Episode 2.21 All Hell Breaks Loose: Part 1

Where once again I mention something in passing on the episode graphic that I completely fail to mention in the actual podcast! But this one is a blink-and-you-miss-it handful of frames that’s far more ominous with the context of the rest of the series. And in context of this early part of the show (and the next two seasons or so) makes Sam’s hiding the whole demon blood from Dean at least a little more understandable but also 10000x more horrifying.

(for reference, Dean doesn’t learn about the demon blood thing that Sam learns in this episode until 4.03 when Azazel himself tells him...)

But this episode: After so long of Sam and Dean having no idea what this big bad “Save Sam or else you’ll have to kill him” threat that had been hanging over Dean all season, it’s finally rendered irrelevant as a “choice” in this episode. We get some awful, awful “I didn’t have a choice,” and the Special Children Hunger Games. Plus the demise of the Roadhouse (and Ash), and the reminder that Kripke hates letting his characters have nice things. We’re watching Supernatural.

Things referenced in this episode:

The Superwiki page for this episode

My tag for this episode

The post I mention laying out my understanding of the YED’s role in the larger canon of s1-5 (if you read nothing else from my links this week, read this. It’s one of those “no, this isn’t actually a plot hole if you look at it from this specific angle only” type explainers, and informs how I look at the rest of the series. Also, it’s not THAT long lol.)

The lyrics I reference playing when Dean walks into the cafe after Sam vanishes

Casting sides for Jake

Casting sides for Lily (both of which came from the Network Draft dated 2/26/07)

Production Draft script dated 3/07/07, with Blue Revision pages dated 3/08/07

The Devil’s Road Map featurette on the s2 Blu Ray

I did my best to keep this one short, knowing next week we’re in for a roller coaster of agony. Have a good one, everybody... :’D

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