The brothers decide to go into hiding in a motel in order to keep the baby safe. After checking in, Dean demonstrates his brand new parenting skills, which leaves Sam impressed. Sam goes off to do some more investigating and Dean dips his finger into his whiskey and feeds it to the baby. I am not horrified by this. I grew up in a family where babies were given tiny sips of homemade wine and the advice parents got for teething was to rub alcohol on a baby’s gums. Wow, that makes my family sound kind of bad, doesn’t it? Well, whatever. It was European.
FYI, Sam’s sideburns seem…bigger.
Sam interviews the ex-husband of one of the victims and learns that his now dead wife had an affair (and claimed she was sleeping with her husband). So Sam realizes that the father of one of the missing babies is a shifter. Dean realizes this as well when the baby spews blood and skin all over the wall of the motel and shifts into a black baby.
The shifter comes looking for the baby, but Sam and Dean manage to fight it off and kill it. Sam suggests they take the baby to Samuel.
The Family Business
Always wary of strangers, Dean is seriously suspicious of his grandfather and cousins. He reveals that he’s extremely uneasy about the unexplained resurrection of Sam and Samuel. When Samuel suggests they raise the baby as a hunter Dean goes off, seriously pissed at the suggestion. Like with Ben, he doesn’t want to subject any child to this kind of life.
I’m not liking the Campbells. They’re too angry to be likable and obviously have their own agenda that doesn’t involve the grey areas Dean and Sam deal with on a consistent basis. Throw in the question of Sam and I don’t blame Dean for feeling like he’s the man on the outside of this situation. Christian makes a snide remark about Dean’s torturing past and I want to smack him, but Sam fortunately intercedes on behalf of his brother.
The argument is interrupted by the appearance of a shifter, who takes the appearance of various family members in his pursuit of the baby. Unfortunately, the conventional weapons aren’t working on him and he finally manages to pry the baby from Dean. After he disappears with the baby, Sam and Samuel reveal that they think the shifter is the ‘alpha’shapeshifter – as in the first one – which would explain its strength and resistance to weapons. As he and Sam leave, Dean wonders whether Sam deliberately brought the baby along as bait.
Am I the only one who wonders if we’ll ever experience a time when Dean – and the audience – is NOT suspicious of Sam? I feel like we’ve been suspicious of him since at least season 3 – and maybe even season 2. It’s exhausting.
What the Hell?
Back at the homestead, Samuel is on the phone with someone, describing their encounter with the alpha shifter. And…yeah, this guy is totally up to something. I don’t even think he’s the real Samuel anymore. If he is, then something’s seriously wrong with him.
Dean’s back home now and admits to Lisa that he’s not sure what to do and how to keep them safe. The situation with Lisa and Ben is impossible. It’s simply not feasible for Dean to stay with them and keep them boarded up in the house. They’re not used to constantly looking over their shoulders for demons and moving from town to town in order to keep safe (or hunt). Despite not wanting to be like his father, Dean is essentially acting like him when the boys were young. Keeping them locked up, salting the doors, living in constant fear. It’s no way for any of them to live.
Lisa is ridiculously understanding, telling Dean she understands that he wants to be back on the road with his brother, even if there’s a part of him that wants to stay with them. Lisa tells him to go back on the road and visit when he can. That’s awfully generous of her.
Back in the garage, Dean uncovers his baby with a gleam in his eye, and we hear the sound of the Impala driving off.
Oh yeah, baby, we’re back!
In Conclusion
That episode certainly wasn’t as funny the set-up of Sam and Dean with a baby could have been, but it was kind of like the season premiere – a way to ease us back into the show. Now that the boys are officially back on the road I’m looking forward to a tougher Dean and some crazy monster hunting.
Also, the whole thing with Lisa? Yeah, honey, he’s hot, but you’re just going to give him an open invitation to your house and your family whenever he can manage to swing by? Seriously?
Grade: A-
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Just so you know, it wasn't written by Ben Edlund…it was written by Adam Glass.
I realized that after posting and removed that reference. I was confusing it with next week's episode, which IS written by Edlund. But thanks for pointing it out!
I think you're seriously underestimating the hotness of Dean Winchester. Who WOULDN'T take a relationship in which Jensen Ackles showed up on your doorstep a 4 or 5 times a year for a bit of Father figuring and some sexy fun time.
Hell, that's the perfect relationship.
'Sides, other types of families function sorta like that. Truckers, Military men and REAL FBI types are on the road all the time, only seeing their fams when they aren't doing their jobs. 'Course this is a bit more unconventional…but again I direct you to exhibit Jensen *sex on legs* Ackles.
Haha! Touche! And you're right, lots of families do live this way. Like a friend of mine – of course, that turned out badly, but we won't get into it here. I guess sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't.
I loved the opening and dean with baby Bobby John.
I really am not enjoying the cambell clan. And am I the only who noticed that while grandpa sam was on the phone he said "the alpha killed 3 of my people.". Uh, no. The alpha killed one of your people. Why is he lying? Or did the writer's screw up. That really bugged me. I really don't know what to think of this. Any one got any theories?