Difference between revisions of "2.20 What Is and What Should Never Be"
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− | *"What a Wonderful World" by Joey Ramone | + | * "What a Wonderful World" by Joey Ramone |
− | : ''(plays as Dean mows the lawn)'' | + | :''(plays as Dean mows the lawn)'' |
− | *"Saturday Night Special" by Lynyrd Skynyrd | + | * "Saturday Night Special" by Lynyrd Skynyrd |
− | : ''(plays as Dean drives back to Illinois)'' | + | :''(plays as Dean drives back to Illinois)'' |
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'''Dean:''' You're supposed to say jerk.<br> | '''Dean:''' You're supposed to say jerk.<br> | ||
'''Sam:''' What?<br> | '''Sam:''' What?<br> | ||
− | '''Dean:''' '' | + | '''Dean:''' ''[disappointed]'' Nevermind.}} |
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'''Sam:''' I thought it was supposed to be this perfect fantasy.<br/> | '''Sam:''' I thought it was supposed to be this perfect fantasy.<br/> | ||
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Dean's girlfriend Carmen really exists in the real world. He has seen her in an ad for El Sol Beer in a magazine.}} | Dean's girlfriend Carmen really exists in the real world. He has seen her in an ad for El Sol Beer in a magazine.}} | ||
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− | The movie, Dean and Carmen apparently fell asleep to (or they had better things to do) is ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_Hell_It_Came From Hell It Came (1957) | + | The movie, Dean and Carmen apparently fell asleep to (or they had better things to do) is ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_Hell_It_Came From Hell It Came]'' (1957).}} |
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− | The episode title "What Is and What Should Never Be" references the Led Zeppelin song "What Is and What Should Never Be" from the 1969 album [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Led_Zeppelin_II Led ''Zeppelin II''] | + | The episode title "What Is and What Should Never Be" references the [[Led Zeppelin]] song "What Is and What Should Never Be" from the 1969 album [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Led_Zeppelin_II Led ''Zeppelin II''] (See [[The Meaning of Episode Titles]]).}} |
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The episode references the David Lynch film [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Velvet ''Blue Velvet''], a dark film that explores the violence and corruption that lies beneath an idyllic façade of suburbia. The film opens with shots of the perfect town, and we zoom in on a picket fence covered in red roses, where a man is watering his garden. A perfect happy scene. Suddenly he has a stroke and collapses in pain. As life continues on around him, the camera takes us beneath the surface literally, to the writhing disgusting bugs and decomposition beneath the manicured lawn.<br> | The episode references the David Lynch film [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Velvet ''Blue Velvet''], a dark film that explores the violence and corruption that lies beneath an idyllic façade of suburbia. The film opens with shots of the perfect town, and we zoom in on a picket fence covered in red roses, where a man is watering his garden. A perfect happy scene. Suddenly he has a stroke and collapses in pain. As life continues on around him, the camera takes us beneath the surface literally, to the writhing disgusting bugs and decomposition beneath the manicured lawn.<br> | ||
:This is all referenced in the scene of Dean mowing the lawn, in front of a very similar house, with red roses on the picket fence. We are being told, all is not as it seems, evil lurks behind this scene. | :This is all referenced in the scene of Dean mowing the lawn, in front of a very similar house, with red roses on the picket fence. We are being told, all is not as it seems, evil lurks behind this scene. | ||
− | [[Image:Deanlawn.jpg|300px|left|thumb| The Winchester home in the | + | [[Image:Deanlawn.jpg|300px|left|thumb|The Winchester home in the wish-verse]][[Image:Blue velvet.jpg|350px|right|thumb|The opening scene of ''Blue Velvet.'']] |
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'''Dean:''' My god, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Eden Barbara Eden] was hot, wasn’t she? And way hotter than that ''Bewitched'' chick. | '''Dean:''' My god, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Eden Barbara Eden] was hot, wasn’t she? And way hotter than that ''Bewitched'' chick. | ||
− | :''Barbara Eden played a genie or djinn in the | + | :''Barbara Eden played a genie or djinn in the '60s TV series [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Dream_Of_Jeannie I Dream of Jeannie]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Montgomery Elizabeth Montgomery] starred as Samantha, a witch with a twitchy nose in the TV series [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bewitched Bewitched].''}} |
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There are two quotes from the movie [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032138/ ''The Wizard of Oz'']. | There are two quotes from the movie [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032138/ ''The Wizard of Oz'']. | ||
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John's gravestone reads: John E. Winchester, 1954 - 2006, Loving Husband and Father, Remembered Forever.}} | John's gravestone reads: John E. Winchester, 1954 - 2006, Loving Husband and Father, Remembered Forever.}} | ||
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Revision as of 01:46, 21 October 2013
Title | What Is and What Should Never Be |
Episode # | Season 2, Episode 20 |
First aired | May 3, 2007 |
Directed by | Eric Kripke |
Written by | Raelle Tucker |
On IMDB | What Is and What Should Never Be |
Outline | After Dean is attacked by a djinn, he wakes up in a world where he is no longer a hunter. |
Monster | Djinn |
Timeline | (AU-December 5, 2007) |
Location(s) | Joliet, Illinois Lawrence, Kansas |
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Contents
Synopsis
In an abandoned warehouse, Dean is attacked by a djinn he is hunting. He wakes up next to a beautiful girl, and wanders around an unfamiliar apartment. He calls Sam, who is studying his law books, only to find Sam thinks he is drunk.
Dean discovers he is in Lawrence, Kansas and drives to his childhood home to find his mother alive. The past has changed – there was no demon attack and no fire. John died the previous year of a stroke, in his sleep.
The next day Dean revels in suburban life, spending time with his mother and mowing the lawn. Sam and Jessica arrive – they have flown in from California for Mary’s birthday. That night at dinner in a restaurant, Sam and Jessica announce their engagement, During the celebrations Dean is distracted when he sees a young woman, who he had glimpsed on the street earlier.
At home, Dean is keen to go out and spend time with his girlfriend, Carmen, and Sam and Jessica. Sam confronts Dean over his behavior, - he and Dean are not close, and he doesn’t understand Dean’s friendly demeanor.
Back at his apartment, Dean starts enjoying his life with Carmen. However, later that night he sees a news broadcast that leads him to discover that all the people he remembers saving are now dead. The ghostly woman appears to him again, and Dean sees images of dead people in his closet. Distraught, Dean visits John’s grave, and anguishes over why it is his job to sacrifice things in order to save people. He comes to an unspoken resolution/realization and walks off.
Dean is caught by Sam as he breaks into Mary’s house to steal a silver knife, pretending that he needs it to pay a gambling debt. Sam insists on accompanying Dean, and they drive to Illinois, to the abandoned warehouse.
There they find the girl Dean has been seeing being held captive by the djinn. She appears to be hallucinating. Dean has flashes of images and he starts to suspect that he too is being held by the djinn and everything he has experienced is an illusion. Dean decides that if he is in a dream and he kills himself he will wake up. Sam tries to dissuade him, and then Mary, Carmen and Jess appear, imploring him to stay and be happy.
In the real world, Dean wakes up as Sam is rescuing him. The djinn attacks, but Dean kills it. They find the girl Dean kept seeing, weak but still alive.
Back in their motel, Dean is still in pain from the life he glimpsed. Sam tries to convince him that all the people they have saved make their sacrifice worthwhile.
Characters
Definitions
Music
- "What a Wonderful World" by Joey Ramone
- (plays as Dean mows the lawn)
- "Saturday Night Special" by Lynyrd Skynyrd
- (plays as Dean drives back to Illinois)
Quotes
Dean: Everybody keeps asking me that. But, uh, no.
Mary: Dean, I don't undestand-
Dean: Just answer the question!
Sam: "You're my brother."
Dean: Yeah!
Sam: You know, that's what you said when you snaked my ATM card, or when you bailed on my graduation, or when you hooked up with Rachel Nave.
Dean: Who?
Sam: Uh, my prom date. On prom night.
Sam: What are you calling me a bitch for?
Dean: You're supposed to say jerk.
Sam: What?
Dean: It wasn't. It was just a wish. I wished for Mom to live. If Mom never died, we never went hunting and you and me just never... you know.
Trivia & References
- This is all referenced in the scene of Dean mowing the lawn, in front of a very similar house, with red roses on the picket fence. We are being told, all is not as it seems, evil lurks behind this scene.
- Barbara Eden played a genie or djinn in the '60s TV series I Dream of Jeannie. Elizabeth Montgomery starred as Samantha, a witch with a twitchy nose in the TV series Bewitched.
- Sam: Where are we?
- Dean: Well, we're not in Kansas anymore.
and when Dean wakes up:
- Dean: Aunty Em? There's no place like home.
Minutiae
Sides, Scripts & Transcripts
- 2.20 What Is and What Should Never Be (transcript)
- Transcript of Eric Kripke's commentary by stir_of_echoes