15.10 The Heroes' Journey
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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 | |
Monster | Shapeshifter Vampire |
Timeline | |
Location(s) | Lebanon, Kansas Grantsburg, Wisconsin Belgrade, Minnesota |
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Contents
Synopsis
Characters
- Sam Winchester
- Dean Winchester
- Garth
- Bess Fitzgerald
- Gertie Fitzgerald
- Sam and Castiel Fitzgerald
- Cutty
- Maul
Definitions
- Djinn
- Drugs
- Grenade Launcher
- Hugs
- Impala
- Lebanon, Kansas
- Monsters
- Season 15 Callbacks
- Shapeshifters
- Table of Death
- 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 nitrous oxide 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
Dean: This Cas keeps looking at me weird.
Sam: So kind of like the real Cas.
Sam: So kind of like the real Cas.
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 this when developing the series.
Dean goes shopping at "Beren's Kwik Trip" which is a reference to [https://www.charlieberens.com/ 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.
Minutiae
Jesse Hutch, who played Brad, previously played Jason / Crewcut in 9.02 Devil May Care.
Its revealed that Charlie, though its unclear which one, created a limitless credit card for the Winchesters to pay for their purchases so that they would no longer have to hustle for money.