8.03 Heartache

Title	Heartache
Episode #	Season 8, Episode 3
First aired	October 17, 2012
Directed by	Jensen Ackles
Written by	Brad Buckner and Eugenie Ross-Leming
On IMDB	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2293862/
Outline
Monster	Humans; Cacao
Timeline	one week after the events of the last episode
Location(s)	Minneapolis, Minnesota; Ames, Iowa; Boulder, Colorado.
[[{{{prevep}}}|« Previous Episode]] | [[{{{nextep}}}|Next Episode »]]

Characters

• Sam Winchester
• Dean Winchester
• Amelia
• Eleanor Holmes aka Betsy
• Randa Moreno
• Brick Holmes
• Professor Morrison
• Paul Hayes - kidney transplant recipient
• Arthur Swensen - eye transplant recipient
• Jimmy Tang - another organ recipient
• Riot

Definitions

• Cacao
• Papa Ackles
• Deals and Pacts

Quotes

Dean: Two hearts ripped out six months apart? That's got to be a ritual, man. Or at least some sort of heart-sucking, possessed satanic crack whore bat.

Dean: Where the hell are we?
Sam: Farmer's market. Organic.

Dean: Wait, I bought a translation app!
Sam: You bought an app?

Dean: I know when I am at my best. And that is right here, driving down crazy street, next to you.

Sam: Makes sense.
Dean: Yes it does.
Sam: Or maybe you don't need me,. Maybe you're at your best hacking and slicing your way through all the world's crap alone. Not having to explain yourself to anybody.

Dean: Yeah, that makes sense. Seeing as I have so many other brothers I can talk to about this stuff.

Eleanor: In that time, Brick himself had changed - inside. He wasn't just the warrior who's only reason for living was combat. We were deeply, deeply in love.

Trivia & References

This is the third episode Jensen has directed. He also directed 6.04 Weekend At Bobby's and 7.03 The Girl Next Door. It was shot before the two previous episodes in order to allow Jensen time for preparation. The episode started shooting on 9th July, 2012. For more information see Jensen Directing.

This is the second episode of Supernatural Alan Ackles has been in. He was the voice of the newscaster in 6.04 Weekend At Bobby's. Jensen's mother Donna Ackles also appeared as an extra in the episode pic here.Jensen's sister Mackenzie has also appeared in 2 episodes - 2.03 Bloodlust and 7.06 Slash Fiction.

Sam uses the alias detective Sambora, after the lead guitarist Richie Sambora of Bon Jovi.

The scene where Arthur carves out his eye was filmed, but deemed too gory for Network TV source.

When Sam and Dean find Brick Holmes secret trophy room, Sam notes he has a cricket "mallet". The correct term is cricket bat.

Randa: Then I had the surgery. I became Xena, freaking Warrior princess.

Xena: Warrior Princess was the eponymous star of a 1990s TV show.

It is appropriate that Randa is a stripper because the Mayan God of Maize, jade and cacao was also the patron of dancing. source.

Sam remembers a birthday picnic with Amelia. His birthday is on May 2. It is not clear what year this would be. In the show, a year in time went by between seasons 5 and 6 yet the show didn't move a year forward in "real time". Likewise it appears that while there was another year that passed between seasons 6 and 7, it still appears to be 2012 (although this is unconfirmed). Whatever, considering skipped years and time in hell, it's pretty hard to work out how many candles you'd put on a Winchester birthday cake.

Minutiae

The strip club - called "The Bunny Hole" is actually a real strip club called The Paramount located in new Westminster, Vancouver.

Sides, Scripts & Transcripts

• 8.03 Heartache (transcript)

Promotion

• Character and plot spoilers from Zap2it
• Tweets from the crew during filming at Storify
• Possible Title and plot spoiler by zap2it
• Character info by TVLine
• Casting spoiler by TVLine
• Photos from filming by Just Jared
• Photos from filming and episode title by YVR Shoots
• Promo pics
• Episode Sneak peek
• CW promo
• CHCH promo