Fan Girl Road Trip: A Supernatural Rewatch Podcast

What if mom had never died? What if, instead, Sam and Dean got to grow up in Kansas? What if dad was still dead but buried in a nice little cemetary after being on the softball team, and Sam got to go to Stanford and Dean got to mow lawns and be a drunk? Have we considered these hypotheticals? No? Well, strap in because this episode asks all these and more! We join the boys in the middle of their hunt for a Djinn, and then we take a massive detour into Dean's kind of sort of 'dream life'. Your hosts have a whole lot to say about this one, so grab some snacks for the road.

The boys have a real tough one this week, a ghost who seems to be serving its own brand of justice to those who are already serving their time! When an old friend of dad's reaches out with this request, Dean and Sam end up trading cigs and hangin out in the yard as they race against the clock to save the inmates and guards from this blind vengeance. They can't stay forever though and any time a plan involves "get yourself arrested and thrown in jail", you may want to go back to the drawing board...

Welcome to Tinsel Town! Where the stars on the silver screen shine brighter than the stars in the sky (thank you, light pollution) and everyone's willing to whatever it takes to get ahead. Even if that means stealing a terrible script from someone and ripping it to shreds so much that it is no longer anything like the original. Or summoning the long gone spirits of people who died horribly on a movie set many years before to murder the people that took that script away from you in the first place. Or working as a PA without being paid because you and your brother wandered on set and were put to work. Hollywood's a tough town, everyone. And if this particular Hollywood looks more like Canada, no it doesn't!

We are pulling over for a quick update on the rest of the season and beyond!

Well, we've done vampires. We've done ghosts. We've done demons. What's a big supernatural thing we haven't yet run into? That's right everybody, it's time to howl at the moon and rip out some hearts - we're talking werewolves. Well, kind of. Not a single 'wolf' to be seen in this episode. But they promise, it's werewolves. Will dad's ramblings in his journal actually be helfpul this time? Will Sam finally get to hang out with the girl and have it not be miserable and tragic? Spoiler alert- no to both!

The winding roads on the way to Lake Tahoe can be a very dangerous place - especially if you’re husband distracts you while driving and a random man is in the middle of the road for no damn reason. This week the boys take on a case that asks them to confront what happens to ghosts when they move on. Are ghosts inherently evil because they’re trapped on earth? Or are some just lost souls accidentally causing problems big enough to summon the Winchesters?

Ghost stories? Alien abuductions? Killer crocs?! Genuinely what is happening in this episode? The boys aren't sure what's going on either as they have to call in Bobby for backup for this case. A new face that becomes a very familiar one in the not too distant future makes his first apperance as the trickster, Sam and Dean are fighting like an old married couple, and a man slow dances to Lady in Red with an area 51 style life form. Let's roll!

Uhoh, where's Sammy?! He's taken off and apparently lost his mind. With no memory of the past week and blood on his hands, he's ready to leave this cruel world behind but Dean is much more ready to just accept that sometimes his little brother kills people now. No biggy, we can deal with it. It's the return of a fan favorite character in the form of Sam Winchester, a quick check in on Jo Harvelle, and Bobby's paranoia all in one episode!

Thank you to listener Dev for the lovely artwork!

And the good lord said unto them, take vengeance on the wicked. Or maybe he said grab a knife and do a murder. It's all a little unclear in this episode, where we are teased with the idea of angels for the very first time. Are they real, and are they among us telling certain downtrodden folks to take out evil single-handedly. Sam thinks they very well might be, while Dean ain't hearing it. Time for some divine intervention.

WANTED: Dean and Sam Winchester. Their crimes? Too numerous to count at this point. Most recently? Involvement in a hostage situation at a Milwaukee bank. But of course, not everything is at it appears. The boys, as well as an incredible guest star convinced they're dealing with a Mandroid, have a run in with a shapeshifter turned bank robber. Hot on their tails is an FBI agent with a particular vendettta against the Winchesters. Jam packed with fun performanced, digusting goo, and an iconic needledrop, this episode has it all!

The kids are not alright! In fact, one of the kids might very well not be a real kid at all. But one thing is for certain - they're playing with creepy dolls! At least the house is nice, right?

Sam Winchester has decided enough is enough! He needs to figure out what is going on with his destiny, why he is getting all of these weird visions, and what it all means. His plan? Find the other demon babies that aren't dead yet. He leaves Dean in the dust and meets a lovely fellow demon baby to partner up with, but they are twarted by the return of a man with a deeply personal vendetta (despite his claims to the contrary). How do the boys get out of this one?

One of history's most enduring mysteries is the basis of this week's epsiode. Kind of. Mostly not, but like the idea is there. Sam and Dean are headed to Oregon (not Virginia, to be clear) to finally uncover the secrets of the missing Roanoake colony! With the power of dad's journal and a random thought he once had, the boys sort of get to the bottom of what happened to the people of Roanoke. Except not at all because nobody knows a damn thing in this episode. It's got some jokes, though. So there's that!

What would be worth giving up your soul for? Fame? Fortune? A loved one? This is the question Sam and Dean must face as they head down to Mississippi and encounter some hotshots who may have needed some help from the other side to acheive success. But now, ten years later, the bill has come due. The demon is coming to collect. And a deal is a deal.

Interrogations, ugly necklaces and a very special guest star! The boys end up in Baltimore at the center of a murder investigation in this epis-DANASHULPS DANASHULPS DANASHULPS DANASHULPS DANASHULPS DANASHULPS DANASHULPS DANASHULPS DANASHULPS DANASHULPS DANASHULPS DANASHULPS DANASHULPS DANASHULPS DANASHULPS

Big city crimes are afoot! Instead of heading towards California to rescue Katie Holmes from Scientology (what an alternate episode that could have been), the boys decide to stick their noses where they don't belong and end up right in the middle of an all time mom v. daughter argument between Ellen and Jo. This path leads them to the second coming of the H.H. Holmes murder hotel, this time accepting new residents in Philadelphia instead of Chicago. Jo steps into the spotlight, while Sam takes a real back seat until someone needs to instantly recognize a very old serial killer's legal name on sight. College boy strikes again!

Have you ever thought about what you would do if the world suddenly seemed to bend to your will? If asking for something always meant you got it, and you could get away with just about anything? Would you choose to live in a van down by the river with a polar bear and a barbarian woman painted on the side? Because this week the boys meet up with the one man on earth who seemingly would do that with all that power at his finger tips. And to be honest? He rules. The yellow-eyed demon's influence makes a stunning return in an episode full of ridiculous twists, shockingly unsettling moments, and Andy. Lots of Andy.

Today we are heading to a college town full of classic college problems. Guy friends in the friend zone, boyfriends cheating on their lady with their roomate. And zombies! You know how sometimes your college campus has a corpse raised from the dead walking around getting revenge? College sure is crazy, isn't it?

The vamps are back, sooner than we remembered! This time the show is going to make an effort to convince the audience that vampires are not all evil or dangerous, and it's not going to try all that hard to do it. Gordon the Vampire Hunter joins the boys for a battle of morality which mostly just has us questioning - are these even really vampires?

A PSA to all parents and children; clowns are NOT inherently your friend. Please do not tell children the blanket statement that clowns are their friend. We cannot be letting clowns into our homes in the middle of the night based on bad advice given to children.