12.11 Regarding Dean

Title	Regarding Dean
Episode #	Season 12, Episode 11
First aired	February 9, 2017
Directed by	John Badham
Written by	Meredith Glynn
On IMDB	Regarding Dean
Outline
Monster	Witches
Timeline
Location(s)
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Characters

• Sam Winchester
• Dean Winchester
• Rowena
• Gideon Loughlin
• Catriona Loughlin
• Boyd Loughlin

Definitions

• Aliases
• Black Grimoire
• Costumes & Disguises
• Grenade Launcher
• Hex Bag
• Impala
• Sexual Encounters
• Spells
• Table of Death
• Witches

Music

• "Broomstick Cowboy" by Bobby Goldsboro

(plays over the ending montage)

Quotes

Dean: Right. Right. Yes, the Devil baby mama drama. Say that five times fast. Devil baby mama drama.

Sam: This is serious. I think Dean's been hexed, okay. He's been forgetting things.

Rowena: Maybe he's drunk.

Sam: He's not drunk.

Dean: First action in I don't know how long, and it's like it never even happened. Figures.
Sam: See, now that's comedy.

Dean: I'm trying to read my lips. Now salsa you mittens.

Sam: You can't read lips.

Dean: I can't read lips.

Sam: Wait a second. So you can't break it?

Rowena: Well, of course I could. But, witchcraft this complex would take time, more than Dean's got. He's already begun to forget himself, everyone he's ever known, ever loved. Even you. Soon, he'll forget how to speak, how to swallow. Then, Dean Winchester is going to die.

Dean: Sucks for that guy.

Sam: You know, I've seen my brother die. But, watching him become, not him. This might actually be worse.

Dean: Okay. My name is Dean Winchester, Sam is my brother, Mary Winchester is my Mom and Cast-Cas is my best friend.

Trivia & References

"Regarding Dean" is a reference to the 1991 film Regarding Henry, about a lawyer who struggles with his memory after a shooting.

Dean: Okay One: The Rat Pack partied till the day they died and B: I can still kick your ass.

Dean: Witches. I guess it's true what they say. Mo money, mo problems.

Sam: Listen, man, I know we haven't had it easy lately, this thing with the Devil's kid and getting tossed into west Guantanamo makes me want to hit the bottle too, sometimes. But, dude you're wrecked. And we got a case to work, so get it together, alright?

Dean: Dude, if a witch got a clear shot at me, I would be dead. I wouldn't be freckin' Dory.

Sam: Dory?
Dean: Not gonna apologize for loving that fish. Not to you, not to anyone.

A reference to the Finding Nemo and Finding Dory character of the same name, who had memory issues.

Sam: Right. Okay, right. If you're doing so well, name all the members of Bon Jovi.

Dean: Okay. We talking circa 1983?

Rowena: From the neck down, is he smooth like a Ken doll?

Sam: I don't know, and I'm not checking either.

Dean: So this spell, I'm stuck in some sort of Memento crap?

Sam and Dean use the aliases "Agents Moon and Entwistle," references to Keith Moon and John Entwistle of The Who.

Elka: Last night, you told me your name was Springsteen, like the Boss.

Dean: It's like I'm watching myself on Netflix.

Sam: Dean, do you remember HBO? Cinemax?

Dean: Skinemax?

Sam puts on the Scooby Doo, Where Are You! episode "Hassle in the Castle" for Dean to keep him distracted.

Catriona Loughlin is shown cataloging butterflys, this is called Lepidopterology.

Minutiae

Vincent Gale, who played Boyd Loughlin, previously played Evan Hudson in 2.08 Crossroad Blues and Viggo in 8.10 Torn and Frayed.

Sides, Scripts & Transcripts

• 12.11 Regarding Dean (transcript)