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  A man is being hit in the jaw by a woman. They are in a fighting cage, people
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In a cage fight, a woman is beating her male opponent as a motley-looking crowd cheers. Almost defeated, the man transforms into a [[werewolf]] and scratches the woman. The spectators begin to let their assorted monster sides show. The woman reveals she’s a [[wraith]], scratching and stabbing him with her spike before leaving him for dead on the floor.  
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are cheering. She shows her victory with her arms raised and jumping. He gets
 
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back up and throws a punch and misses. She hits him again, he falls to the floor.
 
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The crowd goes wild. He rises and his werewolf teeth emerge. Growling, he cuts
 
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her abdomen with his claws. This angers her and her wraith appendage comes
 
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out of her wrist. She begins to stab him repeatedly. He falls face down on the
 
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floor. We see him through a drainage grate with blood flowing. The crowd goes
 
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wild.  
 
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    The impala is parked in front of Beren's Kwik Trip Store. Dean is shopping. He
 
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grabs two six packs. Grabs some more supplies. Meanwhile, at the bunker. Sam is cooking. An alarm goes off, dinner is burning. He is in a panic. Dean puts his
 
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groceries on the counter. Says hello to Teddy. He checks out his merchandise as he
 
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is eating a candy bar. Back at the bunker. Sam puts dinner on the counter, it slides
 
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and the dishes slide off breaking on the floor. Back to Dean. He is eating and he
 
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grimaces from a tooth ache. Teddy tells him he owes $40.32. He is given a card
 
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and it is refused repeatedly, to Deans surprise. Sam is in the kitchen, a  large pot
 
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is boiling out of control. He takes it off the stove, with no gloves. Pasta is all over the floor. Dean tells the clerk, the card is good. I've been using it for five years. Dean
 
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leaves the store and is almost hit by a skate boarder. He sees a parking ticket on
 
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the windshield. He grabs it and says, seriously.
 
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    Dean is home yelling for Sam. Sam enters the room tripping up the stairs. He
 
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tells Sam about his ticket. Sam says, because you parked in front of the fire hydrant
 
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like always. I always do, says Dean. He pulls out the credit card and tells Sam
 
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this doesn't work anymore. That is the one Charlie got us it, was our golden ticket,
 
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so we didn't have to hustle for money anymore. Sam begins to sneeze. Deans
 
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phone ring. It's Garth, he needs help.
 
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    They are in the impala headed to Grantsburg, Wisconsin where Garth lives. They
 
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are discussing if they are cursed or is it a bad day. Dean thinks it is God or Rowena's
 
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curses coming back. Sam sneezes. Then Sam says, Cas is in heaven trying to find
 
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out where Chuck is. The impala stalls. Dean asks Baby not to do this. She will not
 
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start. They get out and walk.
 
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    A baby is in it's high chair being fed. He tells the child, here comes the airplane.
 
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It's mouth opens. The baby spits on his apron. He tells him, I am prepared this time.
 
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The door bell rings. Garth tells his daughter Girdie to watch the twins. Bess is coming
 
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down the stairs and asks it that is them. It is,  he lets them in. He wants to hug
 
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Sam, he shy's away, he is sick he says. He gives Dean a hug and tells him he smells good. Then he asks what took them so long. They tell him their story. Dean tells him
 
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they are having a super normal day. Girdie says to Garth, that the twins are still
 
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hungry. He asks them to meet his kids. Dean says, you have more kids? Yes, I
 
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have a couple of pups.
 
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      He introduces his daughter Girdie and then tells them the name of the twin
 
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boys. Sam, he named him after Sam. Dean thinks the other is Dean. Garth tells
 
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them his name is Castiel. Awkward. Then Sam mentions that his cousin is in
 
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trouble. No Garth says it is Bess's cousin. You should see for yourselves. They
 
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enter the room the cousin is in.  He is in and out of consciousness. He is beaten
 
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up quite a bit. They tell them both that he is a werewolf like Bess, a pure blood.
 
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      The police found him around St. Cloud Minnesota. Dean mentions that his
 
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wounds look like knife wounds. No, they are from a Wraith. He was dumped in
 
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a swamp, assumed dead. He crawled out himself. Garth asks, why would a wraith
 
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attack a werewolf? Dean tries to eat again, and again gets tooth pain. Bess and Sam
 
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leave the room together. Sam sneezes. She has something for him. On the way down
 
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the stairs, Dean mentions what a nice house Garth has. As a hunter he thought he's go
 
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out at fourty. Now he has a great wife and kids.
 
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      Garth asks what's up with is teeth, do they hurt. A little Dean says. Since
 
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yesterday,  a lot. He tells Dean to follow him. They go down a flight of stairs to
 
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a basement. He opens the door and it is a dental office, with chair, the whole
 
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nine yards. Dean looks at Garth and says, you know I'm good, and tries to leave.
 
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Garth grabs him to get in the chair.
 
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      Sam is with Bess in the kitchen. She has made a remedy for him. Her dads
 
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secret recipe. She hands him a glass. It'll cure anything. Sam wants to know
 
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what is in it. It's a secret she says. He drinks it.
 
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      Dean tells Garth he's not a dentist. He explains he was getting his degree when
 
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he became a hunter. It was the tooth fairy. After he met Bess, he went back to
 
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school to get his degree and  started a practice. Dean now has his bib on. Garth
 
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tells him that he mostly works on werewolves. They need to floss a lot.
 
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      Sam drinks the remedy. Bess tells him that the drink is mostly cayenne pepper.
 
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He is reacting badly to it. It is very hot to his mouth. Girdie says, the giant is crying.
 
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      Garth puts Dean's chair in recline and tells him he is the airplane and to open
 
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his mouth. He asks Dean when was the last time he saw a dentist. He said, never.
 
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Sam is on the floor in agony. The twins are crying in their playpen, Girdie laughs
 
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at him.
 
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      Garth is done with his exam and tells Dean he has a few cavities. He asks how
 
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many. Seventeen. Garth brings out a tank of sweet air and puts the mask on Dean.
 
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He slowly falls to sleep.
 
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      There is a bright spotlight, a red curtain is drawn. Dean appears in a white suit
 
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with a white straw hat and black bow tie and black  trousers. He is dressed from the 1920's. Music begins. Garth is is front of him. The begin to tap dance to Lets Mis
 
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behave. They are thrown a cane and they dance in sync. They both throw their
 
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canes and they land perfectly against the wall. Dean dances alone and with  a
 
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floor lamp as if it were a lady. He taps up stairs to the table in the bunker, where
 
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he dances some more. Dean awakes with a mouth full of gauze. Garth smiling
 
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down at him. He says, Hey slugger, your all done.
 
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      Sam is seated in the living room. Bess enters and asks if he is okay. He is doing
 
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okay. Garth and Dean enter the room. He tells Sam he had to have his teeth fixed.
 
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He is spitting gauze into a cup little by little.
 
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      Garth wants to know, what is going on. He speaks of Deans cavities and Sam
 
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being sick, as well as the car breaking down. Who did you guys piss off? Sam
 
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answers God. He is trying to kill us or get us to kill each other. Garth knows 
 
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God was the writer of their story. He asks if he is a special guest star. I  want to
 
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be a guest star. Being a hero sucks. He speaks of how the heroes fate is terrible.
 
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Then he describes 50 Shades of Gray plot. He and his wife are fans of the books.
 
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He adds that the hero never sweats the small stuff. No their not cursed according
 
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to Garth. For the first time they are having normal problems like everyone else.
 
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    Bess's cousin yells for her. They are all in the room with him. He asks who they
 
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are. Friends. What hunter friends. They are cool, Bess says. They say to him, we
 
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don't care if your a werewolf. You were attacked by a wraith, which is really
 
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weird. He is reluctant to talk. Bess grabs him hard at a open wound. He screams
 
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in pain. She says, answer them. It's a place where monsters got to fight each other
 
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for money. They live stream on the dark web. He admits he did for the money, he
 
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has three kids and bills. He tells them the location. Belgrade, Minnesota old
 
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warehouse off Peach St., there is a lot of fang there. They will rip them
 
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to pieces. He laughs. Bess grabs at his wound again. He screams in  pain.
 
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      Out on the porch. Garth thinks they shouldn't go. Dean says, they have no
 
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choice. Even though things are hard for them right now, it's their job. Garth wants
 
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to come with them. Dean tells him, he has a family now, you have a life. He
 
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agrees and says at least let me get you spark plugs.
 
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      They pull into the lot of the monster fight club. Dean is eating a grilled cheese
 
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that Bess made. He loves them. Sam says he ate seven of them. Dean takes his
 
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duffle from the trunk. Sam reminds him to think ahead with extra rounds, dead
 
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mans blood. He also reminds him that if we're normal now, we can't barge
 
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in guns blazing. They need to be ready for anything. Deans says, I guess we
 
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need the grenade launcher. He takes it out of the trunk and imitates using it. They
 
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enter the place, it is empty. Sam trips over a bucket. Then Deans stomach begins
 
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to gurgle, he feels sick and runs for a bathroom. He finds one and only one stall
 
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will open. He goes in an vomits. Sam yells, maybe your lactose intolerant now.
 
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Behind Dean appears a bald man with glasses. He caught him on his property.
 
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      Both Sam and Dean are locked inside the fight cage. Sam couldn't believe the
 
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guy got the drop on him. Dean got it in the crapper. A man comes down a flight
 
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of stairs, he is the man from in the bathroom. He asks it he can get them anything.
 
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They want to know who he is. My name is Cutty, now that we know each other
 
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now we're friend. Sam asks if he puts all of his friend in the cage. Only the ones
 
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he really likes. Dean asks if he is a monster. Shapshifter. And you chose that face
 
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Dean says. Cutty says, he's a sportsman, where men or  monsters are at their best
 
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most pure in the heat of competition. I could had killed you, but I want to see
 
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what you Winchesters are made of. You and Maul here. A large man emerges, he
 
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is a werewolf. Dean says, Maul what's your real name, Marion, Marvin. Murder
 
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Maul says. He shows his werewolf teeth. Cutty wants them to fight Maul. Dean
 
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brags they have taken on worse, he lists the monsters they have killed. You
 
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should let us go before we burn this place down to the ground. Cutty says, no.
 
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Maul will take you to your rooms.
 
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      A commercial on the black web is shown. The wraith Vs the Djinn. It adver
 
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tises that Maul will fight the Winchesters. There is a picture of their mug shots.
 
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The battle royale. Monday monster madness streaming 8/9 CT time
 
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      The parking lot is full of people coming to the event. Inside the wraith enters
 
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the arena. Dean and Sam are seen looking through cage windows at the event.
 
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Dean finds a piece of metal to pick the locks of their cage. He nor Sam have any
 
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success. Dean says, freak-in normal. Sam throws the pick out the cage. Their up
 
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set they can't do anything. He says, there is no way Chuck would let them down
 
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like this. Sam adds, or to teach us a lesson or maybe we'll turn out paralyzed. 
 
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Dean tells Sam, we have to win. Not everything we did was because of Chuck.
 
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It was us. The blood the sweat the tears. We're the best in the world. I say we go
 
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out and kick some ass. Outside the Djinn has won, they are dragging out the
 
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wraith.
 
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      An announcer speaks into his microphone. He says, it's time, he introduces
 
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the mighty Maul. Dean and Sam look concerned. Maul enters the fight cage.
 
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Raising his arms of his recognition. Then the announcer speaks of his opponents,
 
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you know them, you don't like them, the Winchesters. Cutty is seen coming to
 
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retrieve the boys. He finds the cages open and empty.
 
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      The scene goes back to before Cutty found the empty cage. A man is seen
 
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entering the arena with a camouflage hat. It covers most of his head and face. As
 
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he turns his head, you can see it is Garth. He opens a gate and walks back to
 
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where Dean and Sam are. Dean is coughing when he comes into their view.
 
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They both see him. He nears the cage. They ask how he got there. He had
 
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tried to call them and got no answer. They ask him to get them out. He then
 
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turns into his werewolf self and yanks the locks off. They leave.
 
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      Cutty comes again to the cages and finds them empty. The three of them
 
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are seen running in the parking lot. Garth hesitates. Dean yells, we have to get
 
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out of here. Garth has a plan. We are the monster squad. An image come up
 
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of something he did prior to this. He is seen putting charges in parts of the
 
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building. He then pulls out a detonator pushes the button and the place explodes.
 
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Dean and Sam laughs. Now Garth wants a hug.
 
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      A growl is heard from the building. It's Maul. Dean says, no way. Garth tells
 
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them to go he has this. As he turns he turns into a werewolf again. Maul hits him
 
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and he goes flying across the lot. Now they have to face him Maul. Dean
 
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says, bring it on Marion. He kicks Maul in the groin, Maul kicks Dean in the
 
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groin and then hits him in the jaw. He falls to the ground. Then Sam swings to
 
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hit Maul and misses. He hits him and gets no reaction. Maul hits Sam and he falls
 
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to the ground. Dean punches him in the abdomen several times, it does nothing.
 
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Maul hits Dean in the head with his head. He falls. Maul grabs Dean up from
 
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the ground and puts him in a head lock. He is chocking, Dean taps Maul's arm
 
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and he releases him. They both come at him with their fists in the air. A machete
 
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slices through Maul's head and he falls to the ground. Garth says, he was Garthed.
 
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Dean laughs grabs his groin in pain saying in a higher voice, his voice should be
 
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higher.
 
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      Dean is in Garth's kitchen holding one of the twins, Sam is holding the other.
 
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Bess made more grilled cheeses for Dean, she had put them in a paper bag for him.
 
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The baby Dean is holding eyes turn bright green. He hands the baby to Bess and
 
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says, this guy has something for you. Sam says, we have to go and hands the other
 
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one to Bess. Garth offers to walk them out to their car. They say good bye to
 
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Bess and the kids.
 
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      Outside they tell Garth what he did was heroic. Garth asks if they will be okay.
 
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Dean replies, because we're normal now. He mentions that the almighty is after
 
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them. He also tells them their might be something they can do to help their
 
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situation. A place you can go in Alaska, it's between two bodies of water, you'll
 
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know it when you see it, whatever that means. Maybe you'll get used to being
 
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normal. They say goodbye to Garth hug each other. Dean comments on how good
 
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Garth smells. Garth tells him it's High Karate. He tells them both to be safe.
 
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Werewolves of London begins to play. They walk to their car and look back and
 
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see Bess and Garth dancing in the house to the song.
 
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      They discuss what to do next. Sam says, things like what he told us about can
 
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have a down side. Dean says, normal is fine for normal people with normal problems. But zero is normal about our life. If we don't fix this we may kill each other by
 
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accident. When Chuck comes back, we can't go up against him this way. They drive
 
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down to driveway the car stalls again. Dean is heard saying, Son of a bitch.  
 
  
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At a local convenience store, [[Dean]] is shopping and as the cashier is ringing him up, he bites into a candy bar and it hurts his teeth. After swiping his credit card numerous times, Dean is told that the card is declined, causing Teddy, the cashier, to take Dean’s purchases and his partially eaten candy bar back. Dean storms out to the car, only to almost get run over by a teenager on a skateboard and see he has gotten a parking ticket.
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Meanwhile at [[the Bunker]], Sam and Dean's dinner is burning in the oven. In a panic, Sam burns his hands twice while taking the food out of the oven and the pot off the stove, spilling pasta and shattering plates. Returning, Dean calls out to Sam, who trips walking up the steps into the War Room. Dean relays what happened as Sam starts to sneeze: he’s getting sick. Dean can't understand why the credit card was declined, as it was a gift from [[Charlie]], who hacked it so they would always have funds and no longer have to hustle for money. As they continue talking about what a weird day it is, Dean gets a call from Garth asking for help. 
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On the way to Garth’s, Dean states that he believes them to be cursed. Sam assures Dean whatever is going on, they’ll deal... Then the [[Impala]] breaks down and the boys have to get out and walk.
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Garth is feeding his twin boys when they arrive. Sam warns him off the hug because he’s sick. Dean breaks the hug when Garth tells him he smells good. He takes them to meet his family: his daughter [[Gertie Fitzgerald|Gertie]], and the twins [[Sam and Castiel Fitzgerald|Sam and Castiel]]. Garth and [[Bess Fitzgerald|Bess]] take Sam and Dean upstairs to show them Bess's cousin Brad, who was found by the police in Minnesota, beaten, bloodied with stab wounds, and left for dead. Dean asks about the slash mark on his arm, which Bess reveals to have come from a wraith. While they wait for Brad to regain consciousness, Garth notices Dean’s teeth are hurting after he takes a bite from some candy in Gertie's room. He takes him downstairs, where he reveals to Dean his dentist's office. Garth reminds Dean that he was going to school for dentistry before he fell into hunting after killing the [[Tooth Fairy]]; after he was turned into a werewolf and retired, he went back to school to get his degree and is the dentist for the local werewolves. After giving Dean a look over, Garth informs him that he has seventeen cavities, and knocks Dean out to fill them. In the kitchen, Bess gives Sam her dad’s secret cure for colds. Unfortunately, it’s mostly cayenne pepper, which causes Sam to roll around and cry in pain. This causes the babies to cry as well. While under the effects of nitrous oxide, Dean dreams about tap dancing in the Bunker with Garth.
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Garth brings Dean upstairs with his mouth numbed and full of gauze, and asks who they pissed off. Sam replies “God.” Learning that God is a writer and Sam and Dean are the heroes of His story, Garth speculates that as heroes they have never had to worry about the mundane, but now they are experiencing life as "normal."
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When Brad finally wakes, Sam asks for information, and the werewolf scoffs at his [[puppy dog eyes]]. Bess presses on one of his wounds, and Brad tells them exactly where the fights are held -- Belgrade, Minnesota. He tells the Winchesters he thinks they’ll be killed going there. Bess responds by pressing into his wound again.
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Garth wants to go with the Winchesters, but Sam and Dean tell him he has too much to lose with his family. Besides, it doesn’t matter that it will be harder in their current condition, with all those monsters in one place, people are dying and it’s their job to save them. Garth gives them a new set of spark plugs to fix Baby and they head out.
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The next day, they arrive at the warehouse in Belgrade. Dean is eating his seventh grilled cheese sandwich, while Sam says they need to be prepared for anything. He loads up with weapons and ammunition while Dean joyfully takes the [[grenade launcher]].
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Inside the warehouse is seemingly empty. Sam trips again and Dean’s grilled cheeses are causing him to run for a bathroom. While he is throwing up, Sam calls out to suggest that Dean may be lactose intolerant now. In the bathroom, someone comes in and aims the grenade launcher at Dean, who continues to throw up. Sam and Dean are locked in the cage while [[Cutty]], a [[shapeshifter]] and ring leader of the fight club, says that they will fight together to take on a huge [[vampire]] named [[Maul]] in the cage that night.
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A promo for the night's fights plays, including the Mighty Maul against the “Merciless Winchesters.” Meanwhile, the Winchesters are locked in cages, nervous about their situation. Dean finds a nail and tries to pick the lock, but can’t. When Sam attempts to use it, he finds he can’t either. Dean gives a rousing speech trying to restore Sam's confidence. At the end of the fight between Killer Wraith vs. Jamaica [[Djinn]], Cutty comes to get them, telling them to take off their shirts, only to find the cages empty.
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In flashbacks, we see Garth infiltrated the building along with the crowd and saved them. As they are fleeing, Garth reveals he has placed C4 around the warehouse and blows it up, killing all the monsters except for Maul, who walks out of the warehouse badly burned by the explosion.
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Maul walks towards Sam, Dean, and Garth. Garth "wolfs out", but is immediately hit by Maul and sent flying into the back of a truck, knocking him out. As Maul advances on them, Dean asks Sam if he believed him that they could win. Sam says, “No,” and Dean agrees. The Winchesters attempt to fight Maul, with Dean getting kneed in the crotch for his efforts. Sam's attempts to fight are shown to be futile as well, with Maul offering a free punch, which does not faze him. As Maul puts Dean in a choke hold, Dean quickly taps out; much to his confusion, Maul releases him. After he tells the Winchesters it's been "fun", he is cleaved in the head with a machete from behind by Garth, who gleefully announces that Maul got "[[Garthed]]."
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The next day, Sam is holding baby Sam and Dean is holding baby Castiel. Baby Castiel shows his werewolf eyes and poops in Dean’s arms, causing him to pass the baby back to Bess, who gives them more grilled cheese sandwiches for the road.
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Garth walks them out and they say their goodbyes, with Sam and Dean both hugging Garth. They declare him a hero. He tells them he learned from the best. Before they leave, Garth tells them about a place he’s heard of where you can go if you’re having bad luck, located on the road between Barrow and Kotzebue in Alaska.
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As they’re leaving, Dean look back one last time to see Garth and Bess dance as “Werewolves of London” plays. Sam and Dean watch happily for awhile before Dean says he thinks he could have been a good dancer. Sam agrees because Dean was awesome at the Macarena.
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In the Impala, Sam and Dean discuss how in their current state they might accidentally kill each other and won't be able to fight [[Chuck]], so they decide to go to Alaska to get their luck back.
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As they drive off, Baby breaks down once again and Dean exclaims, “[[Son of a Bitch]]!”
  
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* [[Sam Winchester]]
 
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* [[Lebanon, Kansas]]
 
* [[Lebanon, Kansas]]
 
* [[Monsters]]
 
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* [[Puppy Dog Eyes]]
 
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:''(plays over the end of the werewolf / wraith cage fight; also played in [[8.14 Trial and Error]])''
 
:''(plays over the end of the werewolf / wraith cage fight; also played in [[8.14 Trial and Error]])''
 
* "Let's Misbehave" by Irving Aaronson
 
* "Let's Misbehave" by Irving Aaronson
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:''(playing in Dean's nitrious oxide-induced dream)''
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:''(playing in Dean's nitrous oxide-induced dream)''
 
* "Chopperhead" by Thomas Bergersen (Two Steps from Hell)
 
* "Chopperhead" by Thomas Bergersen (Two Steps from Hell)
 
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'''Garth:''' I mean, apparently Dean's never been to a dentist before, and suddenly he got a mouthful of cavities, you're sick, and your car is broken down.
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'''Garth:''' I mean, apparently Dean's never been to a dentist before, and suddenly he's got a mouthful of cavities, you're sick, and your car is broken down. Who did you guys piss off?<br>
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'''Sam:''' God.
 
'''Sam:''' God.
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'''Garth:''' See, the hero never sweats the small stuff. It slows down the story.<br>
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'''Dean:''' So, then, what happened? Chuck... downgraded us?<br>
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'''Garth:''' Maybe, yeah. And now you're --<br>
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'''Dean:''' Cursed. C-Cursed. Cursed.<br>
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'''Garth:''' No -- normal. For the first time in your lives, you're having normal-people problems. You need to get a colonoscopy, stat.
 
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'''Garth:''' See, the hero never sweats the small stuff. It slows down the story.<br>
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'''Sam:''' Dude, if Garth was right, if we're really normal now, we can't just charge in there guns blazing. We need to be ready for anything.<br>
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'''Dean:''' So, then, what happened? Chuck downgraded us?<br>
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'''Dean:''' Well, I guess we'd need a grenade launcher. Hey, sweetheart.
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'''Garth:''' Maybe yeah. And now you're --<br>
 
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'''Dean:''' Cursed. C-Cursed. Cursed.<br>
 
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'''Garth:''' No normal. For the first time in your lives, you're having normal-people problems. You need to get a colonoscopy, stat.
 
 
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'''Sam:''' Dude, if Garth was right, if we're really normal now, we can't just charge in there guns blazing. We need to be ready for anything.<br>
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'''Dean:''' You sure about that? 'Cause if you know us, you know the stories. See, me and my brother here, we've taken down way bigger fellas than, uh, Meredith here. We've killed angels, killed demons, Gods, and Alphas. So why don't you do yourself a favor -- cut your losses, let us walk out that door before we burn this craphole to the ground.
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'''Dean:''' Well, I guess we need a grenade launcher. Hey, sweetheart.
 
 
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'''Dean:''' You sure about that? 'Cause if you know us, you know the stories. See, me and my brother here, we've taken down way bigger fellas than, uh, Meredith here. We've killed angels, killed demons, Gods, and Alphas. So why don't you do yourself a favor cut your losses, let us walk out that door before we burn this craphole to the ground.
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'''Dean:''' No way. Wait. After everything, there's no way that Chuck lets us die like this.<br>
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'''Dean:''' No, we gotta win. We gotta win, man. That's not gonna be easy, okay? But you and me? Not everything we did was because of Chuck. It was us -- the blood, the sweat, the tears, man. That's us. We've been doing this our whole lives. We're the best in the world. So I say we go out there. I say we go out there, and we kick some ass.
 
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'''Dean:''' Wait. After everything, there's no way that Chuck lets us die like this. Or he does, to I don't know to teach us a lesson. Or maybe we just end up paralyzed. No, we gotta win. We gotta win, man. That's not gonna be easy, okay? But you and me? Not everything we did was because of Chuck. It was us the blood, the sweat, the tears, man. That's us. We've been doing this our whole lives. We're the best in the world. So I say we go out there. I say we go out there, and we kick some ass.
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'''Dean:''' Nothing? You saved us and blew up a bunch of monsters. That's not nothing. That's --<br>
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'''Dean:''' For normal people with normal problems. But you and me? There's zero about our lives that's normal. And the way things are going, if we don't fix this, we might kill each other by accident. And if -- when Chuck comes back, we can't go up against him like this. And if when Chuck comes back, we can't go up against him like this.<br>
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'''Dean:''' And if -- when Chuck comes back, we can't go up against Him like this.<br>
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'''Dean:''' No. No, no, no. This is -- This is more than just a no good, very bad day, okay? Chuck must've boned us before he left, you know? Or maybe some of that crap you brought back from Rowena's went sideways.
 
:''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_and_the_Terrible,_Horrible,_No_Good,_Very_Bad_Day Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day] is a classic children's book by Judith Viorst about a little boy having a day where everything goes wrong.''
 
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'''Garth:''' Oh, no, no, no. I want to be the guest star. Being the hero sucks. I mean, sure, you'll probably win eventually, but until you do, your life blows. Your parents get gunned down in an alleyway. Your home planet gets blown up. You, uh, interview this good-looking rich guy, and it doesn't go well, so he shows up at the hardware store where you work, and, man, it starts to get, you know. It's from, uh --<br>
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:''Bruce Wayne's parents were murdered in an alleyway, which lead to Bruce becoming Batman to fight crime. Clark Kent was sent from his home planet, Krypton, before it blew up to Earth where he became known as Superman. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifty_Shades_of_Grey "Fifty Shades"] is a reference to the popular BDSM-themed romance [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifty_Shades_of_Grey "Fifty Shades of Grey"] by E.L. James. The novel was originally written as a fanfic about the characters in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twilight_(novel_series) "Twilight"] novels.''  
 
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'''Bess:''' Or the power goes out in the Red Room?
 
'''Bess:''' Or the power goes out in the Red Room?
 
:''[https://time.com/3694128/fifty-shades-of-grey-red-room/ The Red Room] is the room in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifty_Shades_of_Grey "Fifty Shades of Grey"] where the titular Mr. Grey holds his BDSM sessions.''
 
:''[https://time.com/3694128/fifty-shades-of-grey-red-room/ The Red Room] is the room in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifty_Shades_of_Grey "Fifty Shades of Grey"] where the titular Mr. Grey holds his BDSM sessions.''
 
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:''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloodsport_(film) Bloodsport] is a 1988 martial arts film starring Jean-Claude Van Damme.''
 
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'''Garth:''' I've already got a plan.<br>
 
'''Sam:''' What?<br>
 
'''Sam:''' What?<br>
 
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Title The Heroes' Journey
Episode # Season 15, Episode 10
First aired January 23, 2020
Directed by John F. Showalter
Written by Andrew Dabb
On IMDB The Heroes' Journey
Outline While trying to help Garth, Sam and Dean realize that Chuck has "downgraded" them, making the normal mundane things in their lives more difficult.
Monster Shapeshifter
Vampire
Timeline
Location(s) Lebanon, Kansas
Grantsburg, Wisconsin
Belgrade, Minnesota
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Synopsis

In a cage fight, a woman is beating her male opponent as a motley-looking crowd cheers. Almost defeated, the man transforms into a werewolf and scratches the woman. The spectators begin to let their assorted monster sides show. The woman reveals she’s a wraith, scratching and stabbing him with her spike before leaving him for dead on the floor.

At a local convenience store, Dean is shopping and as the cashier is ringing him up, he bites into a candy bar and it hurts his teeth. After swiping his credit card numerous times, Dean is told that the card is declined, causing Teddy, the cashier, to take Dean’s purchases and his partially eaten candy bar back. Dean storms out to the car, only to almost get run over by a teenager on a skateboard and see he has gotten a parking ticket.

Meanwhile at the Bunker, Sam and Dean's dinner is burning in the oven. In a panic, Sam burns his hands twice while taking the food out of the oven and the pot off the stove, spilling pasta and shattering plates. Returning, Dean calls out to Sam, who trips walking up the steps into the War Room. Dean relays what happened as Sam starts to sneeze: he’s getting sick. Dean can't understand why the credit card was declined, as it was a gift from Charlie, who hacked it so they would always have funds and no longer have to hustle for money. As they continue talking about what a weird day it is, Dean gets a call from Garth asking for help.

On the way to Garth’s, Dean states that he believes them to be cursed. Sam assures Dean whatever is going on, they’ll deal... Then the Impala breaks down and the boys have to get out and walk.

Garth is feeding his twin boys when they arrive. Sam warns him off the hug because he’s sick. Dean breaks the hug when Garth tells him he smells good. He takes them to meet his family: his daughter Gertie, and the twins Sam and Castiel. Garth and Bess take Sam and Dean upstairs to show them Bess's cousin Brad, who was found by the police in Minnesota, beaten, bloodied with stab wounds, and left for dead. Dean asks about the slash mark on his arm, which Bess reveals to have come from a wraith. While they wait for Brad to regain consciousness, Garth notices Dean’s teeth are hurting after he takes a bite from some candy in Gertie's room. He takes him downstairs, where he reveals to Dean his dentist's office. Garth reminds Dean that he was going to school for dentistry before he fell into hunting after killing the Tooth Fairy; after he was turned into a werewolf and retired, he went back to school to get his degree and is the dentist for the local werewolves. After giving Dean a look over, Garth informs him that he has seventeen cavities, and knocks Dean out to fill them. In the kitchen, Bess gives Sam her dad’s secret cure for colds. Unfortunately, it’s mostly cayenne pepper, which causes Sam to roll around and cry in pain. This causes the babies to cry as well. While under the effects of nitrous oxide, Dean dreams about tap dancing in the Bunker with Garth.

Garth brings Dean upstairs with his mouth numbed and full of gauze, and asks who they pissed off. Sam replies “God.” Learning that God is a writer and Sam and Dean are the heroes of His story, Garth speculates that as heroes they have never had to worry about the mundane, but now they are experiencing life as "normal."

When Brad finally wakes, Sam asks for information, and the werewolf scoffs at his puppy dog eyes. Bess presses on one of his wounds, and Brad tells them exactly where the fights are held -- Belgrade, Minnesota. He tells the Winchesters he thinks they’ll be killed going there. Bess responds by pressing into his wound again.

Garth wants to go with the Winchesters, but Sam and Dean tell him he has too much to lose with his family. Besides, it doesn’t matter that it will be harder in their current condition, with all those monsters in one place, people are dying and it’s their job to save them. Garth gives them a new set of spark plugs to fix Baby and they head out.

The next day, they arrive at the warehouse in Belgrade. Dean is eating his seventh grilled cheese sandwich, while Sam says they need to be prepared for anything. He loads up with weapons and ammunition while Dean joyfully takes the grenade launcher.

Inside the warehouse is seemingly empty. Sam trips again and Dean’s grilled cheeses are causing him to run for a bathroom. While he is throwing up, Sam calls out to suggest that Dean may be lactose intolerant now. In the bathroom, someone comes in and aims the grenade launcher at Dean, who continues to throw up. Sam and Dean are locked in the cage while Cutty, a shapeshifter and ring leader of the fight club, says that they will fight together to take on a huge vampire named Maul in the cage that night.

A promo for the night's fights plays, including the Mighty Maul against the “Merciless Winchesters.” Meanwhile, the Winchesters are locked in cages, nervous about their situation. Dean finds a nail and tries to pick the lock, but can’t. When Sam attempts to use it, he finds he can’t either. Dean gives a rousing speech trying to restore Sam's confidence. At the end of the fight between Killer Wraith vs. Jamaica Djinn, Cutty comes to get them, telling them to take off their shirts, only to find the cages empty.

In flashbacks, we see Garth infiltrated the building along with the crowd and saved them. As they are fleeing, Garth reveals he has placed C4 around the warehouse and blows it up, killing all the monsters except for Maul, who walks out of the warehouse badly burned by the explosion.

Maul walks towards Sam, Dean, and Garth. Garth "wolfs out", but is immediately hit by Maul and sent flying into the back of a truck, knocking him out. As Maul advances on them, Dean asks Sam if he believed him that they could win. Sam says, “No,” and Dean agrees. The Winchesters attempt to fight Maul, with Dean getting kneed in the crotch for his efforts. Sam's attempts to fight are shown to be futile as well, with Maul offering a free punch, which does not faze him. As Maul puts Dean in a choke hold, Dean quickly taps out; much to his confusion, Maul releases him. After he tells the Winchesters it's been "fun", he is cleaved in the head with a machete from behind by Garth, who gleefully announces that Maul got "Garthed."

The next day, Sam is holding baby Sam and Dean is holding baby Castiel. Baby Castiel shows his werewolf eyes and poops in Dean’s arms, causing him to pass the baby back to Bess, who gives them more grilled cheese sandwiches for the road.

Garth walks them out and they say their goodbyes, with Sam and Dean both hugging Garth. They declare him a hero. He tells them he learned from the best. Before they leave, Garth tells them about a place he’s heard of where you can go if you’re having bad luck, located on the road between Barrow and Kotzebue in Alaska.

As they’re leaving, Dean look back one last time to see Garth and Bess dance as “Werewolves of London” plays. Sam and Dean watch happily for awhile before Dean says he thinks he could have been a good dancer. Sam agrees because Dean was awesome at the Macarena.

In the Impala, Sam and Dean discuss how in their current state they might accidentally kill each other and won't be able to fight Chuck, so they decide to go to Alaska to get their luck back.

As they drive off, Baby breaks down once again and Dean exclaims, “Son of a Bitch!”

Characters

Definitions

Music

  • "Clair de Lune" by Claude Debussy
(plays over the end of the werewolf / wraith cage fight; also played in 8.14 Trial and Error)
  • "Let's Misbehave" by Irving Aaronson
(playing in Dean's nitrous oxide-induced dream)
  • "Chopperhead" by Thomas Bergersen (Two Steps from Hell)
(plays over the Monday Monster Mayhem! promo)
  • "Werewolves of London" by Warren Zevon
(playing as Sam and Dean are leaving Garth's; also played in 10.04 Paper Moon)

Quotes

Dean: Still a hugger, huh?

Garth: You know it. You smell so good.

Dean: And we're done.
Garth: I mean, apparently Dean's never been to a dentist before, and suddenly he's got a mouthful of cavities, you're sick, and your car is broken down. Who did you guys piss off?
Sam: God.
Garth: See, the hero never sweats the small stuff. It slows down the story.

Dean: So, then, what happened? Chuck... downgraded us?
Garth: Maybe, yeah. And now you're --
Dean: Cursed. C-Cursed. Cursed.

Garth: No -- normal. For the first time in your lives, you're having normal-people problems. You need to get a colonoscopy, stat.
Dean: Hey, look, just because God yanked the magic horseshoe out of our ass or whatever doesn't mean that we're gonna give up. This is our job. It's what we do. And, yeah, it might be a little harder right now, but so what? Bring it.
Sam: What he said.
Sam: Dude, if Garth was right, if we're really normal now, we can't just charge in there guns blazing. We need to be ready for anything.
Dean: Well, I guess we'd need a grenade launcher. Hey, sweetheart.
Dean: You sure about that? 'Cause if you know us, you know the stories. See, me and my brother here, we've taken down way bigger fellas than, uh, Meredith here. We've killed angels, killed demons, Gods, and Alphas. So why don't you do yourself a favor -- cut your losses, let us walk out that door before we burn this craphole to the ground.
Dean: No way. Wait. After everything, there's no way that Chuck lets us die like this.

Sam: Or he does, to -- I don't know -- to teach us a lesson. Or maybe we just end up paralyzed.

Dean: No, we gotta win. We gotta win, man. That's not gonna be easy, okay? But you and me? Not everything we did was because of Chuck. It was us -- the blood, the sweat, the tears, man. That's us. We've been doing this our whole lives. We're the best in the world. So I say we go out there. I say we go out there, and we kick some ass.
Dean: You are so strong.

Garth: Let's roll.

Dean: So strong.
Dean: This Cas keeps looking at me weird.
Sam: So kind of like the real Cas.
Sam: Hey, listen, Garth, I just want to say, what -- what you did --

Garth: Ah. It was nothing.
Dean: Nothing? You saved us and blew up a bunch of monsters. That's not nothing. That's --
Dean: That's being a hero.

Garth: I guess I learned from the best.
Dean: So... What now?

Sam: I don't know. Garth's right -- stuff like that, there's always a downside. And being normal...
Dean: Is fine. For normal people with normal problems. But you and me? There's zero about our lives that's normal. And the way things are going, if we don't fix this, we might kill each other by accident.
Sam: Yeah.
Dean: And if -- when Chuck comes back, we can't go up against Him like this.
Sam: So, uh... Alaska?

Dean: Alaska.

Trivia & References

The episode title is a reference to Joseph Campbell's concept of the Hero's Journey from his book The Hero of a Thousand Faces, which outlined a fundamental structure to many myths from different cultures. Creator Eric Kripke has said he was strongly influenced by these ideas when developing the series. Tommy Collins can be seen reading The Hero of a Thousand Faces in 1.02 Wendigo.
The score for the episode by Jay Gruska, was heavily influenced by the work of film composer Dave Grusin.
Dean goes shopping at "Berens' Kwik Trip," which is a reference to Charlie Berens and the comedy video series Manitowoc Minute. Production Designer Jerry Wanek is a fan of the show, and is also from Manitowoc, Wisconsin.
Dean: No. No, no, no. This is -- This is more than just a no good, very bad day, okay? Chuck must've boned us before he left, you know? Or maybe some of that crap you brought back from Rowena's went sideways.
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day is a classic children's book by Judith Viorst about a little boy having a day where everything goes wrong.
Garth: Oh, no, no, no. I want to be the guest star. Being the hero sucks. I mean, sure, you'll probably win eventually, but until you do, your life blows. Your parents get gunned down in an alleyway. Your home planet gets blown up. You, uh, interview this good-looking rich guy, and it doesn't go well, so he shows up at the hardware store where you work, and, man, it starts to get, you know...

Bess: It's from, uh -- We love "Fifty Shades".

Bruce Wayne's parents were murdered in an alleyway, which lead to Bruce becoming Batman to fight crime. Clark Kent was sent from his home planet, Krypton, before it blew up to Earth where he became known as Superman. "Fifty Shades" is a reference to the popular BDSM-themed romance "Fifty Shades of Grey" by E.L. James. The novel was originally written as a fanfic about the characters in the "Twilight" novels.
Garth: The point is, the hero thing -- it's not fun. Well, I mean, there are some good things about it. Like, uh, when was the last time that Batman got a flat tire? Or Superman couldn't pay his water bill?

Bess: Or the power goes out in the Red Room?

The Red Room is the room in "Fifty Shades of Grey" where the titular Mr. Grey holds his BDSM sessions.
Dean: Isolated, run-down -- yep, that'll do Monster Bloodsport. This should be perfect.
Bloodsport is a 1988 martial arts film starring Jean-Claude Van Damme.
Sam: Welcome to Fight Club.
Fight Club is a 1999 movie about two men who start a club in a bar's basement where men can fight recreationally.
Dean: Garth! Hey! Hey, what are you doing? We gotta get outta here before the Monster Squad shows up!

Garth: I've already got a plan.
Sam: What?
Garth: The Monster Squad were the good guys. We're the Monster Squad.

The Monster Squad is a 1988 comedy horror about a group of kids who call themselves the Monster Squad who try to save their hometown from Dracula, the Gill-man, the Mummy, Frankenstein's monster (who later becomes their ally), and the Wolfman.
Garth: The guy who told me said it was in Alaska, on the road between Barrow and Kotzebue. He said, "You'll know it when you see it", whatever that means. Look, it might not even be real, and you know this stuff works. There's always a catch. And being normal -- I mean, maybe you'll get used to it.
There are no roads between Barrow (now known as the City of Utqiagvik) and Kotzebue. The only way to travel between the two is via airplane. Barrow was also the setting for the horror comic 30 Days of Night, about vampires who descend on the town during the month-long darkness.
Dean: Hey, you know what? You don't smell too bad yourself.

Garth: Thanks. It's Hai Karate.

Hai Karate was a budget aftershave sold from the 1960s through to the 1980s.
Dean: You know, I always thought I could be a good dancer if I wanted to be.

Sam: Well, you were awesome at the Macarena.

The Macarena was a dance craze from the mid-1990s.

Minutiae

Jesse Hutch, who played Brad, previously played Jason / Crewcut in 9.02 Devil May Care.
Joe Allard, who played the Monday Monster Mayhem! announcer, previously played Elf #1 in 6.09 Clap Your Hands If You Believe...
According to choreographer Gordon Hart, Jensen and DJ Qualls learned their tap dance routine in an hour. He also said:
"In watching the episode in its entirety, vulnerability is a theme. Dancing can make people feel very vulnerable. This was represented by Dean being vulnerable to Garth. In this dream, Garth invites him into this uncomfortable world. Dances with him until Dean is ready to take it on his own. Again ... my personal thoughts. Vulnerability, trust, friendship. Having friends/family help and support you through uncomfortable times until you are back on your feet and can go it on your own. Things I thought about."
While pie does not appear in the episode, the magazine Dean attempted to buy from the Kwik Trip was titled Delicious Pies and was the winner of 2019's Best Pie Magazine Award. Like actual pie, Dean was denied his magazine about pie.
It's revealed that Charlie Bradbury created a limitless credit card for the Winchesters to pay for their purchases so that they would no longer have to hustle for money. This must've been the original Charlie, as Dean says he has had the card for five years.
Garth had described in 8.06 Southern Comfort that he went to college and dental school until he killed the Tooth Fairy and that was what lead him into hunting. He tells Dean that when he retired from hunting, he went back to school and finished his degree.
Garth: Well, what's that make me? A supporting character? Special guest star?
DJ Qualls was in fact a "Special Guest Star" for this episode. This is presumably supposed to be a meta reference to Garth's role as both a supporting character and a special guest star.
Brad: Wow. I mean, wow. With the furrowed brow and the puppy eyes -- did you see that? That never actually works for you, does it?
A reference to Sam's famous Puppy Dog Eyes. Without God's influence, they apparently no longer work.
Brad: They pay to watch it. They livestream it on the Dark Web or whatever.
Sam and Dean previously discovered that most monsters use the Dark Web in 13.11 Breakdown to purchase their meals and stay off the radar.
Sam and Dean's pictures in the promo for their fight are their mugshots from 2.19 Folsom Prison Blues.
When Dean gives Sam his speech about the two of them kicking ass in the fight, a slightly off-key version of the track "Americana" (also known as "Dean's Family Dedication Theme") plays behind his words.

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