8.01 We Need to Talk About Kevin
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| Title | We Need To Talk About Kevin |
| Episode # | Season 8, Episode 1 |
| First aired | October 3, 2012 |
| Directed by | Robert Singer |
| Written by | Jeremy Carver |
| On IMDB | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2373078/ |
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Contents
Synopsis
Characters
Definitions
Music
Jethro Tull - Locomotive Breath plays during the previouslies
Styx - Man In the Wilderness plays over the montage of Dean post-Purgatory
Quotes
Trivia & References
The episode title is a reference to the book We Need To Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver and later made into a movie. The book is based around a series of letters from a woman to her husband, about her concerns about their son Kevin who eventually commits mass murder at his high school.
This is the first episode to be written by Jeremy Carver since 5.18 Point Of No Return. Jeremy left Supernatural at the end of Season 5 to write and produced the US version of Being Human with partner Anna Fricke.
It was announced on April 4, 2012 that Jeremy would return to Supernatural as co-showrunner with Bob Singer, to replace Sera Gamble who left Supernatural to develop her own series. source.
A Winchester demonstrating that were not supernatural using Holy Water, Silver etc was also seen in 4.01 Lazarus Rising when Dean sees Bobby after returning from Hell and in 6.01 Exile On Main St when a soulless Sam reunites with Dean.
This is the sixth time we have seen the Winchesters hug. The others were seen in 2.22 All Hell Breaks Loose: Part Two, 3.11 Mystery Spot, 4.01 Lazarus Rising, 6.01 Exile On Main St, and 6.12 Like A Virgin.
