Dean and Alcohol
A compilation of references to Dean's alcohol consumption, including times when he's mistaken for being inebriated. For a deeper analysis of Dean's drinking habits see the dedicated page.
Contents
- 1 Episodes
- 1.1 2.20 What Is and What Should Never Be
- 1.2 3.10 Dream a Little Dream of Me
- 1.3 3.15 Time Is on My Side
- 1.4 4.05 Monster Movie
- 1.5 4.08 Wishful Thinking
- 1.6 4.14 Sex and Violence
- 1.7 4.17 It's a Terrible Life
- 1.8 5.05 Fallen Idols
- 1.9 5.09 The Real Ghostbusters
- 1.10 5.10 Abandon All Hope...
- 1.11 5.11 Sam, Interrupted
- 1.12 5.17 99 Problems
- 1.13 5.22 Swan Song
- 1.14 6.01 Exile on Main St.
- 1.15 6.04 Weekend at Bobby's
- 1.16 6.06 You Can't Handle the Truth
- 1.17 6.09 Clap Your Hands If You Believe...
- 1.18 6.14 Mannequin 3: The Reckoning
- 1.19 6.15 The French Mistake
- 1.20 6.18 Frontierland
- 1.21 6.19 Mommy Dearest
- 1.22 6.21 Let It Bleed
- 1.23 7.01 Meet the New Boss
- 1.24 7.02 Hello, Cruel World
- 1.25 7.04 Defending Your Life
- 1.26 7.05 Shut Up, Dr. Phil
- 1.27 7.07 The Mentalists
- 1.28 7.14 Plucky Pennywhistle's Magical Menagerie
- 1.29 7.18 Party On, Garth
- 1.30 8.08 Hunteri Heroici
- 1.31 8.15 Man's Best Friend with Benefits
- 1.32 8.23 Sacrifice
- 1.33 10.09 The Things We Left Behind
- 1.34 10.11 There's No Place Like Home
- 1.35 10.12 About a Boy
- 1.36 10.13 Halt & Catch Fire
- 1.37 10.17 Inside Man
- 1.38 10.20 Angel Heart
- 1.39 10.22 The Prisoner
- 1.40 10.23 Brother's Keeper
- 1.41 11.04 Baby
- 1.42 11.14 The Vessel
- 1.43 11.15 Beyond the Mat
- 1.44 11.23 Alpha and Omega
- 1.45 12.11 Regarding Dean
- 1.46 12.14 The Raid
- 1.47 12.20 Twigs & Twine & Tasha Banes
- 1.48 13.05 Advanced Thanatology
- 1.49 13.07 War of the Worlds
- 1.50 13.12 Various & Sundry Villains
- 1.51 13.19 Funeralia
- 1.52 14.19 Jack in the Box
- 1.53 15.20 Carry On
- 2 External links
- 3 References
Episodes
2.20 What Is and What Should Never Be
Sam: Dean, you're drunk. You're drunk-dialing me.
Dean: I am not drunk. Quit screwing around!– Sam and Dean Winchester, 2.20 What Is and What Should Never Be
Dean: Well, the uh, the Djinn. It attacked me.
Sam: The gin? You're... Drinking gin?– Sam and Dean Winchester, 2.20 What Is and What Should Never Be
Mary: You've been drinking.
Dean: No, I haven't. Mom.– Dean and Mary Winchester, 2.20 What Is and What Should Never Be
Professor: You been drinking.
Dean: Everybody keeps asking me that. But uh... No.– Dean Winchester and a Professor, 2.20 What Is and What Should Never Be
Sam: [Motioning to the beer in Dean's hand] I see you started off Mom's birthday with a bang, as usual.
– Sam to Dean Winchester, 2.20 What Is and What Should Never Be
Sam: Come on, it's not even nine o'clock yet. Let's uh... Let's go have a drink or something.
– Dean to Sam Winchester, 2.20 What Is and What Should Never Be
3.10 Dream a Little Dream of Me
Jeremy: [Holds a beer for Dean] Unless you're on... Duty or, whatever?
Dean: I guess I can make an exception.– Jeremy Frost and Dean Winchester, 3.10 Dream a Little Dream of Me
Bobby: Yeahhhh. 'Fore I knew it was him, he offered me a beer. I drank it. Dumbest frigging thing.
Dean: Oh, I don't know. It wasn't that dumb.
Dean: I was thirsty?
Sam: Dean, you didn't.
– Bobby Singer, Sam and Dean Winchester, 3.10 Dream a Little Dream of Me
3.15 Time Is on My Side
Rufus: You know, I don't even bother drinking unless it's this stuff. Nectar of the Gods, I'm telling you.
Dean: Yeah, it's a nice change, you know. Most of my whiskey comes from a plastic jug.
4.05 Monster Movie
Dean: So, you got a beer back there for me?
Jamie: I don't know, Agent Young, you off duty?
Dean: And then some.
Dean: Hey, bar wench, where's that beer?
Jamie: Coming up, good sir!
Dean: Dude, Oktoberfest.
Lucy: You know what? I just -- I came to borrow a bottle. I kind of got something going back at my... Anyway, uh, you guys look really busy, so I'm just gonna get out of your hair.
Jamie: No, seriously, Lucy, it's been a crazy night. Stay for a drink.
Dean: Yeah. Stay for a drink.
– Lucy, Jamie and Dean Winchester, 4.05 Monster Movie
Dean: Oh, damn it! What did you put in our drinks?!
4.08 Wishful Thinking
Sam: Dean, come on, man. You think I can't see it? [...] The nightmares, the drinking. I'm with you 24/7. I know something's going on.
4.14 Sex and Violence
Dean: Soda?
Bobby: You boys are driving, aren't ya?– Bobby Singer and Dean Winchester in a departure to the usual drinking next to the Impala, 4.14 Sex and Violence
4.17 It's a Terrible Life
Sam: Yeah. I could use a beer.
Dean: Oh, sorry, man. I'm on the Cleanse. I got rid of all the carbs in the house.
5.05 Fallen Idols
Sam: [On the phone] Dean, are you in a bar?
Dean: No, I—I'm—I'm in a restaurant.
Dean: Hey, world's smallest violin, pal, I spent the afternoon up Christine's skirt. I needed a drink.
Bartender: Here's your beer.
Dean: Thanks. That happens to have a bar.
Sam: [On the phone] I've been working my ass off here.
– Sam and Dean Winchester, 5.05 Fallen Idols
5.09 The Real Ghostbusters
Sam and Dean: [In unison] I need a drink.
5.10 Abandon All Hope...
Dean: So. Dangerous mission tomorrow. Guess it's time to eat, drink, and, you know, make merry.
5.11 Sam, Interrupted
Dr. Cartwright: How many drinks do you have a week?
Dean: Well, I gotta sleep sometime. So, uh, what's seven days time… Somewhere in the mid fifties.– Dr Erica Cartwright and Dean Winchester, 5.11 Sam, Interrupted
Dean: Let's hit the road. I need a drink, or twelve.
5.17 99 Problems
Sam: No drinking, no gambling, no premarital sex… Dean, they basically just outlawed ninety percent of your personality.
Lisa: No, I…I mean, I know. I know. I want to. Come inside. Let me get you a beer.
Dean: I wish I could. Take care of yourself, Lisa.
Lisa: Yeah, you do. You do. You can come inside and let me get you a beer. We can talk.
Lisa: No, wait, wait! You can’t just drop a bombshell like that and then leave.
Dean: I know. I’m sorry. But I don’t have a choice.
5.22 Swan Song
Dean: If it's not too late, I... Think I'd like to take you up on that beer.
6.01 Exile on Main St.
Dean: I showed up on their doorstep half out of my head with grief. God knows why they even let me in. I drank too much. I had nightmares. I looked everywhere. I collected hundreds of books, trying to find anything to bust you out.
– Dean to Sam Winchester and Bobby Singer, 6.01 Exile on Main St.
6.04 Weekend at Bobby's
Bobby: What did you do, drink your way through it?
Dean: I was fine.
Dean: But at least I was sober.
Sam: No, he white knuckled his way through four puke bags.
– Bobby Singer, Sam and Dean Winchester, 6.04 Weekend at Bobby's
6.06 You Can't Handle the Truth
Bartender: Another one?
Dean: Uh, no, thanks. I'm working.– The bartender and Dean Winchester, 6.06 You Can't Handle the Truth
Dean: You know what? I will have that other one.
Bartender: Thought you were working.
Dean: I'd just like the freakin' truth. But I'll settle for another one.
Dean: I am working up to it.
Bartender: You okay?
Dean: No, not really.
Bartender: [Pouring Dean a shot] On me. Anything else I can get you?
– The bartender and Dean Winchester, 6.06 You Can't Handle the Truth
Lisa: You've got so much buried in there, and you push it down, and you push it down. Do you honestly think that you can go through life like that and not freak out? Just, what, drink half a fifth a night and you're good?
Dean: You knew what you signed up for.– Lisa Braeden and Dean Winchester, 6.06 You Can't Handle the Truth
6.09 Clap Your Hands If You Believe...
Sam: [Sam hands Dean a drink] Here. Drink. Good. [Sam pours Dean another drink]
Dean: Thank you.– Sam to Dean Winchester, 6.09 Clap Your Hands If You Believe...
6.14 Mannequin 3: The Reckoning
Sam: You want me to just forget about it?
Dean: You shove it down, and you let it come out in spurts of violence and alcoholism.
Dean: Well, works for me.
Sam: That sounds healthy.
6.15 The French Mistake
Sam: Where's Bobby?
Dean: In town, supply run.
Dean: Yeah, man's a hero. We were officially out of hunter's helper.
Sam: In this?
6.18 Frontierland
Dean: I'll have your top-shelf whiskey.
Elkins: Only have the one shelf.
Dean: That'll do just fine.
– Elkins and Dean Winchester, 6.18 Frontierland
6.19 Mommy Dearest
Dean: Phoenix ash. One shell, one ounce of whiskey. Down the hatch. Little musty on the afterburn. Call you later, Mom.
6.21 Let It Bleed
Sam: Look, man. You - you're running on what, uh, whiskey and - and coffee and whatever else you're taking.
Dean: Yeah, and?– Sam and Dean Winchester, 6.21 Let It Bleed
Balthazar: Drinking your feelings, Sam? I thought that was your brother's bag.
7.01 Meet the New Boss
Sam: You want some coffee with that?
Dean: It's 6:00 p.m. somewhere.
Dean: Yeah, you know how I'm gonna deal? I'm gonna stuff my piehole, I'm gonna drink, and I'm gonna watch some Asian cartoon porn and act like the world's about to explode because it is.
7.02 Hello, Cruel World
Dean: [Dean takes a can of beer from Sam's hand] Hey. Oh, yeah. Good thinking.
– Hallucifer posing as Dean to Sam Winchester, 7.02 Hello, Cruel World
7.04 Defending Your Life
Dean: Check this out. "AA, 10 years." Dead and sober. Double crappy.
Dean: AA gives me the jeebs.
Sam: Wow. Shocker.
Dean: I'm gonna check the bar.
Sam: To work or drink?
Dean: I haven't decided.
Mia: You may want to slow your roll there.
Dean: The more I drink, the better I tip.
Dean: Well, then I think I'll switch to beer.
Mia: Yeah, well, I'm off in an hour. So don't pass out on me.
7.05 Shut Up, Dr. Phil
Sam: Really? From a freaking flask? What are you, Bad Santa? On the job?
Dean: We're always on the job.
7.07 The Mentalists
Melanie: I need a drink.
Dean: I support that.
Sam: You can't just look me in the face and tell me you're fine. I mean, you're not sleeping, you drink for the record—
Dean: Oh, here we go.
Sam: Look, whatever. Last one to preach, I know. But... Just be honest with me. How are those the actions of someone who knows they did the right thing?
7.14 Plucky Pennywhistle's Magical Menagerie
Dean: No baby mamas. No bars. No booze – no hot chicks of any kind.
– Dean to Sam Winchester, 7.14 Plucky Pennywhistle's Magical Menagerie
7.18 Party On, Garth
Dean: All right, that's it. No microbrew is worth… What was it – eight Food Magazine awards? Beer's not food. It's... Whatever water is.
– Dean talking to Sam Winchester and Garth, 7.18 Party On, Garth
Sam: I mean, can you even get drunk anymore? It's kind of like, uh, drinking a vitamin for you, right?
Dean: All right. Party time.
– Dean Winchester as he's about to get himself drunk, 7.18 Party On, Garth
Dean: I'm actually kind of drunk.
8.08 Hunteri Heroici
Dean: Yeah, that guy gave me my first beer. I don't even think I was double digits.
– Dean talking to Sam Winchester about Fred Jones, 8.08 Hunteri Heroici
8.15 Man's Best Friend with Benefits
Dean: I'm gonna go for a beer run.
– Dean to Sam Winchester, 8.15 Man's Best Friend with Benefits
8.23 Sacrifice
Castiel: Do you really think it's wise to be drinking on the job?
Dean: What show you been watching?– Castiel and Dean Winchester, 8.23 Sacrifice
10.09 The Things We Left Behind
Dean: Well, by about midnight, Sam and Dad are zonked, and I figure… Screw it. I’m going to CBGB.
Sam: [...] He was WAY underage at the time.
Dean: But not fun drunk. I’m not quite sure what was in that stuff, but the room starts to spin, and I feel like I’m going to puke… Forever.
Dean: All right, so I get there. I sneak in, and it is nuts. I mean, people are drinking and they’re smoking and they’re—they’re snorting whatever. There’s a five-hundred pound guy on stage with a Mohawk just screaming. And, uh, my mind is blown. I don’t even know what to do. Then this girls walks up and she says “Hey, why don’t you come over and sit down with me and my friends at our table?” All right!
Sam: Yeah, and they get him drunk. First time.
– Dean and Sam Winchester tell Castiel about Dean's first time being drunk, 10.09 The Things We Left Behind
10.11 There's No Place Like Home
Dean: Until we get answers on this Mark of Cain, I am on a 12-step program not to backslide.
Sam: 12 steps?
Sam: That's three steps.
Dean: Yeah. Hey, if Cain found a way to live with it after going dark side, then I just got to find a way to keep it in check, so haven't had a drink in a week, eight hours of rack time every night, and... Now this masterpiece.
Dean: Soon as we get rid of this demonic tramp stamp, I am back on the booze, burgers, and... More booze.
Bartender: Are you gonna stare at that all night?
Dean: I'm pacing myself.– Dean Winchester talks to the baretender while staring at his drink, 10.11 There's No Place Like Home
10.12 About a Boy
Dean: Look, it’s a dive bar. It’s my comfort zone, hmm?
Bartender: What can I do you?
Dean: Screw it. I’m gonna believe in myself.
Dean: Give me something dark and strong.
Bartender: Attaboy.
– A bartender and Dean Winchester, 10.12 About a Boy
Tina: You know, before… I thought you were just another drunk.
Dean: I prefer functional alcoholic.– Tina and Dean Winchester, 10.12 About a Boy
Dean: Some good news, though—virgin liver. So, what do you say when we’re done doing our hero thing, we take her for a test-drive?
Sam: Yeah, sure. I mean… You can drink again in, what, like seven years?
Sam: That’s kind of funny.
Dean: That’s not funny.
– Sam and Dean Winchester, 10.12 About a Boy
10.13 Halt & Catch Fire
Delilah: So… How do you deal?
Dean: Whiskey. Denial.– Delilah Marian and Dean Winchester, 10.13 Halt & Catch Fire
10.17 Inside Man
Sam: Hey. How did you sleep?
Dean: Like a drunk baby.– Sam and Dean Winchester, 10.17 Inside Man
Dean: So, uh, snow day. I say we get drunk and shoot crap.
Sam: Yeah, except we do that every day.– Sam and Dean Winchester, 10.17 Inside Man
Ty's friend: Dude, he's blitzed.
Dean: No. No, no, no, no. I'm... I'm... I'm fine, man. I'm good to go. Hmm? Good to go.
Ty: He's fine.
– Dean Winchester pretends to be drunk to hustle pool, 10.17 Inside Man
10.20 Angel Heart
Claire: Can I have one? Like you never had a beer before you were 21.
– Claire Novak asks Dean Winchester for a beer, 10.20 Angel Heart
10.22 The Prisoner
Dean: I'm sober, mostly sober, so what's this about?
– Dean Winchester to a police officer, 10.22 The Prisoner
10.23 Brother's Keeper
Crowley: So, this is how you dream. Really? Stale beer, sticky bar. Agh, what is this? Syphilis? About the only thing you got right was the bartender.
Dean: Well, they don't call them dry dreams for nothing. Now, beat it. This is me time.– Crowley and Dean Winchester, Dean's dream in a 10.23 Brother's Keeper deleted scene
11.04 Baby
Dean: Where's the beer?
Sam: Under the smoothies.
Dean: Where's the rest of the beer?
– Sam and Dean Winchester, 11.04 Baby
Dean: Welcome to the Winchester Motel. We don't have cable, but we do... Have room service. [Dean hands Sam a beer]
– Dean to Sam Winchester, 11.04 Baby
11.14 The Vessel
Sam: Seriously? Dude it's like noon.
Dean: Uh, well you drank all the coffee, so what am I supposed to drink, water?– Sam and Dean Winchester, 11.14 The Vessel
11.15 Beyond the Mat
Sam: What happened?
Dean: Mostly tequila. Cut with holy water. I bought drinks for all the wrestlers, and then, y'know, they're all, 'Well... you gotta drink too.' Man, they can drink. Especially Rio. I think I heard my liver screaming at me.
11.23 Alpha and Omega
Dean: You know what? This isn't gonna be enough. I better make a run. No reason to die sober, huh?
12.11 Regarding Dean
Dean: Excuse me. Do you mind if I–
Woman: [She hands Dean some money] Just don't buy a drink.– Dean Winchester asks for help, 12.11 Regarding Dean
Sam: Rough night?
Dean: Rough morning.
Dean: I don't know. [...] I-I guess I blacked out. And judging from this hangover, it was epic.
Sam: Wh-What happened? I mean, you just went out to get some food.
Sam: All right, Dean, you know, uh, you had a good run, but maybe let's pump the brakes a little bit. I mean, you're not 20 anymore.
Dean: Okay, one, the Rat Pack partied till the day they died. And B, I can still kick your ass.
Sam: Are you still drunk?
Dean: I don't think so.
Dean: Yup. Epic night.
– Dean Winchester after being slapped by Elka, 12.11 Regarding Dean
Sam: Man, you were serious about epic.
– Sam reacts to Dean Winchester's confusion, 12.11 Regarding Dean
Dean: I guess it's true what they say. Mo' money, mo' problems. Right?
Sam: I hope you're still drunk.
Dean: Tiny vodkas. Score.
– Dean Winchester picks up drinks from the mini fridge., 12.11 Regarding Dean
Sam: This is serious. Look, I think Dean's been hexed okay? He—He's been forgetting things.
Rowena: Maybe he's just drunk. Oi!
Sam: He's not drunk.
– Sam and Rowena McLeod about Dean Winchester, 12.11 Regarding Dean
12.14 The Raid
Dean: All right, you know what? Screw it. I need a drink. [...] No, I need drinks. Plural.
– Dean to Sam Winchester, 12.14 The Raid
12.20 Twigs & Twine & Tasha Banes
Tasha: I have wine.
Max: Great.
Dean: Wine.
– Dean Winchester, Tasha and Max Banes, 12.20 Twigs & Twine & Tasha Banes
Sam: Dean... Drink.
Dean: Yes. [He pours the wine from Sam's glass into his]– Sam and Dean Winchester, 12.20 Twigs & Twine & Tasha Banes
Dean: You know, I gotta say, you did a bang up job with those two.
Tasha: You must be drunk.
Dean: Off of wine?
– Dean Winchester and Tasha Banes, 12.20 Twigs & Twine & Tasha Banes
13.05 Advanced Thanatology
Sam: You want a beer with that?
Dean: I’m cool?
Sam: Come on, live a little. Here. [Places bottle of beer from fridge in front of Dean]
Dean: Dude, what is going on with you?
Sam: What are you talking about?
Dean: All day. You give me a-a beer for breakfast. You – you gave me Agent Page, which you always like to be. You – you didn’t whine about me blaring my music the whole way here. And when we stopped for lunch, you ordered my chili fries.
13.07 War of the Worlds
Castiel: Dean, you can't accompany me. My contact is already anxious about meeting and won't speak in the presence of a stranger.
Dean: So introduce me. Then I'm not a stranger. I'll bring a six-pack.
13.12 Various & Sundry Villains
Dean: So you read, do your Sam thing, I’m gonna go for a beer run.
Sam: Yeah. […] Just go get beer or… [Waves Dean away]
13.19 Funeralia
Dean: All right, come on. Ideas. [closes his eyes and rubs his hands together] Come on. Here we go. [Dean sips his coffee and Cas sighs, neither have any ideas] Nah. I need a real drink. I’m gonna get a beer. You want a beer?
Castiel: No.
Dean: I’ll get a beer.
14.19 Jack in the Box
Castiel: You need anything?
Dean: Yeah, I need a drink.
15.20 Carry On
Dean: Oh, wow. This tastes like the first drink I ever shared with my dad.
Bobby: Quality stuff?
Dean: No, it's crap. But it was fantastic.
– Bobby Singer and Dean Winchester about Dean's first drink, 15.20 Carry On
External links
- A fanvid about Dean's drinking by YouTube user analog interface.
- A fanvid about Dean's drinking by YouTube user Stevie Michael.
- A video of Jensen Ackles talking about Dean's drinking habits in season 8 at Salute to Supernatural Toronto 2012.
