Route 666 (1x13)

Hosts Berly and LA tackle Season 1, Episode 13 of Supernatural, and LA opens with "I take issue with this one." The acting was "not so great," the chemistry was OFF, and the sex scene was a DISASTER. This week's villain? A racist truck. Yes, you read that right. A RACIST TRUCK.

The episode starts in Cape Girardeau, Missouri (they can't pronounce it) where a man gets chased down and murdered by an aggressive monster truck that acts "almost animalistic." Dean gets a call from an ex-girlfriend Cassie who needs help, and Sam is LIVING for the tea. He wants ALL the details about Dean's romantic history and gives him the biggest shit-eating grin.

Cassie's at the newspaper investigating why Black men keep dying on the same road—her father was the second victim. The mayor dismisses it as accidents despite the cars being SMASHED (Burleigh: "You call that a dent?!"). Dean and Cassie reunite, and she doesn't even acknowledge "sweet Sam" at first. Cassie's mom shows up "flustered as a mess" and is very dramatic with her teacup.

Episode Highlights (or Lowlights):

The TERRIBLE sex scene song (what were they thinking?!)
Zero chemistry between Dean and Cassie (more sibling vibes than romance)
Berly demonstrating the awkward "back petting" by hugging herself like a kid pretending to make out
The lighting was so bad they couldn't even see Dean's topless body properly
Cassie "real DTF" according to LA's notes
Sam's adorable mischievous grins watching Dean and Cassie
The mayor's liquefied bones (his body became a SMOOTHIE)
Cassie dramatically screaming "DEAN! DEAN!" on the phone with zero context
Sam's brilliant plan: "What if that didn't work?" "I was hoping that wouldn't happen."

The mystery: Back in the 60s, Cassie's mom (white) dated both Cyrus Dorian (white racist) and Martin (Cassie's Black dad). They eloped to avoid drama, someone burned down a church with a children's choir inside (AWFUL), and Martin killed Cyrus in self-defense. His friends helped dump Cyrus and his truck in the swamp. Now the truck is back for revenge, and it doesn't care that the mayor is WHITE.

The boys dredge up the blue truck (LA: "That is a BLACK truck the whole episode!"), burn Cyrus's bones, and Sam tells Dean to drive exactly seven-tenths of a mile to hallowed ground where the old church stood. The truck explodes. Dean says goodbye to Cassie, puts on "Terminator glasses," and that's that.

The hosts discuss sundown towns (learned about from Lovecraft Country—why didn't they teach this in school?!) and Stephen King's Christine, which was based on a REAL cursed car: the 1964 Dodge 330 "Golden Eagle." Three cops who drove it murdered their families then died by suicide. Kids who touched it died in house fires. Church folks who vandalized it got struck by lightning or decapitated. The doors STILL fly open on the highway.

"I missed conversations that didn't start with 'this killer truck.'" - Sam

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