8.17 Goodbye Stranger
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Title | Goodbye Stranger |
Episode # | Season 8, Episode 17 |
First aired | March 20, 2013 |
Directed by | Thomas J. Wright |
Written by | Robbie Thompson |
On IMDB | Goodbye Stranger |
Outline | |
Monster | Demons Crowley Naomi |
Timeline | |
Location(s) | Lebanon, Kansas Lincoln Springs, Missouri |
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Contents
Synopsis
Characters
Definitions
- Tablets
- Megstiel
- The Bunker
- Ruby's Knife
- Angel Sword
- Lucifer's Crypts
- Devil's Trap
- Porn
- Busty Asian Beauties
- Nicknames
Music
- "Goodbye Stranger" by Supertramp
- plays during the closing montage
Quotes
Meg: Do I look like Google to you?
Castiel: You know, I can hear you both. I am a celestial being.
Meg: (to Sam) You know, I get why Crowley calls you Moose, now.
Meg: I miss the simplicity — I was bad, you were good, life was easier. Now it’s all so messy. I’m kinda good, which sucks. You’re kind of bad, which is kind of all manner of hot. We survive this, I’m gonna order some pizza and we’re gonna move some furniture around. You understand?
Meg: You hit a dog and stopped. Why?
Sam: That whole story, and that's your takeaway?
Meg: Oh, I heard the rest. You fell in love with a unicorn. It was beautiful, then sad, then sadder. I laughed, I cried, I puked in my mouth a little. And honestly, I kind of get it.Dean: This isn’t you. Cas, I know you’re in there. I know you can hear me. Cas, it’s me. We’re family. We need you; I need you.
Meg: Hi, I'm Meg. I'm a demon.
Trivia & References
Goodbye Stranger is a reference to the song of the same name by British rock band Supertramp
Dean: Hey Doc Holliday, you alright over there.
Dean: Wait, are we talking a Maximum Overdrive situation here?
Dean and Sam use the aliases Special Agent Lynne and Tandy, a reference to Richard Tandy and Jeff Lynne who were members of the band ELO.
Meg: Aren't you a little short for a storm trooper?
Dean: So I have to ask — what’s up with the hair?
Meg: Crowley’s idea. Just another reason I want to stab him in the face.
Meg (about the crypts): And I did visit them all during my time with Yellow-Eyes
Meg (to Sam): "You know, I get why Crowley calls you Moose, now."
Meg: But don't worry I haven't exactly been giving them the Glengarry leads
Castiel: I still don’t know who Clarence is.
Meg: “You remember everything?
Cas: “If you’re referring to the pizza man, yes I remember the pizza man. And it’s a good memory.
Dean: You really think we can trust Megstiel?
Meg: Every crypt has been one Al Capone vault after another.
Dean: I saw you Zero Dark Thirty that demon.
Dean: Cas and I will go in and get our Indiana Jones on.
Sam and Dean's chorus of "Shut Up Meg" may be a shout out to the animated series Family Guy, where Peter Griffin often uses the phrase against his daughter Meg.
Dean: Okay, bottom-line it for me, Bill Nye.
Crowley: Did Timon and Pumbaa tell you their big plan?
Naomi: How's the shoulder?
Crowley: Just a flesh wound.
Dean: Listen, I may not be able to carry the burden that comes with these trials, but I can carry you.
Sam: You realise you just kinda quoted "Lord of the Rings" right?
Dean: C'mon man, it's the Rudy-hobbit. Rudy hobbit always gets a pass!
Minutiae
Details from Naomi's office: Production designer Jerry Wanek pointed out the crucifix design that is in the glass wall. Some fans thought the colors of pink and purple outside this wall in the final scene in Naomi's office represented the Bisexual Pride flag, but Jerry confirmed that the lighting by Serge Ladouceur reflected emotion and the passage of time source.
The music in the Promo video for the episode is "Satan's Foot on My Neck" by Brett Detar. A song by Brett also played in episode 7.13 The Slice Girls.
Crowley says to Naomi "If you remember our time in Mesopotamia the way I do, you know I'm a lover, not a fighter." That line would imply that they spent time together in ancient Mesopotamia, but in 6.04 Weekend at Bobby's, based on information from a demon, Rufus discovers Crowley to be "17th century Scottish tailor named Fergus MacLeod from Canisbay" and it was supposedly the ghost of his son who leads Bobby and the Winchesters to locate his burial site and bones in Scotland. However that area of the Middle East was known as Mesopotamia by the west up until the 1920 Iraqi Revolt, at which point it became known as the Kingdom of Iraq.
Sides, Scripts & Transcripts
Promotion
- Acting graduates from Vancouver Film School talk about their roles on Supernatural including Jennifer Clements who played Wendy Rice
- Title
- Plot spoilers
- Promo video
- Extended Promo
- Promotional Photos
- Sneak peek clip
- CHCH promo clip
- Winchester Radio's podcast for this episode
Misha talks about Castiel's return: