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Revision as of 19:46, 5 June 2010
Title | What Is and What Sould Never Be |
Episode # | Season 2, Episode 20 |
First aired | May 3, 2007 |
Directed by | Eric Kripke |
Written by | Raelle Tucker |
On IMDB | http://imdb.com/title/tt0987715/ |
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 his 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, 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 Jess 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 Jess. 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 - Joey Ramone
- played as Dean mows the lawn
- Saturday Night Special - Lynyrd Skynyrd
- played as Dean drives back to Illinois
Quotes
Dean: Everybody keeps asking me that. But, uh, no.
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 60's 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
- Dean's address in the alternate reality is #53 Barker Avenue, Lawrence, Kansas, 66044
- John's softball team uniform has a Route 66 patch.
Sides, Scripts & Transcripts
- 2.20 What Is and What Should Never Be (transcript)
- Transcript of Eric Kripke's commentary by stir_of_echoes