9.07 Bad Boys

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Title	Bad Boys
Episode #	Season 9, Episode 7
First aired	November 19, 2013
Directed by	Kevin Parks
Written by	Adam Glass
On IMDB	Bad Boys
Outline
Monster	Ghost
Timeline
Location(s)	Lebanon, Kansas Hurrleyville, New York (1995, 2013)
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Characters

• Sam Winchester
• Dean Winchester
• John Winchester
• Sonny
• Ruth
• Robin
• Timmy
• Timmy's Mother

Definitions

• Bunker
• Ghosts
• Salt
• Iron
• Dean's Amulet
• Pentagram
• Rugaru

Music

• "Ave Maria" by Maria Callas

(plays on the radio as Ruth is being killed)

• "Stone in Love" by Journey

(plays when young Dean and Robin are making out)

Quotes

Sam: It took Dad two months to find you in this place?
Dean: No, he found me quick. He left me here because I lost all the money.

Young Dean: I want to be a rock star, but... I also really like cars.

Young Robin: Being a mechanic seems rough.

Young Dean: What? No, no. Not at all. Cars are freaking cool as hell. Fixing them is like a puzzle, and the best part is when you're done, they leave, and you're not responsible for them anymore.

Dean: I guess we didn’t know everything we thought we did at 16.

Sam: Dean, thank you — for always being there. For always having my back. I know it hasn’t always been easy.
Dean: I don’t know what the hell you’re talking about.

Trivia & References

"Bad Boys" is also the name of a 1983 movie about a kid played by Sean Penn who is sent to reform school for killing a gang member, where he must deal with the dead man's vengeful brother.

Writer Adam Glass was born in Georgia but he grew up in Liberty, near to Hurleyville where this episode was set.

Originally Dean was written as 14, but upon seeing Dylan Everett on screen, the crew decided he looked older, and used ADR to change the age to 16 in post-production (Source).

It took 3 hours to apply the ghost makeup to Alika each day - and 3 hours to remove it by of Mike Fields and Geoff Redknap of Lindala Schminken FX Inc.

Sam picks up and starts reading The Marvelous Land of Oz by L. Frank Baum. It is the sequel to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz which Sam gave to Dorothy before she and Charlie returned to Oz at the end of 9.04 Slumber Party.

Writer Adam Glass stated that the kiss with Robin wasn't Dean's first, but before that he hadn't had many. source

Timmy with his two mommys

This episode takes place in 1995, when Dean is 16 and Sam is 12. It is set about 2 years before the events of the flashbacks to 1997 in 4.13 After School Special - by which time Dean had some mad kissing skills. In this episode Dean is wearing the Amulet which Sam gave him in 1991 when Dean was 12.

Minutiae

This episode was shot 5th but aired 7th.

In 4.04 Metamorphosis, Dean appeared to not know what a Rugaru was, but here it transpires that he knew that John was on a Rugaru hunt in 1995.

Erin Karpluk who plays Robin previously played Monica Holt, the mother of Rose, one of the Special Children in 1.21 Salvation. She also appeared in the finale of the series Dark Angel, which Jensen also appeared in.

Karin Konoval plays Ruth the role of the housekeeper in this episode also played Mrs Curry the housekeeper in 4.11 Family Remains. She famously played the mother of the incestuous family in the X-Files episode Home.

The ghost of Timmy's mother is played by two actors: Alika Autran who appeared in the disfigurement makeup, and Jennifer Oleksiuk who play the chacrter just before she vanishes.

Sam is wearing the same shirt he was wearing at the end of [p[5.16 Dark Side of the Moon]].

Sides, Scripts & Transcripts

• 9.07 Bad Boys (transcript)

Promotion

• Title and Character information by Spoiler TV
• Promo pics by seat42f
• Official Synopsis by the CW
• Sneak peek
• Promo
• Interview with Blake Gibbons (Sonny) by Examiner