Supernatural - Episode 7.06 - Slash Fiction - Recap

Hello, everyone, hope you had a happy Halloween. (We don't celebrate it here, but I wish we would). After a couple of meh to OK episodes, I'm thrilled to announce that the show is back on track, so let's hope they keep it up.

Previously – Bobby saved Sheriff Mills, Leviathans are on the loose, Dean killed Amy, Don saved the boys from LeviaCheese, and Dean still didn't tell Sam about Amy. The focus on Leviathans here is promising.

Two Psychos Walk Into a Bank

The boys are in a bank, where Dean wants to get change for a bill. Hmmm, that's not like them. While he's flirting with the clerk, he signals Sam to…lock the door? And is Sam holding a…nah, it can't be.

"I'm gonna have to take a rain check. And all your money."

OK, that's definitely a gun. Now, let's cut to the chase, we all know it's LeviaDean and LeviaSam. They gather everyone at the bank inside the vault, and then, using machine guns, turn them into an all-you-can-eat buffet.










The Most Cooperative Prisoner Ever

Meanwhile, Bobby is torturing Chet (LeviaCheese) in many creative ways, but the monster won't crack. The boys come (the real ones), and he tells him that Edgar survived, which kind of shocks them (obviously. I mean, if dropping a freakin' car on something won't kill it, what will?).

Then, surprisingly, they get all the answers they need just by asking. Chet says he got their aliases from Cas's knowledge, and then used some algorithm thingy to track them. He says he's being so cooperative because he's not afraid, since they can't kill him. The boys then discover about the little mess their LeviaBros made, and decide to take them down.

"They're wearing our faces, Bobby, this is personal."

I agree. If I ever have an evil psychopathic clone, I'd want to be the one to gank the bastard. Bobby tells them to go to a friend of his, Frank Devereaux, who "owes him". The boys stop at a gas station on the way, but get made by the cashier. Yup, being wanted kinda makes life hard. Can't even buy Bing Bongs.

Back at the bank, two FBI agents (Let's call them Suits) come to investigate, and I start missing Hendrickson. Not that these guys are bad, I just miss him, in general…*sigh*. They get a call about the gas station incident, and joke that the boys drive a Batmobile. (Come on, we all know that in a drag race the Batmobile would be eating the Impala's dust.)

And You Though Bobby Was Paranoid...

The boys arrive at Frank's house, and he gives them the old click-on-a-lamp-in-a-dark-room greeting. He realizes they're not the evil clones (Because they don't have teleporters) and asks who sent them.

"Bobby Singer sent us"

*Frank gets up and cocks the shotgun*

"Or not. Who?"










What's better than this sentence is Jensen's expression that goes with it. Apparently, Frank's a government-conspiracy theorist. Kinda resembles Gene Hackman's character in Enemy of the State. He believes the government's cloning people, and that there are two hundred million cameras in the U.S.

He gives them new phones, a new laptop (after smashing Sam's laptop to bits) and new I.Ds as Tom and John Smith (no more rock aliases. Bummer). But the worst is telling them they have to ditch the Impala, since LeviaBros are driving one too. Dean's expression says it all.

At the house, Chet is getting on Bobby's nerves. Eventually, he gets so pissed he just chops the Leviathan's head clean off. But none of us think he's dead, right? Again, if a car didn't do it…Suddenly, Bobby's bell rings and it's…

Sheriff Mills! I knew she would come back, but I didn't expect it this early. She asks Bobby how he's doing and all, but he remains his grumpy, cynical self, 'cause he kinda forgot how to react to women who like him (see Weekend at Bobby's). He goes back to the basement, where Chet managed to reattach his head back. So Bobby chops it off again. Nice.

This Feels Wrong

Meanwhile, the boys are driving in their new car. A car that has a freakin' squeaky horse dangling from the mirror. No car belonging to two awesome dudes should have anything that squeaks. Dean is so upset, he's quoting Dirty Dancing (Swayze always gets a pass!). Sam puts on some romantic tunes, which Dean amusingly lip-syncs.

After looking at the map with the route of LeviaBros, Sam realizes their stopping at the exact same towns the boys have since they started hunting, with some nice flashes of the first episodes (Oh, how innocent they were back then).
"Our next case would be in…St. Louis."

Ummm, not according to SPN Wiki. After Lake Manitoc, they faced the plane phantom thing, which was in Pennsylvania. Then Bloody Mary, in Indiana. And only then, in Skin, they got to St. Louis. I don't know if this is a show slip-up, or maybe I didn't get something right… Anyway, that's where they head to.

Pump It!

While Dean can't wait to get a St. Louis hamburger, LeviaDean is already having one. And he hates it. I guess shifting into someone doesn't come with his taste buds. He keeps ranting that Dean thinks he's funny and about his religious beliefs, and that he just can't stand him.

LeviaSam also complains about how crazy Sam is, and that it's all "Satan-vision" inside. He's surprised that the Winchesters are a threat, having so many issues, but LeviaBoss wants them dead. He offers LeviaDean to swap bodies ("I'll take Chuckles over Schizo") but LeviaDean refuses, since Dean's hair is probably the only thing he likes about him. Then they decide to turn up the heat.

"Everybody be cool, this is a robbery!"

"Anybody move, and I will execute every last one of you!"

When an awesome show makes and awesome reference to an awesome movie, it's just…Awesome. (I was a liiiiitle bit disappointed, since the promo had Dean saying a bleeped F-word, but it was still awesome).










Dean and Sam are still on the road, talking to Bobby. He tells them that LeviaBros were already there. So Sam says their next stop is Ankeny, Iowa (this time it's right).

"Pumpkin and Honey-bunny'd a diner there." If there's something better than making an awesome reference, it's acknowledging it.

Seeing Double

The Suits arrive at the diner, where a medic found the phone of a boy who – by LeviaDean's order – filmed the entire massacre. LeviaBros kill all of the diner people, and then warn Iowa that they're coming to them next. And the Suits just believe it? They're psychotic killers, what if they said it just to throw off the authorities? But I guess it's a 'just-in-case' kind of thing.

Back at the basement, Bobby's planning to have some shockingly good time with Chet, but he accidently touches him, and hello LeviaBobby. Balls, indeed. Meanwhile, Sam and Dean get a first close-up look at their doppelgangers.

"Oh, this is all sorts of wrong."

"It's like looking at a funhouse mirror."

Yup, the boys aren't too excited to see their clones, and Bobby sympathizes. Just when Sam and Dean go in for the kill, a police car pulls up next to them, and the cops come out. Hey, it's Michael Hogan! I liked him on Smallville. Anyway, Dean tries to tell the cops "If you just turn your heads 180 degrees, you'll see that our evil clones are right behind you", but they cuff them faster than you can say "meatsicle".










Great Success! Oh Wait, That's Borat...

LeviaBobby keeps teasing Bobby about his hopes for a happily ever after with Jody. Bobby quotes some poet, and just when he's about to decapitate LeviaBobby, drops fall from the ceiling and burn his skin. Bobby runs up to see Jody washes the floor, and kisses her. That's gotta be prickly.

Meanwhile at the police station, Sam and Dean get separated, while LeviaSam and LeviaDean pose as a couple of cops and get inside. Uh oh. Dean wants his phone call, and I guess the sheriff starts to think he might not be a psychotic killer after all and allows it.

"We saw them, they saw us, so we are coming to get us. You read me?"

We read him and so does Bobby, but the sheriff looks really confused. Bobby explains to Dean that he needs to "Desperate Housewives" the Leviathans with anything with the word Borax on it. If the treatment for ghosts is salt and burn, the one for Leviathans is burn and chop the head off. But that doesn't sound right to the sheriff.

"Borax? Decapitation? What kind of sickos are you and your friends?"

Luckily, just as he's about to leave, he sees one of the LeviaCops have a little snack. The other LeviaCop comes to call him, and they morph back into LeviaBros. Those are some nice morphing effects. The sheriff goes back and frees Dean.

"I…It's just…I don't know what I just saw." If the brothers had a penny for every human reacting like this when they saw monsters for the first time, they wouldn't need to use fake credit cards.

Clone-Sibling Rivalry

Dean grabs a gun and runs into LeviaSam. The gun is obviously not effective, and Dean goes flying into a trophy case. He smashes a fire axe box, which LeviaSam mocks. But just then, LeviaSam gets a Borax shower. You jerk, his eyes are gonna be burning for hours! Oh right, he's a Leviathan, so he's all body is burning, and Dean takes the opportunity to chop his brother's evil clone's head off.

In the interrogation room, LeviaDean starts complaining to Sam about how the brothers annoy him. That even though they're smart and capable, they choose to be good instead of subjugating the weak, and IT PISSES HIM OFF! He also tells Sam that Dean thinks he's crazy, which reminds me of LuciDean telling Sam in episode 2 that he'll never be OK. And then LeviaDean drops the nuke.

"You know, I guess that's why Dean never told you he killed Amy."










BOOM! Sam's face says it all. But again, kinda bugs me, Sam just believes him? What if he's saying that just to get the brothers to fight each other? Sure, LeviaDean plans on eating Sam, but still. Maybe he's lying just 'cause he's evil. Maybe it's Sam's gullible nature (though he isn't as gullible as Cas. Hehe, the plot of Raiders. *clears throat* sorry, got side-tracked).

LeviaDean is thrilled about Sam's shock, and says he can finally eat him. Luckily for Sam, Dean kicks through the door and chops the head off his own evil clone. Sam looks weirdly terrified. Come on, Sammy, you've seen way nastier stuff than chopped heads. Maybe it's still the shock about Amy. The sheriff agrees to let the boys go, and to tell the cops they're dead.

Dead and Gone

The Suits come the police station, and the sheriff tells them the boys are dead, and they're bodies were already sent to be cremated. The Suits ain't too happy about it, but agree to leave it alone, since it's less paperwork. Ah, American Law Enforcement.

Despite the Amy revelation and the ending angst (We'll get right to that), I think this is the saddest scene in the episode. Bobby thanks Jody for her help. He gives her LeviaBobby's head in a box, and tells her to dump it in the water. And then he kisses her again. On the cheek this time. I guess he thinks that LeviaBobby was right – he loves Jody, but he knows better than to think he can settle down with her. Hunters can't have a normal life, no matter how hard they try. That's the bitter truth.

Back at the morgue, the coroner – which is also the sheriff's daughter – starts to get suspicious. But she won't live to suspect much longer, 'cause just then one of the Suits comes back, and turns out to be LeviaSuit! Nice twist, show. Didn't see that one coming. Those Leviathans really are being strategic. Maybe soon we'll see LeviObama.

Meet The New Boss (Again!)

LeviaSuit calls…LeviaBoss! So, this is the big daddy, huh? He looks like someone in charge. LeviaBoss says they should go back to the drawing board and come up with something more subtle than cloning the boys again.

"Those boys coming back from the dead again starts to strain credulity, even for the American media". Ha! I think the American and the World media is already used to the boys coming back from the dead.










LeviaBoss gets in his limo, and hello, Crowley! I missed him. Too bad he only gets this short scene with LeviaBoss, and even that doesn't go well. In a nutshell, Crowley tries to make a pact, but LeviaBoss blows him off. Ouch. Guess that's not really helping your rep if you're king of hell. Damn it, this was too short! I demand more Crowley!

The Split

We end the episode with the boys dumping their clones' heads. And I'm sorry, but I have to touch this subject again. It might make sense to you, but it bugs me. So Sam just believed LeviaDean about Amy? Even after they got out of that mess, he didn't think about trying to call her or verify it somehow? If my evil clone told me a friend of my mine was murdered by my brother, I would've checked it before snapping at him.

Anyway, Sam says he knows about Amy, and for once Dean doesn't deny it. Then Sam grabs his bags and leaves. Wait, that's it? No showdown? You gotta be kidding me. Even though I didn't like this whole Amy thing from the start and wanted to get it over with, she meant so much to Sam, so I was sure that when this reaches the climax, punches will be flying, mostly from Sam. But no, Sam just walks away. Come on, Sam, if this doesn't get you mad enough, what does?! When Dean found out Sam had no soul, he punched his lights out. And now that Dean confesses for killing Sam's first girlfriend, the one who killed her own mom to save him…Nothing? Great. I officially hate this Amy plot. And it looks like it's not over yet.










THE END

Rating – 10 out of 10 meatsicles! This episode was the same level of awesome as the premiere, if not more. It had a great plot, fantastic guest stars, and some nice twists (Borax! That's priceless). The ending was a bit annoying 'cause I want them to get the Amy thing done with, but it still didn't damage the episode's quality.

- I guess the boys kind make up pretty soon, since the promo for the next episode shows them working together again. So if anyone was hoping for another Free to Be You and Me, looks like we won't be getting it.

- This isn't how I imagined LeviaBoss (Some people thought he would be in Cas's body) but I like him. We didn't find out much about him, so I hope they'll expand on him a bit soon.

- It was great to see Mark Sheppard again. It's a shame he got only 2 short scenes in 2 episodes so far. Sure, he might not be pivotal to the story, but I would love to see more of him. Maybe now, after being blown off by LeviaBoss, he'll try to hit a deal with the boys. These Leviathans are pretty tough; they could use the king of hell on their side.

- According to SPN Wiki, we now have 9 Leviathans on the loose, including LeviaBoss, but 3 of them are headless. I wonder if they'll keep going "Se7en" on the Leviathans to kill them, or will the monsters find a way around that too.

- The Impala! NOOOOOO! Supernatural with no Impala is like…Batman without the Batmobile! Imagine if Batman started driving a Ford or something, it's ridiculous! I can live with one Impala-less episode, if only for some more squeaky toys jokes, but I demand they go back to driving it ASAP!

- Next week looks fun, with psychics and all. Would be nice if they would've brought back Pamela. Oh wait, she's dead. Oh wait, when did that ever stop them? But nah, it doesn't look like she's coming back. Then again, I didn't know about Michael Hogan being in this episode. Surprises never cease.

Quotes

"And how are my two favorite meatsicles?"

"If you're gonna be stupid, you might as well be smart about it."

"There is no such thing as random series of robbery-murders by your evil twins."

"Nobody puts baby in a corner."

"Are you even working, Richard Gere?"

"Don't open it, even if it starts talking. Especially if it starts talking."

"Don't roofie me and call it romance."