Supernatural: Love Mojo Gone Wrong
The guys go hunting after a trio of men kill their wives in horrible ways. They claim they all knew exactly what they were doing... but they don't know why. Maybe it had something to do with a certain strip club they all visited? Each of them fell for a different comely exotic dancer -- she was the perfect woman, exactly what I always wanted. The stripper told each man they could be together forever if only their wives were out of the way. So the men commences a-bludgeoning, but when they finished, their dream girl was gone.
The guys pose as FBI agents and get the scoop on the men and their victims from Dr. Cara Roberts, a gorgeous brunette with a wild side who seems quite taken with Sam and uninterested in Dean. she reveals that all the men had sky-high levels of oxycontin in their blood -- a "love hormone" that provokes feelings of euphoria. How did it get there?
A quick consultation with Bobby (Hi, Bobby!) leads the guys to believe they're dealing with a siren. ("Like Greek myth siren? The Odyssey?" Dean asks. Sam looks at him incredulously. "Hey, I read," Dean replies.) The siren can read minds and shape itself into the perfect dream girl for its victim. It puts the mind whammy on the victim and gets him to destroy himself. And it looks like one has taken up residence in town. Unfortunately, the only lore on how to kill a siren comes from an old Greek poem, and "shockingly, it's a little vague," as Bobby says. There's something about stabbing the siren with a brass knife coated in the blood of a sailor who is in the siren's snare, but that means cutting someone while they're mind-whammied. Hmmm.
The guys go back to the hospital and try to retrieve the blood samples... but Nick Monroe, a real FBI agent, is there. The guys foist him off by having Bobby pose as their director (oh, how we love ho Bobby can multitask -- he rips the agent a new one while frying up breakfast wearing a "Kiss the Cook" apron). Nick still wants to investigate, and Sam convinces Dean to take him along to the strip club, just to keep him out of the way, while Sam asks Cara for the blood. But the blood samples are gone.
And here's where things get suspicious, because Cara? She's a little TOO perfect, you know? She's just the sort of smart, funny, gorgeous girl who might qualify as Sam's perfect woman... uh oh. We uh-oh even more when she and Sam start stripping. (After that, we're too busy saying "Thank you, siren!" and enjoying the sight of shirtless Sam to be too worried. We're shallow that way.)
Dean is also having a good time (albeit not of the same sort ) -- he's bonding with Nick, who appreciates his car, his music... "You know, for a Fed, you’re not a total dick," Dean says. High praise indeed! Then Nick reveals a bit of evidence Dean hadn't seem -- a hyacinth blossom was at the site of all the murders. And Cara just happens to have hyacinths in her office...
Dean finally gets hold of Sam and discovers the yes, he did the deed with Cara. ". Middle of Basic Instinct and you bang Sharon Stone?" Dean spits in disbelief. "First it's Madison, then Ruby and now Cara. what is it with you and banging monsters?" Dean tells Sam he's probably infected, and call bobby for backup. Then he calls new BFF Nick to help track down Cara. The two share swigs from Dean's flask... which is a problem. See, Nick is the siren, and he puts the mind-whammy on people with his saliva. And now Dean is hooked. "I should be your little brother," Sirenick says. "Sam, you can't trust him. Not like you can trust me. In fact, I really feel like you should get him out of the way so that we can be brothers... forever." "Yeah," Dean replies. "Yeah, you're right."
So when Sam gets back to the hotel room, Nick is waiting -- and so is Dean. Dean puts a knife to Sam's throat, and tells Sam how he seduces Dean: "I gave him what he needed, and it wasn't some bitch in a g-string. It was you -- a little brother that looked up to him, that he could trust. And now he loves me."
But that's not all: Sirenick sprays Sam with his mind whammy juice, and tells the boys that they should clear the air, get rid of the tension between them. Whoever lives gets to be Sirenick's companion. So finally, the boys talk, and it's brutal.
Dean: I don't know when it happened. Maybe when I was in hell, maybe when I was staring right at you, but the Sam I knew, he's gone. And it's not the demon blood or the psychic crap -- it's the little stuff. The lies, the secrets.
Sam: What secrets?
Dean: The phone calls to Ruby for one.
Sam: So I need your say-so to make a phone call?
Dean: That's the point. You're hiding things from me. What else aren't you telling me?
Sam: None of your business.
Dean: See what I mean? We used to be in this together. We used to have each other’s backs.
Sam: Fine. Wanna know why I didn't tell you about Ruby, and how we're hunting down Lilith? Because you're too weak to go after her. You're holding me back. I'm a better Hunter than you are -- stronger, smarter, I can take out demons you're too scared to go near. you're too busy sitting around feeling sorry for yourself. Whining about all the souls you tortured in hell. Boo hoo.
Them's fightin' words! The guys pummel the crap out of each other, but Dean eventually gets the upper hand (after they've gone crashing through the hotel room door). Dean grabs a fire axe and is about to take off Sam's head when Bobby appears. Huzzah! Bobby stabs Dean with a brass knife, then hurls it into Sirenick's back. The siren is toast, and the boys are free.
Of course, there may be some issues to work out after all that was said... or not. Bobby tells the boys not too feel bad about what they did under the influence of the siren's song -- they couldn’t help it. Sam blames the siren's spell for what he said, and Dean is happy to agree. "So we're good?" Sam asks. "Yeah, we're good," Dean replies. Boys? You're so not good.
Comments
FYI it's not oxycontin (which is a brand name of oxycodone), it's oxytocin
Posted by: Chris Ordway | April 9, 2010 6:19 PM
I enjoy too much MeanSam. Seriously, someone need to slap Dean's new "woe is me" that has been overdone this season.Thank you Sammy.
Posted by: ima | March 11, 2009 7:30 AM
Allot of people on this comment page seem to forget that without Sam thier would be no Supernatural....whether he's doing horrible things or not if this were real life and it's not Jared is noting like Sam, Dean would be offended so many people are pissing all over Sam....he's just a character after all...and if they do come toe to toe which should be heart breaking...not having people choose sides....remember thier brothers they love each other, thats what sits at the core of the show...it's disapointing to see so many fans hating on Sam, he's just going where the writers tell him to go.....but I really do hope thier is a light at the end of this tunnel...I want both of the boys to be happy by the end of the show......just not sure if it's in the cards....Kripke always keeps us geussing.
Posted by: Lacey woolf | February 23, 2009 12:58 PM
Loved this episode! Always hate to see the brothers at odds (although I'll bet that Jared and Jensen will validate CandyMaize's observation that they doubtless LOVED shooting the fight scene with each other!), but you can't have drama without conflict, and they have to confront their estrangement before they can cure it. I'm betting that this split will be a long longer and harder than the one in "Asylum" and "Scarecrow."
A couple of small points in your recap, though, Sarah: the hormone was oxytocin. (OxyContin was probably what the boys wished they had after that fight to ease the pain of their bruises...) And the knife was bronze, not brass; works a lot better at holding an edge, and fits with the time period when the Greek legends would have come about!
Posted by: Mary (Bardicvoice) | February 9, 2009 4:38 PM
I really hate Sam. This episode (on top of all those other episodes) has made my hatred rather legitimate. How can one say such things to a brother - a man who has looked after you and supported you his entire life? A man who has suffered through 30 years of horrendous torture, who confides in his brother about - only to have it thrown back into his face?
What the hell?
We need Castiel back. He needs to smite Sammich's ungrateful ass. Or Uriel. Either one. Someone just please smite him.
Posted by: Anonymous | February 9, 2009 4:08 PM
i enjoyed watching this episode. finally some truth. dean's whole 'you're not the same sam anymore' speech was heartbreaking. and there's just no way sam is better than dean. NO WAY!
Posted by: jess. | February 8, 2009 7:11 PM
Now let me get this straight. Sam has spent over half of the series (understandebly) "whining" about various things (his childhood, wanting normal &safe, going evil, being a freak with demon blood, etc.)and Dean doesn't call him whiney even once. But Dean spends a grand total of 4 minutes verbalizing about 40 years in hell (at Sam's own request) and Sam finds that somehow unreasonable? He accuses Dean of whining ("you were in hell, boo hoo")? Seriously?
I don't know why I find it surprising, Sam is often oblivious to or disregards problems that are not his own. Ironically this is why so many people find Sam whiney.
I also can't blame all of Sam's attitude on his association with Ruby. He has always had a superiority complex and refused to see his own shortcomings or take any accountability for his own mistakes. Pride is the root of all sin and Sam' pride will be his own undoing.
So Sam thinks that he is stronger? Is this the same weak willed guy who hangs on Ruby's every word? Who doesn't take responsibility for his own actions? Who "broke" after a week of grieving (not 30 years of torture)for a brother he doesn't seem to even care about in order to use powers he once deemed evil? Who has never had to carry the heaviest part of the burdens or make the tough choices? Who even Ruby saw as having to be more like Dean in order to fight in the war? What arrogance! Azazel would be so proud!
Of course this all led up to the best part of the episode, when Dean gets the better of Sam. Dean for the win! Cause Sammy wasn't getting up! Who's weak now, bitch?
The good news is that I think that Dean is no longer buying what Sam is selling. Dean has always seen the best in Sam and that has blinded him to Sam's less than steller qualities. The the blinders are off now. Finally!
Interestingly enough in the end Sam reassures Dean that he didn't mean what he said. Seemed like Sam was trying to ensure that his safety net/scapegoat was firmly in place in case he falls.
It's rather ironic that Sam wants to be free of Dean, but in the end I think it will be Dean who will be liberated from Sam. What will Sam do when his reliable crutch is no longer there and he is forced to sink or swim on his own merit? What will he do when he runs to the big brother well and realizes he has already bled it dry?
Will Dean forgive Sam? I believe he will, but Sam will have to earn back
Dean's trust, respect and faith. Will Sam get passed himself long enough to care about Dean's torture in hell? Maybe but I doubt that Dean will ever discuss it with him again.
Anyway better than last weeks episode, but still not as good as the first 3 of the season.
Posted by: Con | February 8, 2009 3:37 PM
AWESOME EPISODE!!!!!
Posted by: cassi | February 8, 2009 7:39 AM
Thanks for the recap. I thought this was a great episode.
I have to admit I was really believing (initially) that Cara was the siren .. but then I figured it out just ahead of the reveal .. still though, I thought they did a decent job of using her to mislead us (or at least me).
And man that was a LONG fight between Sam & Dean!! But I bet the J's enjoyed filming both it and the verbal sparring too. Oh yeah - that definitely gave them some stuff to get into again later. And, it was a great way to have an 'emotional' moment between them without there being tears involved for a change!
I have to say that these past 4 standalone episodes have been DARK .. there has been some great humor in them, but overall .. really DARK .. we are being led down a dark road!
I can't wait for the next new episode (which will air in March).
Posted by: CandyMaize | February 6, 2009 8:14 PM