8.05 Blood Brother
Title | Blood Brother |
Episode # | Season 8, Episode 5 |
First aired | October 31, 2012 |
Directed by | Guy Bee |
Written by | Ben Edlund |
On IMDB | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2323362/ |
Outline | Benny's going after his Maker and calls Dean for help. Sam uses his solo time to reflect on the life he left behind with Amelia; however, things get complicated when Dean calls Sam into the fight. |
Monster | Vampires Leviathans |
Timeline | |
Location(s) | Eagle Harbor, Washington Enid, Oregon Prentis Island, Washington |
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Contents
Synopsis
In Eagle Harbor, Washington, Benny confronts a vampire named Quentin, asking him where their "old man" is. Quentin is shocked to see Benny alive: on their maker's orders, he held Benny's legs while another vampire, Sorento, cut off his head. Two more vampires appear behind Benny, and Quentin says they'll take him to their maker after they cut off his hands and feet. Benny tells him he's not afraid to die and then cuts off Quentin's head before turning to fight the other vampires.
In Enid, Oregon, Sam and Dean burst into a motel room expecting to find Kevin Tran. Unfortunately, they've fallen for another of his phony credit card trails, and the two brothers are bickering when Dean's cell phone rings. It's Benny, and Dean takes the call outside so that Sam won't overhear him. When he learns that Benny is injured after taking on a group of vampires and needs his help, he tells Sam that he needs to take care of some personal business and leaves in the Impala alone.
The next morning, Sam is researching Kevin's many aliases online when he gets distracted by thoughts of Amelia and decides to check up on her electronically. He's looking at a recent credit card application when he hears a rattling noise in the bathroom. He goes to investigate, but it's just a faulty overhead exhaust fan. As he's fixing it, he remembers the days after he met Amelia. He was taking care of the dog he ran over and had decided to stay in town, and the boy at the motel desk, Everett, had hired him on as a handyman at the motel.
Meanwhile, Dean arrives in Eagle Harbor and finds Benny's camper truck. In the back is a cooler full of blood bags. He takes the cooler to the fuel barge that Benny mentioned in his call and finds Benny, weak and bloodied. He helps him, and once Benny's fed and cleaned up, he thanks Dean and makes to leave. Dean isn't letting him go without finding out what happened, though, and Benny realizes that Dean won't be put off. He remembers the way Dean wouldn't give up on rescuing Castiel from Purgatory, even though the seraph attracted monsters like a magnet and was certain that he wouldn't be able to escape through the same rift as them. When he tells Dean that he's going after the vampire who killed him, his maker, Dean is determined to help. They go through Quentin's things and find a logbook with the names of boats, departure times, and destinations. Benny reveals that when he was alive, his vampire nest survived by boarding pleasure boats bound for far-off ports, feeding on the people on board, and then burning all the evidence so that it was lost at sea. Dean immediately coins the term Vampirates, and is shocked that they didn't think of it themselves.
Characters
- Sam Winchester
- Dean Winchester
- Castiel
- Benny
- Amelia Richardson
- Andrea Kormos
- Quentin
- Sorento
- Benny's Maker
- Everett - kid at the motel
- Riot - the dog
Definitions
Music
In the flashback in Purgatory, Benny whistles "In The Hall Of The Mountain King" from the Peer Gynt Suite by Edvard Grieg. According to director Guy Bee, this was an homage to the Fritz Lang Movie "M", where the killer played by Peter Lorre whistles the same tune.
Quotes
Benny: And this is the crazy aunt I want to take on the road?
Castiel: I am not your aunt.
Benny: What? Really?
Castiel: I have no possible relationship to your sibling offspring.
Benny: Now you're kidding me.
Amelia: I think it's creepy that you buy all of your clothing at army surplus. White supremacists do that.
Sam: Yeah, but I'm not.
Amelia: Drifting serial killers do that.
Sam: What does that mean - personal?
Benny: You and that whole friend thing, man.
Benny: You know all the years we ran together, I can't believe nobody ever thought of that.
Dean: What do you mean? it's like the third thing you say?
Benny: A little dark.
Trivia & References
Dean: He's like a crappy little credit-card-counting criminal prodigy Rain Man.
Sam: Well, he was in Advanced Placement.
Dean: Shut up.
A seraph is a particular type of angel, described as a fiery six-winged creature and also used as a synonym for serpent in the Hebrew Bible.
"20" meaning "location" comes from the original "10-20" 10-code used by United States law enforcement to verbally encode their radio transmissions. Source.
The Zone Diet is a diet popularized in books by biochemist Barry Sears. It advocates consuming calories from carbohydrates, protein, and fat in a balanced ratio.
Minutiae
Sides, Scripts & Transcripts
Promotion
- Jared on Sam's relationship with Amelia by Zap2It
- Jensen talks about Dean's relationship with Benny and Cas by Zap2It
- Ty Olsson on Benny by TVLIne and in an Interview with Celebuzz
- Plot spoiler by assignmentx
- Guy Bee tweets the cover of the script
- Casting spoiler by dread central
- Episode title and character spoilers by SpoilerTV
- Jeremy Carver comments on the episode by Inside TV
- Episode Synopsis and Promo pics by KSiteTv
- Episode Promo
- CHCH promo
- Sneak peek
- Fan footage of filming