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Michael is scared by what's happening to him, and Brian is convinced that they need to call the police. He tells Kate as much, but she tells him that she loves Michael and what they need are answers. She and Michael trail Sam and Dean to the coroner's office, where they overhear the coroner tell Dean that she doesn't know what kind of animal attacked Scott. They also hear Sam tell Dean about a similar murder in the area from 10 years ago. | Michael is scared by what's happening to him, and Brian is convinced that they need to call the police. He tells Kate as much, but she tells him that she loves Michael and what they need are answers. She and Michael trail Sam and Dean to the coroner's office, where they overhear the coroner tell Dean that she doesn't know what kind of animal attacked Scott. They also hear Sam tell Dean about a similar murder in the area from 10 years ago. | ||
| − | They need to keep spying on Sam and Dean so they know what else the agents learn, and Brian, who is more tech savvy, agrees to help them. He hacks into the camera feed at the restaurant where the two agents are eating and doing further research. Michael also goes in and sits nearby with a camera in his bag. They overhear Dean find a reference to pureblood werewolves: 4 generations removed from an [[Alpha]], werewolves are less feral and can transform outside the usual lunar cycle. | + | They need to keep spying on Sam and Dean so they know what else the agents learn, and Brian, who is more tech savvy, agrees to help them. He hacks into the camera feed at the restaurant where the two agents are eating and doing further research. Michael also goes in and sits nearby with a camera in his bag. They overhear Dean find a reference to pureblood werewolves: 4 generations removed from an [[Alpha]], werewolves are less feral and can transform outside the usual lunar cycle. They also retain awareness while in wolf form and can survive by eating animal hearts instead of killing humans. From the entire recorded conversation, the teenagers learn that there is a pureblood werewolf in town, that werewolves can be killed with silver, and that Sam and Dean probably aren't real FBI agents. Kate also points out that they have time to figure out their next move because the hunters are looking for the older, pureblood werewolf. |
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| Title | Bitten |
| Episode # | Season 8, Episode 4 |
| First aired | October 24, 2012 |
| Directed by | Thomas J. Wright |
| Written by | Robbie Thompson |
| On IMDB | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2323362/ |
| Outline | Sam and Dean, in the course of investigating a bizarre murder, bust into a house to find two dead bodies and a laptop cued up to disturbing video footage taken by three college students. |
| Monster | Pureblood Werewolves |
| Timeline | |
| Location(s) | Washtenaw County, Michigan |
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Contents
Synopsis
Sam and Dean bust into a house, guns drawn, and fan out to quickly cover the premises. In the main room, there's a dead body covered by a bloody sheet and someone else's body is torn to shreds, blood spattered across the floor and walls. An iPod is set up to play a song on repeat, and Dean pulls the iPod off its dock to tell Sam, who's been examining the bodies, that the rest of the house is clear.
Sam tells Dean that he can't identify either body, and then he notices a sticky note on a laptop nearby: it says "PLAY ME." They open the laptop and click on a movie file in the center of the desktop screen. When it starts, the words "This should have never ended this way" flash across the screen. What follows is a movie cut together with footage from a variety of handheld, hidden, and web cameras, taken largely by amateur filmmaker Brian Wilcox.
The first scene of the movie is in a coffeehouse, and playing in the background is the song that was on repeat when Sam and Dean entered the house. Brian has a new camera, and he's testing it out with his friend Michael Wheeler when he notices a beautiful girl. Her name is Kate, and when she sees them filming her and her friends, she gets up to confront them with a camera of her own in hand. Despite Michael's lack of knowledge about cameras and film, they hit it off, flirting while Brian watches.
Kate and Michael's relationship develops quickly, and it's clear in the next few scenes that Brian is jealous. Though he has more in common with Kate, she's with Michael, who is more masculine and conventionally attractive than he is. He and Michael have been friends for a long time, though, so Brian doesn't say anything. They're leaving an English class lecture with Kate when a group of jocks bump into Brian and knock his camera to the ground, and Michael stands up for him, almost starting a fight with a guy named Scott.
Afterwards, they're walking back to their house when they see police cars near campus. They approach the crime scene, where a bloody body has been covered by a sheet. They catch Sam and Dean arriving in the Impala, and hear them introduce themselves as FBI agents to the police officer on the scene. They learn that the only witness to the murder thought she heard something like a coyote growling.
Later, Michael goes out with Brian to help him shoot things for his movie. They see Sam and Dean questioning someone, and sneak up to film them. They catch Sam telling Dean that there isn't a case here, but Dean disagrees, calling Sam rusty. Michael remarks that there seems to be a "workplace romance" going on between the two FBI agents. Later, they catch Scott making out with a girl next to some bleachers. The girl tells him to stop and pushes him away when he starts getting too aggressive, and Brian and Michael laugh at him. When he sees them, he gets angry and starts to chase them, but the two friends split up, Michael heading into the woods. He's by himself when he hears something moving in the trees and a low growl. He thinks it's Scott trying to scare him, but whatever it is attacks, and Michael screams.
Brian goes looking for Michael and finds him in the woods, a large, bloody wound on his shoulder. He carries Michael back to their house and tells Kate that something bit him. Kate panics and is calling 911 when Brian, incredulous, tells her that the bite is suddenly gone.
The next day while Michael is resting, Brian tries to comfort Kate, who is still upset by what happened. They're talking quietly when Michael gets up to use the bathroom… and pulls the door off its hinges without even trying. They immediately start testing Michael's new strength and speculating about what could have bit him. Brian is determined to get what he calls Michael's "origin story" on camera and sets up cameras all around the house. He then asks Michael to take him out to the woods so that whatever bit Michael and gave him super powers can bite him, too, but Michael refuses and Brian leaves, angry.
They're all three hanging out together when someone knocks on the door, and Brian goes to answer it. He sees Sam and Dean through the peephole and warns Michael and Kate. Michael rushes to hide their bong and Kate grabs a camera to spy on the agents from a side window. She records Sam and Dean asking Brian about the murder victim and any bite victims in the neighborhood, and after Brian tells them that he doesn't know anything and closes the door, she catches a strange exchange: Sam tells Dean that they might be dealing with another Mayan god.
Michael is psyched by the idea that he could be a god, but that night he notices his eyes shift strangely in the bathroom mirror. He's examining them more closely when his teeth start to grow in his mouth and large claws erupt from his fingers. He freaks out and smashes the mirror, then goes into the kitchen where he starts eating ravenously. The leftovers in the fridge don't seem to help his hunger, though, so he goes out to get more food. When he's walking home he crosses paths with Scott, who's patrolling the streets with his jock friends because of the recent murder. Scott tries to start a fight, but Michael tells him to leave him alone and then runs into the woods. Scott chases him and starts taunting Michael, saying that he'll go show Kate a good time. Michael attacks, teeth bared.
That morning, Brian asks Kate if she's afraid of Michael, and she tells him that she was at first, but now she thinks its kind of hot. They're joking around when Michael appears, his face and hands covered in blood, and Kate screams.
After Michael cleans up, he tells them that Scott chased him and that he said something about Kate that made him angry. He thinks he killed Scott, but he's not sure. Brian is freaked out, but Kate is determined to protect Michael, saying that it could have been self defense. Later, Brian and Kate head to the woods, where they find another crime scene. Sam and Dean are talking to the same police officer as before, and he tells them that whatever killed the other victim seems to have struck again. Scott was shredded, his heart torn out and partially eaten. Brian rushes back to the house with Kate on his heels and confronts Michael. Eating a human heart isn't self-defense. Angry, Michael throws Brian across the room.
Michael is scared by what's happening to him, and Brian is convinced that they need to call the police. He tells Kate as much, but she tells him that she loves Michael and what they need are answers. She and Michael trail Sam and Dean to the coroner's office, where they overhear the coroner tell Dean that she doesn't know what kind of animal attacked Scott. They also hear Sam tell Dean about a similar murder in the area from 10 years ago.
They need to keep spying on Sam and Dean so they know what else the agents learn, and Brian, who is more tech savvy, agrees to help them. He hacks into the camera feed at the restaurant where the two agents are eating and doing further research. Michael also goes in and sits nearby with a camera in his bag. They overhear Dean find a reference to pureblood werewolves: 4 generations removed from an Alpha, werewolves are less feral and can transform outside the usual lunar cycle. They also retain awareness while in wolf form and can survive by eating animal hearts instead of killing humans. From the entire recorded conversation, the teenagers learn that there is a pureblood werewolf in town, that werewolves can be killed with silver, and that Sam and Dean probably aren't real FBI agents. Kate also points out that they have time to figure out their next move because the hunters are looking for the older, pureblood werewolf.
Characters
Definitions
Music
- What's the Matter by Milo Green - plays when Kate and Michael meet
- Barricades by The Outdoors - plays as Kate and Michael pack to leave
Quotes
Trivia & References
Brain: C'mon who loves you?
Michael: I wish I could quit you.
Dean: Hey, I didn't eat at Big P's for at least a year, okay? Clear eyes and clogged arteries--can't lose.
Michael: Rizzoli and Isles.
This line is from a scene in the movie Almost Famous. The quote was originally coined by Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant.
Minutiae
Sides, Scripts & Transcripts
Promotion
- Title and plot points by SpoilerTV
- Official Synopsis by KSiteTV
- Description of the plot and different filming approach in the episode by Zap2It
- Promo pics by TVOvermind
- Promo clip
- Sneak peek clip
- Leigh Parker talks about filming the episode
- Onset pics Brit and Jensen, Brit, Jensen and Jared, Brit, Leigh and Brandon, Brit, Leigh and Brandon, Jared and Jensen, Brit, Leigh and Brandon and Jim Michaels, Brandon and Leigh on set, Leigh on set, Brandon, Leigh and Brit, Brandon, Leigh and brit on set, At WB to do ADR for the episode
