“The Girl Next Door” Season 7/Episode 3 Robin’s Rambles Dean awakens at Sioux Falls Hospital in agony, staring into three ER lights above him. His first question, of course, is where Sam is. The doctor tells him that Sam bashed his head hard and went upstairs for an MRI. As for Dean, the doctor…
“You’re not real,” gasps Sam, Lucifer’s hand around his throat. “Right,” chortles Luci, “you think this fruit-packed fevered dream is reality? You come back, I’m sorry, with no soul, like some peppy AMERICAN PSYCHO, till Saint Dean glues you back together again by buying you some magic amnesia?” He lets Sam drop. “You’re real,” says…
“Meet The New Boss” Season 7, Episode 1 Robin’s Rambles by Robin Vogel We are given a marvelous montage of season 6 and a few snippets of other seasons as the song “Slow Ride” by Foghat plays. It’s made clear that it’s all about the souls, from Castiel to Crowley to Death, all…
The Man Who Knew Too Much Ep 6/22 Robin’s Rambles by Robin Vogel It’s night, very dark. Sam is wildly running, apparently in upstate New York where Castle Storage, John’s storage container, is located. It appears a police car is chasing him. He leans against a door that says DELIVERY ENTRANCE ONLY and backs…
“Let It Bleed” Episode 6/21 Robin’s Rambles by Robin Vogel March 15, 1937, Providence, RI – On a dark, stormy night, heavily-drinking author H. P. Lovecraft types away frantically on a manual typewriter. Lights flash in his home as thunder crashes, branches from a tree outside scratching at the window. His door opens by…
“The Man Who Would Be King” Episode 6/20 Robin’s Rambles by Robin Vogel Head bowed, shoulders slumped, Castiel sits, and everything he says, we see, illustrated either from a cheesy old movie, or a storm-tossed sea. “I have been here for a very long time,” he says. “I remember many things. I remember being…
“Mommy Dearest 6/19 Robin’s Rambles by Robin Vogel Two college age guys exit a bar, one of them complaining that, where he comes from, the cost of a beer is only three dollars. The other volunteers to buy next time. Eve steps before them in her short white nightie. The one who volunteered to…
“Frontierland” –Robin’s Rambles by Robin Vogel (Sepia tinted) – Sunrise, Wyoming, March 5, 1861 – We see a “hangin’ rope,” a woman peering from a window and an empty western street. Two men approach each other as western music plays in the background, face each other, and toss back their coat tails at the…
My Heart Will Go On, 6/17 Robin’s Rambles by Robin Vogel In the recap, we sadly see Rufus, Ellen and Jo die all over again, and it was no easier than the first time. Chester, PA – A man props up his garage door with a stick, a foolhardy move on this show. He sets…
“And Then There Were None” 6/16 –Robin’s Rambles by Robin Vogel A man from the Starlight Cannery picks up a barefoot gal named Eve (we know her as the Mother of All) at a gas station. She asks for a ride, and although he’s reluctant at the weird circumstances, he introduces himself as Rick…
“The French Mistake” 6/15 Robin’s Rambles by Robin Vogel Sam and Dean are spending a very stormy night at Bobby’s. Dean pours the last drop of hooch into a glass and tells Sam that, despite the dreadful weather, “hero” Bobby has gone into town on a supply run for “Hunter’s Helper.” …
Mannequin 3: The Reckoning Robin’s Rambles by Robin Vogel Starting where we left off last week, Dean is fruitlessly trying to bring Sam back to consciousness. He calls his name, feels his pulse, touches his head, looks up in despair. “SAMMY!” he yells desperately–“come on, damn it!” Sam’s eyes open, and the hellfire inside recedes….
