6.19 Mommy Dearest

Title	Mommy Dearest
Episode #	Season 6, Episode 19
First aired	April 29, 2011
Directed by	John F. Showalter
Written by	Adam Glass
On IMDB	Mommy Dearest
Outline	Sam, Dean, Castiel and Bobby track down Eve to a town where she is breeding new monsters.
Monster	Eve Jefferson Starships
Timeline
Location(s)	Grants Pass, Oregon Sioux Falls, South Dakota
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Synopsis

Ed Bright and his friend Marshall Todd are leaving a sports bar in Grants Pass, Oregon, when Eve approaches them. Ed clumsily flirts with her, and she touches his face before leaving to enter the bar. Inside the bar, Eve locks the doors and breaks off the handles. She then proceeds to touch people's faces, turning them into hybrid monsters and provoking a mass feeding frenzy while she picks up a drink and watches.

Dean is packing the ashes of the phoenix into shotgun shells to use against Eve, but they have no idea of her location. They call on Castiel, but he says that she is hidden from him. Instead, they decide to track down a monster that is sympathetic to their cause. Castiel quickly leaves and returns with Lenore the vampire, who describes how she, along with the others in her nest, have been unable to resist Eve's call to arms, and that through them, Eve will know what the Winchesters are up to. She tells them where Eve is, and then begs to be killed so she doesn't murder again. Sam and Dean are reluctant, but Castiel obliges.

When Dean, Sam, Bobby, and Castiel arrive in Grants Pass, Castiel finds that he has been blocked from using his angelic powers, most likely because of Eve's presence. Despite this, they manage to find out that Ed Bright recently visited a doctor - Dr. Silver - who subsequently reported Ed's illness to the Centre for Disease Control. In a shed outside the doctor's office, Dean and Castiel find Ed's decomposing body. They go to Ed's home, where Sam and Dean find a roomful of dead bodies that all look like Ed Bright - indicating that they are dealing with some form of shapeshifter. One of the beings that looks like Ed is still alive, it's Ed's friend Marshall Todd. He tells them about the "woman in white" who passed them outside the bar.

At the bar, they discover numerous dead bodies. On examination, Dean finds that the dead are monsters - one has vampire teeth as well as the spike of a wraith. Dean dubs these hybrids Jefferson Starships, and Bobby says that it seems like a fever killed them all. Before they can leave, three policemen appear and take Castiel, Bobby, and Sam into custody while Dean hides behind a counter. When they arrive at the station, Sam sees that the policemen's eyes glow like a shapeshifter's in the security feed and realizes that the police are actually Jefferson Starships. He headbutts the creature that is holding him and Dean appears in time to rescue them. Dean kills one, Castiel kills one, and the third is kept alive - bound in silver - for questioning.

In a cell at the station, Sam and Dean find two orphaned boys named Joe and Ryan Silver. They conduct tests on the boys and then, despite Castiel's objections, leave to drive them to their uncle's home in nearby Merritt. In their absence, Castiel interrogates one of the Jefferson Starships and learns Eve's location - the diner they first visited when they arrived in Grants Pass.

With Bobby and Castiel waiting outside, the brothers enter the diner and discover that they are surrounded by hybrids. Eve herself confronts them in the guise of a waitress and makes them surrender their weapons. Eve detects phoenix ash in the shotguns, so she hands them over to one her children and orders their immediate disposal. She then explains to Sam and Dean the reason she's on Earth and what she hopes to achieve. To emphasize her point, she transforms into the likeness of Mary Winchester and tells them that every action she's taken has been because of "a mother's love."

Eve goes on to explain that she had been satisfied with the balance between mankind and monsters, but since her children started being captured and tortured by Crowley, she had decided to rise up from Purgatory and retaliate. Dean is quick to point out that her arrival was pointless, as Crowley had already been dealt with months ago. Eve is unconvinced, however, and informs them that Crowley is indeed alive and in hiding, but is still carrying out his search for Purgatory. She explains that Crowley is not after Purgatory itself, but rather the souls that dwell within it. Monster souls, like those of humans, are very powerful and are essential for fueling a war machine capable of untold power. For what purpose Crowley wants this power, she does not reveal, but to cripple his plans Eve intends to turn the whole world into monsters so that she can "see how hot his hell burns when all your souls come to me." She has been using the town as a test-bed to create a new type of monster which she wants to use to convert all of humanity. Several of her early experiments resulted in failure as the creatures died prematurely.

Eve then informs them of the "perfect monster" she has created in the form of Ryan Silver and of the mass-infection that they inadvertently helped spread. Her bodyguards bring Castiel and Bobby into the diner, and Eve informs Castiel that he can't use his powers because they're being halted by her age advantage. She offers Sam and Dean the chance to work for her in capturing Crowley. Dean refuses to work with a monster, however, and tells Eve to "bite me." She obliges, but staggers back upon tasting phoenix ash in his blood. Dean reveals that he ingested some ash with a shot of whisky, and Eve chokes and burns from the inside out before falling to the floor, dead. The monsters in the diner attack all at once, but with Eve no longer suppressing Castiel's powers, he releases a devastating blast of white light that kills all the monsters in the diner.

Castiel then teleports them all to Joe and Ryan's uncle's house to stop the children, who have already murdered their uncle, only to discover both kids dead and traces of sulfur; the work of a demon. Dean tells Castiel that Eve said Crowley is alive. Castiel says it's not possible, but when Dean says Eve sounded certain, Castiel seems concerned and says he will look into it and leaves. Sam and Bobby both say that something is not right, and suggest it is more likely Castiel may have intentionally faked Crowley's death than make a mistake that left Crowley alive. Dean defends Castiel and tells them they're wrong.

Castiel later returns to the diner and observes Eve's body and the corpses of her children before being met by Crowley, who expresses his dissatisfaction with having to clean up after the angel's messes.

Characters

• Sam Winchester
• Dean Winchester
• Castiel
• Bobby Singer
• Crowley
• Eve
• Lenore
• Joe and Ryan Silver
• Ed Bright

Definitions

• Alcohol
• Aliases
• Bobby's Hats
• Dean's Monster Mashups
• Gank
• Healing
• Idjit
• Jefferson Starships
• Monsters
• Phoenix
• Shapeshifters
• Smiting
• Soul
• Sulfur
• Vampires
• Wraith

Music

• "You Sexy Thing" by Hot Chocolate

(plays in the bar at the beginning)

• "Miracles" by Jefferson Starship

(plays when Cas and Crowley meet up at the end)

Quotes

Bobby: I'm looking, but I'm thinking maybe it's time you made a call.

Dean: Why has it always got to be me that makes the call, huh? It's not like Cas lives in my ass. The dude's busy... Cas, get out of my ass!

Castiel: I was never in your... Have you made any progress in locating Eve?

Castiel: I'll search the town. Give me a moment.

Dean: Cas, we can still see you.
Castiel: Yeah, I'm still here.
Dean: Okay, well you don't have to wait on us, you-
Castiel: ...

Dean: Well now it just looks like you're pooping.

Dean: Well, that's great, because without your power, you're basically just a baby in a trench coat.
Sam: I think you hurt his feelings.

Dean: Well what kind of doctor calls the CDC and then stashes the gooey corpse in the shed?

Sam: Alright, Dean and me are gonna go in. You two stay here and watch the door. If something comes out, shoot it.

Dean: Yeah. Best guess – silver bullets.
Castiel: I'm fairly unpracticed with firearms.

Dean: You know who whines? Babies.

Bobby: They won't take long.

Castiel: You don't know that. They may find more wayward orphans along the way.
Bobby: Oh, don't get cute.

Castiel: Right. Pardon me for highlighting their crippling and dangerous empathetic response with "sarcasm". It was a bad idea – letting them go.

Dean: Is there anybody in this diner that is not a flesh-eating monster?

Sam: Uh, me and you.

Dean: Okay, well let's get the hell out of here.

Dean: He wants Purgatory, right? Location, location, location.

Eve: Is that what he told you? It's about the souls.
Sam: What about 'em?

Eve: Their power, you simple little monkey. Fuel. Each soul a beautiful little nuclear reactor. Put 'em together, you have the sun. Now think what the king of hell could do with that vast, untapped oil well. How powerful he'd be. Now Crowley wants to siphon off my supply, and torture my children to do it? Okay fine. I'll quite playing nice. I'll turn you all. Every soul, mine. Let's see how hot his hell burns when everyone comes to me. He asked for it.

Sam: Hey Cas, um, Dean's bleeding pretty good.
Dean: Yeah, I think she turned me into a Jefferson Starship. Could you clear that up too?

Crowley: Really, Cas? This is getting ridiculous. How many times am I gonna have to clean up your messes?

Trivia & References

Mommy Dearest is the name of a tell-all autobiography by Christina Crawford, who details an abusive childhood at the hands of her mother, actress Joan Crawford. The film of the book starring Faye Dunaway has become a camp classic, particularly for the scene where Crawford rails hysterically at Christina for using wire coat hangers: "I told you - no wire hangers EVER!"
Dean references this when he says to Eve: "Beat me with a wire hanger, the answer's still no."

Marshall: Okay, Fabio, let's go.

This is a reference to iconic Italian model Fabio Lanzoni.

Fabio was also referenced in 4.18 The Monster at the End of This Book when the illustration on the cover of one of the Supernatural books looked remarkably like him.

Lenore: Don't look so impressed. I was hiding in a basement. Not exactly Club Med. You don't know how hard it is – not to give in. Everyone gives in.

Club Méditerranée SA, more commonly known as Club Med, is a French company that specializes in "vacation villages" around the world.

Dean: Well, I was expecting more Zombieland, less Pleasantville.

Zombieland is a move about a post-zombie apocalyptic world.

Pleasantville is a movie that features a 'perfect' 1950s sitcom town.

Bobby: Alright. I finally got the police database, no thanks to this. I asked for a computer.

Sam: It is a computer.
Bobby: No, a computer has buttons.

Bobby is using an iPad.

Bobby: Oh, nickel and dime stuff, nothing weird. Basically dead end. You think Vampira was lying?

Maila Nurmi portrayed Vampira who hosted horror movies on TV in the 1950s and also starred in the Ed Wood cult film Plan 9 from Outer Space.

Dean: What the hell's going on here? Does every monster in this town have the motaba virus?

The motaba virus is a fictional Ebola-like virus that featured in the 1995 movie Outbreak.

Dean: Yeah, the question is why. I mean what does she want with the – what do you call these?

Bobby: Well, congrats. You discovered, you get to name it.
Dean: Jefferson Starships. Because, they're horrible and hard to kill.

Jefferson Starship is a rock band formed under the name of Jefferson Airplane in the mid-1960s, an incarnation of which is still touring. Best known for the song "We Built This City."

After the episode aired, Jefferson Starships trended on Twitter.

Dean: So we kill the Wicked Witch and she still wins. I mean they could've turned half the town by now... Don't say it.

The Wicked Witch of the West is the main antagonist of The Wonderful World of Oz by L. Frank Baum.

Dean: She said that Crowley's still kicking.

Castiel: But I burned his bones, how c—? Was she certain?
Dean: Sounded pretty sure. According to her, Crowley's still waterboarding her kids, somewhere.

Waterboarding is the act of placing a cloth over an immobilized person's face and pouring water over them, giving the simulation of drowning.

Minutiae

Roman Podhora, who played the sheriff, previously played a lieutenant in 2.12 Nightshifter.

In the "Then" segment, flashbacks are shown of the wraith, Karla from 5.11 Sam, Interrupted and Eli, a vampire from 2.03 Bloodlust. The first Jefferson Starships they come across in this episode are wraith/vampire hybrids.

The sports bar Marshall and Ed exit in the teaser is called 8th Street Sports Lounge. Marshall and Ed are wearing Bruisers shirts. Ed's has the number 21 on it.

The Impala appears for only a single shot, outside Bobby's house, just before Cas returns with Lenore.

Lenore: I remember. Your hunter friend almost killed me.

Sam: Well if it makes you feel any better, uh, he turned into a vampire and I chopped his head off.
Dean: Yeah. With razor wire. Wicked.

Sam and Dean met Lenore for the first time in 2.03 Bloodlust, where she was being pursued by hunter Gordon Walker. Gordon was killed by Sam in 3.07 Fresh Blood.

Bobby: Just because it looks quiet, don't mean it is, especially if she's got a clue were coming.

Dean: Yeah, well if she is here I'm glad we've got Smitey McSmiterton on our squad. Alright, where do we start?

In 3.02 The Kids Are Alright, Dean refers to Sam as "Weirdy McWeirderton."

When Bobby is looking for suspicious news, he comes across an article with the headline "Meth Lab Operation Uncovered" and the sub-heading "Local Team Takes Home the Trophy." He later searches for "suspicious events in..." The headline of the article on the CDC website about Ed is "Doctor Reports Puzzling Condition in Otherwise Healthy Patient."

On Ed's driver's license, his full name is Edward Bright.

He is 5'10" and weighs 185 lbs.
His date of birth is 16 December, 1985.

The licence expires on the 5th of June, 2014.

On Marshall Todd's driver's licence, his date of birth is 14 July, 1984.
Like Ed, he is 5'10" and weighs 185 lbs.

From the report to the CDC that Bobby finds, Dr. Silver describes Ed's symptoms as "what seems to be the beginning of the flu. After a day his flesh became what can only be described as gooey."

After meeting the sheriff outside Dr. Silver's house, Sam & Bobby drive past a Mazda 3 with Kansas licence plates. The plates on the car they're driving are BKN 6PS or 6P5.

The diner they are in is called Ervin's Diner and is at 25 Buckley Street. Inside, the writing on the wall reads "Grants Pass, It's The Climate"

Sam's method of using the camera on his phone to find out if the people in the diner are monsters is the same method that was used to see ghosts invisible to the naked eye in 2.18 Hollywood Babylon.

The nametag on Eve's waitress uniform reads "Angela."

The liquid that comes from Eve's face when she dies is the same liquid that comes out of Bobby's face when the Khan worm he's possessed by dies in 6.16 ...And Then There Were None.

In 6.07 Family Matters, Mark Sheppard requested not to be in the opening credits as to keep his return a surprise. This was done again in this episode. During filming, some paparazzi caught a picture of him flying into Vancouver, but through his twitter he deflected, implying it wasn't for Supernatural. After the episode he tweeted "I was photographed while filming episode 20 -- trust me, NOBODY knew about 19."

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