Supernatural: “Time for a Wedding!” – Some Things Should Not Happen, Even in Vegas!

Hello again Supernatural fans,

Season seven, episode nine “How to Win Friends and Influence Monsters”, airs on Friday 11/18/11 9pm ET.  Per The CW, here is the episode synopsis.  Sam (Jared Padalecki), Dean (Jensen Ackles) and Bobby (Jim Beaver) become actual hunters, in the true sense of the word, when they set up camp in a New Jersey state park to track a creature that has been attacking people in the woods.  The townsfolk claim it is the real Jersey Devil.  Meanwhile, Dean is beyond thrilled to find a Biggerson’s restaurant in town, but is devastated when he discovers the restaurant’s special sandwich seems to be making people crazy.  Guy Bee directed the episode written by Ben Edlund.

Before countinuing my review, we include the promotional trailer of “How to Win Friends and Influence Monsters” below for your enjoyment courtesy of the CW Network! Thanks CW for Supernatural season seven!

 

The SPN family is full on awesome!

Season Seven “Time for a Wedding”:!

We start out in Las Vegas, Nevada at what appears to be a strip joint.  Exactly where we expect Dean to be while in Vegas.  He is around half naked women, but he seems so down.  Where is Sammy?  Apparently Sam went on a hike during the brothers’ annual Vegas getaway.

Dean looks lost without Sam right now.  Did I forget to mention he is venting to his hot blonde waitress, Kelly (Tammy Gillis)?  Dean has really been waiting for Sam to “go guano” again, but he is actually getting better.  I think Sam never stays in the clear, so me being like Dean, knows the other shoe will drop.  It is not a matter of if, but when.

Sam sends Dean a text letting him know he is only four blocks away.  He tells him to wear a Fed suit.  Dean always looks so good in a suit…we never complain about that.  Um, Sam is at “A Little White Chapel”.  What the…?  This cannot be good.

 

The lights are flickering.  Dean gets out the pistol because he knows something is not right.  Sam opens the doors.  He is in his suit, looking awesome too!  He tells Dean he will not need his gun.  Dean is confused.  Wait a minute; so are we.

Sam says that life is short.  He is in love and getting married.  Whachu talkin’ bout Sammy?  Then a veiled bride is walking in.  Dean is absolutely dumbfounded.  Sam pulls up the veil and there we see her.  Becky Rosen (Emily Perkins), the wacky Supernatural fan from the past.  This is insane!  Are we dreaming?

Dean knows something hinky is up.  No way Becky shows up randomly during “Vegas Week” and it is legit.  Sam tells Dean that he and Becky are going to her parents place in Delaware.  He wants Dean to get supportive.  Sam tells Dean to call them when he lets it all soak in.

Dean leaves Bobby a message about going to check something out in Delaware where Sam is with his wife!  HELLO!!!

 

Arriving to Pike Creek, Delaware in a car with “Just Hitched” written on it are the new happy Rosen-Winchester couple.  Come on Becky!  You have the chance to be a Winchester and you hyphenate your name?  Seriously?

Becky decides to stop and RSVP to her high school 10-year reunion in person…with her new husband, Sam Winchester.  She is just showing off now.  Jocelyn Caruso (Nicole Fraissinet), the girl taking names, seemed very shocked and maybe even jealous about someone like Becky having shown up with someone like Sam.

Walking out of the reunion hall Becky sees Guy (Leslie Odom, Jr.).  She runs, hugs him and lets him know that Vegas went well by flashing her wedding band.  Sam is happy to meet “any friend of Becky’s”.

After Guy walks away Becky darts back up to him wanting to know if he got her message.  He says he did and tells her to hug him.  He then hands her a bottle.  Becky says, “I swear, if everyone had a Wiccan in their pocket, the world would be a happier place.”  Uh oh, chickie is messing with some mojo.  But, that does explain everything, does it not?

Dean pulls up in the parking lot where Sam and Becky were.  He is in the stolen blue clunker that I noticed got a license plate zoom in.  It was North Carolina S5I-2978.  I wonder if it means anything.  I cannot put my finger on it.

Dean watches the couple drive away.  He goes to a bar to do a little research.  He sees the local newspaper and notices an article titled, “Truck kills pedestrian in freak accident”.  The puzzle is slowly coming together.

 

Ah…Sam is at a candle-lit table awaiting his new bride.  Becky comes into the room wearing a special black and white nightie she has been saving.

 

Sam’s head starts hurting and feeling strange.  The mojo has worn off!  He is asking why he is there.  She kisses him and quickly turns around and pours some liquid from the bottle Guy gave her into Sam’s champagne.  She hands him the drink and practically forces him to drink it.  Oh damn…he is back to believing he loves her immediately.

There is a man having some batting practice at a baseball field with a pitching machine.  Jackson (Mike Kovac), a man we have not seen until now, is watching him.  Dude is pretty good hitting each ball pitched.  Jackson motions his hand in a freaky, supernatural way changing the speed to the highest it will go.

The bat cracks!  Jackson now motions so the machine turns to aim at the batter.  The balls begin to hit him in the body.  Then he takes one right to the face, killing him instantly.  Blood even splatters on the camera lens.  Awesome effects by the crew, by the way!  Swing batter, batter, batter, swing!  Jackson, whatever he is, enjoyed every second of it.

Dean shows up where Becky and Sam are staying with a wedding present.  A Waffle Iron!  He asks Sam if they are good now because he sniffs a case in that town.  The man from the freak truck accident had won Powerball before his death.  Dean says the batter “went from the bench to the majors.  Oh and one week later his face was the catcher’s mit.”

Dean then hears the unimaginable…Becky sprouting off theories about the deaths.  He is not happy at all and he knows that this is not normal.  Sam gets defensive because of Dean’s comments about Becky.  I am laughing hysterically while Sam stands up for his love for Becky.  Sam goes as far as telling Dean that he appreciates him taking care of him before, but he does not need him anymore.

Dean is on the phone with Bobby, who is apparently trying to hook him up with another hunter.  Dean is against it, but accepts the help.

 

Becky is like a girl in middle school writing with fragrant pens, “Sam loves Becky” over and over in a journal.  It is sad really.  I love her character because she is so quirky.  She makes the most exaggerated facial expressions.  Sam sees her journal and actually loves it.  He thinks it is beautiful.

Sam gives Becky her own fake ID so they can go check out the CEO of Mutual Freedom Insurance.  They are going to follow up on a story he ready in the newspaper.

Dean is at a restaurant to meet his hunting partner for this case.  Wow, it is Garth (DJ Qualls).  He comments on the fact that he thought Dean would be taller.  That is a hoot!

Garth wants to look at the comic section of the paper before reading the important articles about people dying.  Dean is not impressed by his new partner’s appearance or behavior.

Dean and Garth go to Mutual Freedom Insurance to check out the CEO, as well.  Sam and Becky had gotten there first.  Sam tells Dean that Becky was a pro and the CEO is clean.  Then he asks, “What’s with the scrawny guy”?  He was not jealous at all though.

 

Garth and Dean still go in to meet with the CEO, Craig Burrows (Evan Frayne).  Garth is not a smooth talker at all.  Craig’s wife, Marsha (Luisa Jojic) walks in to complain about his secretary and then leaves.  She seems like a total snob.

Craig explains he hates his new job, but his wife could not be happier.  It sounds to me like Craig is not the one that the deal for a promotion to CEO.  Craig said he is going to resign from his position and he does not know how he is going to tell his wife.

Dean figures if Craig did not make that deal and Marsha is so happy with her husband being CEO, then she has to be the one that made the deal.  This means she is next to be killed.  He tries to talk to her, but she is too busy for him.  Dean confronts her and asks what she did to have her husband promoted.  She pretends she has no idea what he is talking about.

Sam sees that things are not adding up.  His head starts hurting again.  The potion is wearing off again.  Becky sees the bottle leaked in her purse.  No more Sam loves Becky!

Jackson is at Mutual Freedom Insurance too.  Remember our supernatural friend from the batting practice scene?  He is honing in on Marsha.  He is ready to collect.  She is standing under a very large lighting unit and Jackson makes the chains snap that are holding it up.

 

Lucky for Marsha, Dean is there to push her out of harms way at that crucial second.  Now she believes Dean just a little bit.

Marsha fesses up to a man making her an offer…Craig’s job for her soul.  She appeared to be clueless that it was a demon she dealt with.  It seems like she did not believe the consequences.

 

Garth points out that demon deals are made with 10 year contracts and these are coming due way too soon.  Garth comes up with the plan.  Marsha will stay with his cousin and he and Dean will find Sam.  Dean knows who is next…Becky.  Dun dun dun!

 

Becky is trying to get a hold of Guy for some more love juice.  Sam is coming back to reality and is about to call Dean when his loving wife whacks him over the head with her new waffle iron!  She is buying some time here.

Becky has taken Sam to her parents cabin.  She has him tied to the bed with no pants on.  She says they are constricting.  Guy finally reaches out to her and she says they have not consummated their marriage yet.  He tells her to meet him in an hour.  Sam heard the whole conversation.  He knows now he has been under a spell.

Sam tells Becky that Guy is the one killing everyone.  She says he is not a witch. He is a Wiccan, which is basically a good witch.  She is very naïve.  Really Becky?

 

Becky shows up to meet Guy.  She finds out quickly he is not the good witch she thought he was after all.  This time he wants payment for the elixir.  He wants her soul.  He is definitely a crossroads demon.

Guy loves reunions because people will do anything to impress others out of desperation.  Pretty smart, if you ask me.

 

Guy tells her the other local people had “unfortunate accidents”.  He promises not to do that to Becky.  He offers her a one-time deal.  25 years with Sam for her soul and a promise not to tell the brothers.  She looks like she might just do it.

 

Dean and Garth show up to where Sam and Becky were staying before.  No one is there.  Garth sees on the computer that Becky tweeted she and Sam were going off on a romantic getaway.  Dean sees a pic of a young Becky in front of a cabin and, of course, he knows that is where they went.

 

Becky gets back to the cabin.  She tells Sam how she wanted to show him off at her reunion.  She also vents about being a loser and she feels like she can relate to Sam feeling like a freak all his life.

 

Becky feels the only place she has been understood was on the message boards (as a Supernatural fan).  She said Chuck dumped her.  She said, “I think I intimidated him with my vibrant sexuality.”  She wants someone to love her for her.  Sam has a rag in his mouth.  He is talking, but sounds more like Kenny from South Park.

Becky pulls out the love potion.  Sam tells her she is better than this.  She is not so sure.  Becky goes back to the reunion hall to see Guy to tell him whether they have a deal or not.  She says YES!  She moves in close because she knows a kiss seals the deal.

 

Becky drops a lit lighter on the floor.  Guess what…Becky is better than that.  She has Guy inside of a demon trap.  Sam, Dean and Garth are all there.  Guy is not acting the least bit afraid.  In fact, he asks Dean for his autograph in a sarcastic tone.

 

They all want to know how he is calling the contracts so soon.  He says that when someone sells their soul they get 10 years “technically…but accidents happen.”  He does not get his hands dirty, but knows it is important to have a “capable intern”.

 

Jackson is doing Guy’s dirty work.  He is there and with a motion all three hunters are being thrown across the room.  Becky stabs Jackson from behind with the demon-killing knife.  Go Becky…full on awesome!

Crowley (Mark Sheppard) shows up.  Score!!!  He is my favorite demon.  Jackson sold Guy out.  Crowley says to Guy, “We have one rule.  Make a deal, keep it.”  He is scolding Guy like a child.

 

Crowley asks Dean to turn Guy over so he can make an example out of him.  He tells Sam and Dean that he has kept demons from bothering them while they deal with the Leviathans.  He hates them and will stay clear while they hunt them.  He fixes the remaining contracts.  Crowley leaves with Guy!  Uh oh, he is really in for it.

Garth was knocked out the entire time and he missed everything.

 

Next we see Sam signing annulment papers hurriedly and Becky signs them reluctantly.  Although very upset about everything he does the “Sam thing” and tells her nice things so she is not left so broken.  I would be broken if Sam was leaving me too.

 

Dean is rolling his eyes at the whole thing.  I think he is so done with “Superfan 99”.  Garth smiles at Becky while fixing his hair.  Dean looks at him and says, “No…No!”

 

The three men convene outside.  Dean tells Garth, “You don’t suck”.  Garth hugs Dean.  Dean’s discomfort makes me crack up.  Garth drives off giving the brothers time to have their end-of-episode moment.  It is in moments like these that I miss the Impala almost as much as Dean.

Sam lets Dean know that he does still need him to have his back.  Dean tells Sam he is a grown up and does not need his big brother around all the time.

Sam tells Dean that he has taken care of him all his life and it will be good for Dean to take care of himself.

 

Dean’s face looks more like he has no idea how to do that or where to even begin.

I love that Sam is not so crazy in the last couple of episodes.  The brothers are building trust.  The bond these two share is not something we get to see on television too much.  Their characters know how to tug at our hearts, yet they are still tough guys.  I hope we will somehow be seeing Castiel (Misha Collins) again real soon.  I miss him a lot.  He makes me laugh, especially when he says something he does not think is funny, but is completely hilarious.  Come back Mishamigo!

 

Funny quotes from this episode:

 

Dean:  “It’s a freakin miracle, except what when it happens during there, uh, sacred annual pilgrimage to Vegas!  And he goes off on some granola munching hike in the dessert by himself!”

 

Sam:  “Say something like congratulations, for example.”

Dean:  (Eyes moving, lips trembling) “What?”

 

Becky:  “Salt, holy water, everything!  See?  (Raising arm up to show cut, probably with a silver knife) Not a monster, just the right girl for your brother.”

 

Dean:  “Really (arms flailing), Superfan 99?”

 

Becky:  “First official tweet as Mrs. Becky Rosen hyphen Winchester.”

 

Sam:  “What’s with the scrawny guy?”

Dean:  “Temp.”

 

Marsha:  “Are you threatening me?”

Dean:  “No. No I’m pointing out a pattern.  Why do people keep thinking I’m threatening them?”

Garth:  “Because it sounded exactly like a threat dude.”

 

Garth:  “Here’s the plan.  I drop this lady at my cousin’s.  He’ll stop anything trying to get her.  We uh, find Sam, hopefully fix this, everybody is home in time for America’s Got Talent.  Now you (pointing at Marsha), you’ll be living with a tri-racial paraplegic sniper until this all blows over.  Ok?”

 

Sam:  “You roofied me!”

 

Becky:  “But, I thought we were besties?”

Guy:  “Oh honey, that is so depressingly, Becky.”

 

Guy:  “Hey, I wasn’t thrilled to see your new hubby was Sam freakin’ Winchester.  I mean if he knew that I was here talking to you he would probably…”

Becky:  “Gank your ass!”

Guy:  “Yes!  And I’m very protective of my ass, it’s one of my best features.”

 

Becky:  “You’re Crowley!” (with much excitement)

Crowley:  “And you’re…well I’m sure you have a wonderful personality dear.”

 

Crowley:  “There’s a reason we don’t call our chits in early.  Consumer confidence!  This isn’t Wall Street, this is Hell!  We have a little something called integrity.”

 

Becky:  “So, I’ll see you again?”

Sam:  “Yeah, probably not.”

 

Dean:  “Well buddy, I gotta say man, you uh, you don’t suck.”

Garth:  “Thank you.  That’s the nicest thing anyone’s ever said to me.”

 

Dean:  “You’re a grown-up.  You’re a hike in the dessert, hippie douche grown-up.”

Sam:  “Dude I was camping.  You camp.”

Dean:  “Yeah whatever hippie.”

 

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