Episode 2x20 What Is And What Should Never Be

no really, this episode is A Lot. Being #42 must be some sort of cosmic joke. Djinn, the introduction of El Sol and everything that implies, Dean’s horrifying self-worth issues, the cases Dean discovers were “undone” in his dream world (the Shtriga that nearly killed Sam as a child and became a punishment from John as an adult, their first demon and the plane crash case that exposed Dean’s fears, the clown/rakshasa that follows kids home and murders their parents, and the little girl from Playthings bringing up Dean’s promise to Sam that he will kill him rather than let him turn evil... there’s a lot of baggage to unpack even in those references...), the literal definition of “performing Dean” and just... so much angst.

Of course this episode ran long. I could’ve talked so much longer (and did... I edited out like 40 minutes and it’s still That Long...). But instead I’ll just assign supplemental reading!

The Superwiki Page for this episode

My tag for this episode (sorted chronologically so you don’t get a lot of later seasons meta mixed in at first)

The wikipedia page for From Hell It Came (because it’s a wild read)

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