6.13 Unforgiven

Title	Unforgiven
Episode #	Season 6, Episode 13
First aired	February 7, 2011
Directed by	David Barrett
Written by	Andrew Dabb and Daniel Loflin
On IMDB	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1627710/
Outline	An anonymous text message sends Sam and Dean to investigate disappearances in a town where Sam and his grandfather worked a case a year earlier.
Monster	Arachne
Timeline
Location(s)	Bristol, Rhode Island
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Characters

• Sam Winchester
• Dean Winchester
• Samuel Campbell
• Sheriff Roy Dobbs
• Brenna Dobbs
• Deputy Atkins

Definitions

• Arachne
• Soul
• Death
• Lucifer's Cage

Quotes

Dean: Sam there is a reason hunters don't hit the same town over again. Because we have a habit of leaving messes behind.

Sam: Right, I agree

Dean: One of Dad's rules - you never use the same crapper twice.

Dean: How would you characterize their relationship?

Flatmate: Oh no, they weren't having...
Dean: Just the tone or the nature of their conversation?

Flatmate: Well, loud and... athletic.

Dean: Can I get you anything?

Sam: What are you now my waitress?
Dean:I’m just trying to make you feel better, don’t be a bitch.

Sam: Yeah. I'm fine.

Trivia & References

The episode title Unforgiven comes from the 1992 Western of the same name directed by Clint Eastwood. The film centres on the story of an outlaw gunslinger who has retired to live a quiet life, who is drawn back to his old life for one last job.

Sam and Samuel use the aliases Roark and Wyman. Sam's alias (H.Roark) is a reference to the main character - Howard Roark - in Ayn Rand's novel The Fountainhead which embodied the philosophy of objectivism, where individual self-interest was held as the purpose of one's life (and so it is interesting that this is associated with soulless Sam). Samuel's alias Wynand refers to Gail Wynand, another character in the book

Sam: Mel Gibson really took a turn this past year huh?

Dean: or he's possessed.

A reference to Mel Gibson's numerous instances of bad behaviour in 2010 which included release of an abusive ophone call to his girlfriend, allegations of domestic abuse and a serious of instances of racist, ant-Semitic and homophobic statements.

Woman: where's your partner? The big blad guy? Agent Wynand?

Sam:' Agent Wynand, right.'
Dean: Sex rehab. You've heard of plushies right?

A plushie or plushophile is someone with a sexual fetish related to stuffed toys.

The fannish axiom "Sleep with Sam Winchester and die" was borne out in this episode. The phrase was coined after the episode 2.17 Heart as his sexual partners - Jess, Madison and later Ruby - all died. It was adopted as the name of the Sam thread on Television Without Pity

Minutiae

The sign on the way into the town of Bristol has the ironic phrase "Where Memories Are Made"

Sides, Scripts & Transcripts

• 6.13 Unforgiven (Transcript)

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