard to watch, but really, these are the growing pains that the boys should've experienced a long time ago, but couldn't because of the way they were raised. (Not a slam on John, by the way) They had to stick together, follow orders, because they only had each other. Now there is Bobby, Castiel, Uriel, and Ruby. Not all of these people are good, but they do provide an outlet that the boys never had before.
Agreed, AW. They're branching out from each other, which is totally natural – it's just that the stakes are so high, and it seems like everyone has their own agenda which may or may not put the boys' well-being first. Not to mention that Sam & Dean's neuroses and defense mechanisms dovetail perfectly. It'd be infuriating in real life, but it makes for very good television for 5-6 years. :)
Thanks for posting!
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Whoops, replied in the wrong space. My bad!
“Only on Supernatural would a fistfight be considered romantic and/or foreplay, but that’s why we love it. Onward!”
Would that be the fistfight where it was decided who would recap Supernatural for me this week?? Or are we talking about the SUPER HAWT one ;)!
Kill me that I couldn’t recap when Mah Boo, Bobby, saved the day. It was like a knife through the heart. But….”There are no chick flick moments in the Beaver Bubble”. Wow, I am just never going to run out of those, am I??
“Seriously, can you imagine that session? (”Look, there was this giant guy. GIANT. Like, the most ginormous…” Therapist: “Tell me about your father.”
You did not go there! This is why I love you, Otter…Me thinks the session would have quickly changed over to not wanting the HAWT Ginormotron to draw the demon out and just cut and run. Seriously, if you were one of the saved, wouldn’t you want to be buddies with Sammy, or if you were a chick…”Thanks for pulling the demon out of me. I can’t help but notice your arms and shoulders, though…”
Must read rest of recap and comment in chunks, as to not write another recap about your recap. I love it!
Hee. Glad you enjoyed it! I really appreciated the opportunity, although I have to say I’m impressed – writing this recap took forever because SPN eps are just so chock-full of awesome moments. Doing it on a weekly basis is hardcore, yo.
The gallery sounds great – go for it! :)
Hee! Preaching to the choir! My notes often just look like a handwritten version of the script, especially when Sammy and Dean are having a “moment”, not to be confused with a “chick flick” moment, although they have been getting pretty damn chick flicky lately!
"Only on Supernatural would a fistfight be considered romantic and/or foreplay, but that’s why we love it. Onward!"
Would that be the fistfight where it was decided who would recap Supernatural for me this week?? Or are we talking about the SUPER HAWT one ;)!
Kill me that I couldn't recap when Mah Boo, Bobby, saved the day. It was like a knife through the heart. But…."There are no chick flick moments in the Beaver Bubble". Wow, I am just never going to run out of those, am I??
"Seriously, can you imagine that session? (”Look, there was this giant guy. GIANT. Like, the most ginormous…” Therapist: “Tell me about your father.”
You did not go there! This is why I love you, Otter…Me thinks the session would have quickly changed over to not wanting the HAWT Ginormotron to draw the demon out and just cut and run. Seriously, if you were one of the saved, wouldn't you want to be buddies with Sammy, or if you were a chick…"Thanks for pulling the demon out of me. I can't help but notice your arms and shoulders, though…"
Must read rest of recap and comment in chunks, as to not write another recap about your recap. I love it!
Hee. Glad you enjoyed it! I really appreciated the opportunity, although I have to say I'm impressed – writing this recap took forever because SPN eps are just so chock-full of awesome moments. Doing it on a weekly basis is hardcore, yo.
The gallery sounds great – go for it! :)
Hee! Preaching to the choir! My notes often just look like a handwritten version of the script, especially when Sammy and Dean are having a "moment", not to be confused with a "chick flick" moment, although they have been getting pretty damn chick flicky lately!
As soon as I get a chance, I am adding a gallery to the end of this…Sam’s back, Mah Boo, Dean with axe, Sammy’s lost his shoe again look when he is sitting on the floor, etc…Sound good?
As soon as I get a chance, I am adding a gallery to the end of this…Sam's back, Mah Boo, Dean with axe, Sammy's lost his shoe again look when he is sitting on the floor, etc…Sound good?
Whiteotter, I adore you. Your Friday Night Lights recaps are a highlight of my week, and this Supernatural one is perfect. I just discovered this show, and have been kind of obsessed. You know what I can’t figure out? I usually like the bad boy (Tim Riggins pretty much owns my soul), but I am firmly in the Sam camp with this show. Go figure. Also, the fandom for this show is quite scary.
Thanks Trina! I fall into the Tim/Dean camp, but I can understand the Tim/Sam appeal. They’re so earnest and broken, you know? I absolutely love the mytharc/angstfest eps, so I was reeeeeeally happy to be able to fill in for KOM on this one.
I have to agree that the fandom for this show is pretty scary. I’ll take it a step further: the SPN fandom, IMO, represents both the best and worst of fandom, period. I’ve met some of the best people in the world, and others I wouldn’t go near with full football gear and a pole vault.
Whiteotter, I adore you. Your Friday Night Lights recaps are a highlight of my week, and this Supernatural one is perfect. I just discovered this show, and have been kind of obsessed. You know what I can't figure out? I usually like the bad boy (Tim Riggins pretty much owns my soul), but I am firmly in the Sam camp with this show. Go figure. Also, the fandom for this show is quite scary.
Thanks Trina! I fall into the Tim/Dean camp, but I can understand the Tim/Sam appeal. They're so earnest and broken, you know? I absolutely love the mytharc/angstfest eps, so I was reeeeeeally happy to be able to fill in for KOM on this one.
I have to agree that the fandom for this show is pretty scary. I'll take it a step further: the SPN fandom, IMO, represents both the best and worst of fandom, period. I've met some of the best people in the world, and others I wouldn't go near with full football gear and a pole vault.