1.04 Masters of War

Title	Masters of War
Episode #	Season 1, Episode 4
First aired	November 1, 2022
Directed by	John Kretchmer
Written by	Julia Cooperman
On IMDB	Masters of War
Outline
Monster	Mars Neto
Timeline
Location(s)	St. Joseph, Missouri Lawrence, Kansas
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Synopsis

Dean: Fighting the battle between good and evil is never easy. Especially when the first monster you have to face is the one inside yourself.

Characters

• Mary Campbell
• John Winchester
• Latika Dar
• Carlos Cervantez
• Millie Winchester
• Dean Winchester
• Mars Neto

Definitions

• Akrida
• Costumes & Disguises (The Winchesters)
• Deities
• Dragons
• Manticore
• Men of Letters Clubhouse
• Table of Death
• Winchesters Garage

Music

• "Paris Cheri" by Joséphine Baker

(playing in the hospital as Patches is attacked)

• "Everybody's Talkin' (Theme from Midnight Cowboy)" by Harry Nilsson

(plays over the closing montage)

Quotes

Carlos: Am I interrupting whatever hetero mating ritual this is?

Trivia & References

"Masters of War" is the title of a song by Bob Dylan, itself adapted from the traditional song "Nottamun Town."

Minutiae

The Veterans hospital is called Hannibal Park Hospital.

Carlos: What do I have to be in the bag?

Mary: Because you suck at Rock, Paper, Scissors.
Carlos: There is no logical world where paper beats rock.

Sam and Dean often made decisions based on Rock, Paper, Scissors. In 7.12 Time After Time, Dean echoed Cartlos' sentiment saying "How does paper beat a rock? It's stupid."

Sides, Scripts & Transcripts

• 1.04 Masters of War (transcript)

Promotion

• [: Synopsis and photos
• Trailer
• Behind the scenes pics from Meg Donnelly
• Bianca Kajlich talks about John and Millie with EW
• Bianca Kajlich talks about Millie joining the hunt with EW