John’s car shopping and what a sight for sore eyes. The Metallicar looks exactly the same. It’s even dirty. Dean talks John into buying the Impala instead of the VW bus. So who talked him into it before? Oh yes, the destiny thing. $2204 for the Impala? That still seems to be a lot for a used car. Starting price was $2800 new in 1967, and this is not an Impala packed with features. It’s confirmed, the Impala is a 327 four-barrel, 275 horses. Ha! Someone’s been reading my speculation on the specs for the Impala. Thanks for clarifying that.
“Trust me, this thing is still going to be badass when it’s 40.” Sure, considering she had to be rebuilt, of course she’s in great shape. Dean starts the awkward conversation with his dad by asking about cold spots, sulfur, and cattle mutilations. Sure, that’s exactly what I want to say to my dad when I travel back in time. “Seen any dead cows lately?” Dean goes away, John wisely buys the car.
John pulls up in his new Impala, and Dean pulls up in that time warped '79 Pinto. Angels must be pretty talented, for they can transport vehicles too. Dean finds young Mary is a babe. “I’m going to Hell. Again.” That’s so priceless. Dean spies on John, and Mary comes up behind him and starts kicking his ass! Dean’s shock is the same as ours, she’s a hunter. Um, er, yeah, I guess that explains a lot.
Dean demands to meet her family of hunters, pulling the “I’m a hunter, too” card. Her parents are Deanna and Samuel Campbell. So Dean was named after his grandmother and Sam grandpa? How funny. Why didn’t Dean know this? Didn’t he ever look at a family tree? Dean’s at the dinner table, throwing around the mistrust with the Campbell family. They aren’t the Bradys, that’s for sure. Dean asks about the web, then covers his tracks, and then granddad comments on the weather equipment arrival. “No, we hired a jetliner to fly it here to us overnight.” Ha! How did people survive before the Internet and Federal Express?
Dean’s playing a priest again and that makes me sad, because it just isn’t right without Sam. This is the point in the episode where I realize I’m really missing Sam. Father Cheney? Good one. Jeremy Carver used the Dick Cheney reference before in “Sin City”. I know, I can’t wait until he’s gone, too. “Did you notice anything unusual?”
Article comments
1 - Erin
Awesome review! LOL, I was wondering about the year on that Pinto. Kripke underestimated us again .... ;-)
Per the distance Dean drove to fetch the Colt, though, I looked on Mapquest, and if we presume Dan Elkins lived near Boulder, CO, it's about an 18 hour round trip drive from Lawrence to Boulder and back. Judging by the lighting in the scenes, Dean left at night after their visit to the Whitshire farm, drove all night and was gone all day, and got back in time to deal with Liddy Walsh the following afternoon. So he *did* have time to do it, and I think most of the terrain would have been relatively un-challenging to that Pinto ... ;-)
Thanks for the awesome review! :-)
2 - Mary
Hi, Alice!
I loved this episode, and just got my review up; I'm dying to read the rest of yours, because I was chuckling all the way through so far! I shared your laugh at Dean in the Pinto, because my very first car was a gold 1973 Pinto; I knew the year was off, but not what the year was, so thanks for that!
I would say, though, that Mary didn't actually sell Sam's soul. Me, I think that Sam's soul is still his own, and keeping it that way is going to be Dean's ultimate task. Azazel bought the opportunity to taint him, even though Mary didn't realize that at the time, but I don't think that taint is irresistible. At any rate, I certainly hope not!
3 - Elle
Hi Alice,
I've already posted over at the Part 2 review - but I had to stop in and tell you, since you mentioned it's one of your goals now, that I was able to use "got their hands on some Deloreans" in conversation this week! "Angels" wasn't the pro-noun, but the rest was all there.
Anyways, just wanted to share.
4 - Alice Jester
Elle - You're much farther than me then! I suppose telling it to the dog doesn't count, does it? Thanks for sharing that, and I hope it didn't result in too many strange looks.
5 - Gadfly
The episode was fantastic. However, I disagree on one major point: Dean was pulled out of Hell to help stop Azazel's endgame and to help stop Lilith from breaking the 66 seals. Sam, as the last of this generation's psychic Romper Room, is now part of the endgame (as Ava or Jake would be if they had been the last).
I think Castiel could smash Sam right now, but I also think he's giving Dean a chance to save his brother, not so much for Sam's sake--because Castiel doesn't seem to care very much if Sam goes good, so long as he doesn't play his pawn's role in the endgame; Castiel never talks about Sam joining the side of the angels if Sam doesn't fall all the way--but because God has work for Dean, and I think Dean would walk away if they took out Sam before it was absolutely necessary.
6 - tiffany
I love watching Supernatural also you and Jared aka Sam are very funny. Also u are really cute Dan aka Jensen Ankles.