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|location = Chester, Pennsylvania<br>White Russia
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|prevep= 6.16 ...And Then There Were None
|nextep= 6.18 Frontierland
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|Synopsis=
[[Sam]] and [[Dean]] are worried about [[Bobby]], as he struggles with his grief over [[Rufus]]' death. Sam finds a series of unusual deaths among related people in Pennsylvania, but Bobby isn't interested and tells them to leave him alone. As they pack up [[Dean's Mustang]], they're worried about Bobby, but take comfort in knowing [[Ellen]] will be home soon. Ellen gets home to Bobby -- – she's been hunting with [[Jo]] for a week. She commiserates with Bobby over Rufus' death and fusses about his drinking. Bobby grudgingly accepts her care and Ellen teases that it's why he married her.
Sam and Dean check out the scene of one of the deaths and find no clues other than a thread of pure gold on the ground. As Sam checks out genealogy records, Dean visits another of the relatives who's still living - – Shawn Russo - – but all they learn is that the victims' ancestors arrived in America in 1912. Travel agent Anne Witting is busy at work selling holidays to Cuba when time freezes, and a blonde woman appears and places Amy's car keys under the photocopier. When time starts again, Anne looks for her keys, and when she goes to retrieve them her scarf is caught in the copier and strangles her. After Anne dies, the blonde woman reappears with a book in her arms. She opens it on a list of names, and a thread of gold falls from the bookmark. She then crosses Anne Witting's name out and leaves.
After the brothers investigate the scene, Dean calls Ellen, who reports that there have been 75 similar deaths nationwide. They all appear to be freak accidents and gold threads have been found at the scenes. Jo and her crew is looking into a cluster of deaths in California, and the only common factor they've found between the victims is that their forebears all arrived in 1912 on the [[Titanic]], a passenger steamship that none of them have heard of. After further investigation, Sam finds that on its maiden journey across the Atlantic, the Titanic nearly hit an iceberg. Disaster was averted, however, by the first mate - – the suspiciously named I.P. Freely. He finds a photo of the crew, and I.P. Freely is revealed to be the angel [[Balthazar]].
The brothers summon [[Balthazar]], who claims that he went back to time to stop the Titanic from sinking because he hated the movie "Titanic" and the song "My Heart Will Go On." When Sam asks how he could change history, Balthazar states that there are no more rules. Aside from all the passengers he saved whose descendants would never have been born, he acknowledges some other changes - – Sam and Dean don't drive an [[Impala]], and Ellen and Jo are alive. When Sam and Dean point out that something is killing the descendants of the Titanic passengers, about 50,000 people, Balthazar states he doesn't care and disappears. The boys call Bobby, who has worked out that the Fates are responsible. Apparently, they're trying to counter the changes Balthazar's actions bought about. Bobby suggests they convince Balthazar to resink the Titanic, but when Dean reveals that Ellen and Jo would die, Bobby tells them to do everything they can to not let that happen.
The next day Sam and Dean try to speak to Shawn Russo, but he gets hit by a bus and killed. Sam notices a woman watching from a nearby building, and, thinking that she could be Fate, they pursue her. They're standing in a dark kitchen when she stops time and opens all the gas valves in the room. When time restarts, Dean's flashlight dies, and he takes out his lighter. When it sparks, the gas ignites... But [[Castiel]] appears at the last second and transports the boys to safety. He tells them that Fate is angry at them because, in averting the Apocalypse, they rendered her obsolete. Then, by "dangling themselves in front of her," Dean and Sam made her even more angry, and Castiel says that she likely won't stop until they're dead. They will need to kill her using a weapon Balthzar has, and Sam suggests that they use themselves as bait.
As Ellen tells Bobby, Jo has tracked another 30 deaths on the west coast. Ellen suggests they need the angels to sink the boat, so Bobby reveals that she and Jo's lives are at stake, as well. Back in Chester, Sam and Dean try and go about their business -- – anxious at the possibility of death at every turn. Finally, a piece of machinery falls from a building, but Castiel stops time before it crushes them. The blonde woman appears and confronts Castiel. She is [[Atropos]] -- – one of the three Fates -- – and she is angry that fate no longer has a role and that everything is in chaos since the [[Apocalypse]] was averted. She also charges that Castiel ordered Balthazar to avert the Titanic disaster so that there would be 50,000 souls in existence that otherwise wouldn't be, and intimates this is part of his war effort. Castiel doesn't admit anything, but she says she will kill Sam and Dean if Castiel doesn't sink the ship. Changing the future is one thing, but changing the past in is the last straw. Castiel in turn threatens to kill her, and she reminds him that she has two very powerful sisters who will go after Sam and Dean if she dies. Just as Balthazar is about to kill her, Castiel stops him and agrees to sink the Titanic again.
Sam and Dean wake up in the Impala back at Bobby's place, with Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On" playing on the radio. They both think they have had the same dream, but Cas appears and reveals that what happened was real. He wants them to remember so they know who Fate is, and so that they know Castiel is fighting for freedom from destiny. Then, when Dean asks, he tells him that Balthazar really did change history because he didn't like the movie "Titanic," revealing nothing about his possible war plans. Inside, Bobby lies asleep on the couch. Sam and Dean look at him sadly, knowing what he's lost. Dean covers him with a blanket and they let him sleep.
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* [[Acting in Unison]]
* [[Alcohol]]
* [[Aliases]]
* [[Alternate Universe]]
* [[Angelic Weapon]]
* [[Bobby's Hats]]
* [[Costumes & Disguises]]
* [[Dean's Mustang]]
* [[EMF]]
* [[Gank]]
* [[Impala]]
* [[Rock, Paper, Scissors]]
* [[Singer Salvage Yard]]
* [[Souls]]
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'''Bobby:''' You know when I knew Rufus was done for? The day I met him. The only question was, who first - – him or me? Now, you want to stand there and therapise, or you want to get me some coffee? Make it Irish.
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'''Balthazar:''' Ah, yes. Unfortunately, there's still an Ashton Kutcher. And you still averted the Apocalypse, and there are still Archangelsarchangels. It's just the small details that are different, like you don't drive an Impala. Yes, yes. 'What's an Impala?' Trust me, it's not important. And, of course, Ellen and Jo are alive.<br>
'''Dean:''' Ellen and Jo? What?<br>
'''Balthazar:''' Yes, they're supposed to be dead. You see, I save a boat, one thing leads to another, which leads to another thousand things, and yada, yada, yada. To cut a long story short, they don't die in a massive explosion. Mmm. Anyway, let's agree I did a good thing. One less Billy Zane movie and I saved two of your closest friends.
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'''Sam:''' What did we do?<br>
'''Castiel:''' Nothing of import -- – just the tiny matter of averting the Apocalypse and rendering her obsolete. I think maybe she's a little irritated about that. And then you go and dangle yourselves in front of her...<br>
'''Dean:''' So we've pissed fate off personally.
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'''Ellen:''' Yeah, you ever hear the saying "'you can't stop fate"'? You know, cleanest fix would just be to sink the boat.<br>
'''Bobby:''' Why would you say that?<br>
'''Ellen:''' Well, because, right now they're all dying bloody. It's not the same as never being born.
* From the ''[[Supernatural: The Official Companion Season 6]]'' - everyone is drinking Astor Cola, named after businessman [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Jacob_Astor_IV John Astor] who died on the ship.
* While Sam was researching about the Titanic, the picture "Officers of the RMS Titanic", with Balthazar as First Mate I.P. Freely, is actually the picture of the captain and officers of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Carpathia RMS Carpathia] which is the passenger steamship famous for rescuing the survivors of Titanic ([http://www.loc.gov/loc/lcib/9805/titanic.html Source]).
* Ellen pulls a leek out of the grocery bag. A joke because the Titanic sunk due to a leak.
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'''Sam:''' Yeah, but now those people and their kids and their kids' kids, they must have interacted with - with so many other people, changed so much crap. You totally Butterfly-Effected history!<br>
'''Dean:''' Dude. Dude. Rule one, no Kutcher references.
:''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly_effect The Butterfly Effect] is a concept from chaos theory, where a small change in one part of a non-linear system can cause a large change in another part of the system. it was dubbed the butterfly effect from the title of the 1972 paper by Edward Lorenz "Does the flap of a butterfly’s wings in Brazil set off a tornado in Texas?" Ashton Kutcher starred in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Butterfly_Effect a 2004 movie of the same name] about a man who could travel to his own past. Dean's opinion on the Kutcher filmography has obviously changed by [[13.19 Funeralia]], when Dean refers to "The Butterfly Effect" as Ashton's "second best" movie.''}}
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'''Dean:''' Well, riddle me this -- – if fate's going after the boat people, why'd she try to waste me and Sam?
:''"Riddle me this" is the catchphrase of the DC Comics super villain [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riddler the Riddler], an enemy of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman Batman.]''
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According to [[Robert Singer]] in an [http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/04/15/supernatural-john-winchester-almost-returned/ interview with EW], the writers thought about having [[John Winchester]] return for the episode.}}{{TriviaQuote |Text=In the previous episodes involving time travel -- – [[4.03 In the Beginning]] and [[5.13 The Song Remains the Same]] -- – the travel was a part of a contiguous series of events. That is, the going back in time was something that had always happened, and did not change events. In this episode, Balthazar says that there are "No rules" anymore, hence his ability to alter events by taking action in the past.
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Things that are different in the timeline where the Titanic never sank:
* Obviously the movie ''Titanic'' was never made!
* Dean drives a Mustang which has the original plates the [[Impala]] had - - "KAZ 2Y5 " -- until [[2.20 What Is and What Should Never Be]]. A '65 Mustang was [http://www.appeal-democrat.com/articles/car-58823-impala-kripke.html?orderby=TimeStampDescending&oncommentsPage=1&showRecommendedOnly=0 Kripke's original casting choice ] for the role of Dean's car: "When I was originally writing the show I wanted to give the guys an American muscle car. My first choice was a '65 Mustang. My neighbor said it has to be a '67 Impala, because you can put a body in the trunk. He says, 'You want a car that, when people stop next to it at the lights, they lock their doors.' " [http://www.appeal-democrat.com/articles/car-58823-impala-kripke.html?orderby=TimeStampDescending&oncommentsPage=1&showRecommendedOnly=0 Source].
* The Impala line of cars was not produced.
* [[Ellen]] and [[Jo]] are alive.
* Ellen and [[Bobby]] are married and [[Singer Salvage Yard]] is called B & E Scrap Yard. Bobby's house appears neater than usual.
* Jo leads a team of hunters.* In [[2.17 Heart]] we learned that Sam knew Dean always played 'scissors' when they did [[Rock, Paper, Scissors]], so Sam always won. Here Sam loses, although Dean still throws scissors.* In the travel agency , we see Cuba is a resort island destination -- – "America's favorite holiday destination" -- – and Detroit was voted "America's top city."
* Celine Dion is a "destitute lounge singer somewhere in Quebec."
* Cas transports Sam and Dean to "White Russia." this This is an old term for Belarus and may be a hint that the Russian revolution of 1917 that lead led to the formation of the Soviet Union, didn't occur.
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|Promotion=
* [http://community.livejournal.com/supernatural_tv/2316647.html Original Episode titleTitle] from supernatural_tv* [http://www.spoilertv.com/2011/01/supernatural-episode-618-my-heart-will.html New title and character spoilerEpisode Title] from SpoilerTV* [http://twitter.com/#!/jumblejim/status/33753963262115840 Character spoiler] from the actor's Twitter* [http://twitter.com/#!/TheKatieWalder/status/32983859192664064 Casting spoiler] from the actor's Twitter; [http://popwatch.ew.com/2011/02/04/smallville-and-supernatural-return-tonight-hip-hip-plus-a-scooplet/ character spoiler] from EW for that actor* [http://twitpic.com/photos/BringMeSomePie_ Fan pics from the set #1], [http://yvrshoots.tumblr.com/post/3200015778/this-car-was-seen-on-the-supernatural-set-look #2], [http://naficeh.livejournal.com/217392.html #3] * [http://twitter.com/sebroche/status/35969613292371968 Tweet from guest actor]* [http://www.examiner.com/primetime-tv-in-new-york/supernatural-spoilers-my-heart-will-go-on Episode Spoilers] from TVLine and SpoilerTV via the Examiner* [http://twitter.com/#!/guynormanbee/status/44287782331490304 Tweet] from another episode's director* [http://twitter.com/Chico6/status/50321587597086720 Line of dialogue] tweeted by CW publicity director* [http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/04/05/supernatural-being-human-chuck-gossip-girl-find-out-whats-next-in-the-spoiler-room/ Episode Spoilers] from EW* [http://twitter.com/#!/samanthajferris/status/28891759694053377 Tweet] possible returning guest star ([http://twitter.com/#!/samanthajferris/status/28981905902804992 confirmed])* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ocbF0Ki5dM Promo clip]* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDWsJnD7XuEb Sera Gamble] talks about the episode* [http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/04/15/supernatural-john-winchester-almost-returned/ Bob talks about] the episode - and how John Winchester nearly featured
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==Episode Meta==
*Ardeospina. 2011. [https://thewinchesterfamilybusiness.com/articles/article-archives/season-six/16386-qmy-heart-will-go-onq-a-visual-review A Visual Review -- My Heart Will Go On]. ''The Winchester Family Business'', August 19; [https://web.archive.org/web/20190218001510/https://thewinchesterfamilybusiness.com/articles/article-archives/season-six/16386-qmy-heart-will-go-onq-a-visual-review archive link]
*[https://bardicvoice.livejournal.com/76267.html 6.17 My Heart Will Go On: This Is About The Souls] by bardicvoice (April 2011); [https://web.archive.org/web/20190816011142/http://bardicvoice.livejournal.com/76267.html archive link]
*Bond, Silvia. 2011. I Hear That Train A'Coming: "My Heart Will Go On" Season 6, Episode 17. ''Pink Raygun'', April 19; [https://web.archive.org/web/20120326112136/http://www.pinkraygun.com/2011/04/19/supernatural-my-heart-will-go-on/ archive link], [https://spn-heavymeta.livejournal.com/414570.html spn-heavymeta]
*Chan, Suzette. 2011. [http://www.sequentialtart.com/extranet/articlepreview.php?articleID=1994 Supernatural Talk: Tarts talk about 6.17: My Heart Will Go On]. ''Sequential Tart'', June 6; [https://web.archive.org/web/20190524040507/http://www.sequentialtart.com/extranet/articlepreview.php?articleID=1994 archive link]
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