8.09 Citizen Fang

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Title Citizen Fang
Episode # Season 8, Episode 9
First aired December 5, 2012
Directed by Nick Copus
Written by Daniel Loflin
On IMDB Citizen Fang
Outline Sam and Dean clash when it appears Benny has started killing humans to feed.
Monster Vampires
Timeline
Location(s) Carencro, Louisiana
Kermit, Texas
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Synopsis

Benny is working at a small Cajun diner in Carencro, Louisiana. It's late at night and, after his coworker Elizabeth leaves, one of the customers remarks that she's a hell of a girl. Benny, who's going by the name Roy, tells the customer that she's like a little sister to him. Another customer asks for a refill on his coffee, and Benny obliges. He doesn't recognize him, but it is Martin Creaser: a hunter that Dean and Sam have worked with before. Alone, Benny closes the diner, and Martin follows him as he walks home through the woods. Martin loses track of him for a moment and then hears a scream. He pulls out a machete and runs toward the sound, but trips and falls next to a dead body. It's the other customer from the diner, and his neck has been torn open.

Martin calls Sam to let him know what he saw. Sam tells him not to do anything yet and then tells Dean that they need to go to Louisiana and take care of Benny. He's had Martin tracking Benny for the last week, and Martin saw him kill someone. Dean is upset that Sam asked Martin, who was only recently released from an insane asylum, to go anywhere near a hunt, but admits that they should look into it. They drive down to Carencro and meet Martin at his motel room. Martin tells them that Benny, aka Roy, has been working at a gumbo shack and clean up until he found the dead customer. When Dean learns that Martin didn't actually see Benny kill anyone, he's reluctant to believe the worst of his friend. Martin is shocked that Dean would trust a Vampire, and even more shocked when Sam gives Dean a few hours to investigate things on his own.

After Dean leaves in the Impala, Sam tells Martin that it's not always easy to see things clearly. He remembers a moment with Amelia at their home in Kermit, Texas. Sam had asked her what she planned to say to her husband Don when she saw him again, and she'd been conflicted. He had said that he didn't want to give up on their relationship, and Amelia had seemed to agree with him before saying that she needed to clear her head.

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Definitions

Music

Born on the Bayou by Creedence Clearwater Revival (plays during opening scene in Louisiana)

Feel Alright by Steve Earle (plays when Dean gets the call from Elizabeth)

That Old Familiar Pain by Jim Wolfe (Sonoton Music) (plays at the end of the episode)

Quotes

Dean: You’re out of pecan? Story of my life.
Dean (to Elizabeth): If he pops up before I can find him, have him give me a buzz...or you could just drop a dime yourself.
Benny: I know it’s hard to believe, but I haven’t always been so cute and cuddly.
Dean (to Benny): My brother's not someone you want to mess with.
Dean: In fact, every relationship I've ever had has gone to crap at some point. But the one thing I can say about Benny? He has never let me down.
Sam: Well, good on you, Dean. Must feel great finally finding someone you can trust after all these years.
Benny (to Dean): You need to lay off the junk food.

Trivia & References

The title Citizen Fang could be a reference to the 1995 movie Citizen X which was based on the true story of the hunt for a serial killer in Russia.
Dean: It's been a while since I've had some Étouffée.
Étouffée is a creole dish of shellfish over rice.
After writing 16 episodes with Andrew Dabb this is the first episode on which Daniel Loflin has had a solo credit on.
Dean (to Benny): They see you out there, they don't care if you're collecting for the March of Dimes.
March of Dimes is a charity that supports programs for maternal and child health.
Kathleen Munroe who plays Elizabeth in this episode, also played Annette Doolittle, mother of Katie who is replaced by a Changeling in 3.02 The Kids Are Alright.

Minutiae

It is 783 miles from Carencro, Louisiana to Kermit, Texas. Just over an 11 hour drive according to Google Maps.
Sam: Glendale Springs discharged him last month.
Sam misnames the institution Martin was a patient of in 5.11 Sam, Interrupted, which was Glenwood Springs Psychiatric Hospital.

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