Rewatching Mystery Spot
Welcome to “No Breakfast: A Supernatural Rewatch Blog” with Lor and Mace!
Up today, s3e11: Mystery Spot.
The boys are investigating a small town that boasts one of those kitschy, touristy places that claims to defy the laws of physics and such. But when they break into the mystery museum at night, they're confronted by the owner wielding a shotgun and Dean gets shot and killed. And then Sam wakes up to the same Tuesday morning. And then Dean dies. Again. And then Sam wakes up on Tuesday, repeat ad horrendum. They're clearly stuck in a Groundhog Day loop, but who's to blame? Turns out it's the Trickster Who Will Later Be Known as Gabriel, who agrees to let them out of the pattern. But then Dean dies. Again. And Sam is left searching for a way to bring him back and goes deep into a dark place to do so. Lots of brotherly issues here, folks. It's an SPN Special: hilarity followed closely by a powerful gut punch.
Below is a log of our real-time reactions as we watched. Remember that there may be spoilers for any part of SPN’s 15-season run here. Note also that the nature of our conversation is adult and thus it may contain adult language and themes.
[and we begin:]
Lor:
bounces
Mace:
IT’S TUESDAY, EXCEPT ON A SUNDAY
Lor:
YAAAS
Mace:
*SATURDAY
Lor:
omg I didn't even NOTICE you said the wrong actual day
Mace:
HAHAHA
Mace:
Asia ROCKS
Mace:
DEAN’S LIP SYNCING
Lor:
YES
Lor:
YAAAAS
Lor:
the GARGLING
Mace:
(I feel like I may be shouting a lot in this ep)
Mace:
YAAASSSS
Lor:
(i'm good with it)
Mace:
“this yours?”
Lor:
SNORK
Mace:
annoyed Sammy is annoyed
Lor:
YES
Mace:
and happy Mace: is happy
Lor:
pretty sure this EXACT diner is in my hometown
Mace:
NICE
Mace:
I love those kinds of places
Mace:
so greasy and so good
Lor:
"shuuuddup"
Lor:
YES
Mace:
HA
Lor:
PUPPY
Mace:
the GR!!
Lor:
YES
Mace:
YAS
Mace:
THE LORE
Lor:
YES
Lor:
OMG it IS a desk
Lor:
(someone on twitter said the "piano" that falls on Dean is actually a desk and I was all NOPE, but it IS)
Mace:
HAHAHA IT IS
Lor:
"wow. uncanny"
Mace:
funny how the brain changes it to piano because that’s what Brain expects
Lor:
YEP
Mace:
oh god Dean
Lor:
Nooooooo
Mace:
I mean, we KNOW what happens and STILL it’s awful
Lor:
YEP
Lor:
so, let's see, season 3, Sam knows how to call 911 HERE
Mace:
“not like this” nope, it’ll be rebar, Sammy, IS THAT BETTER?!
Mace:
HAHAHAHA OMG
Lor:
HAAAAAAHAHAHAHA
Mace:
HEEEEAT OF THE MOMENT
Lor:
poor Sam
Mace:
confused Sammy is confused
Lor:
I LOVE the way they change things juuuust a little
Lor:
like the camera angles or who says it's Asia on the radio
Mace:
YES
Lor:
"clowns or midgets"
Mace:
Dean has no qualms with Sam being annoyed at him bc Sam NOT being annoyed with him spells something off…
Mace:
YES
Lor:
YES
Lor:
"yeah, like deja vu"
Lor:
"how is that not dej--"
Mace:
HAHAHAHA “don’t say it!"
Lor:
YES
Mace:
THE JAW CLENCHING
Mace:
this ep does things to me
Lor:
YAAAAS
Lor:
TODAY IS TUESDAY TOO
Mace:
BUT TODAY IS TUESDAY TOO
Mace:
AHAHAHA
Lor:
LOLOLOL
Lor:
definitely a desk
Lor:
grumps just a little
Mace:
Sam won’t say what actually happened because Dean dead is not a thing he wants to talk about for SO many reasons
Mace:
HAHAHAH
Lor:
GAAAAAH
Lor:
YES
Mace:
NOOOOO
Mace:
poor Sammy
Lor:
HOW do they do that where their eyes are open but they look dead?!
Mace:
RIGHT?!
Mace:
ALL TINGLY
Lor:
"I get all tingly when you take control like that"
Mace:
YAS
Lor:
omg Sam's SO DONE with the hot sauce
Mace:
YAS
Mace:
that ‘so done’ face, though
Mace:
ded
Lor:
YAAS
Lor:
"I'm not gonna die. Not today"
Lor:
"and I can't" SAAAAMMY
Mace:
OOOOF
Mace:
“whatever this is we’ll figure it out"
Mace:
oh big brother Dean
Lor:
"I still think you're nuts but okay. whatever it is, we'll figure it out"
Lor:
YES
Lor:
SUCH a good brother
Mace:
YAS
Lor:
omg Sam is annoyed with Dean
Mace:
DID IT LOOK COOL
Mace:
DEAN WINCHESTER
Lor:
"of course I peed myself. man gets hit by a car, you think he has full control over his bladder?"
Mace:
and now he’s starting to get troubled
Lor:
YES
Lor:
omg Dean's face as the guy is doing his little hand gestures
Mace:
YES
Mace:
“just answer the question” Sam is usually the soft one but not when Dean’s life is on the line
Lor:
YES
Lor:
"so let's just make sure I don't die"
Lor:
that's it, that's the season
Mace:
YEP
Mace:
UGH
Lor:
ACK
Mace:
the squelchy sound
Lor:
I HATE THE SQUISHED DEATH ONE
Mace:
YEP
Mace:
oh Sammy
Lor:
poor thing
Mace:
yep
Mace:
“if you and I decide I’m not gonna die, I’m not gonna die.” Oh, that one hurts
Lor:
RIGHT?
Lor:
so, we clearly need to teach Sammy the heimlich maneuver
Mace:
YEP
Mace:
“everybody’s fine"
Lor:
"everybody's fine"
Mace:
OMG
Lor:
haaaaahahahaha
Mace:
HAHAHA
Lor:
"place is tore up pretty good, dude"
Mace:
you ARE a stud baby
Lor:
"no you give it" OMG
Mace:
HAHAHA
Lor:
haaaaaahahahahaha
Lor:
"Doris, what i'd like is for you to log in some more hours at the archery range" haaaaaahahahahaha
Mace:
HAHAHA OMG
Mace:
SAM WINCHESTER WEARS MAKEUP
Lor:
HOW many times did they have to do this before they could do it without cracking each other up
Mace:
RIGHT?!?!
Mace:
“no matter what I do, you die"
Mace:
HOW did we not see these as signs the first time through?!
Lor:
right?
Lor:
LEAST BELIEVABLE thing they ever did, this GR killing him
Mace:
HAHAHAHA YAS
Lor:
JUST DESSERTS
Mace:
YAS
Lor:
"man can't choose his own syrup, huh? what have we become?"
Mace:
HAHAHA
Mace:
god I want pancakes now
Lor:
RIGHT?
Mace:
with lots of butter and syrup
Lor:
but NOT with strawberry syrup
Mace:
NOPE GROSS
Lor:
RIGHT?
Mace:
oh hello Gabe
Lor:
GAAAAAABE
Mace:
YAS
Mace:
“that putz?”
Mace:
I love him
Lor:
"he said he didn't believe in wormholes, so I dropped him in one"
Lor:
YES
Mace:
YAS
Lor:
"one, yes. it is fun"
Mace:
“you can’t save your brother”
Mace:
AAAAAAAHHHHH
Lor:
ooooooooofffff
Lor:
I LOVE the way they make this fun episode tie into the season arc and just kick you in the gut
Mace:
YEP
Mace:
BttF REFERENCE
Lor:
YES
Lor:
"how many tuesdays did you have?"
Mace:
YES
Mace:
oh I hate this part
Lor:
"No breakfast." the way he says it so vehemently
Lor:
RIGHT?
Mace:
YEP
Mace:
“not today"
Lor:
"not today. this isn't supposed to happen today"
Lor:
GAAAAAHHHHH
Mace:
oh SAMMY
Lor:
OOOOOF
Lor:
THIS is the part that REALLY gets me. the way he just completely goes off the deep end
Mace:
which is what he would do, not just accept the rebar and go on with his life
Lor:
RIGHT?
Mace:
sewing himself together dedddd
Lor:
YAAAAAAAS
Mace:
cleaning his gun like Dean
Lor:
YES
Lor:
omg he sits straight up in bed just like he did every Tuesday when the radio came on
Mace:
looking in the mirror LIKE DEAN
Mace:
YES
Lor:
YES
Mace:
oooh Bobby as trickster
Lor:
YES
Lor:
oh god Sammy's voice when he says bobby
Mace:
YES
Lor:
is Gabe's shirt... one of Sam's shirts?
Mace:
gabe as trickster as bobby as trickster I LOVE IT
Lor:
or is it just really similar?
Mace:
OOOH YAS
Lor:
YES
Mace:
omg i never noticed that before!
Lor:
"nothing good comes out of it"
Mace:
“it’s gonna be the death of you, Sam”
Mace:
and he would know - i love the foreshadowing here
Lor:
YES
Lor:
but I think it's accidentally amazing again. I don't think they knew they were gonna make him Gabe yet?
Mace:
I have no idea and I don’t want to think about it. I just want it to be on purpose because that would be beautiful
Lor:
HA! Agreed
Mace:
THE HUG
Lor:
YES
Lor:
and the way Dean says the how many tuesdays line this time in a knowing way. like he doesn't know WHAT'S up but he knows SOMETHING is up
Mace:
yeah
Lor:
"clowns or midgets" again
Lor:
the WRITING
Mace:
omg the smile and the nod
Mace:
YES
Lor:
YES
Mace:
omg Sammy’s teary face
Lor:
ooooof
Lor:
YES
Mace:
GAH
Lor:
classic SPN where the first half is funny and the last half rips your heart out and stomps on it
Mace:
YEP
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