Recap
At the Easter, Pennsylvania, police station, officer Gerald Hatch comes into the locker room and checks himself in the mirror. He notices a cut on his cheek and tries to wipe off the blood, but the flow increases. As his partner, Ed Colfax, looks on, Gerald's skin begins to peel off and blood oozes from his feet and back. He turns to Colfax, falls, and dissolves into a pile of liquefied flesh...
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Episode Quotes
Dean: Still driving the plastic piece of crap, huh?
Sam: What's your mileage again?
Dean: Shut up.
Sam: Were you, uh... racing me?
Dean: No. I was kicking your ass.
Sam: Very mature.
Dean: Well, let's give it a shot. Now I lay me down to sleep. I pray to Castiel to get his feathery ass down here.
Sam: You're an idiot.
Dean: Stay positive.
Sam: Oh, I am positive.
Sam: Like I said, the son of a bitch doesn't answer... he's right behind me, isn't he?
Castiel: You think I came because you called? I came because of this.
Dean: Oh, well, it's nice to know what matters.
Castiel: It does help one to focus.
Castiel: There's only one thing that could have brought this into existence. You call it the Staff of Moses.
Sam: The Staff?
Castiel: It was used in a dominance display against the Egyptians, as I recall.
Dean: Yeah, that would make the papers.
Sam: But I thought the staff, like, turned a river into blood, not one dude.
Castiel: The weapon isn't being used at full capability. I think we can rule Moses out as a suspect.
Castiel: We must find the weapon that did this. I need your help.
Sam: That's rich. Really.
Castiel: Sam, Dean, my "people skills" are "rusty." Pardon me, but I have spent the last year as a multidimensional wavelength of celestial intent.
Castiel: If the angel we seek truly bought this boy's soul, when a claim is laid on a living soul, it leaves a mark, a brand.
Sam: What, like a--like a shirt tag at camp?
Castiel: I have no idea.
Dean: Too many angels, Cass! I don't know who's on first, what's on second.
Castiel: What is "second"?
Dean: Don't start that.
Castiel: What... is all this? What are you doing?
Balthazar: Whatever I want. This morning I had a menage a... what's the French word for 12?
Balthazar: Same thing happened to Lot's wife. Iodize the poor sucker, and your kitchen's stocked for life.
Balthazar: Holy fire. You hairless ape! Release me!
Dean: First you're taking your marker off of Aaron Birch's soul.
Balthazar: Am I?
Dean: Sam!
Sam: Unless you like your wings extra crispy, I'd think about it.
Balthazar: Castiel, I stood for you in Heaven. Are you gonna let...?
Castiel: I believe the hairless ape has the floor.
Cultural References
Dean: What is Chuck Heston's disco stick doing down here, anyway?
In the 1956 movie
The Ten Commandments,
Charlton Heston plays Moses.
Dean: I don't know who's on first, what's on second.
Castiel: What is "second"?
Abbott & Costello's classic routine, "Who's on first?" features them discussing a baseball team where the players have confusing names such as Who, What, Where, Because, and so on. Thus, the first baseman is Who, leading to the question/statement, "Who's on first?" Abbott makes the statement, and Costello thinks he's asking a question and doesn't know the answer.
Dean: I was expecting more Dr. No, less Liberace.
Dr. No is the villain in the 6th James bond novel, and the 1st movie in 1962.
Liberace was an extravagant entertainer and pianist known for his glittery lifestyle and expensive homes.