Opening Thoughts: Just when I thought it couldn't get any better than Cowboy!Dean, they give us 1940s!Dean! Thank you writers!!! Also, this entry will probably be super-long because I'm watching online and can pause it to type. Apologies to anyone who actually reads this, but I'm also feeling very sarcastic today, and I'm sure it'll come through here.
Why do they have to make me sad by showing Bobby's death again?!
Open on what looks like a suburban neighborhood at night. A guy with a fedora walks by. Dean watches. He says, "Alright, let's do this." Sam asks what the plan is. According to Dean, the plan is "Don't die." Great. This should end well...
The boys get out of another car that's not the Impala (*sob*) and follow the guy with the fedora - who, might I add, looks rather retro. Dean astutely points out that the man is heading downtown. Because it always works out so well, the boys split up. Dean catches the guy in an alley, sucking something red (lifeforce perhaps?) out of a hobo. Dean runs after the guy just as Sam gets there. When Dean tries to tackle the guy, they both disappear in some über-sweet, red portal thingy. Sam looks on, wondering what the fuck just happened. Man, he needs a haircut...
Jump back two days. It looks like Sam and Dean were still at Rufus' cabin. Dean's online, obsessing over Dick Roman (who is an evil sonofabitch and must die!). Sam's phone rings, waking him up. Sam picks up, and guess who's on the other line? Sheriff Jodi Mills! I LOVE this chick! Mills says she might have a case for the boys. A body in Canton, Ohio (it's always Ohio, which I kind of love, being from there and all) that the local PD is trying to cover up. Sam asks Mills what's up, and she says that when the person went missing, it was a normal grad student. When they found it, it was basically a mummy, without the wrapping. Mills mentions this is the second body found in the last couple weeks. Yeah, that sounds right up the boys' alley. Sam asks Mills what's she's doing on a case so far out of her jurisdiction. Mills responds that she's just nosy; after everything she's been through with the boys, and Bobby (she nearly tears up here, and so do I), things like this catch her attention. Sam says they'll look into it and disconnects the call. Sam tells Dean they have a case, and that he should probably not obsess so much over Dick Roman, maybe watch some Japanese cartoon porn instead. Amen to that, Sammy! Well, the not obsessing part, at least. Dean simply closes the laptop and makes a wise-ass remark about anime porn.
In Canton, the boys roll up to a creepy, condemned-looking ancient house. Dude, the car they're in has a spoiler. WTF?! When are we getting the Impala back? I think this is slowly killing me...Anyway, inside the house, the boys Rock, Paper, Scissors over who gets to sleep in the one good bedroom. Sam wins. Dean would like to know just how paper beats rock. Honestly, I have no idea.
Sam and Dean read up on the mummified grad student. They're all set to interview the witness, although they're not sure why the cops are calling them "unreliable". I feel like they're going to find out straightaway, and it's going to be weird. Wow, Dean, really? You're both Special Agent Smith? Could you have put a little less effort into those cover names? The witness wants to talk outside; apparently his mom's sleeping. Okay, middle-aged dude living with mom, kind of weird already. When Sam tells him they have some questions, he gets defensive, asking if Sam and Dean will just laugh at him "like the rest of the suits". Dean assures him they won't. The witness says he was "on the steps, medicating" (okay, I can see how that's unreliable) when he saw his neighbor being choked by a guy dressed in vintage clothing. Then he saw "this red energy" pass from his neighbor to the mystery man. Sounds familiar. He says his watch stopped. Oooh, I see what they did there! Gearing us up for some time-travel, baby! The witness says his neighbor aged instantaneously and looked "like a raisin". Random observation: Sam's sideburns are WAY out of control.
The boys go back to the vacant house to do research. Dean can't find anything. Sam discovers that Greater Canton is "kind of a hotspot for weird dead bodies". Hm, maybe I'll have to check that out...Sam pulls up articles going as far back as the 1920's, all reporting shriveled bodies. The only pattern to it all is that there are three victims every time it happens. Dean remarks that they're two down, one to go this time. He takes over the laptop, and Sam has the greatest line ever: "Little more anime, or are you strictly into Dick now?" Bahahahaha! Oh I love the writers more and more with every episode! Dean, however, is not amused. He goes about hacking into security cameras downtown, a little trick he picked up from crazy Frank. Dean pulls up the cameras in the area where the second mummy was found. Sam says Dean needs to teach him the camera trick, but Dean simply gives him a look that says "Bitch, please" before going back to the video. They see fedora guy, and Sam realizes he was in one of the crime scene photos from the 70s - and hasn't aged a day since. Dean suggests they talk to Terri, the girl who found the body.
Terri is now a doctor at the local hospital. She recalls finding the body, and says she still has no idea what could do that to a person. Dean asks if Terri recognizes fedora guy; she says he lived on her parents' street, and his name was Mr. Snyder. The boys stake out Snyder's house. Poor Sammy, crammed into that little car. Dean wonders aloud if the monster of the week was a vampire that "got too sucky". Sam tells him that there was still blood in the bodies. 300-year-old blood, but blood nonetheless. Snyder leaves his house, and we're pretty much where the episode started. It's déjà vu all over again as we watch the boys split up and follow Snyder to the alley where he and Dean disappear. Except this time, we follow Dean through the über-sweet, red portal thingy and watch him grapple with Snyder, who's wearing a ring with the infinity sign on it. Snyder runs away. Dean goes after him, only to realize he's not in 2012 anymore, Toto. By the looks of things, he's in the 1940s! Some conveniently-station cops tell Dean to drop his gun. He complies as he wonders what the fuck is going on.
In an interrogation room, Dean tries to explain himself, but the cop will have none of it. Apparently claiming to be an FBI agent didn't work as well back then as it does now. The cop flips open Dean's phone, gets suspicious, asks if he's a spy, and says if he is, he's a terrible one. After all, his badge is dated 68 years in the future. Dean does a little mental math (and a little counting on his fingers) and realizes he's in 1944. Another man walks into the interrogation room, and tells the cop to take a smoke break. This guy's wearing a fedora too, but those were pretty common-place at the time. Dean goes the smart-ass route with another explanation, but the guy cuts him off, demanding to know what really happened in the alley. Dean tells the truth, and the guy sits down, takes off his hat, and asks to know more about the red light. He says if Dean wants out, he'll tell him everything he knows about the guy and the light. Dean says he saw the light, and then he was in 1944. The man asks if the light was more around him, or if it came from inside the guy. Hm, he seems to know more than he's letting on...Dean's surprised that the man believes him, and asks if he's a hunter. The man denies it, but Dean persists, as is his way. All of a sudden, the guy's a friend. He introduces himself as Eliot Ness. Sweet - THE Eliot Ness! The look on Dean's face is priceless.
Back to Sam in 2012. He's assembling what I like to call a "hunter's wall of crazy" in some attempt to find Dean. Good luck, honey. His phone rings, and he answers expecting Dean. Doesn't this boy have Caller ID? Anyway, it's Mills. She asks where Dean is; Sam tells her that he disappeared with the thing that's been mummifying people. Mills figures it's her fault he's in this situation, so she offers to help. Sam asks her how she feels about driving and lifting boxes - I think. The line was somewhat unclear.
In 1944, Dean has been uncuffed, and Ness brought coffee. Dean gets all fangirly about The Untouchables (fantastic movie; see it if you haven't!), and just ends up confusing Ness. Ness asks if time-travel is common in the future (er, the present...). Dean tells him it's not. Ness realizes they're hunting the same thing, only in different centuries. He pulls out a couple case files; apparently they're up to body number two as well. Dean sarcastically remarks, "Awesome", to which Ness responds, "How does that fill you with awe?", and it's almost like having socially-awkward!Cas back for a moment. Almost. Ness quickly decides that Dean is going to help him hunt this thing before it grabs a third victim. Dean fangirls more, wondering if this means he's an Untouchable now. Ness replies that it means he needs new clothes. Oh my God, oh my God, I need to mentally prepare myself for Dean in 40's clothes. I'm taking a moment now. Okay, moment taken. Ness takes Dean to a seamstress named Ezra for a suit, and he actually tells her Dean's from the future! There's a moment of awkward shock when Dean says the president is "a black guy", but they get over it.
Back to the future, er, present, er, Sam. Mills comes through the door carrying a big box loaded up with stuff. She says there are 20 more in her truck. The boxes are from Bobby's storage locker. Oh man, are these gonna make me cry? I hope not. Mills remarks that Bobby may have had (I hate the past tense here!) a hoarding problem, and that something might be alive in three of the boxes. Sam goes to unload, and the smile falls off her face. She misses Bobby. They really never got the fair chance they deserved, which is why Bobby needs to come back!
In 1944, Dean buttons up his new vest. I'm going to love this, I can just tell. I kind of have a thing for men in three-piece suits. Don't judge me. He walks out of the changing room, and Ness whistles. I agree! He looks amazingly hot! He even has his hair slicked over to the side in typical 1940's fashion. He says "Awesome" again, and it's still not understood. Ezra calls them idjits (Coincidence? I think not!) and asks what they've gotten themselves into. Ness explains that they're hunting a time traveler.
Back to Sam and Mills. The sheriff pulls up the crime scene photos on the NCIC website. Sam notices Snyder's ring, and Mill enhances the shot, with amazing quality when you consider the fact that the picture was *supposedly* taken in the 70s. Sorry, buzzkill right there. I know, I know, suspension of disbelief. Sam says he recognizes the symbol and pulls out a book.
In 1944, Ezra seems to know an awful lot about the symbol - the Infinite Hour Glass - like the fact that it's the mark of Chronos, the -
- God of Time, Sam finishes in 2012. These scene changes are great! Mills thinks it's crazy, but Sam explains that the gods of old just don't have the juice they used to because no one believes in them anymore. So, they have to go out and feed for themselves. But why, Mills wants to know, is this god killing people?
Could be for his time juice, Ezra suggests. Dean slips a flask into his jacket (didn't see that coming at all...) and asks how he's gonna get back to 2012. She says he could let Chronos grab him, if Dean doesn't mind being used for fuel.
Mills asks how they're going to find him. Sam says they have to summon him.
Ness wants to kill Chronos. Not before sending Dean home, I hope! He asks Ezra to find something for them. She says to come back in a couple hours; she see what she can scrounge up. Seriously, is this woman somehow related to Bobby?! Ness suggests they find Snyder's house, if it's been built yet, and kill him, "Because that -" "Is the Chicago way," Dean finishes, putting on his fedora. God that man is gorgeous. Ness and Ezra just stare at him, wondering who talks like that. Dean replies, "Sean Connery", and gets no response, because obviously Sean isn't famous yet. As Ezra helps Dean into his new, very sexy coat, he remarks that he'll never watch The Untouchables again.
Dean and Ness arrive at Snyder's house. It appears to be empty. Dean asks if Ness has a lock pick. "Sure," Ness replies, subsequently kicking the door open. I honestly just LOL'd pretty hard at that. They look around the house for a bit before Dean finds a notebook on the coffee table. It appears Chronos is betting on horse races that he knows the outcome of to make money. They pay a visit to Chronos' bookie Lester, dragging him into the interrogation room rather unceremoniously. When Lester says he won't talk, Dean suckerpunches him, earning a disapproving look from Ness. "I learned it from watching you," Dean comments, and I LOL again. Ness decides to take over the interrogation, and Dean decides to take off his jacket - yum! Ness tells Lester that Dean "spent the last two years kicking in Nazi skulls" during WW2, and that "if he don't kick in a skull every couple of days, he gets real touchy". Oh my God, whoever this guy is playing Ness is AMAZING! "Lester," Dean chimes in, sounding very tough, "That a German name?" Lester panics and becomes more than willing to cooperate. He says that he cut Snyder/Chronos off from betting because he creeped him out. Ness asks where they met for payoffs. When Lester hesitates, Dean takes a menacing step forward. Lester coughs up a name: the Early Bird, and says Snyder/Chronos practically lives there.
Meanwhile, Sam and Mills search for a way to summon Chronos. Just as Sam comes up empty, Mills finds something. They have the spell, but if they want Dean back, they have to use it when Chronos is touching him, and how the hell are they supposed to know that? (Sorry for the run-on) If they screw this up, Dean's trapped forever, and we all know that's not going to happen. Just as they're giving up, Mills finds a bottle of something alcoholic (Sorry, I'm clueless in that regard), with a note that reads: "Fine, you ass, you win for once. Enjoy. R". I'd say to Bobby from Rufus. Sam wonders what they were betting on. Mills remarks that he must've been a sore loser. Sam nods, but then looks very sad. Mills gets misty, saying it's weird how their lives are like a big puzzle. Then she says they should drink it. Sam agrees.
Dean and Ness scope out the Early Bird and see Chronos sitting at the counter. Ness takes a drink from a flask of his own, revealing he's not the boy scout everyone thought he was. Dean asks for his "hunter story" AKA who died? Ness says no one. Wait, people used to just do this? Ness tells Dean he started because vampires were turning people in Cleveland, and that he didn't want to deal with the red tape. He asks Dean why he does it. Dean says it was because his family did it, but they just seem to keep dying, and he doesn't know now. Ness calls him out for being a pansy, saying "everybody loses everybody". True statement, depressing as it may sound. The guys' eyes wander when a pretty blonde girl walks by, another shocker. And then of course she walks straight into a sketchy alley, like where all the attacks have been taking place. Chronos follows the girl, obviously intending to make her victim number three. Ness goes to his handy trunk arsenal, and the guys gun up. They trail Chronos as he stalks the girl and raise their guns. Then, to their surprise and mine, he kisses her. Whoops, wrong guy in a fedora...
Outside the city, Dean and Ness seem to be coming up cold. Ness stakes out the girl Lila's house while Dean drives back into town to see what Ezra has scrounged up. It looks like a stick. But apparently it's a very special stick, fit for killing a god. But then - clever boy - Dean realizes there's a problem. If he kills Chronos, he's stuck in 1944! Ezra says it isn't so bad. Dean makes a crack about punching Hitler, much to my enjoyment. Hey, maybe he and Rory could both punch Hitler! Ezra kisses Dean, totally creeping him (and me) out. She says it's for luck, but I really don't believe her. At all. On his way out, Dean notices some letters on a table and gets an idea. Oh my God, he's going to send Sam letters from the past! This is totally every time-travel movie ever! Well, specifically it's Back to the Future 3, but I can't help but think of Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure.
Outside Lila's house, somebody (probably Chronos, but I couldn't tell) jumps Ness. Oh, yup, it's Chronos. Ness tries to fight him, but is severely outmatched. Chronos knocks Ness into a shed (and presumably out cold). Lila steps out onto the porch and gently chides "Ethan" for not taking the trash out. Guess it was the right guy in a fedora! When Lila goes inside, Chronos turns back to Ness, who is not where he was a moment ago...
Inside the house, Lila is messing with the clock. I have no idea what you're supposed to do with old clocks, so I'm just gonna let that go. Chronos tells her to pack a bag. He wants to take her where he goes all the time. Um, the future? The past? When Lila starts to say something about work, he gets harsh with her. She goes off to pack. God I love her hair!
Meanwhile, Dean pulls up in front of the house that Sam is squatting in in 2012. Not shockingly, it's occupied in 1944. Dean knocks on the door. Oh man, can't wait to see how this goes over. Dean feeds the homeowner a complete BS story about termites, and the guy actually lets him in. People used to be so trusting. Dean heads upstairs to the bedroom where Sam is set up, starts moving the furniture around, and finds a place to leave the letter.
In 2012, Sam has fallen asleep on the table. Mills brings coffee and probably pastries. Sam seems like a pastry kind of guy. She tells him to go get some sleep. Fortunately, he listens. Sam collapses practically face-first onto his sleeping bag (that duffle can't be a good pillow!), but somehow miraculously notices the fact that Dean has carved his name into the trim. Intrigued (and who wouldn't be?), he investigates and finds the letter. He runs the letter down to Mills, who is initially perplexed (and who wouldn't be?), but she continues to read. It comes off as a goodbye letter, with Dean saying he's going to kill Chronos. Being the smart college boy (oh, that seems so long ago) that he is, Sam notices the date at the top of the letter. Now they just have to figure out the time. Dean had mentioned Lila in the letter. Smart money says they track her down!
Which they do. Lila's in a nursing home, and I'm not totally convinced she's all there. Mills shows her the picture of Chronos, whom she recognizes as "Ethan". Mills asks if Lila remembers the last time she saw him. (I'm going to take a quick moment to point out how much I love Kim Rhodes' (Mills) hair! It looks great on her!) Lila does remember, calling it "the night the clock stopped". Hm, and what time did the clock stop at? 11:34, comes the helpful answer. Sam asks if she remembers anything else. Lila tells him that "Ethan" said "awful things, and then he strangled that poor man". Oh jeez, who is she talking about?! She says two policemen came to arrest "Ethan". Sam shows her one of Dean's fake IDs, and Lila identifies Dean as the one "Ethan" strangled. Oh shit.
Back in 1944, it looks like Dean's heading to Lila's place. Don't do it, Dean! He looks around for Ness and sees the damaged shed. Dude, they can't kill Eliot Ness; that would be fucking with history on way too many levels. Dean goes up to the house, opens the door, and goes inside. It appears to be deserted until Dean sees movement under a door. Out of fucking nowhere, Chronos tackles Dean. They start to fight, but Lila's voice stops them. Ness has a gun on her. He is so not the boy scout we thought he was...
Sidenote induced by Vampire Diaries commercial: People please, vampires do not sparkle, or brood, or go to high school, or have sex. They kill. Get it right.
In 2012, Sam and Mills get everything ready for the summoning spell.
In 1944, Chronos asks Ness not to hurt Lila. He apologizes to her, and then proceeds to reveal his true identity. Ness calls him out on murdering a bunch of people. Chronos says it was for her. Lila is confused, as she has every right to be. And I still love her hair!
Sam and Mills continue the spell prep, including a little bit of blood from Sam himself to write down the exact time 11:34.
A dramatic shot of Lila's clock reveals it to be 11:31. Dean eggs Chronos on, basically insulting the godly equivalent of his masculinity. Chronos responds by reiterating his point that it's all for Lila; he kills so he can stay with her. He loves her. Touching, or at least it would be if it weren't for the whole killing thing. Ness gets accusatory, and Chronos has that deep, somewhat sympathetic moment that most monsters on Supernatural get, about how life sucked before but they're really not bad now. Save it buddy, I've heard this at least 20 times. Lila is, most understandably, upset. She calls Chronos a monster, which probably won't lead anywhere good. Dean appears to be reaching for the magic stick from earlier. Just as he's about to attack, Chronos grabs him and starts choking the life out of him. Ness puts two bullets in Chronos, but that's probably just going to piss him off further.
Sam starts the incantation. Make it a quick one, please! They burn the paper with Sam's blood on it and everything else that went into the weird little ritual bowl the boys always seem to have on-hand.
Chronos starts to glow red. Ness looks to the magic stick, contemplating an attack. Chronos grabs Dean and uses him as a shield. "Hey, Untouchable!" Ness calls out, tossing the magic stick to Dean just before he and Chronos disappear.
They reappear right behind Sam and Mills. Mills rushes to the injured Dean, while Sam goes after Chronos, who easily overpowers him. Chronos turns on Dean, intent on killing, but Sam distracts him and stabs him with the magic stick. Looking rather manic, Chronos taunts Sam and Dean with supposed visions of their future: thick, black ooze. "It's everywhere," he says, "They're everywhere. Enjoy oblivion," he chuckles. Then he dies. Does anyone else think there might be repercussions for offing the god of time? Maybe? Well, there weren't any when they killed Fate, so I guess not. The boys exchange a heavy look, and then it's over.
Final Thoughts: Awesome! I do love a good Dean-centric episode, and this one was no disappointment! I'm also completely obsessed with all things 1940s, so this was pretty much my perfect episode. I really liked the guy who played Ness too. He was great.
Next Time: Dean's a daddy? Uh oh. And it looks like baby's growing up fast! Can't wait to see this one!
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