The Winchesters head to College on SPN! (My 10x13 Thoughts)
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Alright so here is a jotted recap of the episode with my initial thoughts included throughout and after the episode. I do it this way because my memory sucks when it comes to recalling things that don't revolve around my OTP for the series.
SEASON 10
**MAJOR SPOILER ALERT*
"Supernatural" - ep. 10x13 ("Halt & Catch Fire") [CW Promo] [My Tumblr Page for 10x13]
Synopsis: GHOSTLY CONNECTION - A ghost starts killing people through various electronic devices. Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean (Jensen Ackles) discover who was killed and why this ghost is seeking revenge on a group of college students but what they can’t figure out is how he’s doing it. With three dead, the brothers must stop the ghost before he claims his next victim.
Winchesters head to a college campus...this shall be interesting.
THEN:
- Hunters
- Cain and the Mark
- Vengeful spirits
NOW:
Spencer, Iowa
- A young couple (Janet and Billy) drive down a dark road
- A couple is redirected to a broken bridge
- The temperature drops
- The Terri App tells Janet to leave the car
- Janet does after being told twice
- Billy tries to leave too but the car stops him
- The car drives Billy off the bridge
- Janet screams
TITLE CARD
Bunker
- Dean eats a dessert when Sam walks in
- Sam has news from Castiel (who is closing in on Cain)
- Dean has doubts about how Cain would help them
- Sam wants to try talking to Cain
- Dean tells Sam about the Iowa case
Iowa College Campus
- Sam and Dean arrive
- Dean notices all the college girls
- Sam and Dean find Janet
- Janet explains how the technology went haywire against Billy
- Janet mentions the Terri App
- "When it comes to technology, my partner is a little behind." -Sam
- Sam wonders about Billy's enemies
- Janet mentions Billy's dead brother (Joey)
- Billy's truck was Joey's
- Janet gets called away
- Sam and Dean wonder if the truck was haunted
Junkyard (Night)
- Sam and Dean break in and find Joey's smashed up truck
- Sam finds ectoplasm on the driver seat
- Sam gets EMF readings
-
- Sam and Dean speculate about the dynamic between Billy and Joey
- Sam and Dean start the salt and burn ritual on the truck
Sorority House
- Two art students talk about their finals the next day
- One student (Deliah) goes to the library to study
- Other student (Julie) stays behind to take selfies
- She starts getting disturbing messages about "810"
- I sense a secret death
- The student tries to unplugs everything but it keeps repeating "8x10"
- The air chills around her
- The student gets strangled by a power cord
COMMERCIAL
Sorority House
-
- Dean oogles more college girls ("I'm not gonna make it.")
- Why does he seem more girl obsessed?
- Sam and Dean get news about the dead student (Julie)
- No witnesses for the murder
- Social media passwords were given to the authorities
- Dean gets EMF readings
- Sam notices the students laptop and cellphone
- "Both machine related kills." -Dean
- Sam takes the pink laptop
Outside Sorority House
- Sam and Dean question the roommate (Deliah)
- The two victims (Billy & Julie) knew each other
- Julie didn't know about Joey
- Dean has a feeling that Deliah is lying
- Deliah denies it
WEBCLIP #1 -- Campus Cafe
- Dean carries a tray full of junk food back to Sam
- Whatever happened to the healthy food?
- Dean is impressed with the food choices ("This is unreal.")
- "College is better than Vegas." -Dean
- I never thought I'd hear Dean say that
- Dean asks what Sam found
- Sam found nothing on the victim's online accounts
- Sam is now searching through deleted files
- Dean is stunned that Sam could do that
- Sam is amused that Dean didn't know that he could
- "Nothing ever really gets deleted from the Internet. You knew that, right?" -Sam
- Dean scoffs as he eats his noodles
- Sam laughs
- Sam finds the disturbing conversations from last night (about "810")
- Dean reads the messages ("Well this Princess Elsa is a bitch.")
- Dean wonders what "810" means
- Sam runs a list about what it could mean...3 addresses in town have the number
Neighboorhood
- Sam comments about the username (a 3rd grader who loves Frozen)
- Sam and Dean spot a woman leaving from their next location...they follow her
- The woman goes to a clean memorial flowers off a corner
- Sam and Dean asked the woman about her actions
- The woman reveals that her husband was killed months ago at the spot
- Sam wonders who leaves the flowers
- The woman describes a redhead with Greek letters
College Campus
- Dean tries to call Deliah...no answer
- Dean joins up with Sam (with food waiting for him)
- Sam finds the article about the woman's husband's death (Andrew Silver)
- Dean doesn't get what the connection is between Andrew, Billy and Julie
Fraternity House
- Deliah paces after getting another voicemail from the FBI
- Kyle is unaffected
- Deliah wants to come clean
- Kyle tells Deliah not to
- Deliah leaves
- Kyle starts sexting with someone
- The texts lead to another "810" death....through massive sound
- Kyle's organs seem to be liquidified
COMMERCIAL
Sorority House
- Sam waits with Deliah (she's freaking out)
- Dean walks in with news about Kyle's death
- "Death by decibels." -Dean
- Sam and Dean ask for the truth from Deliah
- Dean knows that Deliah is leaving the flowers for the widow
- Deliah confesses that the accident wasn't an accident
- Flashback begins as Deliah confesses
- Billy, Deliah, Kyle and Julie are all texting while driving
- Billy swerves and misses another car (that swerves into a pole)
- The teacher (Andrew) was alive but an electrical cord dropped
- Billy drove away
- Deliah wanted to call the cops
- Deliah freaks out that she's next
- Sam and Dean start salting the room
- Dean pulls Deliah into a salt circle
- Dean thinks that Andrew's ghost is traveling through the power lines (since Andrew was electrocuted)
- Sam wonders about Billy's pickup going haywire
- Sam leaves to find answers
- Dean stays behind to protect Deliah
- Dean wonders how Deliah is doing
- Deliah has nightmares about Andrew Silver so she's fine staying awake
Road
- Sam investigates the powerlines
Sorority House
- Dean confesses to Deliah that he's made mistakes that he regrets
- "How do you deal?" -Deliah
- "Whiskey. Denial." -Dean
- Dean tells Deliah that he always tries to do the right thing after making a mistake
- Dean suggests that Deliah make peace with what she did...to not bury it
- Dean gets a call from Sam
- Sam reveals that Andrew's spirit is traveling through Wi-Fi
- "So even ghosts are online?" -Dean
- Sam suggests that Dean get Deliah away from any internet connection
- "Sure Sammy, we'll just kill the Internet. Wait, can we?" -Dean
- Dean wonders if Deliah knows where the internet routers are
- Deliah as no clue
- The lights start to flicker...the temperature drops
- Andrew's Ghost appears on computer and phone screens
- Deliah screams
COMMERCIAL
Sorority House
- Dean starts smashing electronic screens
Silver Household
- Sam sees Andrew's wife...she has a feeling it's about her husband
Sorority House
- Dean packs up his bag and tells Deliah they need to go somewhere with no Wi-Fi signal
- Deliah leads Dean to the basement
- Dean starts to salt the entrances
Silver Household
- Mrs. Silver reveals that Andrew had been communicating with her online
- Sam wonders why Mrs. Silver never asked questions
- Mrs. Silver knew that Andrew was a ghost or something but she didn't care (since she had him back)
- Mrs. Silver revealed that Andrew started becoming more focused on revenge
- When the college students started dying, Mrs. Silver knew it was Andrew somehow
- "I didn't want to lose my husband again." -Mrs. Silver
Sorority House -- Basement
- Dean hears a buzzing noise
- Dean investigates and finds a forgotten phone
- Andrew attacks Deliah
- Deliah rushes to apologize
- Andrew starts to choke Deliah
- Dean whacks Andrew with the crowbar
- Andrew disappears
- Dean sends a 911 text to Sam
- Dean tries to reason with Andrew ("It's up to you man, pain or peace.")
- Andrew reappears and attacks Dean
- Deliah holds up the phone to Andrew
- Through the phone, Mrs. Silver begs Andrew to stop the killing
- Andrew stops and finds his own peace
- Dean catches his breath
COMMERCIAL
Silver Household
- Sam and Dean drive Deliah to the Silver Household
- Dean wonders if Deliah wants to go inside
- Deliah thinks she should have a long time ago
- Deliah walks out and approaches Mrs. Silver
- Mrs. Silver invites Deliah inside
- Sam comments on Andrew choosing peace
- Dean wants to follow his example to his own peace
- "My peace is helping people, working case. That's all I want to do." -Dean
- Dean wants to stop finding a cure for the Mark
- Sam reminds Dean that Castiel is so close to finding Cain
- Dean wants to move forward from the Mark when no research has done anything for him
- "The answer isn't out there." -Dean
- Dean knows that the answer to the Mark is within him, not in some lore book
- Sam can't fathom that Dean would want to stop fighting
- Dean will still fight (he'll even go down swinging) just not against the Mark
- Dean drives off
CREDITS
Promo for 10x14 = Cain returns and Dean is reunited with the First Blade
For a standalone case, I thought it was great to go with a classic while keeping it with the present day trends (aka social media). The little mentions of Cain and the Mark before and after the case was great as it showed some revelations being made and a new game plan in motion.
Though I didn't get Dean's sudden obssession with the ladies. There was never that much focus on it before...not in a long while at least. Is it Mark-related or is Dean just in a rut? Also what happened to Dean's plan to eat healthy?
See you next week for Cain's return!
Alright so here is a jotted recap of the episode with my initial thoughts included throughout and after the episode. I do it this way because my memory sucks when it comes to recalling things that don't revolve around my OTP for the series.
SEASON 10
**MAJOR SPOILER ALERT*
"Supernatural" - ep. 10x13 ("Halt & Catch Fire") [CW Promo] [My Tumblr Page for 10x13]
Synopsis: GHOSTLY CONNECTION - A ghost starts killing people through various electronic devices. Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean (Jensen Ackles) discover who was killed and why this ghost is seeking revenge on a group of college students but what they can’t figure out is how he’s doing it. With three dead, the brothers must stop the ghost before he claims his next victim.
Winchesters head to a college campus...this shall be interesting.
THEN:
- Hunters
- Cain and the Mark
- Vengeful spirits
NOW:
Spencer, Iowa
- A young couple (Janet and Billy) drive down a dark road
- A couple is redirected to a broken bridge
- The temperature drops
- The Terri App tells Janet to leave the car
- Janet does after being told twice
- Billy tries to leave too but the car stops him
- The car drives Billy off the bridge
- Janet screams
TITLE CARD
Bunker
- Dean eats a dessert when Sam walks in
- Sam has news from Castiel (who is closing in on Cain)
- Dean has doubts about how Cain would help them
- Sam wants to try talking to Cain
- Dean tells Sam about the Iowa case
Iowa College Campus
- Sam and Dean arrive
- Dean notices all the college girls
- Sam and Dean find Janet
- Janet explains how the technology went haywire against Billy
- Janet mentions the Terri App
- "When it comes to technology, my partner is a little behind." -Sam
- Sam wonders about Billy's enemies
- Janet mentions Billy's dead brother (Joey)
- Billy's truck was Joey's
- Janet gets called away
- Sam and Dean wonder if the truck was haunted
Junkyard (Night)
- Sam and Dean break in and find Joey's smashed up truck
- Sam finds ectoplasm on the driver seat
- Sam gets EMF readings
-
- Sam and Dean speculate about the dynamic between Billy and Joey
- Sam and Dean start the salt and burn ritual on the truck
Sorority House
- Two art students talk about their finals the next day
- One student (Deliah) goes to the library to study
- Other student (Julie) stays behind to take selfies
- She starts getting disturbing messages about "810"
- I sense a secret death
- The student tries to unplugs everything but it keeps repeating "8x10"
- The air chills around her
- The student gets strangled by a power cord
COMMERCIAL
Sorority House
-
- Dean oogles more college girls ("I'm not gonna make it.")
- Why does he seem more girl obsessed?
- Sam and Dean get news about the dead student (Julie)
- No witnesses for the murder
- Social media passwords were given to the authorities
- Dean gets EMF readings
- Sam notices the students laptop and cellphone
- "Both machine related kills." -Dean
- Sam takes the pink laptop
Outside Sorority House
- Sam and Dean question the roommate (Deliah)
- The two victims (Billy & Julie) knew each other
- Julie didn't know about Joey
- Dean has a feeling that Deliah is lying
- Deliah denies it
WEBCLIP #1 -- Campus Cafe
- Dean carries a tray full of junk food back to Sam
- Whatever happened to the healthy food?
- Dean is impressed with the food choices ("This is unreal.")
- "College is better than Vegas." -Dean
- I never thought I'd hear Dean say that
- Dean asks what Sam found
- Sam found nothing on the victim's online accounts
- Sam is now searching through deleted files
- Dean is stunned that Sam could do that
- Sam is amused that Dean didn't know that he could
- "Nothing ever really gets deleted from the Internet. You knew that, right?" -Sam
- Dean scoffs as he eats his noodles
- Sam laughs
- Sam finds the disturbing conversations from last night (about "810")
- Dean reads the messages ("Well this Princess Elsa is a bitch.")
- Dean wonders what "810" means
- Sam runs a list about what it could mean...3 addresses in town have the number
Neighboorhood
- Sam comments about the username (a 3rd grader who loves Frozen)
- Sam and Dean spot a woman leaving from their next location...they follow her
- The woman goes to a clean memorial flowers off a corner
- Sam and Dean asked the woman about her actions
- The woman reveals that her husband was killed months ago at the spot
- Sam wonders who leaves the flowers
- The woman describes a redhead with Greek letters
College Campus
- Dean tries to call Deliah...no answer
- Dean joins up with Sam (with food waiting for him)
- Sam finds the article about the woman's husband's death (Andrew Silver)
- Dean doesn't get what the connection is between Andrew, Billy and Julie
Fraternity House
- Deliah paces after getting another voicemail from the FBI
- Kyle is unaffected
- Deliah wants to come clean
- Kyle tells Deliah not to
- Deliah leaves
- Kyle starts sexting with someone
- The texts lead to another "810" death....through massive sound
- Kyle's organs seem to be liquidified
COMMERCIAL
Sorority House
- Sam waits with Deliah (she's freaking out)
- Dean walks in with news about Kyle's death
- "Death by decibels." -Dean
- Sam and Dean ask for the truth from Deliah
- Dean knows that Deliah is leaving the flowers for the widow
- Deliah confesses that the accident wasn't an accident
- Flashback begins as Deliah confesses
- Billy, Deliah, Kyle and Julie are all texting while driving
- Billy swerves and misses another car (that swerves into a pole)
- The teacher (Andrew) was alive but an electrical cord dropped
- Billy drove away
- Deliah wanted to call the cops
- Deliah freaks out that she's next
- Sam and Dean start salting the room
- Dean pulls Deliah into a salt circle
- Dean thinks that Andrew's ghost is traveling through the power lines (since Andrew was electrocuted)
- Sam wonders about Billy's pickup going haywire
- Sam leaves to find answers
- Dean stays behind to protect Deliah
- Dean wonders how Deliah is doing
- Deliah has nightmares about Andrew Silver so she's fine staying awake
Road
- Sam investigates the powerlines
Sorority House
- Dean confesses to Deliah that he's made mistakes that he regrets
- "How do you deal?" -Deliah
- "Whiskey. Denial." -Dean
- Dean tells Deliah that he always tries to do the right thing after making a mistake
- Dean suggests that Deliah make peace with what she did...to not bury it
- Dean gets a call from Sam
- Sam reveals that Andrew's spirit is traveling through Wi-Fi
- "So even ghosts are online?" -Dean
- Sam suggests that Dean get Deliah away from any internet connection
- "Sure Sammy, we'll just kill the Internet. Wait, can we?" -Dean
- Dean wonders if Deliah knows where the internet routers are
- Deliah as no clue
- The lights start to flicker...the temperature drops
- Andrew's Ghost appears on computer and phone screens
- Deliah screams
COMMERCIAL
Sorority House
- Dean starts smashing electronic screens
Silver Household
- Sam sees Andrew's wife...she has a feeling it's about her husband
Sorority House
- Dean packs up his bag and tells Deliah they need to go somewhere with no Wi-Fi signal
- Deliah leads Dean to the basement
- Dean starts to salt the entrances
Silver Household
- Mrs. Silver reveals that Andrew had been communicating with her online
- Sam wonders why Mrs. Silver never asked questions
- Mrs. Silver knew that Andrew was a ghost or something but she didn't care (since she had him back)
- Mrs. Silver revealed that Andrew started becoming more focused on revenge
- When the college students started dying, Mrs. Silver knew it was Andrew somehow
- "I didn't want to lose my husband again." -Mrs. Silver
Sorority House -- Basement
- Dean hears a buzzing noise
- Dean investigates and finds a forgotten phone
- Andrew attacks Deliah
- Deliah rushes to apologize
- Andrew starts to choke Deliah
- Dean whacks Andrew with the crowbar
- Andrew disappears
- Dean sends a 911 text to Sam
- Dean tries to reason with Andrew ("It's up to you man, pain or peace.")
- Andrew reappears and attacks Dean
- Deliah holds up the phone to Andrew
- Through the phone, Mrs. Silver begs Andrew to stop the killing
- Andrew stops and finds his own peace
- Dean catches his breath
COMMERCIAL
Silver Household
- Sam and Dean drive Deliah to the Silver Household
- Dean wonders if Deliah wants to go inside
- Deliah thinks she should have a long time ago
- Deliah walks out and approaches Mrs. Silver
- Mrs. Silver invites Deliah inside
- Sam comments on Andrew choosing peace
- Dean wants to follow his example to his own peace
- "My peace is helping people, working case. That's all I want to do." -Dean
- Dean wants to stop finding a cure for the Mark
- Sam reminds Dean that Castiel is so close to finding Cain
- Dean wants to move forward from the Mark when no research has done anything for him
- "The answer isn't out there." -Dean
- Dean knows that the answer to the Mark is within him, not in some lore book
- Sam can't fathom that Dean would want to stop fighting
- Dean will still fight (he'll even go down swinging) just not against the Mark
- Dean drives off
CREDITS
Promo for 10x14 = Cain returns and Dean is reunited with the First Blade
For a standalone case, I thought it was great to go with a classic while keeping it with the present day trends (aka social media). The little mentions of Cain and the Mark before and after the case was great as it showed some revelations being made and a new game plan in motion.
Though I didn't get Dean's sudden obssession with the ladies. There was never that much focus on it before...not in a long while at least. Is it Mark-related or is Dean just in a rut? Also what happened to Dean's plan to eat healthy?
See you next week for Cain's return!