Episode 2.07 The Usual Suspects

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I always thoroughly enjoy this episode. You can’t go wrong with Linda Blair, Sam and Dean both reaching Peak Competency in extremely trying circumstances, and demonstrating what professional hunters with a lifetime of experience working together are capable of. Even when the real monster is actually just another selfish human.

They go in expecting a vengeful spirit, and discover it’s a death omen instead, in search of justice for her own murder even when she’s lost the ability to communicate. She finds a way and justice is served. Satisfying!

Plus Dean is unceremoniously declared “alive” again by law enforcement, which means he’s back to being wanted for murder again... his run of relative anonymity couldn’t have lasted... and it’s going to make this complicated going forward.

Things referenced in this week’s episode:

The Superwiki page for this episode

My tag for this episode

Casting sides for Detective Sheridan

And because I can’t resist shameless self-promotion, I mentioned some fic I’ve written sort of kind of tangentially related to this episode. Specifically, a fic where I used Detective Ballard as a VERY minor character, because I really do wish we’d seen (or at least heard of) her more in later canon. I vote her into the Wayward Society for characters I appreciate :’D

The Exception to Every Rule

And then I ramble a bit about wishing we ever touched base with any of the varied characters over the years who accidentally learned of the Supernatural (either through experiencing it themselves, or else reading their own stories in one of Chuck’s books...) who maybe didn’t run off to become hunters, but still felt like they had something to contribute, to support others who are suddenly thrust into the world of the supernatural... I like to imagine they start a big support group...

Worst Case Scenario

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