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Revision as of 18:48, 25 January 2020
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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Contents
Synopsis
Characters
- Sam Winchester
- Dean Winchester
- Garth Fitzgerald IV
- Bess Fitzgerald
- Gertie Fitzgerald
- Sam and Castiel Fitzgerald
- Cutty
- Maul
Definitions
- Djinn
- Drugs
- Garthed
- Grenade Launcher
- Hugs
- Impala
- Joseph Campbell's Hero's Journey
- Lebanon, Kansas
- Monsters
- Puppy Dog Eyes
- Sammy
- Season 15 Callbacks
- Shapeshifters
- Son of a Bitch
- Table of Death
- Tooth Fairy
- Werewolves
- Wraith
- Vampires
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 anesthesia-induced dream)
- "Werewolves of London" by Warren Zevon
- (playing as Sam and Dean are leaving Garth's; also played in 10.04 Paper Moon)
Quotes
Garth: You know it. You smell so good.
Who did you guys piss off?
Sam: What he said.
Dean: So, then, what happened? Chuck downgraded us?
Garth: Maybe yeah. And now you're --
Dean: Cursed. C-Cursed. Cursed.
Dean: Well, I guess we need a grenade launcher. Hey, sweetheart.
Sam: So kind of like the real Cas.
Garth: Ah. It was nothing.
Sam: I don't know. Garth's right stuff like that, there's always a downside. And being normal --
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.
Sam: So, uh Alaska?
Trivia & References
- 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.
Bess: 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.
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.
Garth: Thanks. It's Hai Karate.
- Hai Karate was a budget aftershave sold from the 1960s through to the 1980s.
Sam: Well, you were awesome at the Macarena.
- The Macarena was a dance craze from the mid-1990s.
Minutiae
- 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.
- A reference to Sam's famous Puppy Dog Eyes. Without God's influence, they apparently no longer work.