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Preview for “Unforgiven” (6.13) 
 
Though Sam seems to be back to normal, his Robo!Sam life is catching up with him. This episode contains flashbacks to post-hell Sam, his effort to learn more about what he did while soulless and to atone for his deeds.   
 
The younger Winchester brother starts to have flashbacks to a case he worked on with Samuel before he reunited with Dean. It also revolves around a mysterious text message complete with coordinates to a small town.  When the brothers decide to investigate, Sam learns some of what he did while hunting with Grandpa Samuel.   
 

 
 
The CW description states that “Dean is surprised when the townspeople start telling him some of the things Sam did while he lived there.”  That seems to be a bit of a contradiction.  Dean, of all people, knows well what soulless!Sam was capable of, but Sam, on the other hand, doesn’t.  I think Sam is the one in for the surprise, at least that would hold the most continuity with the episodes to date so far.  However, no one knows what writers Andrew Dabb and Daniel Loflin have in store for us. These two have penned such great scripts as ‘Yellow Fever’, ‘Jump the Shark’ and ‘Weekend at Bobby’s’. 
 
It’s hard to tell what flashbacks we will get, however, considering some of Robo!Sam’s  confessions, they might well be pretty nasty.   From the promos, it seems that a lot of the ‘things’ Sam did were very illegal, given the fact he apparently ends up in jail and that he left town "covered in blood".  Certainly Robo!Sam completely loses it when he and Samuel are pulled over by an over-eager cop who doesn't believe their "we're federal agents!" line.  Sam beats the guy senseless.  
 
So what else do we see in the promo’s?  Sam clobbering a woman (who seems to be standing in front of Dean); Dean saying to Sam, “We have a habit of leaving messes behind”, Robo!Sam being seduced in a bathroom by a woman (at least I hope it’s Robo!Sam) and later shooting someone; Samuel saying to Sam, “Your about as cold as they come”; Dean running while being chased by the impala; and then Sam saying, “That sounds healthy!” (Side note: In the Pilot episode, Dean uses this same phrase after Sam states he will not tell Jessica he’s a hunter.)  
 
 

 
 
A spoiler that was not listed on the spoiler page was a transcript of Jared’s Meet and Greet session at the Chicago Convention last October.  There he talks about an episode that seems very similar to 6.13.  I have posted Jared’s spoiler below.
 
“Someone asked him about if he knows/will we find out how he got out of hell — and he said that really hadn’t come up in what they were filming so far, though there is an ep coming up (he’s seen the script) number 12 [since changed to 6.13], if I’m remembering correctly, that’s going to go back in time (whether literally or just via flashbacks he didn’t specify) and show Sam and Dean during the year between end of Swan Song and s6 — and showing Sam watching but deliberately avoiding Dean. He sounded really enthusiastic about this ep so it sounds like it should be one with some answers in it. Someone asked about if we’ll find out how he hooked up with the Campbells and he said yes, but that it was more about avoiding Dean than hooking up with them.”  
 
I’m guessing this is the episode Jared was talking about.  If so, we will be getting a lot of answers here.   If not, Robo!Sam fans will be treated to yet another souless!Sam episode.  To read the complete transcript of the session, click here.
 
As for the MOTW this time, given the original title of the episode was “Kiss of the Spider-Man”, that Grandpa Campbell is shown freeing a guy’s face from a cocoon; and that we see a ‘black guy with weird growths on his face and weird, white, spider eyes with black spots instead of pupils’, I say there’s a strong possibility that spiders are involved. And, given my absolute total LOVE for watching those cute little (or big-depending on the budget) arachnids suck the life out of creatures, mainly people, I’m in seventh heaven! (Smile!!!!)
 
The previews (like the synopsis) suggest a Sam-centric episode, but I’m hoping for more MOTW, than Robo!Sam.  I, for one, have not been a fan of psychopathic Sam, and one week after this wonderful hug, we are back to the lumps and bumps of the first half of the season.  Not cool!
 

 
I would have liked to see more of the reunited bros before revisiting Robo!Sam. For me, this bad subplot just needs to go away!  But I am interested in how this visit to Sam’s past will help the boys in the present/future and if they feel Sam needs to be redeemed, better to do it now than later.    Hopefully this will end the ‘soul’ issue and we can get on to fun stuff.  I certainly am intrigued by the spider angle and even on a small budget, those little guys can stir up a lot of creep and bloody horror. Given the size of the cocooned man, maybe we get to see mountain-sized ones.  
 
The official synopsis: DEAN FINDS OUT ABOUT SAM’S LIFE WHEN HE HUNTED WITH SAMUEL — Sam starts to have flashbacks to a case he worked on with Samuel (guest star Mitch Pileggi) before he reconnected with Dean. Sam receives a mysterious text with coordinates to a small town, so the brothers decide to investigate. Dean is surprised when the townspeople start telling him some of the things Sam did while he lived there. Written by CW Publicity
 
David Barrett directed this episode and is new to ‘Supernatural’, but has a long list of directorial credits including ‘Castle’, ‘V’, ‘Nikita’ and ‘The Mentalist’.    
 
The guest cast (IMDB) includes: Mitch Pileggi (Samuel Campbell), Joe Holt (Roy Dobbs), William C. Vaughan (Sheriff D. Atkins), Nicola Anderson (April) and Christopher Rosamond.  
 
The show did not release any photo stills for the episode but BTS set photos were found.  Two of the better ones I included below:



 

 
Jared’s laugh is so cute, and really Jensen, using baby for a table?  Not nice!  Maybe that’s why the impala was chasing him in the promo. Hehehe  (To see all the photos, click here.)
 
 The preview clip and trailer videos for the episode are below, including one released last week containing scenes from both 6.12 and 6.13.
 

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