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|image= [[Image:2-14 Born Under a Bad Sign.jpg|300px350px|Promotional image from Born Under a Bad Sign]]
|title= Born Under a Bad Sign
|episode= Season 2, Episode 14
|imdb= [http://imdb.com/title/tt0940441/ Born Under a Bad Sign]
|download= [http://itunes.apple.com/us/tv-season/born-under-a-bad-sign/id207595116?i=215318445 iTunes], [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000NDRUQQ/ref=atv_dp_se_2_14/102-6268956-3507308 Amazon.com]
|outline= After receiving a frantic call from [[Sam]], who has been missing for over a week, [[Dean ]] races to his brother's side.|motw= [[Meg!Demon]]|location= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin_Lakes%2C_Wisconsin Twin Lakes, Wisconsin]<BRbr> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otter_Creek_Township Otter Creek, Iowa]<BRbr>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duluth%2C_Minnesota Duluth, Minnesota]<BRbr>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sioux_Falls%2C_South_Dakota Sioux Falls, South Dakota]|timeline= Late January/early February, 2007
|map= <googlemap lat="43.516689" lon="-89.384766" zoom="4" width="300" height="300" overview="yes" controls="small">
42.528332, -88.264794, Twin Lakes, WI, USA
43.54599, -96.731291, Sioux Falls, SD, USA
</googlemap>
|prevep= 2.13 Houses of the Holy
|nextep= 2.15 Tall Tales
}}
|Synopsis=
The teaser starts with [[Dean]], speaking on the phone with [[Ellen]]. [[Sam]] has been gone for a week now. Suddenly, he gets a call from Sam. Dean hurries off and finds Sam dazed, and covered in blood. Sam tells Dean the blood isn't his, and that he doesn't remember a thing.
Together, Sam and Dean the boys follow a string of clues to try and discover what happened to Sam during the missing days. They happen upon a storage unit for which Sam has the key. When they open it, they find a stolen car, and inside the car, a bloody knife on the floor. Clues lead them onwards onward to a gas station where a startled worker demands that Sam leave. Apparently, on while Sam's visit visited during the missing week, he began chain smoking and downing beer, even throwing the bottles at the worker's head, a revelation that confuses Dean. The brothers find themselves at a house and inside they find the corpse of a hunter, [[Steve Wandell]]. They watch the security videos in silent horror, seeing Sam grapple with Wandell before slitting his throat.
It is holy water and it sears Sam, who is revealed to have been possessed by a [[demon]]. Demon-Sam escapes through the window and Dean gives chase. The demon taunts Dean that its plan all along was to push Dean far enough that he'd kill Sam and that it'll use Sam's body to find and kill every hunter it can. The chase finally ends on a dock, where demon-Sam shoots Dean, who falls into the water. Thinking him dead, demon-Sam leaves.
Jo frantically tries Dean's cell, before finding him wounded but alive. She fixes him up, taking the bullet out of his shoulder. Jo quietly asks if demons ever tell the truth, to which Dean replies that they can occasionally if they know it will get to a person, but Jo refuses to reveal anything more than that. She offers to help, but Dean forbids her to follow.
Demon-Sam turns up at another hunter's home, [[Bobby Singer]]. Bobby lets Sam in and offers him a beer, toasting to [[John Winchester]]. As Demon-Sam drinks up, he suddenly collapses, smoke coming out of his mouth. Bobby reveals that he 'd mixed the beer with holy water and tells him, "Don't try to con a con man" before knocking him unconscious.
Demon-Sam wakes later to find himself in the center of the a [[devil's trap]]. Dean is already there, and Bobby starts the exorcism. The demon inside Sam snarls viciously at the chant and Dean tells it that no matter what kind of plans that [[Azazel|the Yellow-Eyed Demon]] has in store, Dean will not let anything happen to Sam. The demon laughs at him and says that it being there has nothing to do with the "Master Plan". Bobby's incantation fails to expel the demon, which gleefully begins its own incantations. Bobby finds a binding link on Sam's arm, which effectively locks the demon inside of Sam and neither he nor Dean know what to do nownext. Meanwhile, Demon-Sam's incantations affect the devil's tap trap on the roofceiling, cracking it to pieces and finally allowing the demon access to its powers again.
Sam turns back to Dean, eyes now black, and flings both him and Bobby using telekinesis. He pulls himself free from the chair and starts to give Dean a beating, punching him terribly viciously and squeezing his injured shoulder. The demon reveals itself to be the same one that possessed [[Meg]], who has crawled out of hell, bent on getting her revenge. Meg tells Dean that no matter how much she tortures him, it's nothing compared to the way Dean tortures himself; over losing their father and over potentially losing Sam. Before she can strike Dean again, Bobby grabs Demon-Sam's arm and burns the mark on Sam's forearm with a hot iron rod, destroying the link. Sam screams as the demon exits him and escapes by via the fireplace.
Later, the two are sitting at Bobby's place nursing their wounds when Bobby informs them that Steve Wandell has been murdered and that his hunter comrades are out looking for blood. He tells the boys to keep their mouths shut about it. Bobby also gives the brothers [[Charm Amulet|charm amulets]] to prevent future possessions before Sam and Dean hit the road again. Along the road, Sam reveals to Dean he was awake for some of the things that Meg did in his body, ; he was even awake to watch Steve Wandell being murdered by his own two hands. He also rebukes Dean for not taking action and killing him when asked, as this could have been the moment their father warned Dean about before his death. Dean tells him that John told him he'd either have to save Sam or kill him and he will definitely find a way to save Sam in the end.
|Characters=
* [[Sam Winchester]]
* [[Dean Winchester]]
* [[Sam WinchesterBobby Singer]]
* [[Jo Harvelle]]
* [[Bobby SingerMeg]]
* [[Steve Wandell]]
|Pad_of_Definitions=
* [[Alcohol]]
* [[Richard (Richie) SamboraBinding Link]] <sup>* [[PoDBobby's Hats]]</sup>* [[DevilCharm Amulet]]* [[Dean's Gate ReservoirAmulet]] <sup>* [[PoDDean's Cell Phone]]</sup>* [[HellspawnDeer's Head]] <sup>* [[PoDDemon Smoke]]</sup>* [[Charm AmuletDemonology]] <sup>* [[PoDDevil's Gate Reservoir]]</sup>
* [[Devil's trap (symbol)|Devil's Trap]]
* [[Evil!Sam]]
* [[Fights]]
* [[Hellspawn]]
* [[Holy Water]]
* [[Binding LinkHoly Water in the Face]]* [[Possession]]* [[Richard (Richie) Sambora]]* [[Sammy]]* [[Sam's Cell Phone]]
* [[Singer Salvage Yard]]
* [[Table of Death]]
* [[Telekinesis]]
* [[Unconscious]]
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'''Dean:'''Sam:, what the hell happened?<br>''' Sam:''[to Jo]'Dean. I don' My Daddy shot your Daddy in the headt remember anything.}}
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'''Sam:''' What if this is what Dad warned you about?<br>'''Dean:''' SamHey, whoa, whoa, when Dad told me I might have to kill youcome on man, it was only if I couldnlet's not jump the gun here. We don't save youknow what happened. We've just got to treat this like, like any other job. Now if itWhat's the last thing you remember?<br>'''Sam:''' Just me and you, just, in that motel room in West Texas, going out to grab some burgers, and...<br> '''Dean:''' West Texas? That was, that was over a week ago.<br>'''Sam:''' That's it. Next thing I knew I do, was sitting here. Bloody. Felt like I'm gonna save youd been asleep for a month.}}
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'''Dean:''' DudeWhat's going on with you, you Sam? Hm? 'Cause smoking, throwing bottles at people, I mean, that sounds more like full-on had a girl inside me than you for like a whole week. That's pretty naughty.}} |Trivia_References=[[Image:Pt_buabs.jpg|thumb|300px|Screencaps from [[1.04]] (top) & 2.14 (bottom)]]
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'''DeanMeg/Sam:''' Hi, um, so sorry to bother you, but uh, my son snuck out of the house last night and, uh, went to a Justin Timberlake concert. How? You can''(pause)'' What? Yeaht hurt me. No, Justin is quite the triple threatNot without hurting your little brother. UhSee, anyway, heI think you's not back yet, andre gonna die, Dean. You and every other hunter Ican find. One look as Sam'm justs dewy, Isensitive eyes? They'm starting to worryll let me right in their door. :''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_timberlake Justin Timberlake:] Renaissance man who is "quite the triple threat" e.g. sings, dances, acts. The phrase originated in football where it refers to a player who excels at running, passing, and kicking.''}}
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'''Dean carries :''' Dude, you -- you like, full-on had a lockpick with him at all timesgirl inside you for like a whole week. That's pretty naughty.}} |Trivia_References=
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'''Dean:''' The scariest thing about Holy... Either this whole thing is the fact that youguy're s a Bon Jovi fanUnabomber...<br>'''Sam:''Bon Jovi are ' Or a rock band from New Jerseyhunter. Dean, led by Jon Bon JoviI think I killed a hunter. Though :''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Kaczynski The Unabomber (real name Ted Kaczynski)] was infamous for his mail bombings that he mocks sent to several universities and airlines from the idea of Sam listening 1970's to Bon Jovi in this episode, Dean later admits in [[3.16 No Rest for the Wicked]] that "Bon Jovi rocks - on occasion1990's."''}}
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'''Dean:''' Either this guy's Hi, um, so sorry to bother you, but uh, my son snuck out of the house last night and, uh, went to a UnabomberJustin Timberlake concert.''(pause)'' What? Yeah.No, Justin is quite the triple threat. Uh, anyway, he's not back yet, and, and I'm just, I'm starting to worry.<br>:''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Kaczynski Justin_timberlake Justin Timberlake:] Renaissance man who is "quite the triple threat" e.g. sings, dances, acts. The Unabomber phrase originated in football where it refers to a player who excels at running, passing, and kicking.''}}{{TriviaQuote |Text=[[Dean]]'s account with the A-line Mobile Phone Service is under the name Dean J. Mahogoff. "Jack Mahogoff" is a wordplay related to masturbation used in pranks (sound it out real name Ted Kaczynskislow!), according to [http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=mahogoff Urban Dictionary.] was infamous This is the same alias as Dean's credit card in [[2.11 Playthings]].}}{{TriviaQuote |Text=Throughout the dock scene of this episode the call of a loon can be heard. The loon is the Minnesota official State Bird.}}{{TriviaQuote |Text=Dean mocks Jo for his mail bombings that he sent to several universities and airlines playing REO Speedwagon in [[2.05_Simon_Said]] (because the lead singer "sings from the 1970's hair") yet REO Speedwagon is playing on the radio after he says goodbye to her at the 1990'send of this case.''}}
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[[Sam was in room 's cell phone]] number 109 of the motelis 1-785-555-2804.}}
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Sam was in room number 109 of the motel.}}{{TriviaQuote |Text=[[Steve Wandell]] had a daughter who, presumably, didn't live with him.}}{{TriviaQuote |Text=[[Jo]] is working at "The Sandpiper" bar in Duluth.}}{{TriviaQuote |Text=As far as Jo is aware, [[John]] and [[Bill Harvelle|Bill]] were in California. Bill was bait for the [[hellspawn]] and when John got too eager, the hellspawn killed Bill. Sam tells her that Bill was injured, but not dead, and John killed him to put him out of his misery. Whether this is true or not is unclear.}}
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|Sides_Scripts_Transcripts=
*[[2.14 Born Under a Bad Sign (transcript)]]
|Promotion=
*[http://supernaturalwww.youtube.tvcom/gallery2watch?v=E00qpMV2VlM Promo]}}==Episode Meta==*[[SPN Heavy Meta]] Season Two Meta Index*[https:/promos/s2bardicvoice.livejournal.com/born/index9289.html Episode Stills2.14 Born Under a Bad Sign: Messing With Your Head]*by bardicvoice (February 2007); [https://web.archive.org/web/20190816011142/http://wwwbardicvoice.youtubelivejournal.com/watch?v=E00qpMV2VlM Episode Promo9289.html archive link]*Bond, Silvia. 2008. The Devil You'd Like To Know: 2.14 "Born Under a Bad Sign" Season 2, Episode 14. ''Pink Raygun'', August 19; [https://web.archive.org/web/20120326112136/http://www.pinkraygun.com/2008/08/19/supernatural-born-under-a-bad-sign/ archive link]