10.21 Dark Dynasty

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Title Dark Dynasty
Episode # Season 10, Episode 21
First aired May 6, 2015
Directed by Robert Singer
Written by Eugenie Ross-Leming
Brad Buckner
On IMDB Dark Dynasty
Outline While investigating a murder, Sam and Dean realize they are dealing with another member of the Styne Family. Frustrated with how long Rowena is taking deciphering the Book of the Damned, Sam calls in Charlie to help in the decoding; forcing Castiel to play referee between the two.
Monster Styne Family
Timeline
Location(s) Omaha, Nebraska
Lebanon, Kansas
Shreveport, Louisiana
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Synopsis

In Omaha, a young woman arrives for what she believes is a research study on eyesight. However, Eldon Styne has plans to harvest her eyes. When they are disturbed by the janitor, Eldon quickly does the job and then flees.


Sam is getting desperate as he realises the Mark is continuing to effect Dean. He is frustrated that Rowena has so far failed to decipher the Book of the Damned, but she claims that she is stymied because the Codex is encoded.


In Shreveport, Louisiana, the head of the Styne family Monroe Styne rebukes Eldon for nearly being caught in the process of a harvest. He tells Eldon he must make reparation by retrieving the Book of the Damned and killing the Winchesters. After Eldon leaves, Eli Styne questions the wisdom of sending Eldon on the mission. Monroe reminds him he let Charlie escape, and that he should find her and keep an eye on Eldon.


At the bunker, Sam returns and dean is curious as to where has been. Dean tells him he's been looking into the Styne family, but has not been able to find records beyond 200 years ago. The murder of 'the woman whose eyes were removed has caught his eye – mainly because the killer escaped unharmed after jumping from a third story window.

Sam agrees they should check the caseout the next day. That night he sneaks out to meet Charlie, and plead for help in decoding the codex. He confesses that he didn't destroy the Book of the Damned and pleads for her to help, as he sees its their only chance to save Dean. Charlie agrees, although she is reluctant to work alongside Rowena.

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Quotes

Dean: Well, you look like crap on toast.

Sam: I just haven't really been sleeping well.
Dean: Is there a woman you haven't mentioned?
Sam: A woman?
Dean: Well, I'm just saying you weren't here when I went to bed last night, you been running off on your own a lot these past couple of weeks.
Sam: I do that.
Dean: You actually don't.

Sam: Dean, we don't always do the exact same thing at the exact same time. Remember when you went off and snuffed that vampire nest by yourself?
Dean: Well, there's pretty much what we do know, that they screwed with financial markets, they helped Hitler get started, along with god knows what else -- probably disco. But you go back to the 1800s, and the trail goes dead. There's nothing in the research, there's nothing online. It's like the family just popped up one day.
Charlie: Well, Dean wanted it burned, so is he pissed? Of course. He doesn't know. Geez! The two of you.
Sam: Charlie, he's not himself. He's not. He would try and stop me. He's given up. Look, I called in an expert to -- to use the codex, but it turns out it's sort of... encoded also, so I thought you might help... move things along faster.
Rowena: I thought I was clear, Samuel. I requested more time, not an assistant.
Sam: And I thought I was clear, Rowena. Charlie is not your assistant. You're hers.
Rowena: And you studied your craft where?

Charlie: Mostly a joint called Más Java. It has excellent Wi-Fi.
Rowena: I have not heard of this institution, and I know all the great global centers of witchcraft.

Charlie: Makes sense, 'cause I'm not a witch. I'm a nerd. And I know all the great centers of nerddom.
Rowena: Hell's bells. More distractions? What are you? Witch or nerd?

Castiel: Angel.

Rowena: Beg pardon?
Rowena: Does he know that the first rule is don't tell your brother what we're doing?

Castiel: Wait -- Dean doesn't know? Sam, this never ends well.
Charlei: That's exactly what I said.
Sam: Okay, everyone take a breath. Look, we're up against it, okay? And we've all been up against it before, and we know there are times when every choice sucks. Now, us... lying to Dean... is the choice that sucks the least. We have to make this work. Please.
Charlie: Okay, yeah. For Dean.
Sam: Cas?
Castiel: Okay. For Dean.
Sam: For Dean.

Rowena: Barely know the man.
Crowley: Just for once, I wish you trolls would bring me some good news. 'Sire, Missouri has boils.' Something cheerful.
Charlie: I actually don't see our similarities all that much.

Rowena: Because you're young and good and I'm ancient and evil? Is that it? What? Let me tell you about you -- a difficult and lonely childhood. Tragedy, absent parents. Always outside the mainstream. Sexually progressive. Living in your own head for solace and direction. Yeah, but still, we are pretty different. I read you the minute I saw you. And I'm sure you're learning that the line between good and evil is quite flexible. But we part company when it comes to blind devotion. Case in point -- the Winchesters. You've made them the family you don't have. Foolish.
Charlie: Sam and Dean are like my brothers. I love them.

Rowena: I know. And that steadfast loyalty will be your undoing, my girl.
Sam: Uh, what about you? How you doing?
Dean: Oh, you mean the thing? Yeah. Yeah. You know, some dark thoughts, creepy visions, violent urges. Same old same old. I'm happy I got a murder to focus on, though.
Charlie: I am doing my best, but with her criticizing, breathing down my neck, trying to sign me up for team witch -- oh, oh, and moaning how the one good year for music was 1723 -- I -- I am going crazy.

Castiel: I know.
Charlie: No, I mean, she is evil.

Castiel: She is a wicked witch, so by definition --
Dean: Cas?

Castiel: Sam.
Dean: No, it's Dean. What's up?
Castiel: Nothing. I'm just, uh... Just staying in touch. Like I do.
Dean: Something on your mind?

Castiel: No. This call is pointless. My ride's here.
Sam: See, our family business is putting guys like you out of business.
Eldon: Oh. It's impressive. Let me tell you about my family business. You're in way over your heads. The family is vast -- spread over the world. And that power that you mentioned doesn't come from the book. It comes from intelligence and will. The book facilitates. Stock market dive, recession, 9/11 -- any of them ring a bell? Arab Spring. Didn't even break a sweat.
Rowena: Once she has children of her own, she'll know all about betrayal.

Castiel: You have a child?
Rowena: Do I have a child? The King of Hell. That's all. The King.

Castiel: Crowley is your son? Well, that explains a lot. I'm sure that was quite a challenge.
Dean: Charlie has the damn Book of the Damned?!

Charlie: No, I don't have it. I just -- I I just -- I have my notes.
Sam: Then give them your notes, Charlie! Give them the code -- whatever they want!
Dean: Charlie, I don't know what the hell is going on, but you need to listen to me. Give whoever that is whatever they want. You understand? Charlie?!

Charlie: I can't do that, Dean.

Trivia & References

Charlie works in this episode to decode Nadya's Codex. Actor Felicia Day had previously starred as a character called Codex in the web series The Guild which she created.
Charlie was wearing a Legend of Zelda t-shirt this episode.
Charlie: Why are we meeting here? I could've come to the Death Star.
Charlie is referring to the Men of Letters Bunker as the Death Star - a moon-sized battle station which houses a laser that can destroy a planet from Star Wars.
Rowena: To cure one curse, Agnes had to know how to inflict another. They live side-by-side in the magic world. One cannot be without the other.

Charlie: Sure, sure. Like, uh, a binary system.

A binary system denotes two objects in space (usually stars) that are so close that their gravitational interaction causes them to orbit about a common center of mass.
Eli: A dump called the Blackbird Motel. Registered under the name Carrie Asimov.
All of Charlie's alias' are a combination of the first name of a character from a Stephen King Novel (in this case the eponymous lead character of Carrie) and the family name of a science fiction author. Here it is Isaac Asimov.

Minutiae

A clue to the Styne's true identity as the House Frankenstein can be spotted in the family crest, first seen in 10.18 Book of the Damned which bares a striking resemblance to the Frankenstein family crest seen in Young Frankenstein.
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