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 | 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.
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