8.08 Hunteri Heroici
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| Title | Hunteri Heroici |
| Episode # | Season 8, Episode 8 |
| First aired | November 28, 2012 |
| Directed by | Paul Edwards |
| Written by | Andrew Dabb |
| On IMDB | Hunteri Heroici |
| Outline | Castiel wants to be a hunter like Sam and Dean, and he finds a case for them to work together, where a man's heart literally burst out of his chest. |
| Monster | Humans Psychics |
| Timeline | |
| Location(s) | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
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Contents
Synopsis
Dean, Sam, and Castiel are refueling the Impala when Sam gets a call from Linda Tran. She tells him that she and Kevin are now on Garth's safe-houseboat and that Kevin is having difficulties translating the half of the God tablet they got back from Crowley. He tells her to call if they find anything. Dean asks Castiel if there's any angel chatter about the tablet, and Castiel tells him that he's cut himself off from angel communications because he doesn't want anything to do with heaven. Instead, he wants to be a hunter - he's even found a case in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, where a man's heart burst out of his chest and flew 10 feet into the air. Dean says he'll work the case with him as long as he stays with them and doesn't teleport around. Castiel agrees and then asks if he can ride in the front seat of the Impala. Sam and Dean say "no" at the same time, and Castiel gets in the back seat.
In Oklahoma City, they go to see Gary Freleng's body at the morgue. He has a cookie-cutter heart-shaped hole in his chest, and the detective working the case tells them that the consensus is that Gary was on drugs. Castiel tells Dean that there are no drugs in Gary's system, and once the detective leaves, he says that he senses no EMF or sulfur and that Gary's only health problem was a recent bladder infection. Sam, who's been reading the case file, asks Castiel if he can tell that Gary was also having an affair. His friend Olivia Kopple was with him when he died, and from Olivia's statement it seems like they were meeting in the park every week to have lunch at a nearby diner. Sam suspects that they were spending less time in the diner and more time in the motel attached to it, and that Gary's wife is a witch who wanted revenge on her cheating husband.
As they leave the morgue, Sam remembers the night he met Amelia's father, Stan Thompson. He and Amelia had just moved into a house together, and Stan obviously hadn't approved of him. When he'd learned that Sam was working a maintenance job at a local motel despite going to Stanford, he'd remarked that Sam seemed like a "real fixer-upper."
They go to see Gary's wife, Deb Freleng, at her home, and Castiel tries to interrogate her. He comes on too strong, though, and Sam interrupts to ask Deb more gently if her husband may have been hiding something from her. Then the doorbell rings and Olivia comes inside, crying. She and Deb embrace, and Deb asks them what they think Gary was hiding. The hunters are confused until they learn that Deb knew about Olivia because she and her husband "had an arrangement."
Soon after, another weird death happens in town. According to witnesses, a man who stepped off the roof of a building floated in midair, only falling after he looked down. The lead detective tells them that it was definitely a suicide, but points out that both cases seem to be straight out of cartoons. Back at their motel room, Castiel watches cartoons while Dean and Sam try to figure out what's going on. Dean mentions that it might be a Tulpa just as Castiel hears something on the police band frequency: there's been a "loony" bank robbery.
At the bank, a security guard who interrupted the robbery has been killed, crushed by a 1-ton anvil. The detective tells them that the culprit is a thief they've been calling "Black Hole" because of the black holes he paints on the walls of the banks he robs. Sam goes with her to the police station to get the files on the past robberies, and Dean and Castiel stay behind. Dean asks Castiel to move the anvil, and under it they see a black "X" drawn on the floor. Dean remarks that the robber seems to be following "cartoon rules," and that the black holes were likely painted on the walls by the robber to get inside bank. The holes are inactive now, though.
Back in their motel room, Dean searches online while Castiel reads John's Journal. Dean asks Castiel how he's feeling after coming back from Purgatory, and Castiel answers that he's fine. Dean suggests that he go up to heaven to see if he can find out who or what resurrected him, but Castiel refuses. He tells Dean that if he sees the devastation he wrought in heaven, he's afraid he'll kill himself. Before Dean can respond, Sam returns from the police station with news: all three cartoon-like deaths happened while a "Black Hole" robbery was taking place. In fact, people reported strange cartoon behavior in a 50 yards radius around each robbery while it was occurring. Because every robbery also involved the property of someone living at Sunset Fields retirement home, they decide to check out its residents.
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Characters
- Sam Winchester
- Dean Winchester
- Castiel
- Fred Jones
- Naomi
- Amelia Richardson
- Gary Freleng
- Mrs Freleng
- Dr Dwight Mahoney
- Stan Thompson
- Riot
- BOB
Definitions
Music
Ode to Joy from Symphony No. 9 by Beethoven.
Quotes
Castiel: It's a shortened version of my name.
Dean: You were being bad everything.
Cat: Dumbass!
Castiel: I don't think you pronounced that correctly.
Amelia: I like it here. I like this house. I like Sam.
Stan: Sam is a mess.
Trivia & References
- The tags were presented in the typeface Comic Sans, a much maligned typeface, although in this situation, very appropriate.
- The first victim, whose heart explodes from his chest, is Gary Freleng. His last name is a reference to animator Friz Freleng who created iconic characters such as Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Tweety Bird, and Sylvester the cat.
- Fred Jones' name may be a reference to Merry Melodies and Looney Tune animator and director Chuck Jones, and also to the character of Fred Jones from the Scooby Do series.
- Dean also refers to the Animaniacs which was a 1990s cartoon series.
- Misha Collins once called Castiel "Columbo". On CW event of 5.21 Two Minutes to Midnight, Collins tweeted "The guy dressed as Columbo needs to wash his face." and "The smart looking Columbo guy seems like he's turning into a big gun fanatic. He should join the NRA. Start raising money for." (#21 and #24) - See Misha on Twitter
- A tulpa is an idea that is made manifest, such as was encountered by Sam and Dean in 1.17 Hell House. Robot chicken is a stop-motion animated series that parodies pop culture.
- Heartbreak Hotel is a song recorded by American rock and roll musician Elvis Presley. It was released as a single on January 27, 1956. Free Fallin' is the opening track from Tom Petty's 1989 solo album, Full Moon Fever.
Fred Jones: As what – some kind of a damn psychic CopperTop?
- CopperTop is a brand of battery made by Duracell.
- Termite Terrace is the nickname for the Warner Brother's animation department.
Minutiae
Sides, Scripts & Transcripts
Promotion
- Episode Title
- Guest star cast by Zap2It
- Photos from filming by socialitelife
- Plot spoilers from TVLine
- Plot spoilers from TV Overmind
- Promo pics by TV Overmind
- Episode promo
- Sneak Peek by Supernaturalcmm
- Video interview with Jared, Jensen and Misha about the episode by TVOvermind
- Winchester Radio's discussion of this episode
