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The next morning, Sam tells Dean that he looked into Paul's medical history. Like Arthur, Paul received a transplant a year ago: his kidney. Sam also emailed an audio file of Arthur's mumbling to [[Professor Morrison]] because he thinks he might have been speaking in a dead language. Dean is happy that Sam is getting more involved in the case, and tells him that they need to head to Boulder, Colorado, the next place that a similar murder occurred six months ago. | The next morning, Sam tells Dean that he looked into Paul's medical history. Like Arthur, Paul received a transplant a year ago: his kidney. Sam also emailed an audio file of Arthur's mumbling to [[Professor Morrison]] because he thinks he might have been speaking in a dead language. Dean is happy that Sam is getting more involved in the case, and tells him that they need to head to Boulder, Colorado, the next place that a similar murder occurred six months ago. | ||
− | On the road to Boulder, Dean tells Sam that the last year has given him a new perspective and that he knows where he belongs: driving down crazy street with Sam next him. Sam says that maybe Dean would be better off alone, not having to explain himself to anyone, and Dean gets annoyed by the brushoff. Sam tells Dean to consider that they may want different things and then says that he wants his time to count for something. Dean doesn't understand why hunting doesn't count. Their argument is interrupted by a phone call from the doctor in Ames, who confirms for Dean that Arthur's eye and Paul's kidney both came from the same person. In fact, the donor was a famous all-pro quarterback named [[Brick Holmes]], who died in a car crash. His organs went to six other people, none of whom live in Boulder, but Dean thinks they should head there because Brick lived near the city. | + | On the road to Boulder, Dean tells Sam that the last year has given him a new perspective and that he knows where he belongs: driving down crazy street with Sam next him. Sam says that maybe Dean would be better off alone, not having to explain himself to anyone, and Dean gets annoyed by the brushoff. Sam tells Dean to consider that they may want different things and then says that he wants his time to count for something. Dean doesn't understand why hunting doesn't count. Their argument is interrupted by a phone call from the doctor in Ames, who confirms for Dean that Arthur's eye and Paul's kidney both came from the same person. In fact, the donor was a famous all-pro quarterback named [[Brick Holmes]], who died in a car crash. His organs went to six other people, none of whom live in Boulder, but Dean still thinks they should head there because Brick lived near the city. |
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+ | Meanwhile in Boulder, a woman named [[Randa Moreno|Randa]] exits the backdoor of a strip club. A man is in the alley, and he compliments her on her performance. She lures him around a corner and then rips out his heart. Later, she performs a ritual in which she repeats a phrase in a strange language and then bites into the heart. A dark power rises up around her, and her own heart glows red in her chest. When she opens her eyes, they also glow with a red light. | ||
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+ | Sam and Dean go to question Brick's mother, [[Eleanor Holmes]], but she is unhelpful and seems reluctant to talk to them. They're leaving when Dean sees on his phone that, like he predicted, someone's heart was just ripped out in Boulder. Once they're gone, Eleanor is surprised by Randa, who came in the back door to avoid them. Randa reminds Eleanor to be careful what she says so that she can protect Brick. Brick's heart gave Randa new life and inspired her to move to Boulder, where she can watch over Eleanor like Brick did. | ||
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Revision as of 05:19, 4 November 2012
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 | Sam and Dean investigate a string of unusual murders where the suspects all received organs from the same donor. |
Monster | Humans; Cacao |
Timeline | one week after the events of the last episode |
Location(s) | Minneapolis, Minnesota Ames, Iowa Boulder, Colorado |
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Contents
Synopsis
While Sam shops for produce at a farmer's market, Dean reads news stories on his cell phone. Two people in Minneapolis, Minnesota have had their hearts ripped out, and Dean thinks it must be a ritual because the deaths happened six months apart. He wants to investigate, but Sam thinks they need to focus on finding Kevin. Dean says that because they've gotten nowhere in the last week, they should take this case now.
In Minneapolis, the police tell them that their only lead in the most recent murder came from the security cameras in the park, which showed the murder victim jogging and another jogger, Paul Hayes, passing him. They investigated Paul, but didn't believe he was guilty of anything. Sam and Dean go to question Paul themselves, and Paul reiterates that he didn't speak to or know the man he ran past. Dean asks him how he managed to outrun the younger, more athletic victim, and Paul tells them that he had a health scare a year ago and has since starting exercising and taking better care of his body.
Later, as they go over their notes in a cafe, Dean finds a news story online about a murder that just happened in Ames, Iowa. Two days after the jogger's murder in Minneapolis, while Paul was being questioned by the Minneapolis police, a pizza delivery man's heart was ripped out in Ames. The suspect is a police officer named Arthur Swenson. When Dean checks the news from six months ago, he finds another victim in Ames, two days after the first Minneapolis murder. Dean seems surprised that Sam missed the connection.
At the Story County Police Department in Ames, Sam and Dean learn that Arthur was found covered in blood and crying near his victim's heartless body. Also, although a likely suspect, he could not have committed the similar murder in Minneapolis because he was testifying in court. They try to question Arthur, but he is unresponsive and just repeats a phrase over and over in a strange, sibilant language. Dean notes that Arthur's eyes are mismatched, one blue and one brown, and then tests him for demonic possession by pouring holy water on his arm. He doesn't react, and Dean and Sam leave, confused.
Back at their motel room, Dean remembers that he has a translation app on his cell phone and asks Sam to play back the recording he made of Arthur's strange speech. It returns the result "language unknown." Then Sam gets a phone call about Arthur, who has been admitted to the hospital after he ripped off a piece of his bed frame and then used it to gouge out one of his eyes. Dean questions the doctor, who tells him that the eye he removed was one he got from an organ donor a year ago. Dean asks her to trace the donated eye back to its donor.
The next morning, Sam tells Dean that he looked into Paul's medical history. Like Arthur, Paul received a transplant a year ago: his kidney. Sam also emailed an audio file of Arthur's mumbling to Professor Morrison because he thinks he might have been speaking in a dead language. Dean is happy that Sam is getting more involved in the case, and tells him that they need to head to Boulder, Colorado, the next place that a similar murder occurred six months ago.
On the road to Boulder, Dean tells Sam that the last year has given him a new perspective and that he knows where he belongs: driving down crazy street with Sam next him. Sam says that maybe Dean would be better off alone, not having to explain himself to anyone, and Dean gets annoyed by the brushoff. Sam tells Dean to consider that they may want different things and then says that he wants his time to count for something. Dean doesn't understand why hunting doesn't count. Their argument is interrupted by a phone call from the doctor in Ames, who confirms for Dean that Arthur's eye and Paul's kidney both came from the same person. In fact, the donor was a famous all-pro quarterback named Brick Holmes, who died in a car crash. His organs went to six other people, none of whom live in Boulder, but Dean still thinks they should head there because Brick lived near the city.
Meanwhile in Boulder, a woman named Randa exits the backdoor of a strip club. A man is in the alley, and he compliments her on her performance. She lures him around a corner and then rips out his heart. Later, she performs a ritual in which she repeats a phrase in a strange language and then bites into the heart. A dark power rises up around her, and her own heart glows red in her chest. When she opens her eyes, they also glow with a red light.
Sam and Dean go to question Brick's mother, Eleanor Holmes, but she is unhelpful and seems reluctant to talk to them. They're leaving when Dean sees on his phone that, like he predicted, someone's heart was just ripped out in Boulder. Once they're gone, Eleanor is surprised by Randa, who came in the back door to avoid them. Randa reminds Eleanor to be careful what she says so that she can protect Brick. Brick's heart gave Randa new life and inspired her to move to Boulder, where she can watch over Eleanor like Brick did.
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
Music
Quotes
Sam: Farmer's market. Organic.
Sam: You bought an app?
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.
Trivia & References
Minutiae
Sides, Scripts & Transcripts
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
- Winchester Radio's podcast with Liane Balaban