12.04 American Nightmare
Title | American Nightmare |
Episode # | Season 12, Episode 4 |
First aired | November 3, 2016 |
Directed by | John F. Showalter |
Written by | Davy Perez |
On IMDB | American Nightmare |
Outline | After a woman dies from what appears to be stigmata wounds. Sam and Dean investigate a devout religious family living off-the-grid, who are hiding a dangerous secret. |
Monster | Gail Peterson |
Timeline | |
Location(s) | Mason City, Iowa Pleasant Valley, Missouri |
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Contents
Synopsis
Characters
- Sam Winchester
- Dean Winchester
- Mr. Ketch
- Abraham Peterson
- Gail Peterson
- Elijah Peterson
- Magda Peterson
- Beth Roberts
Definitions
- Aliases
- Aquarian Star
- Costumes & Disguises
- EMF
- Hugs
- Impala
- Men of Letters
- Mr. Ketch's Motorcycle
- Palm Readers/Psychics
- Pie
- Sammy
- Table of Death
- Telekinesis
- Telepath
- Unconscious
- Witches
Music
- "Golden Dunes" by The Budos Band
- (playing on iPod as Ricky Copeland is killed)
- "Down in My Heart" by Paloma Kwiatkowski
- (sung by Magda Peterson as Sam and Dean leave the Peterson home)
- "Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho" by Paloma Kwiatkowski
- (sung by Magda Peterson as Sam comes to)
Quotes
Dean: Yeah. Good news, there's nothing on angel radio and Heaven's still on lockdown. So rogue angel is out.
Sam: Bad news?
Dean: Oh yeah. Yeah, we're besties.
Gail: Yes.
Sam: She didn't have to die. She was sick, if you had taken her to a doctor.
Gail: God does not-
Magda: That's not my name. I'm not Magda. I'm the Devil.
Magda: You can do that?
Sam: Yeah, and you thought our family was crazy.
Beth: She has a ranch. Lots of wide-open country.
Sam: I hope so. I mean Magda didn't know what she was doing, she had no idea. I think she deserves a second chance. What did Beth want?
Dean: She gave me her number. Her personal number.
Sam: You were gonna shoot her.
Dean: Yeah. Kinda weird, kinda hot.
Sam: Hey, did you mean what you said back there?
Trivia & References
- In the '90s rock music radio stations used the tagline "Rock. Nothing but Rock." -- which people quickly parodied as "Nothing Butt Rock." Butt rock became slang for bad rock music - which of course varied depending on your tastes! It can be assumed with Sam being a fan of Bon Jovi and Vince Vincente, that his musical tastes veered more towards '80s hair/glam metal growing up, which is in contrast to Dean and John's classic hard rock and heavy metal tastes.
Dean: That Carl paints quite the picture. What can do that?
Sam: I got nothing.
Dean: Me neither. Well, maybe we should focus on the case and less of the Dr. Phil crap.
- "Dr. Phil" is a reference to TV personality and relationships advice guru Phil McGraw.
Sam: What?
Dean: What? The Wicked Witch of the West in there. Miss 'positive energy,' wanted a bigger office, did a little hoodoo. Boom. I say we put a witch-killing cap in her ass and call it a day.
- The Wicked Witch of the West is an evil witch from the Oz books by Frank Baum. She also appeared in the episode 9.04 Slumber Party.
- Children of the Corn is a story by Stephen King (and subsequent movie franchise) about a town where children kill their peers on their 19th birthdays as a sacrifice to an evil deity who lives in the cornfields.
Sam: Well, you know sometimes families do better with a little time apart.
Dean: Yeah, who? The Mansons?
- The Manson Family refers to the followers of cult leader and murderer Charles Manson.
- "Papist" is disparaging term for Roman Catholics typically used by sectarians.