Supernatural, Season 1
Episode 15, “The Benders”
Written by John Shiban
Directed by Peter Ellis.Here is another offering from the writer who brought us “Skin”, “Scarecrow” and “Dead Man’s Blood”, among others, so that’s a promising start. Like “Skin”, “The Benders” explores dark themes exposing the worst depths of human nature, in an episode ( Read more... )

Nightmare (cont.)

Typically we'd expect the brothers' over-the-car summing up to signal the end of the episode but, in "Nightmare", we're served an epilogue back at theire motel room:


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Nightmare (cont.)

After leaving the Miller house Sam agonizes that he was unable to save Max, while Dean expresses the view that the boy was too far gone. "I mean yeah, maybe if we had gotten there 20 years earlier . . ." he suggests. But then Sam makes a surprising remark:


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Nightmare (cont.)

After Max shoots himself (conveniently relieving Sam and Dean of the responsibility of deciding what to do with him), we move to s scene where Mrs. Miller is explaining things (but not everything) to the police. Beth Broderick gives a moving performance in this scene:


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Nightmare (cont.)

While we're all still wh - what just - what? They can't kill Dean! WHAT JUST HAPPENED?! We get flashes of white screen spliced with images of Dean dead and Sam in the cupboard.


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Nightmare (cont.)

Have to say, I think the visuals with the gun in this scene are amazing. The beautiful camera angles alone . . .


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