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/ |
Outline | |
Monster | Demons Crowley |
Timeline | |
Location(s) | 110-mile Wilderness, Maine (where Dean returns from Purgatory) Clayton, Louisiana (where Benny is buried) |
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Contents
Synopsis
Characters
Definitions
Music
Jethro Tull - Locomotive Breath plays during The Road So Far
Styx - Man In the Wilderness plays over the montage of Dean post-Purgatory
Quotes
Dean: C'mon. let's do this.
Sam: I don't know whether to give you a hug or take a shower.
Sam: I don't know whether to give you a hug or take a shower.
Sam: Dude, you're figging alive! What the hell happened?
Dean: I guess standing to close to exploding Dick sends your ass straight to Purgatory.
Dean: I guess standing to close to exploding Dick sends your ass straight to Purgatory.
Dean: The rules are simple..Sam. You don't take a joint from a guy named Don and there's no dogs in the car!
Crowley: Chin up, gentleman. I'm a professional.
Dean: This ain't over by a long shot, Crowley.
Channing: Kevin...what's going on?
Kevin: There is a demon in you and you're going to your safety school.
Kevin: There is a demon in you and you're going to your safety school.
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 wife 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.
This was the 150th episode of Supernatural to air. However it was the 151st episode to shoot, as epsiode 3 for the season, again directed by Jensen, was shot first.
Although unnamed in the episode the dog will be called Riot source.
Minutiae
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.
Sides, Scripts & Transcripts
Promotion
- Title and character spoiler by Spoiler TV
- Filming at BC University by holy-blonde-cheerleader-batman.
- Character spoiler by TVLine
- Promo picture
- Episode Synopsis
- Set of promo pics by TVOvermind
- Sneak peek at the premiere episode
- Promo for the new season