9.17 Mother's Little Helper
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Title | Mother's Little Helper |
Episode # | Season 9, Episode 17 |
First aired | March 25, 2014 |
Directed by | Misha Collins |
Written by | Adam Glass |
On IMDB | Mother's Little Helper |
Outline | |
Monster | Demons |
Timeline | |
Location(s) | Milton, Illinois Lebanon, Kansas |
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Contents
Synopsis
Characters
Definitions
- The Bunker
- Demonology
- Demon Smoke
- Crossroads Demon
- Exorcism
- The First Blade
- Knights of Hell
- Mark of Cain
- Men of Letters
- RoboSam
- Ruby's Knife
- Souls
Music
- "It's Not Too Late" by The Bughouse 5
- (playing in the diner Sam is eating at)
- "You're No Good" by Linda Ronstadt
- (playing in the bar while Crowley talks with Dean)
Quotes
Crowley: You're lying to Sam like he's your wife. Which kinda makes me your mistress.
Julia: I'm an ex-nun sweetie. Complicated is my middle name.
Crowley: I’m going to go water the lily. Care to cross streams?
Dean: Demons don't take leaks, next time you want to shoot up why don't you find a better excuse.
Sam: You know, um, can I ask you something?
Julia: If it's for a date, sorry. I never see anyone under 65. Too much drama.
Julia: If it's for a date, sorry. I never see anyone under 65. Too much drama.
Trivia & References
"Mother's Little Helper" is a track from the Rolling Stone's 1966 album Aftermath. In the '60s the sedative Valium was known as "mother's little helper" due to its popularity amongst women.
Before the episode Misha answered questions on the official Supernatural Facebook page. Over 25,000 questions were posted! Here are his answers to some of them.
* Live tweets from the East Coast broadcast of the episode.
- Live tweets from the West Coast broadcast of the episode including Misha, Orlando Jones, Mark Sheppard and William Shatner!
Sam travels to Milton, Illinois to investigate the case. Dean is seen at the Milton drinking and playing pool, suggesting he may have followed Sam.
Sister Julia Wilkinson is named after the Supernatural Wiki Admin, Jules Wilkinson.
Minutiae
The episode marked Misha's directorial debut. He joins Jensen Ackles, Jerry Wanek, Kevin Parks, Serge Ladouceur and Johnny MacCarthy as cast and crew of the show who have also directed.
It is a seven hour drive from Lebanon, Kansas to Milton, Illinois.
Sides, Scripts & Transcripts
Promotion
- Episode Synopsis by ksitetv
- Promo Pics
- Promo
- Sneak peek
- Misha talks about his directorial debut and whats to come for Cas with HuffPost
- Interview with Sweatpants and Coffee