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|writer= Story by '''Teleplay:'''<br> [[Jeremy Carver]] and <br>'''Story:'''<br>Jeremy Carver<br>[[Emily McLaughlin]]; teleplay by [[Jeremy Carver]] |imdb= [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1184920/Mystery Spot]|download= [http://wwwitunes.apple.com/itunesus/tv-season/storemystery-spot/tvshows.html id265096577?i=274141252 iTunes], [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000XUGUOW/ref=atv_dp_se_3_4/002-9004622-9065660 B00142R2K4 Amazon.com]|outline= [[Sam ]] keeps reliving the same dayTuesday in which [[Dean]] keeps dying.

|timeline= |prevep= 3.10 Dream a Little Dream of Me|nextep= 3.12 Jus in Bello}}

[[Sam ]] wakes up in a motel room to ''"Heat of the Moment'' " by Asia , where he finds [[Dean ]] already up and getting dressed. Dean goes through a long and irritating morning bathroom routine, and they go to the local diner for breakfast. Sam tells him about a man that disappeared at the Broward County Mystery Spot. Dean orders the Tuesday special, "Pig 'n a Poke with a side of bacon," and as the waitress delivers their coffee, she accidentally drops a bottle of hot sauce on the floor. As Sam and Dean walk down the city block discussing the Mystery Spot, thy run across a barking golden retriever, a blonde woman who Dean bumps into, and movers struggling to get a desk inside a building. When night falls they break in to the tacky tourist trap after hours, but as they're wandering through the halls the owner approaches them with a shotgun. The gun goes off by mistake, and the bullet hits Dean square in the chest. Sam frantically rushes over to Dean and tearfully holds him as he dies.

As Sam wakes up to Asia again and sees Dean just like he did walk down the day before -- teasing him by turning up city block discussing the songMystery Spot, they run across a barking golden retriever, lip-synchinga blonde woman whom Dean bumps into, and bobbing his head movers struggling to the beatget a desk inside a building. The same scene When night falls they break in to the diner replaystacky tourist trap after hours, befuddling Sam who catches but as they're wandering through the hot sauce from falling this time. They run across the doghalls, the womanowner approaches them with a shotgun. The gun goes off by mistake, and the movers again while Sam convinces bullet hits Dean to check out square in the Mystery Spot now instead of laterchest. Dean agrees, steps out onto the street, and flies through the air in spectacular fashion when a speeding car hits him. Sam frantically rushes over to his side Dean and is again traumatized by holding his dead brother in his armstearfully holds him as he dies.

Sam wakes up to Asia plays again. A rattled Sam watches and sees Dean go through the same morning gargle. He tells Dean in the diner that he’s stuck in a time loop just like Groundhog Day and that Dean’s going to die. Back on he did the sidewalk day before -- dogteasing him by turning up the song, womanlip-syncing, movers -- and just before Dean steps out bobbing his head to the beat. The same scene in the streetdiner replays, befuddling Sam pulls him back, telling him who catches the car hit him yesterdayhot sauce from falling this time. They go to run across the Mystery Spotdog, posing as reportersthe woman, only to get an act from and the owner movers again while Sam gets very irritated. convinces Dean concludes that as long as he doesn’t die, that will break to check out the time loopMystery Spot now instead of later. As Sam Dean agrees, Dean steps forwardout onto the street, and flies through the desk from earlier ends up falling on him, crushing air in spectacular fashion when a speeding car hits him Wile E Coyote style. Sam looks on in horror, rushes to his side and Asia plays is againtraumatized by holding his dead brother in his arms.

At the diner Sam is very anxious, Asia plays again telling Dean about his time loop problem. A rattled Sam watches Dean promises he won’t die and tries to break go through the cycle by ordering sausage instead of bacon, but proceeds to choke. Asiasame morning gargle. He tells Dean takes in the diner that he’s stuck in a shower, time loop like ''Groundhog Day'' and Sam hears Dean yell and a thudthat Dean’s going to die. Asia. They’re eating tacosBack on the sidewalk -- dog, woman, movers -- and just before Dean asks if they taste funny. Asia. Dean is electrocuted by plugging steps out in his razor. Asiathe street, Sam pulls him back, telling him the car hit him yesterday. Sam and Dean They go back at to the Mystery Spot; duct tape , posing as reporters, only to get an act from the owner to a chairwhile Sam gets very irritated. Dean concludes that as long as he doesn’t die, and Sam tears apart that will break the place with an axetime loop. As Sam agrees, Dean tries to get steps forward, and the axe away desk from earlier ends up falling on him, crushing him Wile E. Coyote style. Sam, they fight, blood spurtslooks on in horror, and Sam cries for Dean. Asia"Heat of the Moment" plays again.

By this time Sam is extremely agitated. In At the diner Dean orders the Tuesday special again, and Sam tells Doris the waitress to clock some hours in at the archery range because she’s a terrible shot (thus implying is very anxious, again telling Dean died this way)about his time loop problem. He tells Dean angrily this is promises he won’t die and tries to break the hundredth Tuesday. He proves his point cycle by repeating what Dean says at the exact same time and talks about the other patrons in the dinerordering sausage instead of bacon, not but proceeds to mention catching choke. "Heat of the hot sauce againMoment. Again they see the dog" Dean takes a shower, old man looking for his keys (which and Sam took earlier), hears Dean yell and a woman bumping into themthud. Dean chases after "Heat of the woman Moment." They’re eating tacos, and finds that she has flyers Dean asks if they taste funny. "Heat of the man they’re looking forMoment." Dean is electrocuted by plugging in his razor. He asks Sam why in one hundred Tuesdays he didn’t find out that she’s "Heat of the man’s daughterMoment. " Sam chases after her and Dean go back to ask questionsthe Mystery Spot, while Dean goes duct tape the owner to pet a chair, and Sam tears the dogplace apart with an axe. Growling Dean tries to get the axe away from Sam, they fight, blood spurts, and mauling ensueSam cries for Dean. "Heat of the Moment."

AsiaBy this time, Sam is extremely agitated. At In the diner , Dean orders the Tuesday special again, and Sam on tells Doris the waitress to clock some hours in at the archery range because she’s a terrible shot (implying Dean died this way). He tells Dean angrily this is the hundredth Tuesday. He proves his computer discover that their missing point by repeating what Dean says at the exact same time and talking about the other patrons in the diner, not to mention catching the hot sauce again. Again they see the dog, old man debunks tourist trapslooking for his keys (which Sam took earlier), and a woman bumping into them. He’s apparently a pompous ass, Dean chases after the woman and Dean points out finds that it's "just desserts" that a she has flyers of the man out to get Mystery Spots disappears they’re looking for. He asks Sam why in onehundred Tuesdays he didn’t find out that she’s the man’s daughter. Sam notices the man who has been having pancakes everyday ordered a different kind of syrupchases after her to ask questions, which is while Dean goes to pet the first change to happendog. Asia plays, Growling and Sam wakes up with a look of both revelation and furymauling ensue.

In "Heat of the Moment." At the diner the pancake man leaves, and Sam goes after him. He corners him in the alley and holds a wooden stake to , while on his neckcomputer, telling him he finally figured out why he’s repeating Tuesdays and watching Dean die everydaydiscovers that their missing man debunks tourist traps. Dean stands off to the side confused by what is happening. Sam says that they’ve killed one of his kind beforeHe’s apparently a pompous ass, and the man turns into the [[Trickster]] and tells Sam they didn’t. The Trickster admits it’s been fun killing Dean everyday but points out that this time, the jokeit's on Sam, so he’ll finally get the point "just desserts" that he can’t save his brothera man out to ruin Mystery Spots disappears in one. Sam threatens to kill himnotices a man who has been having pancakes every day ordering a different kind of syrup, but which is the Trickster says the joke is off first change to happen. Asia plays and takes them to Wednesday Sam wakes up with a snap look of his fingersboth revelation and fury.

Sam wakes to a different songIn the diner, ''Back in Time''the pancake man leaves, and is elated to see Dean alive Sam goes after him. He corners him in the alley and that it's Wednesday. They pack up holds a wooden stake to leavehis neck, telling him he finally figured out why he’s repeating Tuesdays and watching Dean die everyday. Dean goes out stands off to the car first where he’s held up at gunpoint side confused by what is happening. Sam says that they’ve killed one of his kind before, and the diner patrons. Sam hears man turns into the gunshot [[Trickster]] and rushes outside to see tells Sam they didn’t. The Trickster admits it’s been fun killing Dean every day, but that this time, the joke's on Sam, so he’ll finally get the groundpoint that he can’t save his brother. Sam threatens to kill him, shot in but the Trickster says the chest joke is off and dead. He holds Dean in his arms and closes takes them to Wednesday with a snap of his eyes, dismayed when nothing changes, before starting to sobfingers.

A very dark montage starts with Sam driving the Impalawakes to a different song, a distant look on his face. He’s shown hunting alone across "Back in Time" by Huey Lewis and the countryNews, pulling off some big kills, while Bobby leaves him a set of messages asking him and is elated to call, mentioning see Dean alive and that he hasn’t heard from Sam in three months and is worriedit's Wednesday. Sam arrives at a motelThey pack up to leave, and the weapons in the Impala are now all organized in foam casing (ala John Winchester). Without expression, Sam fixes his own gunshot wound inside the room, cutting off his shirt, picking Dean goes out to the bullet and stitching himself car first where he’s held up. He eats aloneat gunpoint by Cal, cleans a gun while examining with a cold stare the set mugger who was one of pictures on the wall tracking diner patrons. Sam hears the Trickster, gunshot and makes rushes outside to see Dean on the bed ground, shot in meticulous fashion after wakingthe chest and dead. He brushes holds Dean in his teeth arms and stares in the mirror at a reflection that is defeated and emotionally dead inside. Finallycloses his eyes, a message from Bobby plays in the backgrounddismayed when nothing changes, claiming that he has found the Tricksterbefore starting to sob.

A very dark montage starts with Sam goes to Bobby at driving the [[Impala]], a distant look on his face. He’s shown hunting alone across the Mystery Spotcountry, pulling off some big kills, and while [[Bobby tells ]] leaves him that in order to pull off the summoning ritual they will need a gallon set of fresh blood, meaning they will have messages asking him to bleed someone dry. Sam coldly tells Bobby he’ll go find somecall, and Bobby is appalled mentioning that he hasn’t heard from Sam in three months and is willing to kill an innocent personworried. Bobby gets out a knife and tells Sam to kill him instead. Sam agrees, but from behind Bobby pulls out arrives at a wooden stake motel and stabs him through the heartweapons in the Impala are now all organized in foam casing (à la [[John Winchester]]). Without expression, saying he’s not Bobby. The Trickster emerges and tells Sam he is right. Sam tearfully begs fixes his own gunshot wound inside the Trickster to bring back Deanroom, but the Trickster says that Sam should let him go because Dean will always be cutting off his weaknessshirt, his enemies know itpicking out the bullet, and nothing good will come of their sacrifices for each other -- only painstitching himself up. Sam still begsHe eats alone, so cleans a gun while examining with a cold stare the set of pictures on the wall tracking the Trickster snaps his fingers. Sam wakes up in , and makes the motel room with ''Back bed in Time'' playing on the radiometiculous fashion after waking. Dean is there, He brushes his teeth and stares in the mirror at a shaken Sam gets up reflection that is defeated and gives Dean a huge hugemotionally dead inside. They leave togetherFinally, and Sam is sombera message from Bobby plays in the background, deeply affected by his experience. He sees claiming that he has found the unmade bed and realizes that life without Dean will still happenTrickster.

* Asia - "Heat Of of the Moment -'''" by Asia:''(the oft-recurring song''' that wakes Sam wakes up to each Tuesday)'' * "Back in Time" by Huey Lewis and The the News - Back In Time - :''(Wednesday's song, AKA: the most beautiful song Sam's ever heard )''|Pad_of_Definitions= * [[Trickster]]* [[Time Loop]]* [[Mystery Spot]]

'''Sam:''' Dude. Asia?<br>'''Dean:''' Come on. You love this song and you know it.<br>'''Sam:''' Yeah, and if I ever hear it again I get all tingly when you take control like that'm gonna kill myself.

'''Sam and Dean:''': (In unison): RightMan, you're I had a mind readerweird dream. Cut it out, Sam... Sam! You think you<br>'''Dean:''re funny but you're being really, really childish! - Sam Winchester wears makeup. Sam Winchester cries his way through sex. Sam Winchester keeps a ruler by the bed and every morning when he wakes up..... Okay, enough!Yeah? Clowns or midgets?

'''Dean:''' Sam, I'm sorry, but I don't know what the hell you're talking about.<br>'''Sam:''' Okay, look. Yesterday was Tuesday, right? But today is Tuesday too.<br>'''Dean:''' Yeah. No. Good. You're totally balanced.}}{{TriviaQuote |Text='''Dean:(on getting hit by the car)''' Sammy, I get all tingly when you take control like that.}}{{TriviaQuote |Text='''Dean: ''' Did it look cool, like in the movies?<br>'''Sam:''' You peed yourself.<br>'''Dean:''' Of course I peed myself. Man gets hit by a car, you think he has full control over his bladder? Come on!

'''SamDean:''': You don't know everything.<br>'(after the waitress asks what he wants)''Sam: Hey, uh, Doris? What I'd like is for you to log in some more hours at the archery range '' Yeah.I do.<br>'''Dean & Sam:''' Yeah, right.Nice guess. you<br>'''re a Sam:''terrible'It wasn' shott a guess.<br>'''DorisDean & Sam:''': How do Right, you're a mind reader. Cut it out, Sam. Sam... You think you're being funny but you know tha-'re being really really childish! Sam Winchester wears makeup. Sam Winchester cries his way through sex. Sam Winchester keeps a ruler by the bed and every morning when he wakes up he—<br>'''Dean & Sam:''': Lucky guess.Okay, enough!

'''DeanTrickster:''' Rise and shine, Sammy! ''(repeated line)'How long will it take you to realize? You can't save your brother. No matter what.

'''DeanTrickster:''' Sounds pretty XTrue. But that don't mean I should. Sam, there's a lesson here that I've been trying to drill into that freakish Cro-Files to meMagnon skull of yours. <br>[http'''Sam:''' Lesson? What lesson?<br>'''Trickster://en''' This obsession to save Dean? The way you two keep sacrificing yourselves for each other? Nothing good comes out of it.wikipediaJust blood and pain.org/wiki/X_files The X-Files] was a 90s series about aliens and Dean's your weakness. And the paranormal. [[Kim Manners]] who directed this episodebad guys know it, was a director and producer on The X-Filestoo. He also directed The X-FilesIt's time loop episode [http://imdbgonna be the death of you, Sam.com/title/tt0751163 "Monday"]Sometimes you just gotta let people go.

'''Dean:''' Dingo ate my baby crazyHey, you don't look so good. Something else happen?<br>In 1980 at Uluru (Ayers Rock), Lindy and Micahel Chamberlin claimed '''Sam:''' I just had a dingo took their baby, Azaria, from her tent. The claim was widely ridiculed and Lindy was later convicted of murder, and Michael as an accessory. Although a body was never found, new evidence indicating a dingo was probably responsible, led to both sets of charges being overturned in 1988really weird dream.<br>'''Dean:''' Clowns or midgets?

'''Dean:''' Hey, Tuesday. Pig in a poke.<br>

To buy :''[[Pig in a Poke]] is a sausage dish usually served for breakfast. It also refers to an expression in which buying a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig_in_a_poke pig in a poke] is to buy it something sight unseen. The expression refers to an old practice used by devious salesmen, who offered to sell a customer a pig, but instead gave them a cat in a box or bag.''

'''DeanSam:''' Like Groundhog Day?<br>Okay, look, I'm just saying, there are spots in the world where holes open up and swallow people. The Bermuda Triangle, uh, the Oregon Vortex—:''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bermuda_Triangle The Bermuda Triangle] is a region in the Atlantic Ocean where a number of aircraft and ships are said to have disappeared under mysterious circumstances. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groundhog_Day_%28film%29 Groundhog DayOregon_Vortex The Oregon Vortex] was is a 1993 movie starring Bill Murrayroadside attraction located in Gold Hill, where his character relives the same day over and overOregon.''

'''Dean:''' Sounds a little X-Files to me.:''[[The waitress has X-Files]] was a '90s series about aliens and the same name as the waitress in Groundhog Dayparanormal. [[Kim Manners]], who directed this episode, was a director and producer on ''The X-Files''. He also directed The ''X-Files'''s time loop episode [http: Doris//imdb.com/title/tt0751163 "Monday."]''

Another reference to Groundhog Day is '''Dean:''' Look, I'm just saying that Sam wakes it's crazy, you know, I mean, even for us crazy. Dingo-ate-my-baby crazy. Hey, maybe it was another of your psychic premonitions.:''In 1980 at Uluru (Ayers Rock), Lindy and Michael Chamberlain claimed a dingo took their baby, Azaria, from her tent. The claim was widely ridiculed and Lindy was later convicted of murder, and Michael as an accessory. Although a body was never found, new evidence indicating a dingo was probably responsible led to both sets of charges being overturned in 1988. The line has become a part of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dingoes_ate_my_baby pop culture]. It was a line in an episode of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seinfeld Seinfeld] as well as a song every morning, though [http://buffy.wikia.com/wiki/Dingoes_Ate_My_Baby band] in Groundhog Day the song is "I got you babe" by Sonny and Chershow [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffy_the_Vampire_Slayer Buffy the Vampire Slayer].''

[[File:Phil's Diner Mystery Spot.png|right|300px]]'''Dean:''' Okay Kojak. Okay. I'm listening. So, let’s get so – you think that you outside're in some kind of a what again?<br>'''Sam:''' Time loop.<br>'''Dean:''' Like Groundhog Day.:''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kojak KojakGroundhog_Day_%28film%29 Groundhog Day] was a tough cop played 1993 movie starring Bill Murray, where his character relives the same day over and over. Other references to Groundhog Day include Sam waking to the same song every morning, though in Groundhog Day the song is "I Got You Babe" by Telly Savalas Sonny and Cher. The diner the boys eat in is called Phil's Diner after Punxsutawney Phil, the groundhog in the eponymous 70s seriesmovie, and it features a groundhog on the menu. The waitress has the same name as the waitress in Groundhog Day: Doris.''<br clear ="all">

'''TricksterDean:''' You’re like Travis Bickle in a skirt<br>Okay, Kojak, let's get some air.Travis Bickle was the obsessed taxi driver played by Robert DeNiro in the Martin Scorsese movie :''[http://wwwen.imdbwikipedia.comorg/titlewiki/tt0075314/ Taxi DriverKojak Kojak]was a tough cop played by Telly Savalas in the eponymous '70s series.''

'''Trickster:''' Whoever said Dean was [[Sam]] hacking away at the dysfunctional had never seen you wall with a sharp object in your hands. Holy, Full Metal Jacket.<br>the axe is somewhat similar to [http://www.imdbyoutube.com/title/tt0093058/ Full Metal Jacketwatch?v=2TVooUHN7j4 Jack Nicholson's famous scene in ''The Shining''.] was a 1987 Kubrick movie following the transformation into psychotic killers of the protagonist and his marine comrades through dehumanising training at bootcamp and the brutality of the Vietnam War. At the film’s climax the protagonist bayonets a sniper who is a young Vietnamese girl.

The song "Heat of the MomentBack in Time" was sung by Eric Cartman featured prominently in the South Park episode "Kenny Dies" (in movie [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088763/ ''Back to the Future''], which Kenny, who dies in each episode, but is back again in the next episode dies for "real") when Cartman testified before Congressdealt with time travel.

The song "Back In Time" '''Trickster:''' I swear, it's like talking to a brick wall. Okay, look. This all stopped being fun months ago. You're Travis Bickle in a skirt, pal. I'm over it.:''Travis Bickle was featured prominently the obsessed taxi driver played by Robert DeNiro in the Martin Scorsese movie [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088763tt0075314/ Back to the FutureTaxi Driver.], which dealt with time travel. ''

'''Trickster:''' You're right. I was just screwing with you. Pretty good, though, Sam hacking away at . Smart. Let me tell you, whoever said Dean was the wall dysfunctional one has never seen you with the axe is somewhat similar to a sharp object in your hands. Holy Full Metal Jacket.:''[http://www.youtubeimdb.com/watch?v=2TVooUHN7j4 Jack Nicholsontitle/tt0093058/ Full Metal Jacket] was a 1987 Kubrick movie following the transformation into psychotic killers of the protagonist and his marine comrades through dehumanizing training at boot camp and the brutality of the Vietnam War. At the film’s climax the protagonist bayonets a sniper who is a young Vietnamese girl.''s famous scene in "The Shining"]

[[Jared Padalecki ]] cited this episode as a possible series finale for the show because it was shot after [[3.12 Jus in Bello]] and was the last to shoot before the writer's strike.}}{{TriviaQuote|Text=[[Sam]] wakes up at 7:30 am each Tuesday.

Ways we know [[Dean]] dies on Tuesday::Shot at the Mystery Spot.:Run over.:Crushed by a falling desk.:Chokes on a sausage.:Slips in the shower.:Poisoned by a taco.:Electrocuted by his razor.:Accidentally killed with an axe by Sam wakes up at 7.30 am each Tuesday:Shot with an arrow by Doris the waitress.:Mauled by a golden retriever.And on Wednesday::Shot in hotel parking lot by Cal the mugger.

Ways we know The [[deer's head]] appears in this episode - while Sam and Dean dies on Tuesday::Shot at are in the Mystery Spot:Run over:Crushed by a falling piano or desk (object disputed):Chokes on a sausage:Slips in the shower:Poisoned by a taco:Electrocuted by his razor:Accidentally killed with an axe by Sam:Shot with an arrow by Doris the waitress:Mauled by a golden retrieverAnd on Wednesday::Shot in hotel parking lot by Cal the mugger.

The [[DeerSam and Dean's Head]] appears in this episode - while Sam & Dean are in the Mystery Spothotel room has flamingo wallpaper and a flamingo room divider.

Sam and After Dean's hotel room has flamingo wall paper and "real" death, a flamingo room dividerpirate theme is seen with Sam at the Bounty Inn motel, which is next to the "Buck & Ear" (Buccaneer) bar.

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