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|writer= Story by '''Teleplay:'''<br> [[Jeremy Carver]] and <br>'''Story:'''<br>Jeremy Carver<br>[[Emily McLaughlin]]; teleplay by [[Jeremy Carver]] |imdb= [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1184920/Mystery Spot]

|outline= [[Sam ]] keeps reliving the same dayTuesday in which [[Dean]] keeps dying.

|timeline= |prevep= 3.10 Dream a Little Dream of Me|nextep= 3.12 Jus in Bello}}

[[Sam ]] wakes up in a motel room to ''"Heat of the Moment'' " by Asia , where he finds [[Dean ]] already up and getting dressed. Dean goes through a long and irritating morning bathroom routine, and they go to the local diner for breakfast. Sam tells him about a man that disappeared at the Broward County Mystery Spot. Dean orders the Tuesday special, "Pig 'n a Poke with a side of bacon," and as the waitress delivers their coffee, she accidentally drops a bottle of hot sauce on the floor. As Sam and Dean walk down the city block discussing the Mystery Spot, thy run across a barking golden retriever, a blonde woman who Dean bumps into, and movers struggling to get a desk inside a building. When night falls they break in to the tacky tourist trap after hours, but as they're wandering through the halls, the owner approaches them with a shotgun. The gun goes off by mistake, and the bullet hits Dean square in the chest. Sam frantically rushes over to Dean and tearfully holds him as he dies. Sam wakes up to Asia again and sees Dean just like he did the day before -- teasing him by turning up the song, lip-synching, and bobbing his head to the beat. The same scene in the diner replays, befuddling Sam who catches the hot sauce from falling this time. They run across the dog, the woman, and the movers again while Sam convinces Dean to check out the Mystery Spot now instead of later. Dean agrees, steps out onto the street, and flies through the air in spectacular fashion when a speeding car hits him. Sam rushes to his side and is again traumatized by holding his dead brother in his arms.

Asia plays again. A rattled As Sam watches and Dean go through walk down the same morning gargle. He tells Dean in city block discussing the diner that he’s stuck in Mystery Spot, they run across a time loop like Groundhog Day and that Dean’s going to die. Back on the sidewalk -- dogbarking golden retriever, a blonde womanwhom Dean bumps into, and movers -- and just before Dean steps out struggling to get a desk inside a building. When night falls they break in the street, Sam pulls him back, telling him the car hit him yesterday. They go to the Mystery Spottacky tourist trap after hours, posing but as reportersthey're wandering through the halls, only to get an act from the owner while Sam gets very irritatedapproaches them with a shotgun. The gun goes off by mistake, and the bullet hits Dean concludes that as long as he doesn’t die, that will break square in the time loopchest. As Sam agrees, frantically rushes over to Dean steps forward, and the desk from earlier ends up falling on tearfully holds him, crushing him Wile E. Coyote style. Sam looks on in horror, and Asia plays againas he dies.

At the diner, Sam is very anxious, wakes up to Asia again telling Dean about his time loop problem. and sees Dean promises just like he won’t die and tries to break did the cycle day before -- teasing him by ordering sausage instead of baconturning up the song, lip-syncing, but proceeds and bobbing his head to chokethe beat. Asia. Dean takes a showerThe same scene in the diner replays, and befuddling Sam hears Dean yell and a thudwho catches the hot sauce from falling this time. Asia. They’re eating tacosThey run across the dog, the woman, and Dean asks if they taste funny. Asia. Dean is electrocuted by plugging in his razor. Asia. the movers again while Sam and convinces Dean go back at to check out the Mystery Spot; duct tape now instead of later. Dean agrees, steps out onto the owner to a chairstreet, and Sam tears apart flies through the place with an axeair in spectacular fashion when a speeding car hits him. Dean tries Sam rushes to get the axe away from Sam, they fight, blood spurts, his side and Sam cries for Deanis again traumatized by holding his dead brother in his arms. Asia.

By this time, Asia plays again. A rattled Sam is extremely agitated. In the diner, watches Dean orders go through the Tuesday special again, and Sam tells Doris the waitress to clock some hours in at the archery range because she’s a terrible shot (thus implying Dean died this way)same morning gargle. He tells Dean angrily this is in the hundredth Tuesdaydiner that he’s stuck in a time loop like ''Groundhog Day'' and that Dean’s going to die. He proves his point by repeating what Dean says at Back on the exact same time sidewalk -- dog, woman, movers -- and talks about the other patrons just before Dean steps out in the dinerstreet, Sam pulls him back, not to mention catching telling him the hot sauce againcar hit him yesterday. Again they see They go to the dogMystery Spot, posing as reporters, old man looking for his keys (which only to get an act from the owner while Sam took earlier), and a woman bumping into themgets very irritated. Dean chases after the woman and finds concludes that she has flyers of the man they’re looking for. He asks Sam why in one hundred Tuesdays as long as he didn’t find out doesn’t die, that she’s will break the man’s daughtertime loop. As Sam chases after her to ask questionsagrees, while Dean goes to pet steps forward, and the dogdesk from earlier ends up falling on him, crushing him Wile E. Coyote style. Growling Sam looks on in horror, and mauling ensue"Heat of the Moment" plays again.

Asia. At the diner, Samis very anxious, while on again telling Dean about his computertime loop problem. Dean promises he won’t die and tries to break the cycle by ordering sausage instead of bacon, discovers that their missing man debunks tourist trapsbut proceeds to choke. He’s apparently "Heat of the Moment." Dean takes a shower, and Sam hears Dean yell and a pompous assthud. "Heat of the Moment." They’re eating tacos, and Dean points out that it's asks if they taste funny. "just dessertsHeat of the Moment." that a man out to get Mystery Spots disappears Dean is electrocuted by plugging in onehis razor. "Heat of the Moment." Sam notices and Dean go back to the man who has been having pancakes everyday ordered Mystery Spot, duct tape the owner to a different kind of syrupchair, which is and Sam tears the first change to happenplace apart with an axe. Asia playsDean tries to get the axe away from Sam, they fight, blood spurts, and Sam wakes up with a look cries for Dean. "Heat of both revelation and furythe Moment."

By this time, Sam is extremely agitated. In the diner, Dean orders the pancake man leavesTuesday special again, and Sam goes after him. He corners him tells Doris the waitress to clock some hours in at the alley and holds archery range because she’s a wooden stake to his neck, telling him he finally figured out why he’s repeating Tuesdays and watching terrible shot (implying Dean die everydaydied this way). He tells Dean stands off to angrily this is the side confused hundredth Tuesday. He proves his point by repeating what is happeningDean says at the exact same time and talking about the other patrons in the diner, not to mention catching the hot sauce again. Again they see the dog, old man looking for his keys (which Sam says that they’ve killed one of his kind beforetook earlier), and the man turns a woman bumping into the [[Trickster]] and tells Sam they didn’tthem. The Trickster admits it’s been fun killing Dean everyday, but chases after the woman and finds that this time, she has flyers of the joke's on man they’re looking for. He asks Sam, so he’ll finally get why in one hundred Tuesdays he didn’t find out that she’s the point that he can’t save his brotherman’s daughter. Sam threatens chases after her to kill himask questions, but while Dean goes to pet the Trickster says the joke is off dog. Growling and takes them to Wednesday with a snap of his fingersmauling ensue.

"Heat of the Moment." At the diner, Sam wakes to , while on his computer, discovers that their missing man debunks tourist traps. He’s apparently a different song, ''Back in Time''pompous ass, and is elated to see Dean alive and points out that it's Wednesday. They pack up to leave, and Dean goes "just desserts" that a man out to the car first where he’s held up at gunpoint by ruin Mystery Spots disappears in one of the diner patrons. Sam hears notices a man who has been having pancakes every day ordering a different kind of syrup, which is the gunshot and rushes outside first change to see Dean on the ground, shot in the chest happen. Asia plays and dead. He holds Dean in his arms Sam wakes up with a look of both revelation and closes his eyes, dismayed when nothing changes, before starting to sobfury.

A very dark montage starts with Sam driving In the Impaladiner, a distant look on his face. He’s shown hunting alone across the countrypancake man leaves, pulling off some big kills, while Bobby leaves and Sam goes after him. He corners him in the alley and holds a set of messages asking him wooden stake to callhis neck, mentioning that telling him he hasn’t heard from Sam in three months finally figured out why he’s repeating Tuesdays and watching Dean die everyday. Dean stands off to the side confused by what is worriedhappening. Sam arrives at a motelsays that they’ve killed one of his kind before, and the weapons in man turns into the Impala are now all organized in foam casing (ala John Winchester)[[Trickster]] and tells Sam they didn’t. Without expressionThe Trickster admits it’s been fun killing Dean every day, but that this time, the joke's on Sam fixes his own gunshot wound inside , so he’ll finally get the room, cutting off point that he can’t save his shirt, picking out the bullet and stitching himself upbrother. He eats aloneSam threatens to kill him, cleans a gun while examining with a cold stare the set of pictures on the wall tracking but the Trickster, and makes the bed in meticulous fashion after waking. He brushes his teeth and stares in says the mirror at a reflection that joke is defeated off and emotionally dead inside. Finally, takes them to Wednesday with a message from Bobby plays in the background, claiming that he has found the Trickstersnap of his fingers.

Sam goes wakes to Bobby at the Mystery Spota different song, "Back in Time" by Huey Lewis and Bobby tells him that in order to pull off the summoning ritual they will need a gallon of fresh bloodNews, meaning they will have and is elated to bleed someone drysee Dean alive and that it's Wednesday. Sam coldly tells Bobby he’ll go find someThey pack up to leave, and Bobby is appalled that Sam is willing to kill an innocent person. Bobby gets Dean goes out a knife and tells Sam to kill him instead. Sam agreesthe car first where he’s held up at gunpoint by Cal, but from behind Bobby pulls out a wooden stake and stabs him through mugger who was one of the heart, saying he’s not Bobbydiner patrons. The Trickster emerges and tells Sam he is right. Sam tearfully begs hears the Trickster gunshot and rushes outside to bring back see Deanon the ground, but shot in the Trickster says that Sam should let him go because chest and dead. He holds Dean will always be in his weakness, arms and closes his enemies know iteyes, and dismayed when nothing good will come of their sacrifices for each other -- only pain. Sam still begschanges, so the Trickster snaps his fingersbefore starting to sob.

A very dark montage starts with Sam wakes up in driving the motel room with ''Back in Time'' playing [[Impala]], a distant look on his face. He’s shown hunting alone across the radio. Dean is therecountry, pulling off some big kills, and while [[Bobby]] leaves him a shaken set of messages asking him to call, mentioning that he hasn’t heard from Sam gets up in three months and gives Dean is worried. Sam arrives at a huge hugmotel and the weapons in the Impala are now all organized in foam casing (à la [[John Winchester]]). They leave togetherWithout expression, and Sam is somberfixes his own gunshot wound inside the room, deeply affected by cutting off his experienceshirt, picking out the bullet, and stitching himself up. He sees eats alone, cleans a gun while examining with a cold stare the set of pictures on the wall tracking the Trickster, and makes the unmade bed in meticulous fashion after waking. He brushes his teeth and realizes stares in the mirror at a reflection that life without Dean will still happenis defeated and emotionally dead inside. Finally, a message from Bobby plays in the background, claiming that he has found the Trickster.

* [[TricksterActing in Unison]]* [[Time LoopBobby's Hats]]* [[Costumes & Disguises]]* [[Dead...or are they?]]* [[Dean's Amulet]]* [[Deer's Head]]* [[:Category:Deities|Deities]]* [[Fights]]* [[Hugs]]* [[Impala]]

* [[X-FilesTable of Death]]* [[Dead...or are they?Time Loop]]* [[The X-Files]] |Music= * "Heat of the Moment" by Asia:''(the oft-recurring song that wakes Sam up each Tuesday)'' * "Back in Time" by Huey Lewis and the News:''(Wednesday's song, AKA: the most beautiful song Sam's ever heard)''

'''Sam:''' Dude. Asia?<br>'''Dean:''' Come on. You love this song and you know it.<br>'''Sam:''' Yeah, and if I ever hear it again I get all tingly when you take control like that'm gonna kill myself.

'''Sam and Dean:''' Man, I had a weird dream.<br>''(In unison)'Dean:' Right, you're a mind reader. Cut it out, Sam... Sam! You think you're funny but you're being really, really childish! - Sam Winchester wears makeup. Sam Winchester cries his way through sex. Sam Winchester keeps a ruler by the bed and every morning when he wakes up..... Okay, enough!Yeah? Clowns or midgets?

'''Dean:''' Sam, I'm sorry, but I don'(on getting hit by t know what the car)hell you're talking about.<br>'''Sam:''' Okay, look. Yesterday was Tuesday, right? But today is Tuesday too.<br>'''Dean:''' Yeah. No. Good. You're totally balanced.}}{{TriviaQuote |Text='''Dean:''' Sammy, I get all tingly when you take control like that.}}{{TriviaQuote |Text='''Dean:''' Did it look cool, like in the movies?<br>'''Sam:''' You peed yourself.<br>'''Dean:''' Of course I peed myself. Man gets hit by a car, you think he has full control over his bladder? Come on!

'''SamDean:''' You don't know everything.<br>'(after the waitress asks what he wants)''Sam: Hey, uh, Doris? What ''' Yeah. Ido.<br>''d like is for you to log in some more hours at the archery range 'Dean & Sam:''' Yeah, right.Nice guess.. you<br>'''re a Sam:''terrible'It wasn' shott a guess.<br>'''DorisDean & Sam:''' How do Right, you're a mind reader. Cut it out, Sam. Sam... You think you're being funny but you know tha-'re being really really childish! Sam Winchester wears makeup. Sam Winchester cries his way through sex. Sam Winchester keeps a ruler by the bed and every morning when he wakes up he—<br>'''Dean & Sam:''' Lucky guess.Okay, enough!

'''DeanTrickster:''' Rise and shine, Sammy! ''(repeated line)'How long will it take you to realize? You can't save your brother. No matter what.

'''DeanTrickster:''' Sounds pretty XTrue. But that don't mean I should. Sam, there's a lesson here that I've been trying to drill into that freakish Cro-Files to meMagnon skull of yours. <br>'''Sam:''' Lesson? What lesson?<br>'''Trickster:''[[' This obsession to save Dean? The X-Files]] was a 90s series about aliens way you two keep sacrificing yourselves for each other? Nothing good comes out of it. Just blood and pain. Dean's your weakness. And the paranormal. [[Kim Manners]] who directed this episodebad guys know it, was a director and producer on The X-Filestoo. He also directed The X-FilesIt's time loop episode [http://imdbgonna be the death of you, Sam.com/title/tt0751163 "Monday"]Sometimes you just gotta let people go.''

'''Dean:''' Dingo ate my baby crazyHey, you don't look so good.Something else happen?<br>'''Sam:''In 1980 at Uluru (Ayers Rock), Lindy and Micahel Chamberlin claimed ' I just had a dingo took their baby, Azaria, from her tent. The claim was widely ridiculed and Lindy was later convicted of murder, and Michael as an accessory. Although a body was never found, new evidence indicating a dingo was probably responsible, led to both sets of charges being overturned in 1988really weird dream.<br>'''Dean:'''Clowns or midgets?

'''Dean:''' Hey, Tuesday. Pig in a poke.<br>

:''[[Pig in a pokePoke]] is a sausage dish usually served for breakfast. It also refers to an expression in which buying a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig_in_a_poke pig in a poke] is to buy something sight unseen. The expression refers to an old practice used by devious salesmen, who offered to sell a customer a pig, but instead gave them a cat in a box or bag.''

'''DeanSam:''' Like Groundhog Day?<br>Okay, look, I'm just saying, there are spots in the world where holes open up and swallow people. The Bermuda Triangle, uh, the Oregon Vortex—:''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bermuda_Triangle The Bermuda Triangle] is a region in the Atlantic Ocean where a number of aircraft and ships are said to have disappeared under mysterious circumstances. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groundhog_Day_%28film%29 Groundhog DayOregon_Vortex The Oregon Vortex] was is a 1993 movie starring Bill Murrayroadside attraction located in Gold Hill, where his character relives the same day over and overOregon.''

'''Dean:''' Sounds a little X-Files to me.:''[[The waitress has X-Files]] was a '90s series about aliens and the same name as the waitress in Groundhog Dayparanormal. [[Kim Manners]], who directed this episode, was a director and producer on ''The X-Files''. He also directed The ''X-Files'''s time loop episode [http: Doris//imdb.com/title/tt0751163 "Monday."]''

Another reference to Groundhog Day is '''Dean:''' Look, I'm just saying that Sam wakes it's crazy, you know, I mean, even for us crazy. Dingo-ate-my-baby crazy. Hey, maybe it was another of your psychic premonitions.:''In 1980 at Uluru (Ayers Rock), Lindy and Michael Chamberlain claimed a dingo took their baby, Azaria, from her tent. The claim was widely ridiculed and Lindy was later convicted of murder, and Michael as an accessory. Although a body was never found, new evidence indicating a dingo was probably responsible led to both sets of charges being overturned in 1988. The line has become a part of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dingoes_ate_my_baby pop culture]. It was a line in an episode of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seinfeld Seinfeld] as well as a song every morning, though [http://buffy.wikia.com/wiki/Dingoes_Ate_My_Baby band] in Groundhog Day the song is "I got you babe" by Sonny and Chershow [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffy_the_Vampire_Slayer Buffy the Vampire Slayer].''

[[File:Phil's Diner Mystery Spot.png|right|300px]]'''Dean:''' Okay Kojak. Okay. I'm listening. So, let’s get so – you think that you outside're in some kind of a what again?<br>'''Sam:''' Time loop.<br>'''Dean:''' Like Groundhog Day.:''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kojak KojakGroundhog_Day_%28film%29 Groundhog Day] was a tough cop played 1993 movie starring Bill Murray, where his character relives the same day over and over. Other references to Groundhog Day include Sam waking to the same song every morning, though in Groundhog Day the song is "I Got You Babe" by Telly Savalas Sonny and Cher. The diner the boys eat in is called Phil's Diner after Punxsutawney Phil, the groundhog in the movie, and it features a groundhog on the eponymous 70s seriesmenu. The waitress has the same name as the waitress in Groundhog Day: Doris. ''<br clear ="all">

'''TricksterDean:''' You’re like Travis Bickle in a skirt<br>Okay, Kojak, let's get some air.:''Travis Bickle was the obsessed taxi driver played by Robert DeNiro in the Martin Scorsese movie [http://wwwen.imdbwikipedia.comorg/titlewiki/tt0075314/ Taxi DriverKojak Kojak]was a tough cop played by Telly Savalas in the eponymous '70s series.''

'''Trickster:''' Whoever said Dean was [[Sam]] hacking away at the dysfunctional had never seen you wall with a sharp object in your hands. Holy, Full Metal Jacket.<br>:''the axe is somewhat similar to [http://www.imdbyoutube.com/title/tt0093058/ Full Metal Jacket] was a 1987 Kubrick movie following the transformation into psychotic killers of the protagonist and his marine comrades through dehumanising training at bootcamp and the brutality of the Vietnam War. At the film’s climax the protagonist bayonets a sniper who is a young Vietnamese girl.watch?v=2TVooUHN7j4 Jack Nicholson's famous scene in ''The Shining''.]

The song "Heat of the MomentBack in Time" was sung by Eric Cartman featured prominently in the South Park episode "Kenny Dies" (in movie [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088763/ ''Back to the Future''], which Kenny, who dies in each episode, but is back again in the next episode dies for "real") when Cartman testified before Congressdealt with time travel.

The song "Back In Time" '''Trickster:''' I swear, it's like talking to a brick wall. Okay, look. This all stopped being fun months ago. You're Travis Bickle in a skirt, pal. I'm over it.:''Travis Bickle was featured prominently the obsessed taxi driver played by Robert DeNiro in the Martin Scorsese movie [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088763tt0075314/ Back to the FutureTaxi Driver.], which dealt with time travel. ''

'''Trickster:''' You're right. I was just screwing with you. Pretty good, though, Sam hacking away at . Smart. Let me tell you, whoever said Dean was the wall dysfunctional one has never seen you with the axe is somewhat similar to a sharp object in your hands. Holy Full Metal Jacket.:''[http://www.youtubeimdb.com/watch?v=2TVooUHN7j4 Jack Nicholsontitle/tt0093058/ Full Metal Jacket] was a 1987 Kubrick movie following the transformation into psychotic killers of the protagonist and his marine comrades through dehumanizing training at boot camp and the brutality of the Vietnam War. At the film’s climax the protagonist bayonets a sniper who is a young Vietnamese girl.''s famous scene in "The Shining"]

[[Jared Padalecki ]] cited this episode as a possible series finale for the show because it was shot after [[3.12 Jus in Bello]] and was the last to shoot before the writer's strike.}}{{TriviaQuote|Text=[[Sam]] wakes up at 7:30 am each Tuesday.

Ways we know [[Dean]] dies on Tuesday::Shot at the Mystery Spot.:Run over.:Crushed by a falling desk.:Chokes on a sausage.:Slips in the shower.:Poisoned by a taco.:Electrocuted by his razor.:Accidentally killed with an axe by Sam wakes up at 7.30 am each Tuesday:Shot with an arrow by Doris the waitress.:Mauled by a golden retriever.And on Wednesday::Shot in hotel parking lot by Cal the mugger.

Ways we know The [[deer's head]] appears in this episode - while Sam and Dean dies on Tuesday::Shot at are in the Mystery Spot:Run over:Crushed by a falling piano or desk (object disputed):Chokes on a sausage:Slips in the shower:Poisoned by a taco:Electrocuted by his razor:Accidentally killed with an axe by Sam:Shot with an arrow by Doris the waitress:Mauled by a golden retrieverAnd on Wednesday::Shot in hotel parking lot by Cal the mugger.

The [[DeerSam and Dean's Head]] appears in this episode - while Sam & Dean are in the Mystery Spothotel room has flamingo wallpaper and a flamingo room divider.

Sam and After Dean's hotel room has flamingo wall paper and "real" death, a flamingo room dividerpirate theme is seen with Sam at the Bounty Inn motel, which is next to the "Buck & Ear" (Buccaneer) bar.

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