Episode 11. Nightmare



“Reality is never as bad as a nightmare, as the mental tortures we inflict on ourselves.” ― Sammy Davis, Jr.

This is a remake of the 1.14 "Nightmare". Sam's premonitions take the Winchesters to a bar where they try to prevent a man getting killed. They are too late though a familiar shadow follows their tracks. They then visit a house where the man's wife and his son Max live. The son says the family was happy but Sam and Dean think something is off. Next vision shows another person in danger and a new clue gives them insight that Max hated his family and he killed them with psychic powers. Sam tries to convince Max to not kill his mother but Sam is not able to and the story ends up tragically.

I did like this episode almost as much as the original. Max's story was even deeper and the damage done to him even clearer. It made me feel sorry for him and be sad about the outcome. The father was in my eyes a pretty huge monster himself and the step mother his accomplice. Both deserved to go to prison but not to be killed. I guess that was the lesson here. It was also as hard to see Dean get shot and the emotional blast that made Sam break free from his prison. Sam did prevent his brother from getting killed and in Supernatural, isn't that the point?



Main characters:

Sam Winchester
Dean Winchester

Jim Miller
Max Miller
Mother Miller
YED



Quotes:

Dean: Why would you and Max be connected?
Sam: I have no idea. Maybe it's because we are alike.
Dean: And how do you figure that?
Sam: Well, we both lost our mothers when we were really young. That's my best guess anyway.
Dean: No! You are not the same. He is a murderer Sam.

Sam: Don't do it. Max please.
Max: No Sam.
Sam: I promise you I'll help you. You don't have to deal with this by yourself. I know you know deep down that doing this won't change anything that's happened. Max listen. Please, please don't shoot.
Max: You're right Sam. It won't change anything.

Something Borrowed, Max and Mother Miller





Supernatural live action & anime: Sam's vision of death

Nightmare review by Nate Winchester