The Winchester Family Business

Here we go, the last recap of season four! I hope the ten of you that read these things enjoy this one, for its one of my longest yet. Too many scenes triggered the thought process!

I tingle with anticipation the second “The Road So Far” comes up, because I know what’s coming. The season summary to the traditional season finale theme song, “Carry On Wayward Son.” So, is it awesome compared to the other seasons? Hell yeah, maybe even more so, since this season was so good. I’m calling season four the series best. There, I said it. I especially got all stoked at the “Don’t you cry no more,” as Sam walks out on Dean from the previous episode. Awesome.

It’s the St. Mary’s Convent Ilchester, Maryland in 1972. There’s a chapel, and you know since this is Kripke’s episode that some very wicked crap is about to go down. In this case, a priest at the alter gets a pretty big stream of black smoke crammed down his throat. Must be a high on the food chain demon. This priest now comes with cavalier attitude when lecturing nuns, who are scared over his behavior, but not scared enough to run for their lives. Silly nuns.

We pretty much know it’s Azazel before even seeing the yellow eyes just by the way he talks. After blah, blah, blahing his way through The Lords Prayer, he mentions how he feels like he’s been wandering the desert for years. Considering in the Book of Enoch, Azazel was bound and cast into the desert as punishment, that’s pretty much correct. He locks the door and mentions he’s been looking for his father, whose in jail because their dad put him there. Ah, get it, he’s looking for Lucifer.



He goes on to reveal that the very convent they’re in is the place where his father’s cage door is. “Life is funny.” A nun tries to interrupt and gets a “Shut your freaking pie hole you little slut!” Okay nuns, this is the point where you guys are supposed to start running because something isn’t right. The priest smiles and goes on over the irony of the place. The location does kind of make sense, since his dad used to be an angel. He theorizes that some dumb bastard got a jolt of “holy juice” and decided to build a “nun factory.” “Right idea, wrong angel.” His eyes go yellow, he pulls out a knife, and says “So um, if any of you gals are the praying type, now would be good time to start.” Then behind the closed (and locked) doors we hear nuns screaming while the camera moves in on a heavenly angel statue. Nothing is sacred with Kripke, is it?

Bird of the apocalypse and yes, they’re for real this time.

A slow focus on a very pensive (and somber) Sam. There’s an abandoned house, and Ruby’s yellow classic mustang. Other than the fact it’s a 69 Mach, I’ve never been impressed with Ruby’s car. Maybe because I’m more partial to the 1965 convertible models. Plus I hate that color. Sam is lost in his own depressive funk, and Ruby tries to play friend, but sucks at it. Sam is ready to go, but Ruby presses further. She tells him Dean was wrong for what he said to him but Sam says he was right. “I don’t blame him after what I did.”



Ruby tries to give him the consolation, they’ll patch things up after. “You’re talking like I’ve got an after,” Sam replies. “I can feel it inside me Ruby. I’ve changed, for good. There’s no going back now.” Ruby tries again, but Sam insists on staying in self-loathing mode. “Look, I know what I gotta do. It’s okay, I’m just saying, Dean’s better off as far away from me as possible.” Sam’s ready to get this done with and they get a move on. Enough with the pity party Sam! Call your brother.

Now, it’s time for the same slow focus onto Dean’s pensive face. Oh you two, you’re killing me with this family strife! Bobby calls out to Dean, and instantly Dean has the better end of the deal. I’ll take Bobby over Ruby any day! Dean is in Bobby’s library, looking out the window. Bobby asks if he’s heard a word he’s said. Dean refuses to call Sam. “Don’t make me get my gun boy,” Bobby tells him. Mental note, don’t get on the wrong side of Bobby. Dean defends they are too close to Armageddon and they’ve got “bigger fish to fry.” Bobby tries to talk sense into him, trying to remind Dean that no matter what Sam’s done he’s his brother and he’s drowning, but Dean has a pity party of his own. “It’s too late.”



Bobby tells him to try again, but Dean is being a whiny brat. “I’ve gotta face the facts. Sam never wanted part of this family. He hated this life, ran away to Stanford first chance he got. Now it’s like déjà vu all over again. Well I’m sick and tired of chasing him. Screw him, he can do what he wants. Sam’s gone, he’s gone. I’m not sure if he’s still my brother anymore. If he ever was.”

Bobby, not being the fan of whining, turns around, throws everything off his desk in one clean swipe and let’s Dean have it. “You stupid, stupid, son of a bitch! Well boo hoo, I am so sorry your feelings are hurt, PRINCESS. Are you under the impression that family’s suppose to make you feel good? Make you an apple pie maybe? They’re supposed to make you miserable! That’s why they’re family!” Bobby, this is the most awesome you’ve been in a LONG line of awesome. I bow right now to your greatness. Another thing I bow too? Kripke for not killing Bobby. We get him in season five! I’m so relieved that I don’t mind that this is his only scene in the episode.



Dean brings up how he told Sam not to walk out the door and he did anyway, and Bobby not only points out that Dean sounds like a whiny brat (see!), he sounds like John. He calls John a coward. Dean takes offense, but Bobby has a great point. “He’d rather push Sam away rather than reach out to him. That don’t strike me as brave. You are a better man that your daddy ever was. So you do both of us a favor, and don’t be him.”

Dean swallows his pride and says nothing, turning back to the window to think it through. He turns around when he realizes Bobby is right, but suddenly he’s not in South Dakota anymore. He’s in Jupiter and the Infinite Beyond from 2001: A Space Odyssey. Kripke you twisted bastard. Castiel greets him with that trademark, "Hello Dean," and tells him it's almost time, like the world's gonna end or something. Oh wait, it is.

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