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12.11 – Regarding Dean

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12.11 – Regarding Dean

DETAILS

Writer: Meredith Glynn
Director: John Badham
First aired: Thursday, February 9th, 2017 at 8pm

DEAN LOSES HIS MEMORY – Sam (Jared Padalecki) enlists Rowena’s (guest star Ruth Connell) help to track down an old world, powerful family of witches after Dean (Jensen Ackles) gets hit by a spell that is rapidly erasing his memory.

John Badham directed the episode written by Meredith Glynn (#1211). Original airdate 2/9/2017.

 

Recap

RECAP

Eureka Springs, Arkansas

A man runs through the park, gasping. He calls and tells the person to get out. Dean follows the man and shoots, and the man keeps running. When Dean catches up to the man, the man casts a spell, knocking Dean unconscious in a blaze of purple light.

The next morning, Dean wakes up and discovers that his phone was destroyed. A woman comes by with her baby and gives Dean some money, assuming that he’s homeless. A jogger comes up and Dean asks to borrow his phone. The jogger hands it over and Dean calls Sam. Sam picks up and Dean admits that he’s not sure where he is. he sees a waggle house sign and tells Sam to meet him at Waldos.

When Sam arrives, Dean is busy eating. He says that he doesn’t remember what happened when he went out for food, and Sam calls Mary and Castiel to let them know his number. Dean doesn’t remember who Kelly is for a minute, and Sam suggests that he slow down a bit. Four girls come in and Sam reminds Dean that the morgue opens in ten minutes. Dean doesn’t remember that for a minute, and then recalls that accountant Barry Gilman was found stuffed full of money. He points out that they didn’t find anything when they checked out Barry’s house, and figures that a hitman with an ironic sense of humor killed the accountant. As Dean pays the check, one of the girls, Elka, comes over and Dean doesn’t remember her. When he says that, she slaps him and goes back to her friends.

At the morgue, the Winchesters check the evidence bags on Barry’s case. The bags are filled with bloody money that they pulled from Barry’s stomach, and a hex bag. As they leave, Sam points out that Barry was a money manager. He worked for the richest families in town, and when they get in the Impala Dean can’t remember what key starts it. Sam assumes that his brother is still drunk, and Dean puts the gar into Forward instead of Reverse. Dean looks at Sam and then says that he doesn’t know who Dean is.

The brothers go back to their motel room and Dean insists that he’s fine. Sam suggests that a witch hexed him, but Dean points out that he’d be dead, but can’t remember the members of Bon Jovi. When Dean can’t remember what a lamp is, Sam puts a sign on it to remind him.

Rowena is playing poker at a bar and wins six times in a row. As she collects her money, her phone rings and she steps aside to take it. It’s Sam, who says that they need her help. He explains that Dean has been hexed, and Rowena says that Sam needs to kill the witch to break the curse. When Sam hangs up, he discovers that Dean has wandered out. He goes upstairs and finds Dean trying to get into the wrong room. Sam says that they have to retrace dean’s step, but Dean doesn’t remember what he did.

The Winchesters go to Barry’s office and Sam points out the photos on the wall. Dean sees the man from the forest but doesn’t recognize him. They check burger joints to see which one Dean went to after they left the office. Dean sees Elka waitressing apologizes. Elka finally tells them that Dean ordered burgers to go. Dean knocked back four shots of tequila and hit the bull, and admits that he was amazing. Afterward they talked and blew off some steam, but then the bartender saw Dean run off and never came back to meet with her. Elka figures that Dean is roofed up and apologizes for taking advantage of him. Sam asks to see the security cameras and Elka gives him access. They watch as Dean follows the man out of the bar and the man blast him back. Dean doesn’t remember any of it, and Sam recognizes the man from the photo in Barry’s office.

The brothers go to the alleyway and Sam finds a bullet casing. Dean forgets that there are witches, and Sam explains that they hunt monsters. They go to the park and Sam fills Dean in on their job. They find the glyph on the tree and Sam takes a photo. Dean goes on ahead and finds a corpse, and calls Sam over. It’s the witch, and Sam points out that killing him was supposed to restore Dean’s memories.

Later, Catriona Laughlin and her brother Boyd arrive and find the dead witch, Gideon. Boyd figures that he died because they went after Barry, and Catriona says that Barry deserved what he got. She refuses to run and Boyd asks if she wants to kill the Hunters, too. Catriona says that she wants her family back.

At the motel, Sam examines the photo he took of Gideon Someone knocks at the door and Dean opens it. He doesn’t recognize Rowena, and admires her hair. She explains that the glyphs are an arcane Celtic ritual used by druids, and Sam has Dean watch Scooby-Doo on TV to keep him distracted. Rowena tells Sam that the Loughlins are the only family that uses the glyphs, and recognizes Gideon. She says that a hundred years ago the Loughlins came over from the Old World and turned a town on the Mississippi Delta into their personal fiefdom. They had three children–Catriona, Boyd, and Gideon—

Catriona and Boyd take Gideon back to their manor.

Rowena explains that the Loughlins possessed the Black Grimoire, and witches came from around the world to study them. Hunters found the Loughlins and wiped out the family, but one or two of them slipped away with the Grimoire. She says that they have to find the Grimoire to end the spell, because Dean will forget everything by the time she can break the spell.

Later, Sam tells Dean what is happening. He assures his brother that they’ll figure it out and goes out. Rowena asks how Dean is, and Sam says that watching his brother become someone else is worse than seeing him die. In the bathroom, Dean goes over what he can remember.

Rowena says that they need to find the Grimoire, and Sam figures that she wants it for herself. She admits that it’s true but it doesn’t hurt to have the Winchesters owe her one.

Dean’s memories continue to slip away.

Sam has Gideon’s address from Barry’s files, and tells Rowena to stay with Dean. He plans to have one of the Loughlins to translate the Grimoire and leaves.

Dean realizes that he can’t learn anything about his life.

The next morning, Dean paces nervously as Rowena prepares her spell. She gives him a voodoo doll and tells him a “story” about how the British Men of Letters run her out of England. The family she moved in with threw her out, saying she wasn’t up to snuff, and Dean assures her that she has plenty of snuff. Rowena says that it’s a gift to forget what they’ve done, and tells Dean that he’s a killer.

Sam sneaks up on a guard and captures him.

Rowena assures Dean that he’s killed scores of people, but everything that he’s done has been for the greater good. She admits that she’s done horrible things to acquire power, but then she met God and His sister and figured that if they can’t be satisfied then how can there be any hope for her. Dean wonders why Rowena is telling him, and she says that she knows he won’t remember. Sam calls and says that he’s in.

Sam sneaks through the house and finds Catriona mounting butterflies in the study with Gideon’s body. He tells her that he has witch-killing bullets and tells her to break the spell. Unimpressed, Catriona says that she told Boyd that Sam would come to them, and Boyd comes in and throws a spell knocking Sam into the bookshelves. Catriona casts a spell animating the butterflies and Dean clutches at his ears in pain.

Dean finds himself in the Impala with no idea how he got there. Rowena left a note explaining that Sam has been kidnapped by a witch, and she left Dean there. There’s another note telling him to stay.

As Boyd tied Sam up, he reminds Catriona that Gideon said to leave Barry alone. He blames her for Gideon’s death, but Catriona tells him that they can bring him back. Sam wakes up and hears Catriona ask Boyd to sacrifice Sam. Boyd turns around and Sam feigns unconsciousness. Meanwhile, Catriona hears someone enter the house and goes downstairs. Rowena is waiting and introduces herself.

Boyd cuts his palm, and Sam says that he doesn’t want to do it. The witch explains that he’s going to swap Sam’s soul for Gideon’s, while Sam works at his bonds.

Catriona says that she remembers Rowena as a pretender unworthy of their magic. Rowena begged them for the Loughlin magic but they refused. Smiling, Rowena blasts Catriona back.

Dean finally gets bored and goes to the trunk. There’s a note saying “Open Me” on a chest, and inside are weapons. There are more notes directing Dean to the proper gun.

Catriona pins Rowena to the wall and picks up a shard of glass. She throws it, just missing Rowena’a’s head, and picks up another shard. Dean arrives and aims his gun at Catriona, and holds up Rowena’s note saying that it has witch-killing bullets. He shoots Catriona dead, freeing Rowena. When Boyd is distracted by the shot, Sam knocks him down but Boyd blasts him back and runs out.

Boyd runs downstairs and Dean aims his gun. Sam arrives and Dean doesn’t remember either of them. When Sam reminds Dean that he’s a brother, Dean kills Boyd and gives Sam a thumbs up.

Later, Rowena breaks the spell and then she and Dean come down. Dean feigns amnesia to get a rise out of Sam. They go to the motel and Rowena tells Dean to let her know if she remembers anything from when he lost his memories. Sam goes over and thanks Rowena, and she hands him the Grimoire. He admits that they owe her one, and she leaves. Sam says that he was jealous of Dean not having to remember everything that they’ve done. Dean says that he lost everything and if that’s happiness, he’ll pass.

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Guest Stars

GUEST STARS

Ruth Connell Ruth Connell Rowena MacLeod
Tirra Dent Tirra Dent Catriona Loughlin
Vincent Gale Vincent Gale Boyd Loughlin
Justin Turnbull Justin Turnbull Gideon Loughlin
Lindsay Winch Lindsay Winch Elka
Michael Cha Michael Cha Japanese Businessman
Christopher Coutts Christopher Coutts Coroner
Nisreen Slim Nisreen Slim Yuppie Lady
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TRAILER/CLIPS

Trailer

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Music

MUSIC

“Like It’s Going Out of Style” by Frank JR Zaruba (De Wolfe Music Library)
(playing as Sam and Dean enter the bar to retrace Dean’s steps)

“It’s All Good Lovin’ to Me” by Sleestak (Black Toast Music)
(playing in the bar as Sam and Dean review surveillance footage)

“Raggedy Ann” by Tirra Dent
(sung by Catriona as she is torturing Rowena)

“Broomstick Cowboy” by Bobby Goldsboro
(plays over the ending montage)

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Quotes

QUOTES

Dean: Right. Right. Yes, the Devil baby mama drama. Say that five times fast. Devil baby mama drama.

 

Sam: This is serious. Look, I think Dean’s been hexed, okay? He-He’s been forgetting things.
Rowena: Maybe he’s just drunk. Oi!
Sam: He’s not drunk.

 

Dean: First action in I don’t know how long, and it’s like it never even happened. Figures.
Sam: Ha. See, now that’s comedy.

 

Dean: I’m trying to read my lips. ‘Now salsa you mittens.’
Sam: You can’t read lips.
Dean: I can’t read lips.

 

Sam: Wait a second. So you can’t break it?
Rowena: Oh, of course I could, but witchcraft this complex would take time, more than Dean’s got. He’s already begun to forget himself, everyone he’s ever known, ever loved. Even you. Soon, he’ll forget how to speak, how to swallow, and then… Dean Winchester’s going to die.
Dean: Sucks for that guy.

 

Sam: You know, I’ve seen my brother die, but watching him become… not him… This might actually be worse.

 

Sam: You know I gotta be honest, I was actually, uh, a little jealous at first.
Dean: Of what? The curse that nearly killed me?
Sam: No, just, you know… Some of the things we’ve done, we’ve had this weight for… Forever. And seeing it gone, uh, you looked happy.
Dean: Huh. Well, look, was it nice to drop our baggage? Yeah, maybe. Hell, probably. But it wasn’t just the crap that got lost. I mean, it was everything. It was us, it was what we do, you know? All of it. So… That’s what happy looks like? I think I’ll pass.

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Trivia

TRIVIA

“Regarding Dean” is a reference to the 1991 film Regarding Henry, about a lawyer who struggles with his memory after a shooting.

 
Dean: Okay, one, the Rat Pack partied till the day they died. And B, I can still kick your ass.

The Rat Pack was a group of actors that consisted of Frank Sinatra, Joey Bishop, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., and Peter Lawford. They appeared in several movies together.

 

 

Dean: Ugh. Witches. Well, I guess it’s true what they say. Mo money, mo problems.

“Mo Money, Mo Problems” is a 1997 song by The Notorious B.I.G.

 

 

Sam: Listen, man, I-I know we haven’t had it easy lately. This thing with the Devil’s kid and getting tossed into West Guantanamo makes me want to crawl into a bottle, too, sometimes, but… Dude, you’re wrecked. And we got a case to work, so get it together, alright?

Guantanamo Naval Base, usually shortened to Guantanamo or Guantanamo Bay, contains a military prison that infamously tortures its prisoners and denies them basic human rights.

 

 

Dean: Dude… If a witch got a clear shot of me, I would be dead, okay? I wouldn’t be freaking uh… Dory.
Sam: Dory?
Dean: I’m not gonna apologize for loving that fish. Not to you, not to anyone.

A reference to the Finding Nemo and Finding Dory character of the same name, who had memory issues.

 

 

Sam: Right. Okay. All right. If you’re doing so well, name all the members of Bon Jovi.
Dean: Okay. Uh, we talking circa 1983?

Bon Jovi is an American rock band that formed in 1983. Its members then were lead singer and guitarist Jon Bon Jovi, guitarist Richie Sambora, keyboard player David Bryan, bassist Alec John Such and drummer Tico Torres. Though Dean has said “Bon Jovi rocks, on occasion” there is no knowing if he would actually have known the line-up.

 

 

Rowena: From the neck down, is he smooth like a Ken doll?
Sam: I don’t know. Uh, and I’m not checking either.

Ken is a toy doll introduced by Mattel in 1961 as the “boyfriend” of Barbie.

 

 

Dean: So this spell, I’m stuck in some sort of Memento crap?

Memento is a 2000 neo-noir thriller written and directed by Christopher Nolan. In it, Guy Pearce plays Leonard Shelby, who suffers from anterograde amnesia as a result of trauma.

 

 

Sam and Dean use the aliases “Agents Moon and Entwistle,” references to Keith Moon and John Entwistle of The Who.

 
Elka: Last night, you told me your name was Springsteen. Like the Boss.

Bruce Springsteen is a famous American musician, who is known by the nickname “The Boss”.

 

 

Dean: It’s like watching myself on Netflix.

Netflix is a website or app that a person can watch various TV shows and movies on. At the time of the episode’s airing, the first eleven seasons of Supernatural were up on Netflix.

 

 

Sam: Uh, Dean, do you remember HBO?
Dean: Um…
Sam: Cinemax?
Dean: Skinemax.

HBO and Cinemax are American pay cable channels. Cinemax is often jokingly referred to as “Skinemax” due to its penchant for showing softcore porn during the late-night hours. Skinemax HD is a Canadian adult entertainment channel.

 

 

Sam puts on the Scooby Doo, Where Are You! episode “Hassle in the Castle” for Dean to keep him distracted.

 
Catriona Loughlin is shown cataloguing butterflies, this is known as Lepidopterology.

 
Catriona: Raggedy Ann.
Rowena: Excuse me?

Raggedy Ann is a rag doll character from a series of early 20th century illustrated children’s books.

 

 
Vincent Gale, who played Boyd Loughlin, previously played Evan Hudson in 2.08 Crossroad Blues and Viggo in 8.10 Torn and Frayed.
This is the fourth episode in twelve seasons where the Winchesters have directly killed a witch or witches. The others were the shtriga in 1.18 Something Wicked, Spencer in 8.15 Man’s Best Friend with Benefits, and Sonja in 11.13 Love Hurts.
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