3. “Bad Day at Black Rock” – Is That a Rabbit’s Foot?
Man, season three wasn’t very kind to Sam, was it? But, if you’re going to put one of your leads through the screwball, physical comedy wringer, this is the way to do it!
Sam and Dean are hunting down something stolen from John’s locker. They have no idea what it is, just that it’s cursed. They find the guys responsible, who are a pair of hired bungling idiots. However, since one of them already touched the rabbit’s foot, nothing can go Sam and Dean’s way. Until the rabbit’s foot goes flying. Sam, in the process of being choked again, reaches for”¦the foot? Especially when he doesn’t know about it or it’s power? Suddenly, everything is coming up Sam.
Only Dean wants to enjoy this turn of good luck though. Sam knows better. Sure enough, the rabbit’s foot is stolen. Before Sam meets his inevitable end, he might as well have a ton of bad crap happen to him, right? There is after all a whole episode to kill. Sam ends up before the day is out taking out a waiter and a whole tray of dishes at Biggersons, trips in the parking lot and badly skins both knees, gets tangled in cords and crashes to the floor back at the apartment, loses his shoe in a sewer grate outside ““ resulting in the best mope ever in television history.
NONE of that tops though getting dumped by Dean at a local motel and fighting one bad incident after another by only sitting in a chair doing nothing. The A/C lights on fire, Sam sets himself on fire trying to put it out, he knocks himself out with a falling curtain rod trying to put out his flaming arm thus making him visible to bad guys that had no idea he was in there. He’s duct taped to a chair, beaten by the bad guys and is seconds short from having his head blown off when Dean arrives to save the day after touching the foot himself. I didn’t even mention that he’s shot in the shoulder by Bela while they try to destroy the foot.
All of them were hilarious.Thank you for this article. nothing extra comes to mind about Sam
About Dean how about chased by that small dog in yellow fever
Hi Alice,
Sam just seems to have the worst luck sometimes, doesn’t he? I was cringing for him just reading this. I think you just about covered it.
I, too, have a confession to make, though. I actually love Sam in that ridiculous yellow shirt…
Alice, I absolutely loved this! My favorite episode for funny Sam humiliation has got to be Bad Day at Black Rock. Some of Jared’s best physical comedy, in my opinion.
Thanks!
Great list! Hilarious! I think you covered all Sam’s. For Dean, Yellow Fever someone mention above and also lederhosen. A lot of them like the red gym shorts, Sam would’ve been embarrassed by, but Dean took them in stride.
Heehee, this is so much fun! Poor Sammy!
It made me realize that while they love to stuff Dean in silly outfits and stuff food in Dean’s silly mouth, they save the really soul-destroying humiliations for Sam!
And they really love to hit him below the belt too! I’d add Patrick giving Sam the clap in Curious Case to all his below-the-belt woes.
As for the kid in Swap Meat, it obviously wasn’t just to get Dean. He wanted out of his scrawny nerdy body and into Sam’s (and who can blame him really?) He was trying to escape his life. They even have the big talk at the end where Sam convinces him his life isn’t that bad, then as soon as the kid’s gone says “No, his life totally sucked.”
For the rabbit’s foot, he wasn’t specifically reaching for it. He was being choked out and was just grasping and groping around for anything he could use as a weapon. The rabbit’s foot just happened to be the only thing within reach.
And Becky, well she’s resourceful. I’m smaller than she is, and I would’ve found a way to manhandle Sam into bed, trust me.
Oh my, these were so good, and came at a great time too. I absolutely love your no. 1! Just the look on Dean’s face was worth it. And Sam covered in clown glitter was just too good to be true, I still laugh just thinking about it.
Damn, somedays it just sucks to be Sam Winchester. 😆 😆
The worst has to be the Becky episode, from beginning to end. You are right Alice, Dean should have just knocked Sam out and took him somewhere safe. And how did Becky move an unconscious Sam???????
Perhaps in Swap Meat, the teenagers decided to swap bodies with Sam because the knew they can’t kidnap Dean that easily. I mean the man is scary and also big and executing dangerous aura even if he’s calm. He’s also 6’2″ and those teenagers are cute and tiny. I think they are smart by not hitting Dean full frontal.
But lookie here, who’s the guy beside him? He’s 6’4″ even bigger than Dean. Hmmm I’m sure Sam could out power Dean if he wants to. And also I won’t refuse swapping meat with him and objectifying his body like Gary. LOL
Gah, so much fun!!! Poor Sammy! All of these moments made me smile, and I remember choking during the cougar-mauling. But hey- I loved Sam in the yellow shirt! I think my favorite is Bad Day at Black Rock, though, it was just way too funny.
As for Dean, I agree that the running-from-the-little-doggy in Yellow Fever would probably make my list. Oh, and his freak out in Sam, Interrupted. And what could have been a probing table situation in Clap Your Hands If You Believe.
Now that someone reminded me of “Clap your Hands…” I remember and crack up with glee the look on our Sammy’s face as he lifts that tiny tea cup and innocently asks “do you have bigger cups?” This just knocked me OUT!
Good list but for me the most humiliating moment for Dean is a little poodle chasing him at the time when he gets that fear psychosis. That was really funny and Dean acted really well.