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| − | [[Sam]] has been awake for five days, tormented by [[Hallucifer]]. He tries in vain to use drugs to pass out and in his sleep-deprived state, is hit by a car. He winds up in the locked psychiatric ward at [[Northern Indiana State Hospital]], being treated for a broken rib, lacerations and what the doctors call a psychotic episode. The doctors have administered several sedatives but Sam remains conscious. | + | [[Sam]] has been awake for five days, tormented by [[Hallucifer]], who tells Sam he'll only survive another week without sleep. He tries in vain to use drugs to pass out and in his sleep-deprived state, is hit by a car. He winds up in the locked psychiatric ward at [[Northern Indiana State Hospital]], being treated for a broken rib, lacerations, and what the doctors call a full-blown psychotic episode. The doctors have administered several sedatives, but Sam remains conscious. |
| − | In the ward, Hallucifer plays cat's cradle and reminds Sam that he didn't need to sleep when he was soulless. Dean arrives and tells Sam he'll find him help. Sam | + | In the ward, Hallucifer plays cat's cradle and reminds Sam that he didn't need to sleep when he was soulless. Dean arrives and tells Sam he'll find him help. Sam is skeptical, saying they always knew putting his soul back would end badly. Dean leaves. |
| − | At [[Rufus's Cabin]], Dean calls some of [[Bobby |Bobby's]] contacts but is unable to find help. He puts | + | At [[Rufus's Cabin]], Dean calls some of [[Bobby |Bobby's]] contacts but is unable to find help. He puts Bobby's journal on the table and goes to the fridge for a beer. The journal falls to the ground by itself and a card for Mackey's Taxidermy falls out. Dean calls the number and leaves a message. |
| − | Hallucifer comments that he and Sam being in a locked ward together is just like the Cage. Sam | + | Hallucifer comments that he and Sam being in a locked ward together is just like the Cage. Sam ignores him and later tries to eat a sandwich, but when he looks at it it's full of maggots. He drops it on the ground and backs away, then notices another patient watching from his door. She leaves without saying anything. |
| − | At the cabin, Dean is looking for | + | At the cabin, Dean is looking for information online when he receives a call from a hunter named [[Mackey]]. Mackey tells him about a healer named Emmanuel in Colorado. He claims that Emmanuel passed all of his monster tests and then healed his damaged eye with one touch. |
| − | Dean goes to Emmanuel's house in Colorado. He sees | + | Encouraged, Dean goes to Emmanuel's house in Colorado. He meets a man who claims to be Emmanuel at the front door, but sees a woman tied up in the house. When he looks back, the man's eyes are black as he shoves Dean into the front door. Dean reminds the demon about Crowley's "hands-off memo," but the demon laughs and says that because Dean hasn't managed to kill [[Dick Roman]], Crowley will want Emmanuel more than he wants Dean alive. Dean quickly kills the demon with [[Ruby's knife]], and then looks up to find Emmanuel, who is the spitting image of [[Castiel]], watching him. |
| − | Hallucifer continues to torment Sam, lighting firecrackers in the ward. An orderly, Marcus, brings Sam his meal | + | Emmanuel doesn't recognise Dean, has no knowledge of demons, and no memory of being an angel. He thanks Dean for saving his wife, Daphne, and then says that he saw the real face of the man Dean killed. Dean tells him that it was a demon and that he's there because he needs help for his brother. |
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| + | Meanwhile in the locked ward, the patient who saw Sam's reaction to his sandwich brings him a stolen chocolate bar. Sam thanks her and learns her name, [[Marin]], but can't get further than introductions because Hallucifer is tormenting him with a loudspeaker. Marin leaves, frightened by his strange reactions. Later, Hallucifer continues to torment Sam, lighting firecrackers in the ward. An orderly, Marcus, brings Sam his meal, and Sam asks Marcus about Marin. Marcus doesn't tell him much, only that unlike him, she wasn't brought to the psychiatric ward because of an accident. | ||
Dean and Emmanuel talk in the car on the way to Indiana. Emmanuel tells him that Daphne found him by a river, when he wandered into her path "drenched, confused and unclothed", with no memory. Daphne claimed God wanted her to find him. Dean mentions the possibility that Emmanuel was a bad guy, but Emmanuel says he doesn't feel like a bad person. | Dean and Emmanuel talk in the car on the way to Indiana. Emmanuel tells him that Daphne found him by a river, when he wandered into her path "drenched, confused and unclothed", with no memory. Daphne claimed God wanted her to find him. Dean mentions the possibility that Emmanuel was a bad guy, but Emmanuel says he doesn't feel like a bad person. | ||
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Emmanuel tells Dean he can cure illnesses of a spiritual origin and should be able to help Sam. Dean goes on to tell him that he is unable to forgive his friend Cas, who betrayed him and caused Sam's illness. Emmanuel still has no memory and comments that Cas is an odd name. | Emmanuel tells Dean he can cure illnesses of a spiritual origin and should be able to help Sam. Dean goes on to tell him that he is unable to forgive his friend Cas, who betrayed him and caused Sam's illness. Emmanuel still has no memory and comments that Cas is an odd name. | ||
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Dean is confronted by demons at a convenience store. He kills one and another is killed by [[Meg]]. She is there because of rumours about a wandering healer. She has an ongoing feud with [[Crowley]] and doesn't want him to know about Cas. Although she wants to use Cas as a weapon, she agrees not to tell him his true identity yet. The three of them leave together. | Dean is confronted by demons at a convenience store. He kills one and another is killed by [[Meg]]. She is there because of rumours about a wandering healer. She has an ongoing feud with [[Crowley]] and doesn't want him to know about Cas. Although she wants to use Cas as a weapon, she agrees not to tell him his true identity yet. The three of them leave together. | ||
| − | Sam and Marin talk about her dead brother. She tells him | + | Sam and Marin talk about her dead brother. She tells that she hears her dead brother's voice. He wants her to kill herself to be with him, and if she doesn't, he'll do it for her. How she feels cold before he talks to her, and how one day he got angry and set the room on fire, almost killing her. She says he was cremated, but she wears a bracelet he made for her with an injured hand - it's likely he bled on it. She steals a lighter and makes a ring of salt after Hallucifer blows Sam's ring away. They stand inside the circle and Marin's brother appears. He breaks the lights and pleads with Marin not to do it. She gives Sam the bracelet and he burns it, causing her brother to go up in flames. After Marin thanks Sam and leaves, orderlies enter the ward to restrain Sam. Hallucifer talks over Dr Kadinsky's shoulder as the doc explains to Sam that they cannot give him any more medication and should try surgery instead. |
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Revision as of 21:53, 6 April 2012
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| Title | The Born-Again Identity |
| Episode # | Season 7, Episode 17 |
| First aired | March 23, 2012 |
| Directed by | Robert Singer |
| Written by | Sera Gamble |
| On IMDB | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1995109/ |
| Outline | |
| Monster | Lucifer Demons Ghost |
| Timeline | |
| Location(s) | Colorado, Northern Indiana. |
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Contents
Synopsis
Sam has been awake for five days, tormented by Hallucifer, who tells Sam he'll only survive another week without sleep. He tries in vain to use drugs to pass out and in his sleep-deprived state, is hit by a car. He winds up in the locked psychiatric ward at Northern Indiana State Hospital, being treated for a broken rib, lacerations, and what the doctors call a full-blown psychotic episode. The doctors have administered several sedatives, but Sam remains conscious.
In the ward, Hallucifer plays cat's cradle and reminds Sam that he didn't need to sleep when he was soulless. Dean arrives and tells Sam he'll find him help. Sam is skeptical, saying they always knew putting his soul back would end badly. Dean leaves.
At Rufus's Cabin, Dean calls some of Bobby's contacts but is unable to find help. He puts Bobby's journal on the table and goes to the fridge for a beer. The journal falls to the ground by itself and a card for Mackey's Taxidermy falls out. Dean calls the number and leaves a message.
Hallucifer comments that he and Sam being in a locked ward together is just like the Cage. Sam ignores him and later tries to eat a sandwich, but when he looks at it it's full of maggots. He drops it on the ground and backs away, then notices another patient watching from his door. She leaves without saying anything.
At the cabin, Dean is looking for information online when he receives a call from a hunter named Mackey. Mackey tells him about a healer named Emmanuel in Colorado. He claims that Emmanuel passed all of his monster tests and then healed his damaged eye with one touch.
Encouraged, Dean goes to Emmanuel's house in Colorado. He meets a man who claims to be Emmanuel at the front door, but sees a woman tied up in the house. When he looks back, the man's eyes are black as he shoves Dean into the front door. Dean reminds the demon about Crowley's "hands-off memo," but the demon laughs and says that because Dean hasn't managed to kill Dick Roman, Crowley will want Emmanuel more than he wants Dean alive. Dean quickly kills the demon with Ruby's knife, and then looks up to find Emmanuel, who is the spitting image of Castiel, watching him.
Emmanuel doesn't recognise Dean, has no knowledge of demons, and no memory of being an angel. He thanks Dean for saving his wife, Daphne, and then says that he saw the real face of the man Dean killed. Dean tells him that it was a demon and that he's there because he needs help for his brother.
Meanwhile in the locked ward, the patient who saw Sam's reaction to his sandwich brings him a stolen chocolate bar. Sam thanks her and learns her name, Marin, but can't get further than introductions because Hallucifer is tormenting him with a loudspeaker. Marin leaves, frightened by his strange reactions. Later, Hallucifer continues to torment Sam, lighting firecrackers in the ward. An orderly, Marcus, brings Sam his meal, and Sam asks Marcus about Marin. Marcus doesn't tell him much, only that unlike him, she wasn't brought to the psychiatric ward because of an accident.
Dean and Emmanuel talk in the car on the way to Indiana. Emmanuel tells him that Daphne found him by a river, when he wandered into her path "drenched, confused and unclothed", with no memory. Daphne claimed God wanted her to find him. Dean mentions the possibility that Emmanuel was a bad guy, but Emmanuel says he doesn't feel like a bad person.
Emmanuel tells Dean he can cure illnesses of a spiritual origin and should be able to help Sam. Dean goes on to tell him that he is unable to forgive his friend Cas, who betrayed him and caused Sam's illness. Emmanuel still has no memory and comments that Cas is an odd name.
Dean is confronted by demons at a convenience store. He kills one and another is killed by Meg. She is there because of rumours about a wandering healer. She has an ongoing feud with Crowley and doesn't want him to know about Cas. Although she wants to use Cas as a weapon, she agrees not to tell him his true identity yet. The three of them leave together.
Sam and Marin talk about her dead brother. She tells that she hears her dead brother's voice. He wants her to kill herself to be with him, and if she doesn't, he'll do it for her. How she feels cold before he talks to her, and how one day he got angry and set the room on fire, almost killing her. She says he was cremated, but she wears a bracelet he made for her with an injured hand - it's likely he bled on it. She steals a lighter and makes a ring of salt after Hallucifer blows Sam's ring away. They stand inside the circle and Marin's brother appears. He breaks the lights and pleads with Marin not to do it. She gives Sam the bracelet and he burns it, causing her brother to go up in flames. After Marin thanks Sam and leaves, orderlies enter the ward to restrain Sam. Hallucifer talks over Dr Kadinsky's shoulder as the doc explains to Sam that they cannot give him any more medication and should try surgery instead.
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Characters
- Sam Winchester
- Dean Winchester
- Castiel aka Emmanuel Allen
- Lucifer
- Meg
- Marin
- Daphne Allen
- Mackey
- Dr Kadinsky
- Marcus
Definitions
- Hallucifer
- Castiel's Trench Coat
- Rufus's Cabin
- Northern Indiana State Hospital
- Demonology
- Star Wars
- Dodge Charger
Music
Wake Up Little Susie - Everly Brothers plays when Hallucifer lights firecrackers in the ward
Turn into Earth - The Yardbirds plays during Castiel's flashback montage.
Quotes
Sam: Then I'll die.
Castiel: I'm sorry - is that a flirtation?
Meg: I dunno, I believe in the little tree topper.
Trivia & References
- Tweaker is a slang term for someone who is addicted to crystal meth.
- Dean and Sam are using the aliases given to them by Frank in 7.06 Slash Fiction.
- Norman Bates was the serial killer in the Hitchcock movie Psycho, who killed his mother, kept her corpse in his house and assumed her identity. Previously mentioned in 5.19 Hammer Of The Gods.
- Dean has mashed up the names of two individuals known for their equanimity in the face of challenges - the spiritual leader of Tibet Dalai Lama (whose name he mispronounces) and Jedi master Yoda.
- Snake oil is a derogatory term used to describe fraudulent medical practices.
- Sam is referring to the events of 1.12 Faith, in which he tried to find a faith healer for the stricken Dean.
- Narcissistic personality disorder is a condition characterized by egocentrism, arrogance, entitlement, a desire for control, and a lack of empathy. It is thought to be a way of compensating for a severe sense of personal imperfection and unworthiness. In 5.11 Sam, Interrupted which took place in a mental hospital, Dean's hallucinated doctor tells him he is "paranoid schizophrenic with a narcissistic personality disorder and religious psychosis".
- In 3.16 No Rest For The Wicked, Dean, in the last 24 hours of the year he was given after his crossroads deal, could see demons' real faces:
- Dean: I could see its face, its real face, under that one.
- "Lucy, you've got some 'splainin to do!" was a catchphrase of Lucy's husband Ricky Ricardo in the 50/60s sitcom I Love Lucy starring Lucille Ball.
- Luci is a fandom nickname for Lucifer, first used by Gabriel in 5.19 Hammer Of The Gods.
- A reference to the 2003 movie Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
- A reference to angel Clarence from It's A Wonderful Life. The name was previously used by Meg in 5.10 Abandon All Hope.
- In 3.05 Bedtime Stories, a man survived an attack that killed his two brothers by hiding next to some concrete blocks in a violent recreation of the Three Little Pigs.
- Meg is using the name of her Season 1 meatsuit, Meg Masters.
Minutiae
Sides, Scripts & Transcripts
Promotion
- Episode titles 7.13 to 7.19
- Guest star by AOLTV
- Misha Collins will return to Supernatural for one episode, with the possibility of two beyond that. The internet exploded with fannish glee. Misha commented "It's true. I'm going to be back on the reality show about the two brothers who drive around testing out seedy motels. Any questions?" Source.
- Misha arrives with family in Vancouver
- Guest star arrives in Vancouver
- Page from Misha's copy of 7.17 Unaired Episode at Salute to Supernatural Nashville 2012
- Possibly spoilery pic
- Synopsis from ksitetv
- Misha talks about his return to TVGuide
- Promo pics
- Promo clip
- Webclip #1
- Webclip #2
- Misha talks about his return with Zap2it
- Misha talks about his return with Vlada Gelman
- Misha interview on MTV about his return
- Bob Singer previews the episode
- Misha talks about the episode to Eonline
- Sera talks about Misha's return with Givememyremote
