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Screencap from Houses of the Holy
Title Houses of the Holy
Episode # Season 2, Episode 13
First aired February 1, 2007
Directed by Kim Manners
Written by Sera Gamble
On IMDB http://imdb.com/title/tt0921622/
Outline Sam and Dean investigate the murders of several people by individuals who claim they were visited by an angel and were carrying out God's will.
Monster
Timeline Winter, after New Year
Location(s) Providence, Rhode Island
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Synopsis

Sam, disguised as a nurse, interviews a woman in a psychiatric facility who murderd a man, Carl Gully, and claims an angel told her to do it.

Sam returns to a motel room, where Dean is keeping a low profile, after his media exposure during the bank siege in Milwaukee. He relates her story, and Dean scoffs at the idea of angels. They proceed to investigate Carl Gully’s house, where they find a number of bodies buried.

Over night another killing takes place – a man kills a stranger and says an angel told him who to kill. Investigating the victim’s house, they find evidence on his computer that he was stalking a young girl over the internet. Dean discovers that both victims attended the same church - Our Lady of the Angels.

The boys visit the church and speak to Father Reynolds, who has nothing helpful for them, until he mentions his fellow clergyman Father Gregory who was shot on the steps of the church. Dean thinks it may be Father Gregory, a vengeful spirit making people kill parishoners whose guilty secrets he knew. Sam is skeptical, he thinks it may be God at work, and reveals to a startled Dean that he prays regularly.

The boys return to investigate the church’s crypt where Father Gregory is buried. While in different rooms, an angel appears to Sam, and tells him he will be given a sign of someone to kill, someone about to do evil.

Dean still thinks it is the spirit of Father Gregory, and suggests that they summon his spirit. As they buy the supplies necessary for the summoning, Sam sees the man he says the angel wants him to kill.

Dean takes off after the man and tells Sam to go and perform the séance. Sam is interrupted by Father Reynolds, just as the spirit of Father Gregory appears. Father Gregory thinks he is an angel and Father Reynolds argues with him, and finally puts Father Gregory’s soul to lest by saying the Last Rites.

Meanwhile Dean is following the man Sam had identified, and stops him as he is attacking a young woman. Dean chases him in his car, until the man’s car nearly collides with a truck. A metal pipe from the truck impales the man, killing him.

Back at the motel, Sam explains to Dean why his faith is important to him. Dean describes how the man died, and says he thinks it may have been the hand of God at work.

Characters

Definitions

Music

  • Jamie Dunlap - Down On Love
  • Bob Dylan - Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Quotes

Dean: That lore about unicorns is true too. I hear they ride on silver moonbeams, and shoot rainbows out of their ass.
Sam: Wait... there's no such thing as unicorns?
Dean: Did you bring quarters?

Sam: Dude, I'm not enabling your sick habit. You're like one of those lab rats that pushes the pleasure button instead of the food button until it dies.

Dean: What're you talking about, I eat.
Sam: It appeared before me and I just... this feeling washed over me. Like peace. Like grace.
Dean: Okay, ecstasy boy. Maybe we’ll get you some glow sticks and a nice Dr. Seuss hat.
Dean: There's no higher power, there's no God. There's just chaos and violence, random unpredictable evil, that comes outta nowhere, rips you to shreds.

Trivia & References

Screencap of Dean's phone, displaying the mp3 he's listening
to.
Dean's phone displays the song he's listening to as: led zepllin [sic] - kashmir. Arguably, however, this isn't the song we can hear playing through his headphones. The actual song playing is "Down on Love" by Jamie Dunlap.
Dean's phone is the new Verizon Chocolate.
'Houses of the Holy' is the name of a Led Zeppelin album (1973). See also The Meaning of Episode Titles
“You mean, am I stark-raving cuckoo for coco puffs?” – “I'm cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs!” is one of the taglines used in commercials for the breakfast cereal Coco Puffs
“But she seriously believes that she was...'touched by an angel?'”- Dean refers to Touched by an Angel
“You just got to wait for some divine bat signal. Is that it?” – The Bat-Signal is used by the Gotham City Police Department as a method of contacting and summoning Batman to their assistance.
“Look, I'll admit, I'm a bit of a skeptic, but since when are you all Mr. "700 club?” – 700 Club is a news talk show with a religious focus.
Sam performs the seance on a SpongeBob placemat
The movie 'Ghost' is referenced when Sam mentions Whoopi when the boys discuss doing a seance.

Minutiae

Sides, Scripts & Transcripts

Promotion