Supernatural moved forward with another monster-of-the-week tale in “The Slice Girls”, a story with Wonder Woman implications. However, while the leviathans were running amok elsewhere, an old Supernatural favorite may be making his return from ethereal world.
Here are a few thoughts and favorite moments on “The Slice Girls”.
Unlike other TV dramas that lean more towards procedural stories, Supernatural’s charm is in the comedic interactions between Sam and Dean Winchester (and previously interactions with Bobby and Castiel – they’re still missed) as well as in the lies the Winchesters tell to local law enforcement.
After a string of deaths, Sam and Dean dress up in their fed attire and visited the local medical examiner to check out the body. The medical examiner asked the Winchesters why they worked such late hours.
Dean: The hours suck but great benefits package.
Medical Examiner: Oh yeah?
Dean: Ten-percent co-pay on all drugs!
Medical Examiner: Seriously?! But, just generic right?
Dean: No, no. Name brands are cool.
It was a humorous exchange. Despite the procedural episode, the quick shift to comedy, amidst drama, was enough to suck you right in.
Unfortunately, Dean’s lies landed him in trouble when he met Lydia (The Vampire Diaries star Sara Canning) at a local bar. Dean pretended to be a rich investment banker. The lie with the suit earned him a place in Lydia’s bed that night. However, the humor came in the intercutting between Dean’s sexual escapade with Lydia and the murder of another man. While we jumped between scenes of sex and slashing, we got to listen to “You Shook Me All Night Long” from AC/DC. It was a laugh-out-loud setup and foreshadowed the villains behind the recent murders.
The next day, Lydia was already in the last trimester of pregnancy and ready to give birth. A group of women, who we later learned worshipped the Amazonian god Harmonia, gathered around her in a creepy, candle-lit room. When the baby was delivered, Lydia asked the woman in charge, “What will we call her?”
The older woman replied, “You will call her Emma.”
I’m not sure why but I think that line made me laugh for all the wrong reasons. As far as the story is concerned, it showed that Lydia was not in charge of her own baby, but rather the baby belonged to the group.
We’ll jump forward through Dean’s first uncomfortable meeting with his daughter and the Winchesters’ meeting with a college professor (the professor was only willing to help the two if they could help him with his illegal alien housemaid).
Emma was lined up with a group of kids performing one of the first rituals of their Amazonian lifestyle. The children had to consume a recent kill with a glass of milk. They could have given the children a glass of water, but seriously, what goes best with fresh human flesh? Duh! Milk! It does an Amazonian body good.
Sam and Dean learned that the Amazonians not only killed the men they mate with, but also were trying to rebuild their population. Once they realized that the Amazonian lore said that they were given to fast pregnancies and the babies grew quickly, both Winchesters knew that Dean was a daddy.
Later that night, Dean took a swig from Bobby’s old flask – in his words as a way of honoring their fallen comrade and surrogate father. When one of the papers moved, Dean suggested that it might have been Bobby’s spirit trying to direct them. After rewatching Ghostbusters recently, it was funny to see Sam walk around with the hunter’s version of a PKE Meter like Dr. Egon Spengler or Dr. Raymond Stantz.
The two said that they burned Bobby’s body so they believed that it was not Bobby who was haunting them. So perhaps it was Castiel who will be making his return later this season? Honestly, I would like to see Bobby return but not as a ghost. I don’t know how the writers would be able to explain Bobby’s return, but I’d probably get over whatever vice was used and welcome Bobby back.
The paper that was moved was written in Greek. Sam decided to go alone to see the professor and find out the translation. You would have thought that the two would stick together, knowing that Dean could possibly be next. But, no.
When Sam asked the professor to translate the document, the professor pushed the issue of compensation again. Sam replied in his best Fed voice, “I’ll sweeten the deal, we’ll remove your wire tap.” The implication alone was enough for the professor to decipher the message. The professor later told Sam that the Greek document said that the child born of the mating process must kill her own father.
Emma showed up at Dean’s house and had a heart-to-heart with daddy dearest. The conversation was great, even though you knew Emma couldn’t be trusted. Dean was obviously conflicted. As for Emma, it was hard to say whether she was really sincere. It looked as though she was torn, but still willing to kill her father.
The local detective just happened to be a Amazonian as well. She went after Sam and threw him just as he was about to call Dean. Sam shoots the detective in the chest, but his cell is destroyed in the process so he could not call Dean. I’ve had a blackberry that has been through the ringer. It’s never been as badly damaged as Sam’s phone. But apparently, Sam’s disposable phone is made of papier-mâché.
When Sam arrives, he sees the conflict in Dean’s eyes. Sam then killed Emma so that Dean wouldn’t have to. It felt almost like payback for when Dean killed Amy and kept it as a secret from Sam.
When Sam later called Dean out on his older brother’s hesitation, Dean replied, “News flash pal, you’re just as screwed up as I am – you’re just bigger.” It was a great period to a comedic one-off episode.
I’m happy that Supernatural has yet to lose its charm deep into its seventh season. As long as the writers can keep this up, I remain hopeful that the series will wrap up with a tenth season like Smallville. My only concern is the lack of secondary characters like Castiel and Bobby.
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