14.06 Optimism
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| Title | Optimism |
| Episode # | Season 14, Episode 6 |
| First aired | November 15, 2018 |
| Directed by | Richard Speight, Jr. |
| Written by | Steve Yockey |
| On IMDB | Optimism |
| Outline | |
| Monster | Harper Sayles Musca Zombie |
| Timeline | |
| Location(s) | McCook, Nebraska Outside Memphis, Tennessee |
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Contents
Synopsis
Characters
Definitions
- Aliases
- Christo
- Holy Water
- Hunters
- Impala
- Men of Letters Bunker
- Monsters
- Musca
- Necromancy
- Pie
- Silver
- Son of a Bitch
- Table of Death
- Zombie
Music
- "Clocksukka" by Stefano Ruggeri
- (plays during the recap of previous events)
- "Stayin' Alive" by Bee Gees
- (playing as Winston struts down the street before his death)
- "Honky Tonk Queen" by Selecttracks
- (playing as Dean and Jack enter Dick's Red Rooster Diner)
- "I'll Go On Alone" by Marty Robbins
- (playing in the diner as Harper writes Jack a "love" letter)
Quotes
Jack: Dean I need to do something, you don't understand. I could have killed Michael. Here, when I was strong enough I could have. But there was so much going on, and then everything else happened and I was distracted and stupid and --
Dean: Hey. You didn't do anything wrong.
Trivia & References
Minutiae
The episode was originally known as "Curious Cravings".
Maddie Phillips, who played Harper Sayles, previous played Janet Novoselic in 10.13 Halt & Catch Fire.
David Quinlan, who played Diner Man, previous played Nate Mulligan in 2.17 Heart.
Jack tells Dean since losing his powers food and drinks taste different for him. In 9.11 First Born Castiel revealed to Sam that his taste buds changed during his stint as a human, and as an angel he can taste each individual molecule of a PB & J sandwich.
Jack uses the phrase "Christo" to test if Harper Sayles is possessed. This is the first time since 1.04 Phantom Traveler that this method of demon testing has been used on the show. The lack of its use since season one has long been a bugbear of fandom.
In the first scene in the euphemistically named "Dick's Red Rooster Diner," after Jack asks about sex, Dean pushes the rooster (aka cock) next to him to face in another direction.
Dean gets pie in this episode along with Jack and gets to eat it too.
Dean remarks that Jack finally gets to hunt a zombie, something he was excited about doing in 13.06 Tombstone, before learning Dave Mather was a ghoul.
