He comes upon one of his fallen soldiers, and its Benny!!!
But unfortunately, Benny doesnt make it.
Then again, neither does Dean.
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As Dean rounds the corner, he finds Sam.
Only, hes not our Sam, not completely.
Hes on demon blood.
And according to his conversation with Dean, he did something terrible to Bobby and Jody.
As Sam puts it, They tried to stop me, but I will not be stopped.
Now, everyone can calm down because its just a dream that Sam had.
Except maybe we shouldnt calm down because it could be a vision?
As dark as this is, Id love if the final season kept going down this road.
It doesnt mean what you think it means.Dean:Yeah it does.
Youre damn right it is, Dean yells before pointing at himself and declaring, Meat man!
So theres a GIF you never knew you needed in your life.
They have a scout coming to the game tonight for their son!
(Talk about terrible priorities.)
And doesnt he know it?
Now the question is: What kind of vampire dismembers its victims?
Apparently, the case has the local police royally freaked.
Dean recalls a time when Sam wanted to live a normal life in a small town.
We dont get normal, Sam reminds him.
(A truly timely story if Ive ever heard one.)
When another high schooler goes missing, Dean gets some intel from Toby, the school mascot.
The first victim was his girlfriend.
She died in what well call a makeout session gone VERY wrong.
The girl in the garage is the parents way to keep their son fed.
Again, not the most impressive parents.
Then again, theyll do anything for their son.
But he wont let them.
And with Chuck gone, theyre finally free to move on.
But Sams not sure he can move on.
In another pilot callback, he says, Dean, I still think about Jessica.
I cant just let that go.
Right now, all Sam can feel is everything they lost.
Maybe tomorrow will be better.
But maybe it wont.
And thats where we leave things.
Benny isnt the only familiar face in the hour!
We also catch up with Becky, Chucks ultimate fangirl, who now has a husband and two children.
Well, really, Chuck catches up with Becky.
So yeah, Id say shes thriving.
Chucks reaction to her hating on monsters?
(This kind of metawriting is when I love this show most.)
Chuck, having a real moment, says he kind of hates himself right now.
Hes not sure what hes doing.
A writer has to write!
When Becky reads it, she tries to tell him she loves it, but he sees through it.
He asks for one note, which leads to 20.
She wants more jeopardy!
The stakes are too low!
This villain isnt feeling very dangerous!
Theres no classic rock!
No one even mentions Cas!
An angry Chuck then sits back down and declares, Ill give you danger.
Cut to Becky reading his rewrite and telling him You cant … its so dark.
Chuck can picture it now:Supernatural: The Endand the cover is a gravestone that says Winchester.
Becky tells him no, its awful, horrible, hopeless!
You cant do this to the fans, she says.
What you did to Dean, what you did to Sam!
But Chuck loves that its making her feel something.
(Theyre not dead, he says, just away.)
The two are connected thanks to their wounds, after all.
So was what we witnessed at the start of the hour the ending he crafted in that room?
And if so, is that where were headed?
(That was when he played a vamp named Eli, before the days of Benny.)
In that hour, Sam and Dean came across a nest of vamps that didnt feed on humans.
I dont know that that was purposeful, but it felt like a full-circle moment.
Again, weve got another great set-up episode as we start building the mystery of how it all ends.
