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Revision as of 07:42, 8 March 2019
Title | Ouroboros |
Episode # | Season 14, Episode 14 |
First aired | March 7, 2019 |
Directed by | Amyn Kaderali |
Written by | Steve Yockey |
On IMDB | Ouroboros |
Outline | Sam, Dean, Cas, Jack and Rowena track a flesh-eating demigod but that turns out not to be their biggest threat. |
Monster | Gorgon Michael (Apocalypse World) |
Timeline | |
Location(s) | Raton, New Mexico Lebanon, Kansas |
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Contents
Synopsis
Characters
- Sam Winchester
- Dean Winchester
- Castiel
- Jack Kline
- Rowena
- Michael (Apocalypse World)
- Maggie (Apocalypse World)
- Noah Ophis
- Felix
Definitions
- Aliases
- Angel Blade
- Angel Lore
- Angel Wings
- Archangel
- Costumes & Disguises
- Exorcism
- Food
- Gorgon
- Healing
- Hunters
- Impala
- Led Zeppelin
- Men of Letters Bunker
- Monsters
- Nephilim
- Rocky's Bar
- Silver
- Smiting
- Soul
- Spells
- Table of Death
- Telekinesis
- Unconscious
- Vessel
- Witches
Music
Quotes
Dean: Yeah. Who would just let themselves be eaten? Hey, I'll say it again, my money's on witchcraft.
Rowena: Och, you. Always blaming witches.
Rowena: Speaking of which, I'm also curious as to how your brother is managing to keep an archangel locked away inside his mind.
Sam: Because... he's Dean. And Dean is Dean. He's fine.
Sam: Because... he's Dean. And Dean is Dean. He's fine.
Dean: 'Dean, I see you standing alone by the truck reading this note. I see you and the tall man and the red-headed witch chasing me. I will always see you. Stop, or I will make you stop. Regards, Noah.' I'm on a first-name basis with some psycho pen pal. That's aces.
Castiel: Somehow he knows you. But you're not standing alone. Why doesn't he mention me?
Rowena: Fine. Don't tell me. But using dangerous, mysterious magic, regardless of the cost that's a very on-brand me thing to do.
Sam: Well, thank you.
Victim: You're just preying on -- on helpless men?
Noah: 'Helpless men' -- that's rich. No, I do eat ladies, too, but women have become so cautious lately. Must be all that finally waking up from centuries of misogynistic oppression. Good for them. Bad for you. It's so bad for him, isn't it, Felix?
Noah: 'Helpless men' -- that's rich. No, I do eat ladies, too, but women have become so cautious lately. Must be all that finally waking up from centuries of misogynistic oppression. Good for them. Bad for you. It's so bad for him, isn't it, Felix?
Michael: Burning off your soul? You'll run out soon enough.
Jack: It's worth the cost.
Michael: I should've killed you when I had the chance!
Jack: I feel the same.
Michael: How dare you! I am the Commander of the Host! The Cleanser of Worlds! I will not be challenged by a child!
Trivia & References
The Ouroboros is ancient Egyptian symbol depicting a snake eating it's own tail, that was adopted by the Greeks and most famously used in alchemy.
Sam: I mean, no pictures in his phone. And this place doesn't exactly scream 'snake guy.'
Rowena: Not enough Pantera posters, for one.
Dean: Okay, so, what? This guy's some real Houdini?
Castiel: Okay, um... these killings -- it seems like there's a ritualistic quality to the crime scenes, right? It's almost liturgical. It means religious.
Rowena: I believe we are hunting a gorgon, an ancient cursed being, with an affinity for snakes and a hunger for human flesh.
Dean: Snakes for hair? That's like Medusa.
Rowena: You know about Medusa?
Dean: Oh, yeah. Clash of the Titans? Turns guys to stone?
- In Greek mythology a gorgon was a creature whose gaze could turn a person to stone. The most well known are the three sisters -- Medusa, Stheno and Euryale -- who had live snakes for hair, and who would turn any person who looked on them to stone. There are two movies called Clash of the Titans, which both tell the story of Perseus and his battles against gods and monsters. Dean has possibly seen both the 1981 version of the movie and the 2010 version.
Dean and Castiel use the aliases "Page" and "Jones" for their FBI covers, referring to Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones from Led Zeppelin.
Rowena: Yeah, well, assuming you're not all paralyzed or eaten... off with his head.
Noah's story of the black snake and the chicken is an African folktale from Liberia known as "Black Snake and the Eggs." You can read it here.
Minutiae
While not fully named in the episode, promotional material lists the gorgon Noah's surname as "Ophis." Ophis is the Greek word for serpent.
Dean, Cas and Jack have coffee at a Mexican restaurant called El Sabrosa.
Continuity Error: While reading the note that Noah left him, Dean says, "I see you standing alone by the truck reading this note." However, the actual note does not contain the word "alone."