7.13 The Slice Girls
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Title | The Slice Girls |
Episode # | Season 7, Episode 13 |
First aired | February 3, 2012 |
Directed by | Jerry Wanek |
Written by | Brad Buckner and Eugenie Ross-Leming |
On IMDB | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1995106/ |
Outline | |
Monster | Amazons |
Timeline | |
Location(s) | Seattle, Washington |
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Contents
Synopsis
Characters
- Sam Winchester
- Dean Winchester
- Lydia
- Emma
- Eddie - the coroner's assistant
- Madeline - Amazon leader
- Professor Morrison
- Charlene Penn - detective
Definitions
- Amazons
- EMF
- Alcohol
- Winchester family tree
- Weren't you in another episode?
Music
- Words Collide by Louden Swain, the band fronted by Rob Benedict who played Chuck, plays when Dean and Lydia are at The Cobalt Lounge.
- You Shook Me All Night Long by AC/DC plays during the sex/murder scene.
Quotes
Dean: Anyway, I--I left the flask over here the other night.
Lydia: Yes, I found it. It was so beat up and old, I almost tossed it.
Dean: I'll admit, it could be in the general vicinity of the ballpark of our kind of thing.
Sam: Yeah, uh, "didn't match anything human" usually seals the deal for me.
Sam: Yeah, uh, "didn't match anything human" usually seals the deal for me.
Dean: I know Bobby's got a Grecian encyclopedia of weird in here. I saw it last time I was looking through this stupid... Would it kill him to have a system?
Sam: He has a system. His files are set up like his brain.
Sam: He has a system. His files are set up like his brain.
Morrison: Wherever did you get it?
Sam: Uh, uh, uh crazy drunk old genius.
Emma: You're a good man. My mother told me that.
Dean: I seriously doubt she said that. And if you knew me you would seriously doubt it's true.
Dean: I seriously doubt she said that. And if you knew me you would seriously doubt it's true.
Dean: You're just as screwed up as I am, you're just...bigger.
Sam: Dean, the thing is, tonight... It almost got you killed. Now, I don't care how you deal. I really, really don't. But just don't -- don't get killed.
Dean: I'll do what I can.
Trivia & References
The episode title plays off the movie 2009 movie Splice and the 90s UK girl pop band The Spice Girls. Splice was the tale of two scientists who mix human DNA with animal to create a hybrid which matures rapidly.
This episode was directed by first time director, Supernatural's Production designer Jerry Wanek
Tweets from Supernatural producer Jim Michaels during the episode.
Alexia Fast who plays Emma, also appeared six years ago in 1.15 The Benders as Missy Bender.
- Interview done with Alexia when she filmed 1.15 The Benders
The first murder scene in the teaser was more graphic but had to be edited to comply with broadcast standards Source.
Lydia: ...dinner and a movie, which sounded fine, except the movie was Human Centipede.
Dean: There was no playpens, no blankets, no rubber ducks.
Possibly a reference to Duck Nation
Sam: You know, George Foreman named all his sons George.
[en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Foreman George Foreman]] is a former boxer and creator of the George Foreman Grill. He has five sons, all of them named George: George Jr, George III, IV, V and VI.
Dean: This morning, Emma was a baby. By sunset, she's Hannah Montana. Early years.
Hannah Montana is Miley Cyrus' character's stage name in the TV show of the same name, about a teenage girl who is secretly a pop star. The show debuted in 2006 when Miley was 14.
Dean: Arigatou.
This is Japanese for "thank you" and is spelt ありがとう.
You Shook Me All Night Long by AC/DC was also played in the "The Road So Far" segment of 4.01 Lazarus Rising.
In this episode, while the song plays, the scene goes back and forth from Dean and Lydia having sex to a man being killed by his Amazon daughter. There was an episode in season 4 called 4.14 Sex and Violence.
Dean: Like Wonder Woman?
Adrianne Palicki who played Jessica Moore was cast as Wonder Woman in 2011, but the project was cancelled.
The scene where the Amazon girls are branded while being forced to remain silent is very similar to a scene from the movie The Skulls II. In the movie, several college students have been chosen to join an elite group known as The Skulls. As the final part of their initiation, The Skulls' symbol is branded onto their wrists during which they are not allowed to show pain.
Minutiae
It was during the filming of this episode in the UBC Chemistry Building (standing in for the Anthropology Department, on 1st December 2011, that Jared and Jensen filmed their (pantless) encouragement to fans to keep voting in the People's Choice Awards.
Dean: Here's the mother ship. Let's get this done.
According to Jim Michaels "The Mothership is what we always call the LA Office when we call for Phone Conferences -- First coined by 1st AD Kevin "Parksapedia" Parks". Source
According to Jim Michaels "The Mothership is what we always call the LA Office when we call for Phone Conferences -- First coined by 1st AD Kevin "Parksapedia" Parks". Source
Sides, Scripts & Transcripts
Promotion
- Episode Titles for 7.13-7.14
- New Episode Title
- Plot info by TVLine
- Front cover of script showing title tweeted by Jim Michaels
- Casting spoiler by TVLIne
- Promo pics
- Promo clip
- Webclip plus interview with guest star by Zap2It
- Official Synopsis
- Bob Singer introduces the episode