So, hey, I figured a way to include more pictures! Sort of. They're not great quality because I took the images on my iPad and sent them over. I'll look into the movie editing packages for the third episode, hopefully I can get some decent screen caps that way.
Same rules apply as before! I might start listing common themes throughout the show, to see how much there are. Let me know if you think that's worthwhile?
Shall we start? Wendigo is a strange episode, in that it's a transitional piece, almost. It's trying to tie in the pilot, which had to stand alone, but also build on the notion of the boys travelling across country. As a result, I'm including a lot of dialogue into this recap.
The episode begins with a 'previously on Supernatural' and a series of clips from the pilot, explaining the boy's history, and the previous hunt, letting us know that they are still on a mission to find their father.
I'll be honest, I was sad it wasn't already called 'The Road So Far'. This bit is loooong, and has those little cards in between the action, telling you things like 'and then …' and I was really disappointed. The first time I watched it, I didn't notice. I've been ruined in my retrospect.
After the credits, We're told that we're in Black Water Ridge. There are two boys in one tent, and a third in another. Two of them are playing video games, giving smack talk as they play, and the other is making a video message. All three are oblivious to the low growling that the audience can hear. One of the guys playing video games decides to stop to go for a pee, and as he finishes up, he's spooked by the snapping of twigs.
The one not getting up to pee, is Finn from Glee. I first started watching not long after they announced Corey Montieth had died, so this freaked me the fuck out. I was like, 'man, is Finn going to die?' and then I felt a sense of deja vu. I don't know when, I don't know how, but I have accidentally seen some of this one in the very distant past, gotten freaked out by the murders, and stopped watching. I'm an idiot.
We hear him scream, and see his friends sitting up, alerted to his distress. They call out to him, and the one he was sharing a tent with unzips the front panel. He hears a growl and looks up. He screams as he too, is attacked. In the other tent, the final friend (the one who had been making the video call) is scared, and turns off his lamp, hoping it disguises him a little. He can hear the monster, and twists around, trying to follow the sound.
Yep, Finn died.
Everything goes quiet for a moment, and then something slashes the canvas. He too screams.
We cut to Palo Alto, California, where Sam is walking through a graveyard, clutching a bouquet of flowers. He approaches Jessica's grave and makes a speech about how Jessica thought roses were lame so he chose other flowers, before pausing and blaming himself for not protecting her or warning her. He's crying as he lays the flowers on her grave, and a hand shoots up out of the grave to grab his.
Who doesn't already have nightmares about things like this? WHO? Supernatural has a wonderful way of creeping you the hell out about little things in life, then making you wish you had Sam or Dean's numbers. I paused the recapping just before this bit to make my notes, did them, went back and scared the shit out of myself when I pressed play. Twice. I win at life.
It turns out to be a dream he's having as Dean drives the Impala. Dean is playing Foreigners "Hot blooded" from 1978. Dean allows Sam a few moments to come around before asking if he's okay, and Sam says he's fine. Dean knows it's a nightmare but Sam avoids the question. Dean offers Sam the chance to drive, and Sam points out that Dean has never offered him that. He also says:
"Look man, you're worried about me, I get it. And thank you, but I'm perfectly okay."
Dean replies with an 'mm-hmmm' and Sam explains that he thinks they left too soon, and Dean says they looked for a week and found nothing. That finding their dad is the key to finding what killed Jessica. He says "Dad disappearing, and this thing showing up again after twenty years? It's no coincidence. Dad'll have answers, he'll know what to do."
Oh boy, is it not a coincidence. I like this scene for the simple fact that you can see that things aren't brilliant between them, that there are trust issues and Sam is badly affected by what's happened to Jessica. You can see Dean trying to be patient with him, and reaching for an explanation that would comfort him. You can see that Sam hasn't fully adjusted to the idea of being a Hunter again, that he's purely thinking of a limited goal. They're building for a lot of complications in their relationship.
Sam says the coordinates that their dad left (for Black Water Ridge) has nothing, no civilisation. We get a close up of the map
and Sam wonders why they're being sent into the middle of nowhere.
They arrive in Lost Creek, and as they investigate the ranger station and Sam reels off his research, Dean is otherwise preoccupied.
I include this because for this episode, there is a relevance, Dean's preoccupation does play out. But likewise, this is another repeating theme. Sam is the bookworm, the researcher. Dean's got an eye for details that may seem superfluous but normally have a relevance. They make a wonderful team, so long as Sam takes his head out of his ass and Dean stops thinking with his dick.
Sam - "So, Black Water Ridge is pretty remote. It's cut off by these canyons here, rough terrain, dense forest, abandoned silver and gold mines all over the place."
Dean - *looking at a picture* "Dude, check out the size of this freaking bear."
Sam looks up and sees Dean staring at the picture, then starts giving facts about the local bear population as he joins him. A ranger enters the room and asks if they're going to the Ridge, and Sam blags that they're researching the local area for a college term paper.
The ranger doesn't buy it, and asks if Dean is friends with 'that Haley girl'. Dean chances it, and says yes, hoping for a story that might help them. The ranger tells them that Haley's brother had a permit to camp still in effect, and that he's not considered missing because of that. Dean asks for a copy of the permit to show Haley and put her mind at rest, before they walk out of the station. Sam isn't happy with the situation.
As soon as I saw that exchange, I realised what Dean was up to. He'd spotted the opportunity for another case, and took it. But like I said before, Sam doesn't have his Hunter's head on yet.
Sam - "What, are you cruising for a hook-up or something?"
Dean - "What do you mean?"
Sam - "The coordinates point to Black Water Ridge, so what are we waiting for? Let's just go find Dad. I mean, why even talk to this girl?"
Dean - "I don't know, maybe we should know what we're walking into before we actually walk into it." *Dean pulls a pointed face at Sam*
Sam - "What?"
Dean - "Well, since when are you all shoot first, ask questions later, anyway?"
Sam - "Since now."
Dean - "Really?" *looks impressed*
I had the feeling that Dean was putting on a little bit of an act with Sam in this exchange, at the end anyway. Dean misses nothing, but he doesn't boast about what he does know, so he's already aware of Sam's mindset, and he's making the point that their lifestyle comes before their whims. This goes back to what I said in the first episode, that Dean works from the heart, and Sam works from revenge. As we'll see in future episodes, this sort of discussion happens a fair amount, and always goes the same way. Dean's in charge. There's one example of when that doesn't happen, but that's for a later episode.
They knock on a door of a house and Dean introduces himself and his brother, claiming that they're park rangers sent to ask questions about Haley's brother, Tommy. She asks for ID, and peers at the card Dean holds up through the screen door. She lets them in, hesitating to compliment them on the car. As Dean follows her in, he looks back at Sam, mouthing the word 'amazing!' Sam rolls his eyes.
I love your car too, Dean. Make inappropriate comments at me!
Inside, Sam asks how Haley knows something is wrong, and she says Tommy checks in every day at the same time, usually with emails containing photographs and videos, but it's been three days since the last one. When Sam suggests that maybe it's poor reception, Haley lets him know that he had a satellite phone as well as his cell phone.
Dean asks if he's maybe just having fun and forgot to check in, and the other boy in the room - their younger brother, Ben - says Tommy wouldn't forget. Haley explains that it's just the three of them, no parents, and they check in with each other regularly. Sam asks to see the pictures, and Haley shows them the camping trip photos and videos that Tommy has sent. Sam notices a flicker in the canvas behind Tommy's head, and knows something was out there. Haley says she's not waiting around anymore, she's hired a guide and she's going to find Tommy herself. Dean says "I think I know how you feel." and Sam asks Haley to forward everything she has from the camping trip.
As much as Dean is trying to get in Haley's pants for this entire episode, he was being genuine when he said that, thinking of John (WHY?). Sam always surprises me in this bit too, but I think I can see why he acts the way he does. In spite of all his anger and need for revenge, in spite of resenting Hunting and especially resenting being dragged back into the life, he has a thirst for this kind of thing. Yes, he's a little rusty, but he does see Dean's point about there being a case. He's too intrigued by the clips and Haley's concern to just let it go. And more than anything else, despite their differences, Sam and Dean are a team, at least in front of people.
The scene cuts to a bar where Sam and Dean sit down, Sam pulling out a laptop, and explaining more background, that Black Water Ridge doesn't normally have many visitors, but two hikers went missing in April, never to be found. Before that, in 1982, eight people vanished in the same year, and it was blamed on bears. It's happened before in 1959 and in 1936, every twenty-three years. Sam shows Dean the clip he noticed, of the flicker in the canvas, saying it's only three frames worth, a fraction of a second. They know they're dealing with something fast. Dean tells him that he knew there was something weird going on. Sam lets him know that in 1959, one of the campers survived an attack. He was a kid at the time, and barely made it out alive.
They go to talk to the man, who starts by repeating the cover story he's lived with so far, that he was camping with his parents and they were attacked. Sam interrupts him midflow to say "A grizzly? Is that what attacked them?" in a tone that suggests he doesn't believe the story. The man goes quiet, and Dean asks if everyone else that went missing that year died from a bear attack. Or the people who had gone missing recently. Dean tells him "If we know what we're dealing with, we might be able to stop it." The man says he doubts that, and they wouldn't believe him if he told the truth. Sam steps forward and asks him what he saw. He says "Nothing. It moved too fast to see. It hid too well. I heard it though. A roar, like no man or animal I ever heard." Sam asked if it came at night and got in their tent. The man said no, it got in the cabin. He'd been asleep by the fireplace when it came in. It didn't smash the windows or break the door, it unlocked it. He asks if the boys have ever seen anything do that, and Sam shakes his head.
What I hate most about recapping like this, is that you can't see the subtle expressions that both Jared and Jensen are capable of. A lot of scenes in this episode rely on the smallest of changes in expression and unless I overload you with a ridiculous amount of pictures, or a link to the entire episode, I will never be able to convey that. Which is a shame, they have so many silent conversations. i'll interpret where I can.
The man says he woke up when he heard his parents screaming. He didn't know why he got left, then shows the boys a large scar, like wide claw marks along his shoulder and chest. He tells them that there was something evil, like a demon, in the woods. The boys walk away and start discussing options.
Dean - "Spirits and demons don't have to unlock doors if they want inside, they just go through the wall."
Sam - "So, it's probably something else, something corporeal."
Dean - "Corporeal? Excuse me, professor."
Sam - "Shut up! So, what do you think?"
Dean - "The claws, the speed that it moves? Could be a skin walker, maybe a black dog. Whatever we're talking about, we're talking about a creature, and it's corporeal. Which means we can kill it."
I wish you could hear how Dean says corporeal after Sam said it. He's making fun of 'college boy' so badly. But despite the brotherly teasing, they're already trying to work out just what the heck has happened in backwater Lost Creek.
Dean goes to the trunk of the Impala to go through his supplies, looking around in case he's being watched. He keeps the trunk propped open with a shotgun, and starts packing a duffel bag. Sam says they can't let Haley go out there, and Dean asks what he wants to do, because they can't tell her not to go in the woods if there's a scary monster out there. Sam says they should tell her, but Dean says she won't sit it out when her brother's missing, so they should go with her and protect her and look for the monster. Sam says "Finding Dad's not enough? Now we gotta babysit, too?" Dean just stares at him, and Sam asks what he's looking at. Dean passes it off as nothing.
Sam is acting like such a dick in this bit, but at the same time, Dean's not communicating properly. Dean automatically assumed that because there was a case, they were going to solve it. Sam assumed that they'd worked out there was something there, but it's unrelated to their father in his opinion. But most people side with Dean on this, because Hunting is his job and he takes cases as they come and it's really insensitive of Sam to put his own agenda before others. And there lies another theme within supernatural - Sam and Dean have to put themselves last. The job, and other people, matter most.
We cut to the next day, where Haley is arguing with her guide, Roy, about whether Ben should be coming along. Haley says they're both concerned, and the guide advises that Ben should be left at home. The Winchesters drive up then, and Dean asks if there's room for more. When the guide asks who they are, Haley says they're the best that the ranger service could scrape together. Haley asks Dean if they're seriously camping out in jeans and boots, and Dean says "Well, sweetheart, I don't do shorts." The guide tells Dean off for joking when Tommy could be hurt, and Dean responds with "Believe me, I know how dangerous it can be. We just want to help them find their brother, that's all."
Roy's acting like a dick. Want to take bets on who might die this episode? Big clue, it's not my future husband.
The scene cuts to a poorly-lit cave, where Tommy is hanging by his wrists, barely conscious. We see some wooden floorboards above him in the poor light, and other people hanging close by in the same predicament. We hear the thing growl, and one of them squints in the direction of the noise, his expression falling as a shadow falls over him, and we see a brief outline of the monster. We hear flesh ripping, and the boy screaming as we see Tommy's reaction to his friend being eaten.
The noises are graphic. That's Finn being eaten. And until I did these recaps and rewound three times every few seconds, I never noticed how obvious the growling is. It's the precursor for the Wendigo. It's only justified by the witness testimony, in my opinion, otherwise it's just a really cheap horror effect. I don't want to have these bad thoughts about Supernatural.
The scene cuts back to a wooded area, where Haley, Ben, Roy and the Winchester are trekking into Black Water Ridge. Dean is asking Roy about his hunting experience. Roy tells him he normally hunts bucks and the occasional bear. Dean responds with "Tell me, Bambi or Yogi ever hunt you back?" Roy grabs him in a threatening way, and Dean baits him some more, asking what he's thinking of doing. Ray picks up a branch from the floor, and jabs it where Dean was about to tread. A trap springs up, breaking the branch, and Roy smirks "You should watch where you're stepping, ranger."
There's so much testosterone flying in this bit. And hey, I thought Dean only gave Castiel that look? Watch your butt, Roy ...
Haley points out that Dean and Sam brought nothing but a duffel bag, and no provisions. She says they can't be rangers and asks who they really are. Dean nods at Sam, who goes ahead with Ben and Roy, and Dean explains the basics - they're brothers, their dad is missing and they have reason to believe he's there. He says they're in the same boat as Haley. She asks why he didn't just say before, and he says he is now, and he's never been this honest with a woman before. He checks that she's not mad at him, then says "What do you mean, I didn't pack provisions?"before holding up a giant bag of peanut M&M's and grinning cheekily.
There's an amazing fanfiction Supernatural Facebook pages by BellaMonster which references the M&M's in it. Just read, it feels like she really understands the characters. And although this is shown as a cheap shot, again, it does come up later. Also, I didn't get Haley's comment, how the hell does she know the duffel didn't have jerky in it?
They eventually reach the campground, and Roy checks the coordinates of where they are, saying they're at 35-111. The coordinates that John had left for Sam and Dean, in the pilot episode. They have a quiet conversation away from the other three.
Dean - "You hear that?"
Sam - "Yeah. Not even crickets."
Supernatural fact to bear in mind: animals run from evil. The silence is telling.
Roy says he wants to look around and Sam tells him he shouldn't go off by himself. Roy tells him not to worry about him, and walks off. Dean tells Haley and Ben they should stick together, and they all follow Roy. They come across the remains of Tommy's campsite, the tents slashed, broken and blood-stained. Haley shouts for Tommy and Sam silences her. When she asks why, he says that something might still be out there. Dean calls for Sam across the campsite, and shows Sam the trails from where the victims had been dragged, and the trail suddenly stops. Dean says it's definitely not a skin walker or black dog.
Haley finds Tommy's mangled phone, and Dean tries to reassure her that he could still be alive. They suddenly hear someone screaming, begging for help. They all run to the spot that they thought it was coming from, and find no one.
Haley - "It seemed like it was coming from around here, didn't it?"
Sam - " … Everybody back to camp."
Oh, that face! In all seriousness, it's good to see these moments where Sam shows how capable he is, so early on. It becomes a theme as well, of him trying to stand up to Dean and remind him that Sam too, is an able Hunter. He's twigged what they're up against, already. Just from this moment. Observe:
They go back, and find the campsite picked clean of all their packs, and the broken tents.
Haley - "Our packs!"
Roy - "So much for my GPS and my satellite phone."
Haley - "What the hell's going on?"
Sam - "It's smart. It wants to cut us off so we can't call for help."
Roy - "You mean someone, some nut job out there, just stole all our gear?"
Sam - *to Dean* "I need to speak with you? In private?"
They walk a short way away from the others, and look through their father's journal for possible options. Sam points to an entry, that he thinks is likely.
Dean - "Oh, come on! Wendigos are in the Minnesota woods, or-or-or northern Michigan. I've never even heard of one this far west."
Sam - "Think about it Dean. The claws, the way it can mimic a human voice?"
Dean - "Great. Well then, this is useless." *waves gun in the air for a second*
Dean is so casual about weaponry. He's so casual about so many things. But it's important to note that, even though he's aware Sam is lying to him about personal matters (that doesn't change) he trusts him wholeheartedly on his opinion. Maybe he remembers growing up with Sam and how on the ball he was back then. Maybe he's just glad that Sam's finally participating again. Maybe he just wants my insides to melt?
Sam says they have to get everyone to safety, and returns to the camp telling everyone it's time to go. Roy says he can handle it, and Sam tells him if he shoots it, it'll just get mad. Roy says Sam has no right giving orders and Sam says they should never have come out in the first place. Roy says he's been hunting animals since Sam's mom was still kissing him goodnight, and Sam gets riled, telling him it's a perfect hunter, better than him, and it's going to hunt him down if he stays. Roy laughs at him, and Sam almost blurts that it's a Wendigo, but Dean interrupts, telling him to chill out. Haley pleads for them all to stop fighting, and says if Tommy's still alive then she's not leaving without him. Dean simply says that it's getting late, the monster is a better hunter at night than in the day - and it's pretty damn good in the day - and they need to settle in and try to protect themselves. He starts drawing ancient symbols in the dirt around the camp, explaining that they're for protection and the Wendigo can't cross them. When Roy laughs, Dean tells him that no one likes a skeptic.
Low blow from Roy. Does he know that he's actually saying he's been hunting since Sam was six months old? I thought Sam was so good for not stooping to his level and being like 'my mom died, thanks asshat'. I mean, Sam still got mad, but he focused on the case. And Dean intervened before Sam could totally snap, so I'm thinking he was totally focused on the mom comment.
Dean and Sam sit together, away from Haley and Ben, and Dean starts a big conversation:
Dean - "You want to tell me what's going on in that freaky head of yours?"
Sam - "Dean-"
Dean - "No, you're not fine. You're like a powder keg, man. It's not like you. I'm supposed to be the belligerent one, remember?"
Sam - "Dad's not here. I mean, that much we know for sure, right? He would've left us a message, a sign, right?"
Dean - "Yeah, you're probably right. To tell you the truth, I don't think Dad's ever been to Lost Creek."
Sam - "Then let's get these people back to town, and let's hit the road. Go find Dad. I mean, why are we still even here?"
Dean - *holding up the journal* "This is why. This book. This is Dad's single most valuable possession. Everything he knows about ever evil thing is in here. And he's passed it on to us. I think he wants us to pick up where he left off. You know, saving people, Hunting things. The family business."
Sam - "That makes no sense. Why? Why doesn't he just call us? Why doesn't he tell us what he wants, tell us where he is?"
Dean - "I don't know. But the way I see it? Dad's given us a job to do, and I intend to do it."
Sam - "Dean … no. I gotta find Dad. I gotta find Jessica's killer. It's the only thing I can think about."
Dean - "Okay, alright, Sam, we'll find them, I promise. Listen to me, you've got to prepare yourself. i mean, this search can take a while. And all that anger, you can't keep it burning over the long haul. It's going to kill you. You gotta have patience, man."
Sam - "How do you do it? How does Dad do it?"
Dean - "Well, for one, them." *both look at Haley and Ben* "I mean, I figure our family's so screwed to hell, maybe we can help some others. Makes things a little bit more bearable. I'll tell you what else helps, killing as many evil sons of bitches as I possibly can."
Sorry for the massive chunk of dialogue, but there's a lot of important stuff in that dialogue. Sam's voicing his opinion that the case is bigger than what they can handle, and everyone will just end up dead if they're not careful. But Dean is thinking of saving Tommy, because that was the job. That's his job. Sam's also expressing his motivation, and Dean's reaction … you need to watch to see their expressions. Dean was basically Sam's single parent growing up, John put too many responsibilities on him, and you can hear Dean almost talking like their mother must have when he was very small. That calm, lighter voice, trying to get through to a boy who can't understand why he needs to behave a certain way. Trying to give him hope through his grief. The depth of their relationship is what got me hooked.
Also, part of Dean's speech here gets repeated throughout the show. It's on t-shirts and stickers, it's everywhere:
They hear a scream for help, and move closer together, looking for where the Wendigo could be. Dean says it's trying to draw them out and they should stay put. The Wendigo begins to run around the camp, and Roy manages to successfully shoot and hit it. It screeches, and Roy runs out of the protective circle. Dean runs after him, ordering the others to stay. He hears someone call 'it's over here,' just as Roy's head is grabbed from above and Roy is lifted into a tree. Dean is joined by Sam, and the look around for where Roy could have gone briefly.
It was a sucker's bet, really, wasn't it?
The scene cuts to the daytime, and Sam is sitting against a tree stump, holding his father's journal and thinking, as Haley says that this sort of thing isn't meant to be real.
Sam Winchester is so misunderstood. He's so angsty.
Haley asks how they could possibly know if it's still out there, watching them, and Dean says they don't know. She asks how he knows about things like the Wendigo, and supernatural things in general, and he says it runs in the family. Sam joins them and says they have half a chance in the daylight, and he wants to kill the son of a bitch. Dean says he's in, and Sam gives Haley and Ben a quick lesson in Wendigo's, using the journal to show them. He tells them that Wendigo is a Cree Indian word which means 'evil that devours'. They can be hundreds of years old and were humans. These humans had, in times of hardship and near-starvation, resorted to cannibalism. He tells us that in a lot of lore about cannibalism, it's believed that human flesh can enhance abilities, like speed and strength, and guarantee immortality. Wendigos are always hungry.
Sam Winchester is your regular walking supernatural textbook. Seriously though, because of the introverted nature of his character, Sam works like Gandalf in Lord of the Rings, in that he researches like crazy off-screen and then is the fountain of knowledge. Sam is the brains, and Dean is the heart.
Haley asks how Tommy could possibly be alive still if it was a Wendigo, and Dean says she won't like the truth. He says that Wendigos can last a long time without food, they hibernate for years. They keep their victims alive when they're awake and stores them for feeding. Tommy is therefore being kept somewhere dark, where he can be hidden and safe away from help, or other potential predators. He says they need to track is and kill it. Haley asks how when guns and knives don't work, and Dean tells her they have to burn it.
We see, as they walk through the woods, blood smeared on a tree. Much later, Sam finds, further up another series of trees, more of the same. He says that they're clear and distinct, and way too easy to follow … and we hear the growl of the Wendigo. Haley feels something dripping on her shoulder, and looks to where there are blood spatters. She looks up and screams, running out of the way as Roy's body falls onto the spot Haley had been standing in. Dean checks him over and says his neck is broken, then tells them all to run.
If you ever find yourself in a situation where someone claims to be a Hunter and they're working to help you, and they tell you to run? Run. If they're running themselves? Don't be embarrassed about the pee stain down your leg.
Ben lags behind, and Sam slows down to help him along. Meanwhile, ahead of them, Haley and Dean have screeched to a halt, because the Wendigo has stepped out in front of them. When Sam and Ben finally reach the clearing that Haley and Dean were in, they're not there. All that's left is the bottle that Dean has been carrying, filled with rags and lighter fuel. Sam picks it up and looks around, then screams for Dean.
The only purpose of this image is that face. I lol'ed.
The flashlight is a cheat, isn't it? The argument would be that it was in the duffel, or in the coat Sam was wearing. It's the same thing with the trunk of the Impala, it's their magic trick where they just so happen to have absolutely everything that they need.
Ben discovers Haley not too far away, and tries to wake her up as Sam cuts Dean down. When Haley's also freed, she moves forward, towards a third body. Tommy. She touches his face, thinking that he's dead already, and he stirs, making her scream. Sam and Dean help free Tommy, with Haley promising that they'll get him home. Dean goes poking through some of the supplies that the Wendigo has commandeered throughout the years, and finds some flare guns. He and Sam take them, and lead the way through the mine.
The thing I noticed about this episode, is that there's a lot of build up and exposition of Sam and Dean learning to work together again, and this whole search and rescue segment takes about five minutes. But in a way it's good, because it's the power of suggestion that terrifies in this episode. And also, like a lot of the earlier seasons, this is filmed in a lot of dim lighting, if they didn't work to suggestion you'd pretty much have a black screen for forty minutes.
Halfway through the tunnel, they can hear the Wendigo returning. Dean whispers to Sam "You thinking what I'm thinking?" And Sam says yes. Dean orders the others to go with Sam, promising that Sam would get them out. Haley asks what he's going to do, and Dean winks, striding forward and shouting to the Wendigo as he goes.
Dean - "It's chow time, you freaky bastard! Yeah, that's right. Bring it on baby? I taste good!"
Sam leads Tommy, Ben and Haley down another tunnel, as Dean continues baiting the Wendigo.
Dean - "Hey! Hey, you want some white meat, bitch? I'm right here!"
I fell for Dean so hard at this point. He cares, but he's brave, and so brash too. Dammit, why does Dean Winchester not exist in real life?
Sam, Haley, Ben and Tommy are further away now, stepping over some rails set in the floor, and they hear the sound of the Wendigo, realising that it's not been fooled by Dean's distraction. Sam tells Haley to get her brothers out, and they walk away as Sam goes looking for the Wendigo. He realises that it's behind him, turns around and shoots a flare. It misses, and Sam runs back to the others, trying to help them rush away from the now angered Wendigo. They hit a dead end, and Sam stands in front of them protectively.
It's the Winchester brother way.
The Wendigo comes closer, and Dean appears from behind the Wendigo. He shouts, and fires a flare off, hitting the Wendigo right in the stomach. It burns up from the inside out. Once there is nothing but smouldering remains on the floor, Dean looks at the others, and grins, saying it wasn't so bad.
The final scene pans across an ambulance and stretchers being wheeled around the ranger's station, where Sam and Ben are telling the local authorities about how they fought off a bear attack. Haley and Dean stand a little way off from everyone else for their goodbye.
Haley - "So really, I don't know how to thank you."
Dean - *smirks*
Haley - "Must you cheapen the moment?"
Dean - "Yeaaaah."
I like how he's still trying with Haley, but she retains her dignity and turns it into a joke. Haley's a pretty cool girl. Shame we won't see her again (or will we?)
Haley climbs into the ambulance with Tommy and Ben, after kissing Dean's cheek and saying that she hopes he finds his dad. Dean and Sam sit together on the Impala and watch as Haley, Ben and Tommy go away. When they've gone, Dean starts talking.
Dean - "Man, I hate camping."
Sam - "Me too."
Dean - "Sam, you know we're gonna find Dad, right?"
Sam - "Yeah, I know. But in the meantime … I'm driving."
They climb in the Impala and drive away, old rock blaring once again.
So, that's episode two! That's taken me so freaking long. Hopefully, episode three, Dead In The Water, won't be as long … but it probably will be. Sorry if I didn't discuss as much as last time, some episodes will have more cause for exposition than others.
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Word count (notes) - 2521
Word count (overall) - 6272
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