15.16 Drag Me Away (From You)
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| Title | Drag Me Away (From You) |
| Episode # | Season 15, Episode 16 |
| First aired | October 22, 2020 |
| Directed by | Amyn Kaderali |
| Written by | Meghan Fitzmartin |
| On IMDB | Drag Me Away (From You) |
| Outline | After an old childhood friend dies, Sam and Dean realize they are dealing with a creature they thought they had killed years ago. |
| Monster | Baba Yaga |
| Timeline | January 1993 (flashback) |
| Location(s) | Wadsworth, Ohio |
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Contents
Synopsis
Characters
Definitions
Music
- "If I Didn't Care" by The Ink Spots
- (playing in the motel as Travis is checking in)
Quotes
Sam: This is different. It's not like we have much else to do. Chuck is off-world, Jack is in the Bunker waiting for Billie's orders, and Cas? Cas just bailed, I guess. He didn't say anything to you about why he left?
Dean: Not really.
Sam: And you guys didn't get into a fight or something?
Young Dean: Dad should've let me go with him. You don't need me -- I was babysitting you when I was your age.
Young Sam: Pretty sure that's illegal.
Young Sam: Pretty sure that's illegal.
Young Dean: Monsters are real. Me, my dad, we hunt them. It's kinda the family business.
Billie: I told him the truth. Jack killed your mother, and all he wants is your forgiveness. And I surmise the only way he can get that is ending God, and freeing you from the -- what did call it? Hamster wheel. Was I wrong?
Caitlin: Don't you ever want to be, I don't know? Normal?
Sam: Well, we help people, you know? Save them. Just sorry we couldn't save Travis.
Sam: Well, we help people, you know? Save them. Just sorry we couldn't save Travis.
Caitlin: Were you scared?
Dean: Always am.
Caitlin: You have changed. The old you never would have admitted that.
Young Dean: Sam, about the college thing. I don't know, but, we do make a good team. Right?
Young Sam: Yeah, we do.
Young Sam: Yeah, we do.
Trivia & References
The title "Drag Me Away (From You)" is from the lyrics to the song "Africa" by Toto, which is a favorite of the episode's writer Meghan Fitzmartin, the full line being:
- "It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you. There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do."
Dean: This ain't the frigging Goonies!
- The Goonies is a 1985 movie about a group of kids who call themselves "the Goonies" who find an old treasure map that takes them on an adventure.
Caitlin: We saw your car when you checked in. Who's your dad? Knight Rider?
- Knight Rider was an '80s TV show about Michael Knight who solved crimes and drove a car with an A.I. called KITT. The car was, as Caitlin correctly identified, a 1982 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am.
Sam: Go on, let's Boggle.
- Sam and Travis play Boggle, a game where players try and make words out of letters on adjacent dice.
Dean: Okay, so we track her down, junk her Precious and game over?
Sam: I think so, yeah.
- "Precious" is what Gollum called the powerful One Ring in the fantasy novel and later film series The Lord of the Rings.
Minutiae
Ryan Alexander McDonald, who plays Travis Johnson, previously played Demon Trucker in 9.11 First Born.
The episode takes place in a motel called "Rooster's Sunrise"
In the flashbacks, Dean is wearing his amulet. Dean is about to turn 14 and Sam is 9. It is two years since the events of 3.08 A Very Supernatural Christmas when Sam first learned about monsters and hunting. The writer Meghan Fitzmartin said the intention was [https://twitter.com/megfitz89/status/1319542176020246528 for Dean and Sam to be 15 and 10 respectively, with the events set after those in the flashbacks shown in 11.08 Just My Imagination set in 1991 and before those in 9.07 Bad Boys set in 1995.
:Dean: I thought your imaginary friend told you it was bad to steal?
- As revealed in 11.08 Just My Imagination, Sam's imaginary friend is the zanna Sully.
The other children who went missing in 1993 were Sean McGee, Tony Raymonds, and Britt Wilcox. They are named after Supernatural crew members.
Billie reveals that Chuck is done destroying alternate universes and will soon be back. Also, according to Chuck's book in Death's Library, Billie's role is now over and it is up to Dean.
Dean reveals that Castiel had told him the truth about Jack's destiny at the end of 15.15 Gimme Shelter.
Baba Yaga is the third monster defeated years before that the Winchesters have had to come back to finish for good. The first was the shtriga in 1.18 Something Wicked and the second was the Soul Eater in 11.16 Safe House.
