12.18 The Memory Remains
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Title | The Memory Remains |
Episode # | Season 12, Episode 18 |
First aired | April 13, 2017 |
Directed by | Phil Sgriccia |
Written by | John Bring |
On IMDB | The Memory Remains |
Outline | Sam and Dean uncover a dark secret in a small Wisconsin town when investigating a missing person, whose attacker was described as a man with the head of a goat. |
Monster | Moloch |
Timeline | |
Location(s) | Tomahawk, Wisconsin Lebanon, Kansas |
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Contents
Synopsis
Characters
Definitions
- Alcohol
- Aliases
- Black Bill
- British Men of Letters
- Busty Asian Beauties
- The Colt
- Costumes & Disguises
- Deities
- Drugs
- Impala
- Law Enforcement Officers
- Men of Letters Bunker
- Porn
- Sammy
- Sexual Encounters
- Table of Death
- Unconscious
Music
- "Prohibition (4th Amendment)" by Bongzilla
- (playing at the party in the woods during the teaser)
- "Music to Watch Girls By" by Tony Hatch
- (playing in the diner as Sam is telling Dean about Black Bill)
- "Burgers and Fries" by Charley Pride
- (playing in the diner as Dean is eating his burger)
Quotes
Sam: I stayed up all night, going through every book we have on demons. Turns out we have a lot of books on demons.
Dean: So we got a, uh, goat dude with a name like a pirate, which is a little insane, even for us. And that bar is super high. So if it is real, what the hell is it?
Sam: Oh, don't do the hot coffee thing.
Dean: Boy this coffee is hot. Kind of like... Hi, what's your name?
Dean: Boy this coffee is hot. Kind of like... Hi, what's your name?
Sam: Good night?
Dean: Awesome. It was an awesome night. So awesome.
Dean: Awesome. It was an awesome night. So awesome.
Mr. Ketch: It's clear. Onward. Now, remember your orders. By the time we leave, Dr. Hess wants to know everything about out 'friends' the Winchesters -- their allies, their habits. How does Sam get his hair so shiny? How many ratty flannels does Dean own? So work quick, work quiet, and leave no trace. Oh, and apparently, Mick let Sam and Dean get their hands on the bloody Colt. Find it, huh?
Dean: Hello? Goat dude? ...Why is it always the rich ones? I mean, what, are they, like, 'Croquet's all right. But you know what'd be great? Murder.'
Sheriff Bishop: This is not what it looks like.
Dean: Really? 'Cause it looks like a straight up murder room to me.
Dean: Really? 'Cause it looks like a straight up murder room to me.
Sam: Hey. How you feelin'?
Dean: Like I just went 12 rounds with a god. So, you know... normal.
Dean: Like I just went 12 rounds with a god. So, you know... normal.
Dean: Next time you hear me say our family is messed up, remind me that we could be psycho goat people.
Sam: Yeah, that's true enough.
Sam: Yeah, that's true enough.
Dean: You know, I was thinking about what Bishop said. About... What do you think out legacy is gonna be? When we're gone, I mean, after all the stuff we've done, you think folks will remember us? You know, like, a hundred years from now?
Sam: No.
Dean: Oh, that's nice.
Trivia & References
"The Memory Remains" is a reference to the song of the same name by Metallica off of their Load album.
Dean: What 'bout you? Got anything there, Reading Rainbow?
Sam and Dean use the aliases "Agents Stark and Martell." A reference to two houses in the A Song of Ice and Fire book series and its television adaptation Game of Thrones.
The name of the local legend of the goat man "Black Bill" is a reference to the goat Black Phillip who is a manifestation of Lucifer in the 2015 movie The Witch.
Sam: All right, well, he lives in the woods, so he's like a local Jersey Devil. And apparently he has the head of a goat.
- The Jersey Devil is a legendary monster from Pine Barrens, New Jersey dating back to the 1700s.
Sam: I have some idea of what we're dealing with. Look at this. It's a saytr -- half man, half goat from Greek mythology.
Dean: Oh come on. This guys adorable. He plays a freakin' flute.
Sam: Yeah, Dean. That's -- that's Pan. It's his flute.
Dean: Grow up, Sam, okay? Burger's beef, bacon's pig, Soylent Green's people. But this -- this... This is Heaven.
Dean: Wow. So who lives at the Addams Family house?
A Bob Seger Night Moves cassette can be spotted in Dean's nightstand drawer when Ketch is rummaging through it, alongside pictures of Sam and Dean; Sam, Dean and Bobby and a young Dean and Mary.
Dean: Honestly? Sounds like a bad episode of Dynasty.
Dean: So now we're reporting to low rent Christian Bale? Seriously? I don't like that guy. He creeps me out. And he rides the oldest, worst, most unreliable bike.
Minutiae
John DeSantis, who played Moloch, previously played Freeman Daggett in 3.13 Ghostfacers, Golem in 8.13 Everybody Hates Hitler and Scarecrow in 10.05 Fan Fiction.
Pete: And hell, I'm a Bishop. That's what we do, right? Hunting people. Killing them. The family business.
- This line, which earns a glare from Dean is the opposite of the Winchester family business as stated by Dean in 1.02 Wendigo: "saving people, hunting things, the family business."
Mr. Ketch: Just as I thought. Can't see a damn thing.
- According to actor David Haydn-Jones, Ketch looking through the Bunker's telescope was an inside joke by director Phil Sgriccia.