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Supernatural :: What Is and What Should Never Be (02x20)

 
Episode Information
 
Title: What Is and What Should Never Be
Episode #: 02x20
Production Number: 3T5520
Original Airdate: Thursday May 03rd, 2007
*Also Known As:
  • E se nada tivesse acontecido? ( Portugal [AXN])
8.8/10 (19 Votes cast)
Other Release Dates: (Edit)
Country: Aired On:
AU (Ten) Jun 18, 2007
PT (AXN) Jul 23, 2007
NL (Net 5) Apr 19, 2009
Episode Crew
Director: Eric Kripke
Writer: Raelle Tucker
 
Episode Summary
 
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Dean gets a glimpse into how life would be if the demon had never killed his mother and if the Winchesters hadn't devoted their lives to killing the evil that walks the Earth. In this life, Sam is in law school and engaged to Jessica, his mother is alive, and he is leading a normal life. However, when a strange woman begins following him around and tells him that each of the people that Dean has saved has died, Dean has to decide if he wants to stay in this life or return to his life of hunting.
 
Summary Available In: English | Swedish
 
 
Guest Stars
 
Guest Stars
Samantha Smith (1)playedMary WinchesterRecurring (third appearance)
Adrianne PalickiplayedJessicaRecurring (third appearance)
Michelle BorthplayedCarmen Porter 
Co-Guest Stars
Mackenzie GrayplayedThe DjinnRecurring (second appearance)
Kwesi AmeyawplayedProfessor 
Melanie Neige ScrofanoplayedGirl 
 
Main Cast
 
Jared PadaleckiplayedSam Winchester
Jensen AcklesplayedDean Winchester
 
Episode Notes
 
Ratings: 3.12 million viewers
 
 
Featured Songs
 
ArtistSong TitlePlayed When
Lynyrd SkynyrdSaturday Night Special 
RamonesWhat A Wonderful World 
 
Episode Quotes
 
Professor: Son? You been drinking?
Dean: Everybody keeps asking me that. But, uh, no.
 
Dean: Bitch.
Sam: What are you calling me a bitch for?
Dean: You're supposed to say "jerk."
Sam: What?
Dean: Never mind.
 
Sam: I thought it was supposed to be a fantasy.
Dean: It wasn't. If Mom never died, you and me would've never gone hunting and you and me, you know.
Sam: Yeah. Well, I'm glad we did.
 
Dean: (to his father's grave) Why? Why is it my job to save these people? Why do I have to be some kind of hero? What about us? Mom's not supposed to live? Sammy's not supposed to get married? Why do we have to sacrifice everything, Dad?
 
Sam: You're having some kind of psychotic breakdown.
Dean: I wish.
 
Dean: You had Jess. Mom was gonna have grandkids.
Sam: Yeah, but Dean, it wasn't real.
Dean: I know, but I wanted to stay.
 
Dean: The Djinn, it attacked me.
Sam: The gin? You were drinking gin?
Dean: No, ass-hat, the Djinn, the scary creature, remember?
 
Carmen: What do you say later we get you a cheeseburger?
Dean: Oh God yes. How’d I end up with such a cool chick?
Carmen: I just got low standards.
 
Dean: That lawn looks like it could use some mowing.
Mary: You want to mow the lawn?
Dean: Are you kidding me? I'd love to mow the lawn.
Mary: Knock yourself out. You'd think you've never mowed a lawn in your life.
 
Dean: Let me ask you a question. When you put me into bed when I was little, what did you always tell me?
Mary: Dean, I don't understand.
Dean: Just answer the question.
Mary: I told you angels were watching over you.
Dean: I don't believe it.
 
 
Episode Goofs
 
While Dean is in the cemetery, his voice is heard but his lips don't move.
 
When Dean goes to visit Mary he's not wearing a jacket, but when he arrives at her house he has it on.
 
 
Cultural References
 
Episode Title: What Is and What Should Never Be

"What Is and What Should Never Be" is the title of a Led Zeppelin song.
 
Dean: Well, we're not in Kansas anymore.

Dean is quoting a line from the 1939 movie, The Wizard of Oz.
 
Dean: My God, Barbara Eden was hot, wasn’t she? And way hotter then that Bewitched chick.

Barbara Eden starred as a genie in the 1960s series, I Dream of Jeannie. In Bewitched, Elizabeth Montgomery starred as Samantha Stephens, a witch.
 
Dean: Aunty Em? There's no place like home.

Aunt Em and the line "There's no place like home" are both from the 1939 film, The Wizard of Oz.
 
 
Episode References
 
While Dean is watching television, a memorial for the Flight 424 crash is shown. During "Phantom Traveler", Sam and Dean stop the plane from crashing.
 
The scene where Dean surprises Sam at Sam's house is word-for-word the same as in the "Pilot" episode.
 
 
Other Episode Crew
 
CreatorEric Kripke
Executive ProducerMcG  |  Eric Kripke
 
 
Analysis
 
 

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