When the episode opened with
Jimmy Novak arriving home and telling his wife, Amelia, that Castiel was gone,
it was pretty obvious that something fishy was going on. True enough, poor
Amelia soon woke up to see a guy sitting next to her, slicing her arm, and
breathing in the fumes that came out...? It was freaky as hell, and what a
fantastic way to kick off an episode! Meanwhile, Claire was in Tulsa, looking
for a guy named Ronnie Cartwright, and hoping that he can help her trck down
her mother, given that he was supposed to introduce her to some sort of a
miuracle worker, according to Amelia’s diary. Ronnie denied having ever met
her, but then slipped up on her last name which Claire never told him, and in
his panic he knocked Claire out, called an ambulance to her, then ran off. Soon
after this Cas got an emergency call and called in Sam and Dean to help him
with Claire. "I need help from both of you. You were both troubled teens,
you speak her language." Sounds logical to me. Claire reluctantly told
them about Ronnie, and then escaped while the guys were discussing what to do. Sam
went back to the motel and waited for Claire to show up, then after a bit of
bonding promised to teach her how to hack into bank accounts. Meanwhile, Cas
and Dean went back to the bar, found Ronnie, and got him to talk – he works for
a faith healer called Peter Holloway, and his job is to recruit people who
wouldn’t be missed. Poor Ronnie was not the luckiest person around, and soon he
had to pay first with his sight, and then with his life, for betraying Peter.
The guys found out that Holloway
had a farmhouse in the area and that Amelia was also staying around there,
according to her credit card. Sam and Cas went to check it out but Dean and
Claire had to stay behind, Dean because the Mark of Cain had been acting up and
they couldn’t risk him going completely blood-crazy again, and Claire because
of obvious reasons. So instead of sitting around all day, they went out to play
minigolf, and this part was truly fantastic. I love Dean and Claire’s
relationship already. Other than being super fun for us to watch, their little
excursion also proved to be fruitful, because it helped Dean figure out what
had caused Ronnie’s wounds: and angel sword, which is not to be confused with
the angel blades we’d already see around a lot. This specific kind belongs to
creatures called the Grigori, or the watcher angels, who went rogue long ago
and started feeding on people. Dean tried to call the others but neither of
them answered – Cas because he was busy trying to heal Amelia after telling her
that Claire has grown up to be a strong-willed young woman, and Sam because he
got knocked out and tied up by Holloway - so naturally this meant that he had to
go after them, and after a little hesitation he allowed Claire to go with him
too.
When they arrived at the scene
Holloway was nowhere to be found and Dean bumped into Sam who apparently
somehow got away... I rewatched this part of the episode a couple times and
they literally didn’t give any explanation for this. Claire finally found her
mom and they hugged and it was amazing, but Amelia was getting worse and when
Claire tried to take her outside, they ran right into Holloway. He tried to
kill Claire but Amelia jumped in the way and got stabbed instead of her
daughter, then a little fight erupted between Holloway and the guys, which
ended with Claire stabbing him as he was about to kill Cas. Unfortunately none
of this was any help for Amelia who died soon after and ended up meeting Jimmy
in heaven, and I was so upset I could have cried because this was just so
fucking unnecessary. They were supposed to go and be together and live a happy
life, dammit! Instead, Claire is now going to get a place to crash at from Jody
Mills until she gets back on her feet. I hate this so much, and I can only hope
that Sam’s earlier line about death not always being a goodbye was
foreshadowing, because I can’t believe Claire had to watch her mom die after
years of searching for her. What a cruel, fucked up thing to write. Ugh.
In the end, Dean gave Claire a
movie they were talking about earlier, as well as a book called The Enochian
Myth. Although Claire stated that she’s „not interested in any more homework”,
Dean noticed that she took the angel sword, and also the stuffed Grumpy Cat toy
that Cas had gotten her for her birthday. Aww :) Claire took off after hugging
Cas, and suddenly I found myself wanting a spinoff about her. Maybe she could
join up with those other hunter kids that Dean befriended, and become their
leader or something? I don’t know, but I hope she’s going to be okay... this
episode did everything that the previous ones about Claire failed to do, that
is, made me truly care about her.
Episode MVP: Jensen Ackles as Dean Winchester
Quotes of the episode:
"I need help from both of
you. You were both troubled teens, you speak her language." - Castiel
"I got her at the Hot
Topical." - Castiel
"Happy birthday. Don't shoot
me." – Dean Winchester
"You know, Claire... you
already got your revenge. You go down this path, our path...
it's not a long life."
"I don't know. You seem
pretty old."
"Thanks." – Dean &
Claire
"Going home or leaving
home?"
"Just... going." –
Claire Novak
Random tidbits:
- Dean and Sam’s aliases this week:
Agents Claptoon and Page. This is one running gag that will never get old.
- Peter Holloway’s actual name was
Tamiel, and he told Sam that angels have been feeding on humans since the dawn
of man. That’s not distressing at all...
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