13.17 The Thing
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| Title | The Thing |
| Episode # | Season 13, Episode 17 |
| First aired | April 5, 2018 |
| Directed by | John Showalter |
| Written by | Davy Perez |
| On IMDB | The Thing |
| Outline | Sam and Dean travel to Rhode Island in search of the Seal of Solomon. |
| Monster | |
| Timeline | |
| Location(s) | Lebanon, Kansas Portsmouth, Rhode Island Fall River, Massachusetts |
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Contents
Synopsis
Characters
- Sam Winchester
- Dean Winchester
- Gabriel
- Arthur Ketch
- Asmodeus
- Diego Avila
- Ophelia
- Marco
- Sandy Porter
- Yokoth
- Glythur
Definitions
- Alternate Universe
- Archangel
- Archangel Blade
- Aquarian Star
- Deities
- Grace
- Grace Extractor
- Impala
- Men of Letters
- Men of Letters Bunker
- Needham Asylum
- Sabriel
- Sammy
- Seal of Solomon
- Spells
- Table of Death
Music
- "Better Luck Next Time" by Jay Ramsey
- (playing on the booth jukebox in the diner)
Quotes
Trivia & References
"The Thing" is a reference to the 1982 John Carpenter film of the same name, about a shapeshifting tentacled alien intent on taking over the planet.
The Rhode Island setting and robed occultists, along with the the tentacled gods, are referencea to the Great Old Ones of H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu mythos. In 6.21 Let It Bleed it was revealed that in 1937, Lovecraft and his friends opened a portal to an alternate dimension - Purgatory. A monster came through and possessed a woman, Eleanor Visyak. She spent her life ensuring the portal wouldn't be opened again.
Dean: Hit me!
- "Hit me!" along with how Dean said it are a reference to singer James Brown, who would often use the phrase in his songs.
Dean: Okay. So we got the blood of a holy man. We've got fruit from the Tree of Life. But this piece of kryptonite -- we've been through every book in this place and we got squat.
- Kryptonite is a radioactive substance that causes weakness in Superman.
Dean: There it is. Jinkies.
- Jinkies is a catchphrase of Velma from the Scooby Gang, whom Dean, Sam, and Castiel encountered in 13.16 Scoobynatural.
Waitress:Well, people love the clam cakes, but if you ask me, gotta try the Stuffies.
- Stuffies are a New England dish of minced clam and breadcrumbs baked on a clam half shell.))
Dean: So what now? They're opening doors to different worlds and 'Buffalo Billing' chicks?
- The phrase "Buffalo Billing chicks" refers to the character Buffalo Bill from the novel (and movie) Silence of the Lambs. He was a serial killer who was murdering and skinning women so he could literally "wear" them.
Ophelia: Our great-grandfather Diego Avila was a member, well until he--
Marco: Went psycho, Jim Jones style.
- Jim Jones was a US cult leader who led over 900 followers in a mass suicide and murder in 1978.
Yokoth:' I mean us. It was supposed to be us, Glythur and I, together. But my love... they shut the rift before he could make it through.
Dean: Oh my God, that's tragic. It's like a Hallmark movie, but with tentacles.
- Hallmark movies are made-for-television movies that screen on the Hallmark Channel. They are marked by melodrama and sentimentality. David Haydn-Jones, who plays Ketch, has appeared in over a dozen Hallmark movies.
'Dean: Okay. I don't know what kind of kinky Keymaster/Gatekeeper thing you got going on here. But I think I'll pass.
- Keymaster/Gatekeeper" refers to the original Ghostbusters movie in which Dana (Sigourney Weaver) is possessed by the demigod Zuul - the "Gatekeeper" - and her neighbour Louis (Rick Moranis) by Clortho who is the "Keymaster". A sexual ritual between them will open a gateway to allow The Destructor entry into that world. In Cthulhu Mythos, the entity Yog-Sothoth is sometimes referred to as "The Key and the Gate". In Lovecraft's short story "The Dunwich Horror", Yog-Sothoth impregnates a mortal woman, Lavinia Whateley.
Minutiae
The Men of Letters Chapter in Rhode Island uses a variant of the Aquarian Star with an eye at its center. It can be seen throughout the chapterhouse, and as tattoos on Diego Avila and the other Men of Letters and their legacies. The Eye recalls the Eye of Providence which is a symbol of the eye of god. It is strongly associated with Freemasons, and also features on U.S. paper currency.
The chant the Rhode Island Men of Letters use to open the portal along with the ritual that requires the grace of an archangel, the Seal of Solomon, the blood of a most holy man, and the fruit of the tree of life is "Insanidox Koth Munto, Yugoth". Yougoth chants "Insanidox Koth Munto, Glythur!" to open the portal and Opehelia chants "Panto Koth Munto!" to close it. Sam chants "Koth Munto Notox".
When Ketch brings Gabriel to the Bunker, Sam says that it can't be him because "we saw him die". However when Lucifer (apparently) killed Gabriel in 5.19 Hammer of the Gods, Sam and Dean had already left the hotel with Kali.
