Supernatural: Wishful Thinking

Hey all! So, last night’s episode was extremely….interesting, no? I mean, how often, even on this show, do you get to witness a suicidal man-sized talking teddy bear shoot himself in the head? That Lollipop Disease is killer – they should have a telethon. This was a bit of a stand- alone episode, except for one issue that I’ll discuss later, and the ep was overall kind of just okay in my opinion (but hey – okay for Supernatural is phenomenal for most other shows, so I’m not complaining). There were some fabulous moments and some huge laughs, but on the whole I think we’ve seen some much stronger comedic episodes of this show.

The episode opened with a woman in the shower being watched by something very mysterious and creepy (who else got excited when they saw the shower, only to be disappointed that there wasn’t a Winchester in there?). When she threw her towel over the invisible mystery stalker and there was clearly something there, a voice, cracking like crazy, yelped out in a most unthreatening manner. Of course she was freaked out, because who wouldn’t be, but it was pretty funny nonetheless. Upon hearing of a haunted shower at a ladies’ health club, Dean became extremely concerned for the safety of the clientele and the boys were there pronto. Upon arriving in to town, they hear a local talking of seeing Bigfoot in the woods and then stumble upon a liquor store that has been ransacked, with all of the girlie liquor and the porn being stolen. I was pretty convinced we had a whole gang of teenage boys running amok with all of the voice cracking and porn-and-amaretto stealing, but it turns out the perpetrators of these two crimes were VERY different indeed.

Outside the store we see an extremely young girl (six or seven maybe) ride her bike to the back entrance and drop off a box of porn and booze with a note that reads “Sorry”. Dean and Sam, and me for that matter, can’t imagine why such a young girl is reading Busty Asian Beauties, so they follow her home. Now, I thought that the folks at SN had lost their dang minds when we saw what was going on at the little girl’s house, because Oh. My. God. I generally have a hard time trying to explain the genius of this show to people because at the first mention of witches or demons or evil scarecrows it all starts to sound very silly. But try including a giant teddy bear named “Teddy” that talks and walks and apparently likes porn and booze and see how crazy you sound. His young owner wished him to life and now he is so depressed at the state of the world that he wants to drink himself to death. The funniest moment for me in the episode was the quick aside that Dean and Sam had, trying to figure out what to do with the depressed, but ultimately non-threatening bear – should they shoot it? Burn it? Both? I was cracking up watching that and glad that they didn’t end up doing either. Instead, they told his young owner (whose parent’s had wished themselves to Bali apparently) that she had to stay with a neighbour while they treated the bear for Lollipop Disease. Way to think on your feet guys.

Turns out the whole situation could be traced back to a nerdy unemployed local named Wesley who wished for the girl of his dreams to fall in love with him by tossing a magical coin into the fountain at a local Chinese restaurant. [Quick aside: I am sorry to all of the fans of Ted Raimi who plays Wesley, because I know he has a huge following but I’m not really familiar with him enough to discuss it – he was fabulous in the episode though!!] Due to the curse of the coin, all wishes derived from its power go bad eventually. Also, the only person who can remove the coin from the fountain is Wesley – the original wisher. Too bad Wesley is living with his dream girl now and she’s providing tasty gourmet snacks and whatever else he desires (but she was bordering on whacko too, and Wesley was starting to see that).

The boys convince Wesley to go with Sam to the restaurant, but the girlfriend overhears and rushes to beat them there, where she wishes for a solution to her problem – aka Death to the Winchesters. Sam’s death was so sudden and out of nowhere that it completely shocked me (and Sam too apparently, but his shock was a bit more literal). Dean meanwhile has encountered a tiny child with the strength of Bam-Bam from The Flintstones. He has overturned an SUV full of bullies and is now directing his anger at Dean, with a punch to the face that sends Dean flying, followed by a near-death inducing chokehold. With chaos abounding, Wesley retrieves the coin from the fountain after giving his girl one last kiss and when it’s over she appears not to recognize him. Sam wakes from his death, and Dean’s attacker loses steam (but the bullies won’t be messing with him again…ever) and all is right with the world. Well, it’s not quite right until we see the little girl from earlier walking with her sunburned and unhappy looking parents while swinging her normal-sized teddy with a bandage over his self-inflicted gunshot wound.

The big story of the night that will carry forward is that Dean remembers everything from his time in “the pit” and now Sam knows. He has finally admitted it, after much prodding from Sam who has noticed that Dean is getting pretty attached to whiskey lately. He remembers everything. Everything. And there are no words to describe it, and Sam couldn’t possibly understand, and Dean will not discuss it. Ever. Jensen Ackles played this scene very well – I really believed his horror at the memories he is forced to endure over and over and over again, and I felt his pain. Clearly we will learn at some point what happened down there, and I suspect that it will be against Dean’s wishes that Sam finds out the truth. But he, and we, will find out – are you ready for it?

Let me know your thought on last night’s episode and theories for the future down below!!

— posted by Nicole

Nicole is a lawyer by day and will be GMMR’s resident Supernatural and Privileged expert this year. She lives just outside of Toronto, and as such, you’ll have to forgive Canadian spellings and maybe the occasional “eh” when they pop up in her reviews. Nicole is still in mourning over the loss of Arrested Development and desperately hoping that the movie happens soon. While she’s a lover of music and movies, television is near and dear to her heart and she’s really excited to be a part of the GMMR team!