So when we left off, Sam and Dean had split up. Let's see where that takes us...
Open on a seance. Really, a Ouija board? That's just lame. So they're summoning dead Uncle Danny, who appears to be responding. He had a dog named Sadie? I have a dog named Sadie! Weird coincidence. Oops, looks like Uncle Danny's getting pissed off. The Ouija board works; they've got a real ghost! Oh shit, the ghost just stabbed the medium with the Ouija reader!
Cut to Dean at a gas station, checking his phone. No messages. Dude, what the hell is he driving! No wait, he's just stealing it. Dean hotwires the car just in time to hear an obnoxious DJ talking about some bizarre murders in Lily Dale, New York. Murders of psychics.
Dean goes to investigate. He finds a tape recorder under the table and switches hidden around the room to control "the spirits". Looks like there's a psychic every 10 feet in this place, due to the annual psychic festival. Dean walks into a restaurant that apparently doubles as a palm reading salon. Oh, it's Sammy! Tense moment between the boys. Dean tries to talk through it; Sam says nothing. Hey, they actually mentioned Missouri! Haven't seen her since season 1. Sammy's still not talking, no wait, he is now! Sort of. So the boys have been apart for a week and a half; pretty sure that's like 20 years in Winchester time haha.
A woman recognizes Sam and Dean and very nearly calls the police, considering the events of the last episode. Her spoon-bending Russian friend is very odd. Sam finally cooperates and forks over his file on the murders. The two dead psychics owned the same (possibly cursed) necklace. Russian spoon-bender can actually bend spoons!
Sam and Dean go to check out the second psychic's granddaughter, also a psychic. She looks really familiar; I'll have to check IMDB. Hang on, she's not psychic. She's just good at reading people. She pegs Sam and Dean as long-time partners, Sam's pissed, and Dean's stressed, but that was all pretty obvious. They ask about the necklace, but it's at some store. Supposedly it's some powerful orb. Right. Sam takes the necklace. The guy at the counter says there's a loss weighing on Sam (Amy) and that it's complicated. Sure is. Shockingly, the necklace is fake, so that's not it.
Uh oh, Russian spoon-bender's totally going to be vic #3. Okay...that fork just bent itself back. Oh no, oh hell no, he's gonna get stabbed to death with cutlery! That was gruesome. Lovely use of the glass coffee table for the under shot with all the blood...Gotta start drying my hair.
At the crime scene, Sam and Dean talk to a local LEO (law enforcement officer) who says the tip line's blowing up with calls from psychics saying a ghost did it. Apparently Russian spoon-bender also had a vision of his own death before it happened. Vic #2's granddaughter Melanie calls Dean; looks like her grandmother had a vision of her death, too. Dean tells her it's really a ghost; Sam tells her they're not FBI. I'd need a drink too. So, uh, when's Dean going to ditch that ugly car? Anyhow, the boys discuss the fact that there are probably a couple few psychics in town, which could be attracting the ghost. Sam suggests they split up.
Cut to a stereotypical bone reading. Nice Jamaican accent on the medium. Whoa, that looks like a pretty legit vision! Of her own death, no less. Dean and Melanie show up at the door, and suddenly the accent's gone. Dean looks around to figure out what's going on, and finds a hidden camera. When they play back the footage, they see a ghost inflicting the vision. Looks like they've got until 2am to stop her (the ghost). Melanie thinks she's seen the ghost in a picture in the museum. God, Sam's like a foot taller than everyone in the room! The boys wander away from the tour group to explore. Did that picture say the "Campbell brothers"? It did! But they weren't brothers, they were gay. Another poke at Sam and Dean's relationship; I can dig it. It would appear our ghost is psychic Kate Fox. And she's conveniently buried in the local cemetery. The curator gives Dean a message - from Ellen! She's worried about Dean, saying that if "you don't tell someone how bad it is" she'll "kick your ass from beyond". That sure sounds like Ellen!
Outside, Dean calls Sam out for being a dick. Sam, understandably, is still really, really pissed. Dean says Sam couldn't kill Amy, so he did. Oh wow, "bitch" was definitely not even remotely affectionate in that sentence. I don't like it when the boys fight! Okay, maybe I like it a little...
That night, they dig up Kate's grave. They try to salt and burn her, but she shows up to stop them, saying "Listen, to me. Why won't anybody listen to me?" They gank her. I'm thinking they have the wrong ghost...In a diner, Melanie offers to let Camille (the fake Jamaican medium) stay with her. As they prepare to leave Camille's place, things start getting weird. They definitely have the wrong ghost. Sam instructs Melanie via phone to get salt when the ghost starts to attack Camille. The girls grab fire pokers, but Melanie gets knocked down. Off screen, Camille bites it in some nasty-sounding manner.
The boys pull up to the house, and Madeline runs outside, an emotional wreck. So the ghost is Kate's sister Margret, and Dean's beating himself up over Camille's death. Melanie asks them to leave, but first Sam wants to know if anything stood out about the murder. She tells them that Margret ignored her and enjoyed killing Camille. So the boys decide to salt and burn Margret in broad daylight. One problem: the coffin's empty. (PS: I wrote that sentence BEFORE I saw the empty coffin! Maybe I'm psychic haha). It seems like somebody's controlling Margret's spirit and killing off the headliners of the festival.
Melanie tells the boys that Camille was asked to take Nikolai the Russian spoon-bender's spot after he died. It seems like all the dead psychics were doing pretty well for themselves. Melanie identifies the next possible victim - herself. Sam goes back to the Emporium to see who bought the items needed to control a spirit. I feel like the guy at the counter is totally the murderer, and is throwing him off with a fake customer. At Melanie's, Dean makes a big salt circle for him and Melanie to stand in.
Sam breaks down the door at the address the owner gave him, only to discover it's a lamaze class. I KNEW it was the pawn shop guy! Uh oh, Margret's outside Melanie's house! Sam goes back to the pawn shop and uses the owner's card to find his place and break in. I'm going to guess it's the table with the skull on it, Sammy. Oh jeez, pawn shop guy caught Sam off-guard...
...but we all know Sam's a better fighter than a lot of people, so he easily gets the gun. Pawn shop guy says Margret is helping him because she wants to. At Melanie's, Margret breaks the windows and blows the salt away. She knocks Dean down and goes after Melanie, but Dean blows her away with some salt. Turns out pawn shop guy is a real psychic, and a telekinetic at that, too. He pulls the gun away from Sam with nothing put his mind. Dude, Dean's fighting a ghost with a chain! Good thing pawn shop guy's a lousy shot! Sam shoots and kills him (I think). Margret tosses Dean cross the living room, leaving Melanie to fend for herself, which she sucks at. Just before Margret can choke Melanie out, Sam torches her bones.
Eww...the pawn shop guy was keeping Margret's bones in his bed! Anyhow, Melanie walks into the diner. Smooth exit, Sam. Haven't seen one like it since Dean in 1x19 "Provenance" - love it! Melanie thanks Dean for saving her, and she says he and Sam seem better. They flirt, even though they both know Dean's leaving and never coming back.
Outside, Sam's putting his stuff in Dean's car - or the car Dean stole. Yay! Sam admits Dean was right about Amy, and that he gets why Dean did it, but he doesn't think Dean's okay. We all know he isn't. Oh shoot, missed some brotherly dialogue there because Traci Dinwiddie (Pamela from Supernatural) replied to one of my tweets! Anyhow, everything seems to be back to what passes for normal with our boys =)
Final Thoughts: It's always interesting in a somewhat sick sort of way to see the boys mad at each other. When they get mad, they REALLY get mad! But when they make up, it makes every fangirl's heart melt! I always go "Awww!" when they're having a brotherly moment. It was really - I can't think of a word here: cool, insightful, a little bit heart-wrenching? - to watch the boys try to work through their issues. I'm glad Sam finally came around, even though I totally understood why he was pissed about Amy. I just hope now Dean can take a break from the torture he's inflicting on his liver...All in all, a good episode!
Next Week: Sammy gets married?! What the hell? And who's the mystery bride? I've heard from sources that it's someone we've seen on the show before, and from the preview I'm pretty sure she's a brunette...hmm...thoughts?
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