Sex and Violence
- Episode aired Feb 5, 2009
- TV-14
- 43m
IMDb RATING
8.3/10
5.3K
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The Winchesters' investigation into a series of deaths takes a deadly turn when a siren tries to tear them apart for good.The Winchesters' investigation into a series of deaths takes a deadly turn when a siren tries to tear them apart for good.The Winchesters' investigation into a series of deaths takes a deadly turn when a siren tries to tear them apart for good.
Genevieve Padalecki
- Ruby
- (voice)
- (as Genevieve Cortese)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaSam's and Dean's FBI aliases are "Stiles" and "Murdock". Stiles and Murdock were the main characters of the 1960's TV show Route 66 (1960).
- GoofsAfter Sam sleeps with Cara, he calls Dean, who now believes Sam to be under the Sirens spell. He tells Sam to stay put as he must now finish the job alone. However, the siren can only be killed by a blade dipped in the blood of someone under its spell. That would mean Deans best chance of finishing the job is getting to Sam and getting some of his blood, not staying away from him.
- Quotes
Sam Winchester: She was a stripper?
Dean Winchester: Dude, her name was Jasmine.
- ConnectionsFeatures White Zombie: Thunder Kiss '65 (1992)
Featured review
One of the most important and controversial episodes in the show's run
In itself this is a delightful episode that mixes a fun monster of the week, some very intense bro melodrama and some top notch direction to craft an erotic thriller with just the right mixture of umm sex and violence. Oh and it has some of the best zingers as well. Oh and Booby getting a hero moment is always good.
But it stands apart because of how central this episode is to the Dean Winchester is a repressed bisexual and/or the writers queerbait with the character argument. The fandom is very split on this topic but I come down hard on Dean being a bisexual and I think it is asinine to not see that subtext in this episode. Now don't get me wrong Dean being interested in men is in other episodes to various degrees. He seemingly flirts with the sheriff in "Yellow Fever"; He gets like a romantic comedy fluster when he gets hit on by Aaron in "Everybody Hates Hitler." And of course Cas, Benny and Crowley all have intense friendships with Dean that run in parallel to a erotic relation San has with a woman.
That trick occurs in this episode as well. Sam has a fling with Dr, Roberts while Dean is being seduced by the siren. The text might be coded as wanting a younger brother but yeeash they nearly shout it as it . Like Parrack plays Monroe/Siren incredibly fey and the whole imagery around the monster is erotic. I mean the darn episode even clearly says it is about *sex.* I simply don't know how anyone misses the subtext. If this was the only homoerotic material with Dean I would chalk up to some clumsy writing. As it stands in context it seems like a natural extension of the writer's room deciding that an internal guilt and regret for Dean is bisexuality.
But it stands apart because of how central this episode is to the Dean Winchester is a repressed bisexual and/or the writers queerbait with the character argument. The fandom is very split on this topic but I come down hard on Dean being a bisexual and I think it is asinine to not see that subtext in this episode. Now don't get me wrong Dean being interested in men is in other episodes to various degrees. He seemingly flirts with the sheriff in "Yellow Fever"; He gets like a romantic comedy fluster when he gets hit on by Aaron in "Everybody Hates Hitler." And of course Cas, Benny and Crowley all have intense friendships with Dean that run in parallel to a erotic relation San has with a woman.
That trick occurs in this episode as well. Sam has a fling with Dr, Roberts while Dean is being seduced by the siren. The text might be coded as wanting a younger brother but yeeash they nearly shout it as it . Like Parrack plays Monroe/Siren incredibly fey and the whole imagery around the monster is erotic. I mean the darn episode even clearly says it is about *sex.* I simply don't know how anyone misses the subtext. If this was the only homoerotic material with Dean I would chalk up to some clumsy writing. As it stands in context it seems like a natural extension of the writer's room deciding that an internal guilt and regret for Dean is bisexuality.
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- Mar 7, 2020
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- Runtime43 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 16:9 HD
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