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01-06-2008, 11:02 PM
Supernatural, “Sin City” (Episode 304)
If you’ve never been fortunate enough to watch an episode of Supernatural before (much like myself) then it probably means that you don’t own a TiVo and tend to spend your Thursday nights at 8pm watching The Office, Grey’s Anatomy, or Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader? (in which case you’re probably not). You might even enjoy reruns of Mama’s Family over on ION Television. That Vint, always getting into trouble.
Or perhaps you even have what they call a “social life.” I know what you’re thinking and as shocking as it sounds, there is actually life outside of watching television. Hard to believe, I know.
Well since that leaves all two of you who actually watch the show, let me give you a brief but concise synopsis of the premise:
***In order to do this I had to do some research, so I turned to the ever reliable Wikipedia, my own interactive Bible (except less inaccurate and outlandish *rimshot*) where you can also find out more about such varied topics as The Cadaver Synod and Spring Heeled Jack. Wikipedia sure is grand, isn’t it? Alright, enough product placement for today.
The show follows two brothers as they travel across the country trying to solve paranormal events and occurrences, while encountering demons, werewolves, vampires and the like along the way.
Dean is the perpetually horny and volatile older brother with a tough guy exterior, whose most prized possession is his 1967 Chevy Impala, while Sam is a sweet, sensitive young chap who is prone to having visions and possesses (some) telekinetic powers.
Sound interesting? Well lucky for us now you can catch up with the show while it’s in reruns thanks to the writers’ strike. Yay! Thanks frustrated, overworked, and underpaid writers and the cheap ass, narcissistic network executives who employ them!
Of course there are two whole seasons that you would have to catch up on but you could always rent the DVDs or the cheaper alternative of using torrent sites. Sure it’s kind of illegal, but so is underage drinking, smoking marijuana, and picking up hookers but that hasn’t stopped me….er, other people, from regularly doing those things so what’s the big fuss about trying to watch a little ol’ TV show? If you don’t get caught it isn’t illegal, I say. So lock yourself in your mother’s basement and watch away!
But first...
Let’s recap this little gem of an episode, shall we?
First up we get a previously on segment, where we see a lot of shooting, fire, people eyes completely turning black, and a bunch of other shit I don’t understand as a first time viewer but it looks pretty darn cool so I just go with it.
As I later find out (thanks Wikipedia!) basically the jist of it is that their father died, the gates of hell were opened letting hundreds of demons escape, the brothers use the last bullet of a special gun called The Colt that can kill anything, Sam dies but is brought back to life in exchange for Dean’s soul so he only has a year to live, Dean becomes unsure as to whether who was brought back to life is 100% Sam, and Sam makes a new demon friend who wants to help him save his brother. Got it? Good.
The episode opens with a nun walking down the aisle of a dark church only lit by candles. Setting a scene in an empty church at night is always an eerie device. Perhaps it says something about organized religion, eh? Anywho, the creepy music would lead us to believe that the good nun is about to be murdered (or worse), but instead it’s just the priest who lurks up behind her. Thanks for nearly giving her a heart attack, padre. Geez.
Oh but the fun’s not over just yet, sister. Just as they’re waltzing out of the church they see a straggly looking guy on the balcony named Andy who proclaims that God is not with us anymore and won’t help him. Before the priest can demand him to pray three Hail Marys and an Our Father for saying such a blasphemous thing, poor lost soul Andy shoots himself in the chin and it’s all over. Well that’s quite a way to go.
Turns out there have been a rash of violent deaths such as this popping up all over Elizabethville, Ohio, so the brothers go over to investigate.
While talking with the priest they pose as insurance men. The priest informs them that as of late the whole town’s been flipped upside down with a lot of people changing drastically from one day to another. In Andy’s case he went from singing in the Church choir to gambling away his money and cheating on his wife. Sounds like a good time to me.
Seems like the whole demons escaping from hell not too long ago might have something to do with this. But would demons really want to hang out in some middle of nowhere town in Ohio? And, will I stop asking stupid rhetorical questions that aren’t even funny and just get on with the recap? Why yes, I will.
At their hotel Dean runs into an old demon hunting buddy by the name of Ritchie who looks like an extra from the set of The Sopranos complete with a sweat suit, gold chain, hairy chest, and Jersey accent. Ah, who doesn’t love a walking stereotype? If only he would have said “mamma mia, now that’s-a spicy meat-a-ball!” it would have been complete.
Out of Ritchie’s room walks his “sister” Cheryl to whom he hands a wad of cash that she ever so elegantly sticks between her ample bosom. Hmm, so apparently incest is fashionable again. Looks like you can finally dust off your secret copy of Flowers in the Attic and proudly display it on your bookshelf again.
Seems that in between banging his sister, Ritchie is also investigating the strange happenings in town. He fills them in on a man named Trotter who basically runs the town having injected all the fun into it by bringing in all the gambling and hookers.
Dean and Sam drive into town where they discover for themselves that Elizabethville has gone from sleepy to silicone-y. While Dean tries his best to keep it in his pants, the boys head over to a bar in search of Trotter. There they find Ritchie who gives them a good fuhgeddaboudit or two before pointing them towards the infamous Trotter. Lucky for him Dean’s way more interested in the hot bartender. While he eloquently comments on her firm buttocks, they surprisingly find the priest from earlier there as well, as he flirts away with the bartender. Naturally Sam is quite shocked as am I, but mainly because I would think he went for a different type. Oh hell, that was too easy.
Just as they all seem to be having some fun, in walks a crazy gun-wielding citizen. He manages to shoot one guy in the head, but just before he pulls the gun on himself Dean steps in to save the day, pinning the guy to the floor while Sam splashes some holy water on him, which is always good to have around. It’s even more effective than mace, I’ve heard.
Turns out the guy’s not a demon at all, it’s just another case of adultery. Ho-hum. Unfortunately, Trotter has already spotted them and he doesn’t look too happy. Uh-oh.
Meanwhile, Ritchie’s run off with the hot bartender. She escorts him down to what looks like a dark cave. Kinky. But instead of getting a bj poor ol’ Ritchie gets his head (no pun intended) twisted all the way around after it’s revealed that she’s actually a demon. Sorry Ritchie, looks like you’re off to Guido heaven where you’ll have all the sweat suits and gold chains that you want for all eternity.
The subplot of the episode involves hicktastic Bobby, an old friend of Sam and Dean’s father, as he attempts to fix The Colt. Suddenly Sam’s new demon friend Ruby appears as he’s testing the weapon. Bobby decides to test the weapon on her, but it only puts a bullet hole in her shirt.
‘What do you want?” he asks. “Peace on Earth…a new shirt,” she says. Oh look, demons have a sense of humor too. Who knew?
Back in the Buckeye State, Sam follows Trotter to see if he can gather any information. Dean remains in the bar as a whorish-looking woman with mammoth-sized boobs approaches him. She strokes his ego by telling him that he’s SO brave for what he did earlier, before revealing that she is indeed a prosti just trying to turn a trick. She tells him that just for him she’ll give him a $200 discount making it “an even deuce” for the night. Well, that’s a steal. Ohh, check out those low rates. Thanks Eagleman!
Naturally, Dean’s deeply offended that anyone would think that HE of all people would have to pay for sex. Puh-leeze. If he wants to get into a girl’s pants he just wins them over with his charm, wit, good looks, and an occasional date rape drug.
Demon Bartender overhears and offers to comfort him so she takes him back to her lair. DUN DUN DUUUUUUNNNN!!! NO DEAN, DON’T DO IT!!
While Dean thinks that he’s finally gonna get some, Sam continues to follow Trotter only to get the tables turned on him as Trotter catches him and puts a gun to his face but Sam is quick on his feet and manages to pull the gun away from him.
Trotter thinks that Sam wants to steal his money, but instead he takes out his flask full of holy water and sprinkles him with it. Nope, he’s not a demon either. Um, awkward.
Looks like Dean doesn’t only think with his penis after all. He knew all about the Demon Bartender and rode over earlier to give Ritchie a proper burial instead of “rotting in some skank’s basement.” HAHA, good one. He also took the opportunity to make a binding symbol under her rug.
Then Dean gets all The Exorcist on her by reciting verses in Latin to rid the demon from her hot body. Being that she’s a demon and all she’s not just going to stand by and watch it happen so she creates what seems to be an earthquake, blowing the pages of the book away, and caving in the stairs, thus leaving them both trapped.
Dean makes a sad attempt at reciting the exorcism chant from memory, but ultimately fails. Dean is still confident because he knows that Sam will show up eventually, but Demon Bartender pisses on his parade by telling him that she’s waiting for a friend to save her too so it’s just a matter of who gets their first. Oh God, the suspense is killing me!!
While they’re trapped into together Dean and Demon Bartender engage in a little philosophical and existential discussion to pass the time. DB reveals that she did very little to reach the point at which the town is now in. All she did was steer them in the direction of evil and they all followed, proving that humans are intrinsically evil. She goes on to proclaim that Lucifer indeed does exists, and chastises Dean for believing in a God that would permit war, genocide, and other mass killings. You know even though she’s a demon on a fictional drama she kinda has a point. I MEAN WHAT KIND OF GOD WOULD PERMIT THOSE KINDS OF ATROCITIES TO HAPPEN?? WHAT’S WRONG WITH US AS HUMAN BEINGS THAT WE’RE HURTING OURSELVES TO THE POINT OF SELF-DESTRUCTION?!??! IS THERE EVEN A GOD??!! WHAT’S THE POINT OF LIFE?!????! WHY ARE WE EVEN HERE?!? WHY?!!? WHY????? WHY?!!!!!!!??????!!!!!!!!!??????????
Please excuse me while I go take my meds------------------------------ okay, sorry where was I… oh yes, Sam decides to go talk to the priest in order to track down Dean and DB.
The priest tells Sam that he knows where she might be and that he’ll go with him to find them. Just then he turns around and his eyes go all black which means that he’s a demon!! Raise your hand if you saw this coming? Yup, me neither. It’s always the butler, never the priest.
Back in the lair, Dean and DB seem to be getting along well getting all cozy and flirty with each other. DB even says that Dean is likable. Aw, a demon likes Dean, how sweet. But just as they’re about to pounce on each other Sam and Fr. Demon arrive just in time to spoil the fun. Sorry Dean, maybe you’ll get to bag a demon next time. You can still tell the guys in the locker room that you screwed her anyway, all night and in FIVE different positions.
Just as Fr. Demon’s about to attack Sam, Bobby arrives with The Colt and Ruby the demon friend not far behind. Bobby shoots and misses, then gets flinged away by Fr. Demon using special effects that remind us that the show’s on the CW in case the giant logo in the right hand corner didn’t already give it away. Once Fr. Demon manages to enter the lair he does the same to Dean. Then here’s the twist---DB and Fr. Demon are actually lovers and engage in a hot make out session while Dean picks himself off the floor. Way to break a man’s heart, guys.
However, proving their twisted love connection is real DB pleads with Fr. Demon not to kill Dean, and Dean briefly does the same as Sam saves the day and shoots them down using The Colt.
The episode ends as Dean and Bobby ponder whether Sam is actually the exact same person he was before he died and came back to life, but both seem to have their doubts.
Meanwhile, Sam and Ruby discuss their success in getting rid of two demons, but Sam seems to be less than thrilled. Sam even becomes tempted to use The Colt on her, before she reminds him that she’s the only one now that can help his brother Dean, and assures him that she’ll always be there with him, that little fallen angel on his shoulder. CREEEEPPPYYY.
If you’ve never been fortunate enough to watch an episode of Supernatural before (much like myself) then it probably means that you don’t own a TiVo and tend to spend your Thursday nights at 8pm watching The Office, Grey’s Anatomy, or Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader? (in which case you’re probably not). You might even enjoy reruns of Mama’s Family over on ION Television. That Vint, always getting into trouble.
Or perhaps you even have what they call a “social life.” I know what you’re thinking and as shocking as it sounds, there is actually life outside of watching television. Hard to believe, I know.
Well since that leaves all two of you who actually watch the show, let me give you a brief but concise synopsis of the premise:
***In order to do this I had to do some research, so I turned to the ever reliable Wikipedia, my own interactive Bible (except less inaccurate and outlandish *rimshot*) where you can also find out more about such varied topics as The Cadaver Synod and Spring Heeled Jack. Wikipedia sure is grand, isn’t it? Alright, enough product placement for today.
The show follows two brothers as they travel across the country trying to solve paranormal events and occurrences, while encountering demons, werewolves, vampires and the like along the way.
Dean is the perpetually horny and volatile older brother with a tough guy exterior, whose most prized possession is his 1967 Chevy Impala, while Sam is a sweet, sensitive young chap who is prone to having visions and possesses (some) telekinetic powers.
Sound interesting? Well lucky for us now you can catch up with the show while it’s in reruns thanks to the writers’ strike. Yay! Thanks frustrated, overworked, and underpaid writers and the cheap ass, narcissistic network executives who employ them!
Of course there are two whole seasons that you would have to catch up on but you could always rent the DVDs or the cheaper alternative of using torrent sites. Sure it’s kind of illegal, but so is underage drinking, smoking marijuana, and picking up hookers but that hasn’t stopped me….er, other people, from regularly doing those things so what’s the big fuss about trying to watch a little ol’ TV show? If you don’t get caught it isn’t illegal, I say. So lock yourself in your mother’s basement and watch away!
But first...
Let’s recap this little gem of an episode, shall we?
First up we get a previously on segment, where we see a lot of shooting, fire, people eyes completely turning black, and a bunch of other shit I don’t understand as a first time viewer but it looks pretty darn cool so I just go with it.
As I later find out (thanks Wikipedia!) basically the jist of it is that their father died, the gates of hell were opened letting hundreds of demons escape, the brothers use the last bullet of a special gun called The Colt that can kill anything, Sam dies but is brought back to life in exchange for Dean’s soul so he only has a year to live, Dean becomes unsure as to whether who was brought back to life is 100% Sam, and Sam makes a new demon friend who wants to help him save his brother. Got it? Good.
The episode opens with a nun walking down the aisle of a dark church only lit by candles. Setting a scene in an empty church at night is always an eerie device. Perhaps it says something about organized religion, eh? Anywho, the creepy music would lead us to believe that the good nun is about to be murdered (or worse), but instead it’s just the priest who lurks up behind her. Thanks for nearly giving her a heart attack, padre. Geez.
Oh but the fun’s not over just yet, sister. Just as they’re waltzing out of the church they see a straggly looking guy on the balcony named Andy who proclaims that God is not with us anymore and won’t help him. Before the priest can demand him to pray three Hail Marys and an Our Father for saying such a blasphemous thing, poor lost soul Andy shoots himself in the chin and it’s all over. Well that’s quite a way to go.
Turns out there have been a rash of violent deaths such as this popping up all over Elizabethville, Ohio, so the brothers go over to investigate.
While talking with the priest they pose as insurance men. The priest informs them that as of late the whole town’s been flipped upside down with a lot of people changing drastically from one day to another. In Andy’s case he went from singing in the Church choir to gambling away his money and cheating on his wife. Sounds like a good time to me.
Seems like the whole demons escaping from hell not too long ago might have something to do with this. But would demons really want to hang out in some middle of nowhere town in Ohio? And, will I stop asking stupid rhetorical questions that aren’t even funny and just get on with the recap? Why yes, I will.
At their hotel Dean runs into an old demon hunting buddy by the name of Ritchie who looks like an extra from the set of The Sopranos complete with a sweat suit, gold chain, hairy chest, and Jersey accent. Ah, who doesn’t love a walking stereotype? If only he would have said “mamma mia, now that’s-a spicy meat-a-ball!” it would have been complete.
Out of Ritchie’s room walks his “sister” Cheryl to whom he hands a wad of cash that she ever so elegantly sticks between her ample bosom. Hmm, so apparently incest is fashionable again. Looks like you can finally dust off your secret copy of Flowers in the Attic and proudly display it on your bookshelf again.
Seems that in between banging his sister, Ritchie is also investigating the strange happenings in town. He fills them in on a man named Trotter who basically runs the town having injected all the fun into it by bringing in all the gambling and hookers.
Dean and Sam drive into town where they discover for themselves that Elizabethville has gone from sleepy to silicone-y. While Dean tries his best to keep it in his pants, the boys head over to a bar in search of Trotter. There they find Ritchie who gives them a good fuhgeddaboudit or two before pointing them towards the infamous Trotter. Lucky for him Dean’s way more interested in the hot bartender. While he eloquently comments on her firm buttocks, they surprisingly find the priest from earlier there as well, as he flirts away with the bartender. Naturally Sam is quite shocked as am I, but mainly because I would think he went for a different type. Oh hell, that was too easy.
Just as they all seem to be having some fun, in walks a crazy gun-wielding citizen. He manages to shoot one guy in the head, but just before he pulls the gun on himself Dean steps in to save the day, pinning the guy to the floor while Sam splashes some holy water on him, which is always good to have around. It’s even more effective than mace, I’ve heard.
Turns out the guy’s not a demon at all, it’s just another case of adultery. Ho-hum. Unfortunately, Trotter has already spotted them and he doesn’t look too happy. Uh-oh.
Meanwhile, Ritchie’s run off with the hot bartender. She escorts him down to what looks like a dark cave. Kinky. But instead of getting a bj poor ol’ Ritchie gets his head (no pun intended) twisted all the way around after it’s revealed that she’s actually a demon. Sorry Ritchie, looks like you’re off to Guido heaven where you’ll have all the sweat suits and gold chains that you want for all eternity.
The subplot of the episode involves hicktastic Bobby, an old friend of Sam and Dean’s father, as he attempts to fix The Colt. Suddenly Sam’s new demon friend Ruby appears as he’s testing the weapon. Bobby decides to test the weapon on her, but it only puts a bullet hole in her shirt.
‘What do you want?” he asks. “Peace on Earth…a new shirt,” she says. Oh look, demons have a sense of humor too. Who knew?
Back in the Buckeye State, Sam follows Trotter to see if he can gather any information. Dean remains in the bar as a whorish-looking woman with mammoth-sized boobs approaches him. She strokes his ego by telling him that he’s SO brave for what he did earlier, before revealing that she is indeed a prosti just trying to turn a trick. She tells him that just for him she’ll give him a $200 discount making it “an even deuce” for the night. Well, that’s a steal. Ohh, check out those low rates. Thanks Eagleman!
Naturally, Dean’s deeply offended that anyone would think that HE of all people would have to pay for sex. Puh-leeze. If he wants to get into a girl’s pants he just wins them over with his charm, wit, good looks, and an occasional date rape drug.
Demon Bartender overhears and offers to comfort him so she takes him back to her lair. DUN DUN DUUUUUUNNNN!!! NO DEAN, DON’T DO IT!!
While Dean thinks that he’s finally gonna get some, Sam continues to follow Trotter only to get the tables turned on him as Trotter catches him and puts a gun to his face but Sam is quick on his feet and manages to pull the gun away from him.
Trotter thinks that Sam wants to steal his money, but instead he takes out his flask full of holy water and sprinkles him with it. Nope, he’s not a demon either. Um, awkward.
Looks like Dean doesn’t only think with his penis after all. He knew all about the Demon Bartender and rode over earlier to give Ritchie a proper burial instead of “rotting in some skank’s basement.” HAHA, good one. He also took the opportunity to make a binding symbol under her rug.
Then Dean gets all The Exorcist on her by reciting verses in Latin to rid the demon from her hot body. Being that she’s a demon and all she’s not just going to stand by and watch it happen so she creates what seems to be an earthquake, blowing the pages of the book away, and caving in the stairs, thus leaving them both trapped.
Dean makes a sad attempt at reciting the exorcism chant from memory, but ultimately fails. Dean is still confident because he knows that Sam will show up eventually, but Demon Bartender pisses on his parade by telling him that she’s waiting for a friend to save her too so it’s just a matter of who gets their first. Oh God, the suspense is killing me!!
While they’re trapped into together Dean and Demon Bartender engage in a little philosophical and existential discussion to pass the time. DB reveals that she did very little to reach the point at which the town is now in. All she did was steer them in the direction of evil and they all followed, proving that humans are intrinsically evil. She goes on to proclaim that Lucifer indeed does exists, and chastises Dean for believing in a God that would permit war, genocide, and other mass killings. You know even though she’s a demon on a fictional drama she kinda has a point. I MEAN WHAT KIND OF GOD WOULD PERMIT THOSE KINDS OF ATROCITIES TO HAPPEN?? WHAT’S WRONG WITH US AS HUMAN BEINGS THAT WE’RE HURTING OURSELVES TO THE POINT OF SELF-DESTRUCTION?!??! IS THERE EVEN A GOD??!! WHAT’S THE POINT OF LIFE?!????! WHY ARE WE EVEN HERE?!? WHY?!!? WHY????? WHY?!!!!!!!??????!!!!!!!!!??????????
Please excuse me while I go take my meds------------------------------ okay, sorry where was I… oh yes, Sam decides to go talk to the priest in order to track down Dean and DB.
The priest tells Sam that he knows where she might be and that he’ll go with him to find them. Just then he turns around and his eyes go all black which means that he’s a demon!! Raise your hand if you saw this coming? Yup, me neither. It’s always the butler, never the priest.
Back in the lair, Dean and DB seem to be getting along well getting all cozy and flirty with each other. DB even says that Dean is likable. Aw, a demon likes Dean, how sweet. But just as they’re about to pounce on each other Sam and Fr. Demon arrive just in time to spoil the fun. Sorry Dean, maybe you’ll get to bag a demon next time. You can still tell the guys in the locker room that you screwed her anyway, all night and in FIVE different positions.
Just as Fr. Demon’s about to attack Sam, Bobby arrives with The Colt and Ruby the demon friend not far behind. Bobby shoots and misses, then gets flinged away by Fr. Demon using special effects that remind us that the show’s on the CW in case the giant logo in the right hand corner didn’t already give it away. Once Fr. Demon manages to enter the lair he does the same to Dean. Then here’s the twist---DB and Fr. Demon are actually lovers and engage in a hot make out session while Dean picks himself off the floor. Way to break a man’s heart, guys.
However, proving their twisted love connection is real DB pleads with Fr. Demon not to kill Dean, and Dean briefly does the same as Sam saves the day and shoots them down using The Colt.
The episode ends as Dean and Bobby ponder whether Sam is actually the exact same person he was before he died and came back to life, but both seem to have their doubts.
Meanwhile, Sam and Ruby discuss their success in getting rid of two demons, but Sam seems to be less than thrilled. Sam even becomes tempted to use The Colt on her, before she reminds him that she’s the only one now that can help his brother Dean, and assures him that she’ll always be there with him, that little fallen angel on his shoulder. CREEEEPPPYYY.