SCARECROW~EPISODE 11 SEASON 1
SCARECROW~
Written by John Shiban
Directed by Kim Manners
original airdate 1/10/06
Synopsis:
If it only had a brain. Well, maybe it has! A malevolent scarecrow could be why strangers to Burkitsville, Indiana don’t get out of town alive.
synopsis was pulled from the dvd
Review:
This episode not only has a kick ass monster, but it tells three stories about the same thing. The story mirrors/plays off each others family issues. We have the towns people that are willing to sacrifice their own for the good of the people. We have Meg arguing with her family at the very end of this episode failing to do what she was suppose to do. Both those approaches to family issues failed. The only one that worked was Sam and Dean’s. At first we had this big conflict that separated the brothers for the first time this season. They know enough about things that go bump in the night. They should know better then to split up. Sam was struggling to follow orders and put peoples lives in front of his own vendetta to find his Father. By the end of the episode through a course of different moments specifically a conversation he had with Meg who us the view at the time was just some hitchhiker, and one phone call where Dean said good luck and good bye. The brothers were fantastic in this episode their acting was top notch. The main story in this was about a new baddie in the world of supernatural. A pagan god that likes to rip skin off of couples once a year in order to keep the town growing in the good life. The towns people were pretty much like the Stepfords and every year like clockwork served up a few outsiders to make it happy. Not this year though because Dean was on the case. Dean working alone isn’t nearly as awesome as the brothers working together, but it makes for some funny moments. His lack of creativity with a cover idea got him exposed. The introduction of meg into the world was pretty awesome. Allowing Sam to connect with someone finally about life only to have it turn out she is not so good and more evil for her own good. Did I mention that the actual scarecrow in this episode was scary?
Favorite Quotes:
Yahtzee~ Dean
Your a selfish bastard you know that.~ Dean to Sam
You could be some kind of freak, you are hitchhiking~ Meg to Sam
You trust shady van guy but not me?~Sam
Dude your fugly.~ Dean to the scarecrow
The good of the many, out ways the good of the one.~ Aunt
The food might be bad, and the beds might be hard. But at least we are living our own lives and nobody else’s.~ Meg
Since I don’t have my trusty sidekick geek boy to do all the research.~ Dean to Sam
Who was that? my brother. What did he say? Good bye.~ Meg and Sam
Fake Identity’s:
John Bonham -( the deceased drummer for Led Zeppelin, but he gets called out for using such an obvious alias.)
Monster of the week:
Scarecrow (Pagan god) Vanir
WHAT WAS IN DEANS TAPE DECK? (the music)
* Colepitz - Puppet
* Bad Company - Bad Company
* Creedence Clearwater Revival - Lodi
The good, the bad, and the Frightening.
Good: Great monster of the week. He gave us a taste of leatherface/Jason/Myers all rolled up into a god.
Bad: The boys should never separate. That and the first couple’s male member was annoying. Good thing he got his face ripped off.
Frightening: Scarecrow, Hitchhiking with hotties.
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MEG! evil