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Supernatural: You Can't Handle the Truth

When several people kill themselves after asking for the truth, Sam and Dean investigate and realize that Veritas, an ancient goddess of truth, has been summoned. Her victims die when they hear more truth than they can stand. However, when Dean is cursed, he decides to take advantage of the situation to ask Sam a few questions.


8.7/10 (33 Votes cast)

Episode Info


Episode number: 6x6
Production Number: 3X6057
Airdate: Friday October 29th, 2010


Alternate Airdates:

UK (LIVING) Jul 13, 2011

Guest Stars
Jim BeaverJim Beaver
As Bobby Singer
Recurring
Cindy SampsonCindy Sampson
As Lisa Braeden
Recurring
Serinda SwanSerinda Swan
As Ashley Frank / Veritas
Recurring

Co-Guest Stars
Fiona VroomFiona Vroom
As Dental Assistant
Recurring
Ingrid NilsonIngrid Nilson
As Jane Peterson
Tristen LefflerTristen Leffler
As Olivia Peterson (as Tristin Leffler)
Hector JohnsonHector Johnson
As Grill Manager
Bill H. McKenzie (1)Bill H. McKenzie (1)
As Short Order Cook
Doreen RamusDoreen Ramus
As Old Lady at Grill
Roger HaskettRoger Haskett
As Dr. Paul Conley
Michael ChaseMichael Chase
As Patient
Holly EglingtonHolly Eglington
As Breast Woman
Vicky LambertVicky Lambert
As Bartender
Laura BertramLaura Bertram
As Corey's Roommate
Alex RockhillAlex Rockhill
As Adrian
Katelyn MagerKatelyn Mager
As Girl at Grill
Main Cast
Jared PadaleckiJared Padalecki
As Sam Winchester
Jensen AcklesJensen Ackles
As Dean Winchester
Misha CollinsMisha Collins
As Castiel

Recap

Jane Peterson is a waitress working at Big Gerson's, a bar & grill. She calls her sister Olivia on the phone and wonders what to do about the boy she dated, and if he's interested in her. Jane admits she just needs the truth and hangs up. The chef then tells her that she's pathetic, and that he added something of his own into it. Jane takes the food out and the manager talks about how Jane is less attractive than the other waitress. As she delivers food to an elderly woman, the woman tells Jane that she once ran over a homeless man. A girl talks about burning her sister, and a bus boy says that Jane gives him the creeps. She finally takes a gun from the drawer, goes outside, and calls Olivia for help. Olivia tells her that she's a freak and should kill herself. Jane takes out the gun and shoots herself in the head...

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Episode Quotes
Dean: (about Sam) You got to figure out what the hell he is and fast.
Bobby Singer: I'm trying. But, Dean, there's a worst case scenario.
Dean: What, Satan's my co-pilot? Yeah, I know.
Bobby Singer: Well, that'd be the other worst case.
Dean: Well, then what?
Bobby Singer: Maybe it's just Sam.

Sam: There's another one.
Dean: Yeah, what?
Sam: Dentist drilled a guy to death.
Dean: You mean the non-sexy kind of drilling, right?

Dean: Castiel? Hello? Possible loose nuke down here, angelic weapon. Kinda your department. You hear that, Cass?

Castiel: It isn't the Horn of Truth.
Dean: What 're you talking about? You were gone for like two seconds. Where did you look?
Castiel: Everywhere.

Breast Woman: I'm sitting like this so you'll look at my breasts. I just bought them. I need a lot of attention.
Dean: Good luck with that. (walks away, comes back, smiles)

Dean: Hey, anything you're itching to tell me?
Bobby Singer: Not really. Sorry to disappoint.
Dean: Ah, that's all right. I'm just testing a theory.
Bobby Singer: Well, I'm here hitting the books while drinking a nice glass of milk and watching Tori and Dean.
Dean: Wha? Wait, who, who and Dean?
Bobby Singer: Tori Spelling. I'm a huge fan. Girl's a real talent.
Dean: I guess it does work over the phone.
Bobby Singer: You know what else? I get a pedicure once in a while. This nice Vietnamese joint...
Dean: Okay, okay, please stop
Bobby Singer: There's one gal, Nhung Phuong, name means "velvet phoenix." Tiny thing, but the grip on her. She starts on my toes, and I feel like I am going to...
Dean: Whoa, whoa, hey, come on. Now I"m scarred for life. Thank you.
Bobby Singer: I never told anyone that. Why am I telling you? Maybe because you're my favorite. Although Sam's the better hunter. Lately, anyway. Whoa! Why the hell am I telling you this?



Cultural References
Title:

A Few Good Men (1992) stars Tom Cruise as a JAG officer trying to find the truth about a death during Marine training. The line "You can't handle the truth" is spoken by Jack Nicholson's character.

Dean: And then big sister's taxicab confessions sends her over the edge.

Taxicab Confessions is a series on HBO where cab drivers with hidden cameras pick up passengers, then get them to talk about their personal lives.

Dean: What? Satan's my co-pilot?

Goid is My Co-Pilot is an autobiography of a World War II pilot, Robert Lee Scott Jr.

Dean: Anything from Marathon Man?

Marathon Man is a 1974 novel by William Goldman, made into a movie in 1976. It is best known for a scene where a Nazi war criminal tortures a man by drilling into a healthy tool without anesthetic, and asks him repeatedly, "Is it safe?"

Sam: Not just Dr. Giggles.

Dr. Giggles is the title character and killer in the 1992 slasher flick of the same name.

Dean: You've been Terminator since you got back.

Terminators are nigh-unstoppable robots wrapped in flesh, initially sent back from the future to alter the past and assure the victory of their computer overlords. The first one appeared in The Terminator (1984).

Dean: Soylent Green situation?

Soylent Green is a 1973 science fiction set in a near-future Earth where it is ultimately revealed that a popular foodstuff, Soylent Green, is made out of people.

Veritas: Mallory to your Mickey.

Mickey and Mallory are the homicidal couple in the 1994movie Natural Born Killers.



Other Episode Crew

CreatorEric Kripke
Executive ProducerBen Edlund  |  Philip Sgriccia  |  Sera Gamble  |  McG  |  Eric Kripke  |  Robert Singer (1)
Co-Executive ProducerPeter Johnson  |  Jim Michaels (1)
Supervising ProducerAdam Glass
ProducerTodd Philip Aronauer
Co-ProducerSerge LaDouceur  |  Jerry Wanek
Associate ProducerKristin Cronin
Production DesignerJohn Marcynuk
EditorTom McQuade
CastingAlex Newman  |  Robert J. Ulrich  |  Carol Kritzer  |  Eric Dawson  |  Heike Brandstatter  |  Coreen Mayrs
First Assistant DirectorKevin Parks
Second Assistant DirectorDebra Herst (1)
MusicChristopher Lennertz
Music EditorDino Moriana
Music SupervisorAlexandra Patsavas
Costume DesignerDiane Widas
Set DecoratorGeorge Neuman
Property MasterChristopher Cooper
Production CoordinatorJason Fischer (2)
Director of PhotographySerge LaDouceur
Stunt CoordinatorLou Bollo
Production ManagementCraig Matheson
Executive Story EditorDaniel Loflin  |  Andrew Dabb  |  Brett Matthews
Key Makeup ArtistSarah Graham
Visual Effects SupervisorIvan Hayden
Visual Effects ProducerGrant Lindsay
Key HairstylistJeannie Chow
Special Effects SupervisorRandy Shymkiw
Original CastingPatrick Rush
 

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