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|prevep= 2.13 Houses of the Holy
|nextep= 2.15 Tall Tales
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|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 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 [[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 now. Meanwhile, Demon-Sam's incantations affect the devil's tap on the roof, cracking it to pieces and finally allowing the demon access to its powers again.
Demon-Sam turns back wakes later to find himself in the center of a [[devil's trap]]. Dean, eyes now blackis already there, and flings both him and Bobby using telekinesis. He pulls himself free from starts the chair and starts to give Dean a beating, punching him terribly and squeezing his injured shoulderexorcism. The demon reveals itself to be inside Sam snarls viciously at the same one chant and Dean tells it that no matter what kind of plans that possessed [[MegAzazel|the Yellow-Eyed Demon]], who has crawled out of hellin store, bent on getting her revengeDean will not let anything happen to Sam. Meg tells Dean The demon laughs at him and says that no matter how much she tortures him, it's being there has nothing compared to do with the way Dean tortures himself; over losing their father and over potentially losing Sam"Master Plan". Before she can strike Dean again, Bobby grabs Demon-Sam's arm and burns incantation fails to expel the mark demon, which gleefully begins its own incantations. Bobby finds a binding link on Sam's forearm with a hot iron rodarm, destroying which effectively locks the linkdemon inside of Sam and neither he nor Dean know what to do next. Meanwhile, Demon-Sam screams as 's incantations affect the demon exits him devil's trap on the ceiling, cracking it to pieces and escapes by finally allowing the fireplacedemon access to its powers again.
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.
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* [[Alcohol]]
* [[Binding Link]]
* [[Richard (Richie) SamboraBobby's Hats]]
* [[Charm Amulet]]
* [[Dean's Amulet]]
* [[Dean's Cell Phone]]
* [[Deer's Head]]
* [[Demon Smoke]]
* [[Demonology]]
* [[Devil's Gate Reservoir]]
* [[Hellspawn]]
* [[Holy Water]]
* [[Holy 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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'''Sam:''' What if this is what dad Dad warned you about?<br>
'''Dean:''' Hey, whoa, whoa, come on man, let's not jump the gun here. We don't know what happened. We've just got to treat this like, like any other job. What'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>
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'''Jo:''' Our dads Dads were in California: Devil's Gate Reservoir. They were setting a trap for some kind of hellspawn. John was hiding, waiting, and my dad Dad was bait.<br>
'''Sam:''' That's just like John. Oh, I'll bet he dangled Bill like meat on a hook. Then what?<br>
'''Jo:''' The thing showed up. John got too eager, jumped out too soon, got my dad Dad exposed, out in the open. The thing turned around ... and killed him.<br>
'''Sam:''' Hmm. Not quite.
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'''Sam:''' You see, Bill... was all clawed up. Was holding his insides in his hands. He was gurgling and... praying to see you and Ellen one more time. So my dadDad... killed him. Put him out of his misery like a sick dog.<br>
'''Jo:''' You're lying.<br>
'''Sam:''' I'm not. It's true. My daddy Daddy shot your daddy in the head...<br>
'''Jo:''' How could you know that?<br>
'''Sam:''' I hear things.
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'''Meg/Sam:''' How? You can't hurt me. Not without hurting your little brother. See, I think you're gonna die, Dean. You and every other hunter I can find. One look as Sam's deweydewy, sensitive eyes? They'll let me right in their door.
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'''Dean:''' You checked in two days ago under the name Richard Sambora. Of course, I think the scariest part about this whole thing is the fact that you're a Bon Jovi fan.
:''Demon-Sam checked into his motel room as Richard Sambora - a reference to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bon_Jovi Bon Jovi] guitarist Richie Sambora. Dean's comment on being disturbed that this suggests Sam is a Bon Jovi fan is arguably a reference to the fact that [[Jared Padalecki]] starred in a film with Jon Bon Jovi, [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0384286/ Cry_WolfCry Wolf.]'' Though he mocks the idea of Sam listening to Bon Jovi, Dean later admits in [[3.16 No Rest for the Wicked]] that "Bon Jovi rocks - on occasion."''
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'''Clerk:''' What, am I speaking Urdu?
'''Sam:''' Look, I'm really sorry if I did anything -- <br>
'''Clerk:''' Tell your story walkin', pal. Popo will be here in five.
:''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urdu Urdu] is a language historically associated with the Muslims of the region of Hindustan. [http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=POPO Popo] is slang for police officer.''
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'''Dean:''' 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. 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. ''(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.
:''[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]]'s account with the A-line Mobile Phone Service is under the name Dean J. Mahogoff. "Jack Mahogoff" is a wordplay related to wanking masturbation used in pranks (sound it out real slow!), according to [http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=mahogoff Urban Dictionary.] This is the same alias as Dean's credit card in [[2.11 Playthings]].
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Throughout the dock scene of this episode the call of a loon can be heard. The loon is the Minnesota official State Bird.
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Dean mocks Jo for playing REO Speedwagon in [[2.05_Simon_Said]] (because the lead singer "sings from the hair") yet REO Speedwagon is playing on the radio after he says goodbye to her at the end of this case.
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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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When Dean's cell phone rings, of course it has a classic-rock-song-style ringtone. The song that plays sounds quite similar to the intro of the 1967 song [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunshine_of_Your_Love Sunshine of Your Love], by the band Cream.
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|Promotion=
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E00qpMV2VlM Episode Promo: 2.14 Born Under a Bad Sign]
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==Episode Meta==
*[[SPN Heavy Meta]] Season Two Meta Index
*[https://bardicvoice.livejournal.com/9289.html 2.14 Born Under a Bad Sign: Messing With Your Head] by bardicvoice (February 2007); [https://web.archive.org/web/20190816011142/http://bardicvoice.livejournal.com/9289.html archive link]
*Bond, Silvia. 2008. The Devil You'd Like To Know: "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]
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