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Supernatural: Family Matters

Castiel confirms what has happened to Sam, and the brothers go to Samuel for answers. He's busy leading a hunt against the Alpha Vampire, and the Winchesters insist on going. However, the hunt goes horribly awry, and Dean and Sam learn what Samuel is up to.


8.6/10 (30 Votes cast)

Episode Info


Episode number: 6x7
Production Number: 3X6058
Airdate: Friday November 05th, 2010


Alternate Airdates:

UK (LIVING) Jul 20, 2011

Guest Stars
Mitch PileggiMitch Pileggi
As Samuel Campbell
Recurring
Corin NemecCorin Nemec
As Christian
Recurring
Jessica HeafeyJessica Heafey
As Gwen Campbell
Recurring
Rick WorthyRick Worthy
As Alpha Vampire
Recurring

Co-Guest Stars
Debra HindsDebra Hinds
As Female Victim

Uncredited
Mark SheppardMark Sheppard
As Crowley (as Mark A. Sheppard)
Recurring
Main Cast
Jared PadaleckiJared Padalecki
As Sam Winchester
Jensen AcklesJensen Ackles
As Dean Winchester
Misha CollinsMisha Collins
As Castiel

Recap

Sam wakes up and discovers that Dean has tied him up and summonsed Castiel. He realizes that Castiel is diagnosing him, and Dean tells him to answer every question. Sam admits that he doesn't sleep any more, and finally tells Castiel that he doesn't feel any emotions. Castiel then tells Sam to bite down on a belt and try to relax, and sticks his hand into Sam's chest. When he's done, he tells the brothers that he was unable to find Sam's soul. Castiel says that it must still be in the cage with Lucifer, and there's no way they can get to it...

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Episode Quotes
Samuel Campbell: This Castiel? You're scrawnier than I pictured.
Castiel: This is a vessel. My true form is approximately the size of your Chrysler Building.
Dean: All right, all right, quit bragging.

Dean: It's okay, it's okay, it's okay.
Christian: What the hell?
Dean: Angel cavity search.

Christian: You lost, Dean?
Dean: Had to make a phone call. Just needed some privacy.
Christian: Huh. Samuel's locked offices. That's pretty private.
Dean: Wasn't locked.
Christian: Who you calling?
Dean: Your wife. Let her know I'm not going to make it over tonight.
Christian: What, you know, I've tried playing nice, Dean, but I think I'm done.
Dean: You telling me that you're a bigger knob than you've been letting on?

Sam: So, Samuel didn't take the bait. So I went with Plan B.
Dean: We had a Plan B?

Alpha Vampire: When your kind first huddled around the fire, I was the thing in the dark. Now you think you can hurt me?

Alpha Vampire: The thing about souls, if you've got one, of course, is they're predictable. You die, you go up or down. Where do my kind go?
Dean: All right, enough with the sermon, freak.
Alpha Vampire: I'm trying to answer the question. Now, when we freaks die, where do we go? Not Heaven, not Hell. So?
Dean: Legoland?

Dean: Since when do you give a crap about vampires?
Crowley: Since, uh... what's today, Friday? Since, let's see... mind your business.

Crowley: Best shut your gob. Employees don't question management.
Dean: We ain't your employees.
Crowley: Of course you are! Have been for some time now, thanks to Gramps. I don't keep Captain Chromedome around for his wit, do I? Samuel knows things. More than any of you, actually. Walking encyclopedia of the creepy and the crawly. And I knew, you two are so hung up on family-loyalty nonsense, he said jump, you'd get froggy.

Sam: Working with a demon, huh? You're not who I thought you were.
Samuel Campbell: You don't know anything about me, son.
Dean: So what's so important that you're the king of Hell's cabana boy, huh? What'd he offer you? Girls, money, hair?



Cultural References
Dean: Hello, Newman.

On the comedy series Seinfeld, Jerry Seinfeld often greets his "nemesis," the postman Newman, by saying, "Hello, Newman."

Dean: And if you weren't Robo-Sam, you'd feel it too.

Robocop was a 1987 movie featuring a police officer turned into an emotionless cyborg programmed to enforce the law.

Dean: I'm asking the questions here, Fright Night.

Fright Night was a 1985 horror-comedy movie which features a neighbor who realizes a vampire has moved into the neighborhood, and seeks out an aging horror star for help.

Dean: If the old man's Kermit, whose hand is up his ass?

Kermit is a Muppet, a talking frog, created by Jim Henson and featured in The Muppet Show and several movies.

Dean: Putting Jaws in a fishbowl.

The great white shark nicknamed Jaws is the "monster" of the movie of the same name and its three sequels.

Crowley: Me Charlie, you angels.

The demon references this 70s TV show by pretending to be Charlie and calling the brothers angels from the show.



Other Episode Crew

CreatorEric Kripke
Executive ProducerBen Edlund  |  Philip Sgriccia  |  Sera Gamble  |  Eric Kripke  |  Robert Singer (1)  |  McG
Co-Executive ProducerPeter Johnson  |  Jim Michaels (1)
Supervising ProducerAdam Glass
ProducerTodd Philip Aronauer
Co-ProducerSerge LaDouceur  |  Jerry Wanek
Associate ProducerKristin Cronin
Production DesignerJohn Marcynuk
EditorAnthony Pinker
CastingEric Dawson  |  Alex Newman  |  Robert J. Ulrich  |  Carol Kritzer  |  Heike Brandstatter  |  Coreen Mayrs
First Assistant DirectorKevin Parks
Second Assistant DirectorDebra Herst (1)
MusicJay Gruska
Music EditorDino Moriana
Music SupervisorAlexandra Patsavas
Costume DesignerDiane Widas
Set DecoratorGeorge Neuman
Property MasterChristopher Cooper
Production CoordinatorJudith Swan
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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