I also got a tumblr page (link on the side) so many of the gifs used here have been reblogged there (since I have no clue as to how to make a gif).
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. 10x21 ("Dark Dynasty") [
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Producer's Preview]
Synopsis: THE WINCHESTERS MEET THE STYNES - Dean (Jensen Ackles) and Sam (Jared Padalecki) investigate a bizarre murder and realize the killer bears the same tattoo as those from the Styne family. Eldon Styne (guest star David Hoflin) attacks Dean and a brutal fight ensues. Meanwhile, Castiel (Misha Collins) acts as referee when Charlie (guest star Felicia Day) and Rowena (guest star Ruth Connell) are forced to work together on the Book of the Damned. Crowley (Mark Sheppard) discovers his mother is missing and knows she’s up to something so he turns to an old enemy for help.
Happy birthday to me! Charlie returns!
THEN:
- Rowena vs. Coven Leader
- Styne Family and the Book of the Damned
- Sam's deal with Rowena
NOW:
Omaha, Nebraska
- A lady enters a lab for her interview for a research clinical
- The doctor examines the lady
- The doctor has the Styne family tattoo
- The man slits the lady's thoat and steals her eyeballs
- The man jumps out of the high window before the custodian enters
TITLE CARD
Warehouse
- Sam is furious that Rowena has nothing from the codex -- it's been days
- Rowena wants her full powers
- "No witchcraft!" -Sam
- Rowena wants to get out as soon as possible...she's not stalling
- Rowena explains that the Codex is decrypted
- "Now we need to break a code to break a code?" -Sam
- Rowena isn't amused either
- "Get this done." -Sam
Lousianna
- Styne family meeting
- The fake-doctor (Eldon) is reprimanded for his recklessness
- Styne family harvest their victims
- Eldon is given the mission to find the Winchesters and get the Book of the Damned back
- Winchesters killed Eldon's brother (Jacob)
- Eli Styne is tasked with tracking Charlie down
- Yikes for the cult family dynamic
Bunker
- Sam walks in
- "Wow, you look like crap on toast." -Dean
- Sam argues that he's tired
- Dean wonders if Sam has a girl he doesn't know about
- Sam denies
- Dean knows that Sam is disappearing often
- Sam wonders what Dean is researching
- Dean is looking into the Styne family...no online traces
- Dean found a case (from Omaha)
- Sam is hesitant but agrees to check it out
- Dean gets ready to leave
WEBCLIP #1 -- Side Road
- Sam drives up to meet Charlie...hello hugs
- Charlie wonders why Sam didn't want her to meet him at the Bunker
- "We're not gonna be working in the Bunker." -Sam
- Bad move already! If the Bunker is protected then its best to keep the Book there...right?!?!
- Charlie wonders what's up with Sam...his call to her was vague
- Sam confesses that Dean isn't getting better
- "I feel like if we don't get the Mark off his arm, it's gonna eat him up." -Sam
- Charlie understands but wonders what they could do about it
- Sam brings up the codex he found that could decrypt the Book of the Damned
- "That would be awesome if you know, the book actually existed." -Charlie
- Sam confesses that he didn't burn the Book of the Damned
- Charlie is shocked
- "Well Dean wanted it burned, so is he pissed?" -Charlie
- Sam doesn't say anything
- "Of course, he doesn't know. Geez the two of you." -Charlie
- Sam argues that Dean isn't himself and he'd try to stop Sam from trying to save him
- Sam tells Charlie about the 'expert' he called in to help with the Book
- The Codex is also encrypted
- Sam was hoping that Charlie would decrypt the Codex
- Charlie doesn't want to go behind Dean's back
- "Behind Dean's back? After Dean told us the stupid book would kick our asses
- if we mess with it. Is there any part of this that doesn't reek?" -Charlie
- Sam tells Charlie that she'll be working with one of the most dangerous witches in the world
- Charlie is hesistant to go behind Dean's back
- Sam fears that his plan is the only way to help Dean
- "As far as I can tell, this is our only shot at saving him. If we don't take it, he's gone." -Sam
- Charlie sighs
COMMERCIAL
Warehouse
- Sam brings Charlie to Rowena
- Charlie sets up her equipment
- "Charlie is not your assistant. You're hers." -Sam
- Rowena wonders what Charlie is
- "I'm not a witch. I'm a nerd." -Charlie
- Sam explains that Charlie's tech skills will help move the decryption faster
- Castiel walks in
- "Cas? Are you in on this too?" -Charlie
- Rowena wonders what Castiel is and she's surprised that he's an angel
- Sam wants Castiel to guard the Book and to keep Rowena in check
- "I can't be here full-time refereeing." -Sam
- Castiel doesn't see how he has time to be referee
- Sam begs Castiel to do it for him
- Castiel asks for the rules of being a referee (Oh Cas!)
- Rowena tells Castiel that one rule is that Dean doesn't know of Sam's plan
- Castiel is stunned that Dean is in the dark
- Sam explains that Dean not knowing is the least of their problems when they have to save Dean from the Mark
- Charlie and Castiel agree ("For Dean.")
- "I barely know the man." -Rowena
Hell
- Crowley plays targets on a live target
- Demons come with news that Rowena is missing
- The demons are terrified of Crowley's reaction
- Crowley kills one demon
- Crowley wants the second demon to find Rowena
Omaha
- Sam and Dean are taken to the crime scene
- Security footage of Eldon's jump down
- Sam double checks the footage and finds the Styne family tattoo on Eldon's arm
- Dean asks more questions
- Sam gets a call from Castiel but he claims its telemarketers to Dean
- Winchesters leave
- The building tenant (?) gets a visit from Eldon
- Eldon kills him for talking to the Winchesters
Warehouse
- Charlie takes pictures of the Codex and does her searches --> nothing
- Rowena works on spellwork
- Castiel returns with snacks ("It sounds like blood sugar is dipping in here.")
- Human!Castiel craved Pork Rinds
- Charlie asks Rowena about the creator of the Book of the Damned (Agnes)
- Rowena talks about curses and its cures being Agnes' obsession
- "So I've got to think like a hermit then." -Charlie
- Rowena talks about Agnes being burned
- Charlie thinks Agnes was before her time
- Rowena thinks Charlie is like Agnes
- Was that an indirect compliment?
- Castiel walks away with the snacks
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- Rowena does an accurate reading on Charlie when she claims she's nothing like Agnes
- Rowena knows that Charlie made the Winchesters her family
- "Sam and Dean are like my brothers. I love them." -Charlie
- "I know." -Rowena
- Rowena believes that Charlie's loyalty to the Winchesters will be her downfall
Road
- Sam and Dean eat while talking about the Styne family
- Dean is glad the Book of the Damned is gone
- Sam wonders how Dean is doing
- Dean still has violent visions and urges to kill
- "I'm happy I've got a murder to focus on." -Dean
- Eldon is following the Impala
COMMERCIAL
Bunker
- Dean finds Sam's phone ringing...it's Castiel
- Dean answers
- Castiel tries to find excuses ("This call is pointless. My ride is here.")
- Charlie and Rowena are fighting in the background
- Sam enters and suggests a pizza rune
- Sam notices his phone
- Dean asks Sam about Castiel
- Sam claims to have not talked to Castiel in a while
- Sam leaves
- Dean is suspicious
Hell
- Crowley talks to the Grand Coven Leader that Rowena turned into a hamster
- Crowley talks 'hamster'?
- The hamster gives Crowley information about Rowena's demon lover
- Crowley calls on a minion to find the lover
Alleyway
- Dean makes his own pizza run
- Wasn't that Sam's job?
- Dean gets cornered by two cars
- Dean faces off Eldon and another Styne family member
- Dean kills one member but Eldon gets a hand on Dean
- Dean turns the tables onto Eldon
Warehouse
- Charlie begs Castiel to get her away from Rowena
- Charlie is going stir-crazy
Bunker (Dungeon)
- Eldon is chained up
- Dean questions Eldon about Omaha
- Eldon confirms
- Eldon notices the Mark on Dean
- "So it is true, you've got the Mark of Cain. My sympathies." -Eldon
- Eldon now knows why the Winchesters want the Book
- Sam wants the Book to break off the Styne family power
- Eldon claims the family power is from intelligence
- "We've been in the 'fix it' business for 1,000 years." -Eldon
- Sam gets a call from Castiel --> he walks out to take the call
- Eldon explains why the family needs the Book
- "With the Book, we're unstoppable." -Eldon
- Dean asks why Eldon needed the eyeballs
- Eldon comments on the family's history to harvest organs and put it in them to enhance them
- Eldon reveals that the family's real lineage = The House of Frankenstein
Bunker (Hallway)
- Sam tells Castiel that Charlie can't leave
- Sam suggests separation
- Castiel doesn't think it's enough and nothing is getting done
Bunker (Dungeon)
- Dean doesn't believe that Frankenstein is real
- Eldon lists the connections (ie: Mary Shelley)
- "She wrote a book, it doesn't get more public than that." -Eldon
- Dean wonders who's the head of the Styne family ("Who's big daddy Frankenstein?")
- Eldon talks about the Styne family going underground
- "I'm swell at uncovering secrets." -Dean
- Eldon wants the Book
- Dean tells Eldon that the book was burned
- Eldon reveals that the Book of the Damned is eternal...it can't be destroyed because of a spell
Bunker (Hallway)
- Sam ends his call with Castiel
- Dean confronts him ("What are you doing?")
- Dean gets ready to ask Sam something
- A loud bang is heard
- Sam and Dean rush to the dungeon
- Eldon is gone...only his arm is left in chains
- "What? The guy ripped it off." -Dean
- Why was only his arm chained up?
COMMERCIAL
Warehouse
- Castiel drags Rowena away from Charlie
- Charlie needs alone time
- Rowena doesn't believe that Charlie won't make progress without her
- Castiel comments on how Charlie can't be reminded that she's bretraying Dean
- Rowena brings up children as the ultimate betrayal to their mothers
- "You have a child?" -Castiel
- Rowena reveals that Crowley is her son
- "Crowley's your son? That explains a lot." -Castiel
- Castiel goes to check on Charlie
- Charlie is gone
Alleyway
- Eldon (without an arm) gets a call from Eli about Charlie
Bunker
- Dean returns with no sign of Eldon (his blood trail ended)
- Sam researched about Eldon's Frankenstein claim
- Dean brings up how the Styne family having the Book would be disastrous
- Dean reveals that Eldon told him that the Book can't be destroyed
- "I know I saw something burn." -Dean
- Dean got really creepy there...like he's ready to pounce
- Sam's cell goes off
- Castiel tells Sam that Charlie is gone
- Dean watches Sam closely
Motel
- Charlie works on her Codex decryption => she eventually gets it
- Eldon and Eli slowly approach the motel
- Eldon bangs on the door ("You have it, I want it.")
- Charlie grabs her computer and runs to the bathroom
- How did they track Charlie if she doesn't have the Book?
Bunker
- Dean is furious that Sam got Charlie involved
- "You got Charlie involved in this again and now she's missing?!?!" -Charlie
- Sam gets a call from Charlie
- Charlie tells him that someone is after her and they think she has the Book
- Sam tells Charlie to give them the Book
- Dean doesn't like what he hears ("Charlie has the damned Book of the Damned?!?!")
- Charlie only has the notes, not the Book
- Sam tells Charlie to give over the notes
- Charlie refuses
- Dean takes the phone and tells Charlie to give whatever they want to whoever is after her
- Sam and Dean rush out of the Bunker
Motel
- Eldon gets into the motel room and ransacks her bag
- Eldon finds nothing
- Charlie makes a quick upload
- Charlie smashes her computer
Road
- Dean furiously drives as he rants about Sam lying to him about the Book and involving Cas and Charlie
- "And then you pulled Cas into it, and Charlie?!"
- Sam argues that everyone was only trying to help cure Dean of the Mark
- "Charlie loves you, we all love you!" - Sam
Motel
- Eldon breaks down the bathroom door
- Charlie holds a knife up to Eldon
COMMERCIAL
Motel
- Sam and Dean arrive and follow the bloody trail
- Charlie is found dead in the bathtub
- "No." -Sam
- "Charlie?" -Dean
- NO!!!! Her return was the best birthday present ever and yet her death has now made it the worst!
- This will definitely set Dean off!
CREDITS
Promo for 10x22 = Dean goes on a killing spree to avenge Charlie
History has repeated itself!
Sam lied to Dean about the Book of the Damned and it got Charlie killed!
Just like last season when Dean lied to Sam about Gadreel and it got Kevin killed!
See you next week for 10x22!