It was super appropriate that the intro showed clips from earlier episodes not only because we’d have a flashback to when Dean was a kid, but also because the episode hearkened to the Supernatural of old, pre-angels and apocalypses. There are several moments that feel like classic Supernatural, such as the first scene with the farmer gruesomely impaled on the tines of a tractor. There’s also the age-old “Don’t put your hand in there” scenario with a lawnmower (take that any way you like). Those gory shock fests were prevalent in Supernatural‘s early days. Remember the repair man’s hand in the drain in the “Home” episode? You can’t forget that. Dean remembers the highlights from his time in the home with tenderness. It’s a side of the character we don’t see often, and rounded him out nicely. Usually we see the wisecracking or gruff, tough guy. Having his character not backing away from “chick flick moments” was a breath of fresh air. Then, we have the baddie for the episode. This very easily could have been a normal haunting, but it became more complicated. The haunting is connected to a young boy, Timmy, who currently resides in the home after his mother was killed in a brutal car accident. The Winchesters learn near the end that the spirit of his mother is not just bound in this place by an object like they first expected, but by her son. This is met with a second of horror, as usually hunters destroy whatever attaches a spirit to earth by burning it. Well done, Supernatural. You managed to give us a filler episode that we didn’t mind a bit. We had gruesome murders, chick flick moments (ahem “character development”), and a tricky ghost to defeat. Plus you made us think that little boy was possessed. Because kids are creepy in this show. Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter for all news updates related to the world of geek. And Google+, if that’s your thing!
