History Recap / SupernaturalS01E09Home

** Dean compares Missouri to the psychic in ''Film/{{Poltergeist}}''.

* WreathedInFlames: [[spoiler:Mary Winchester right before she manifested into her human self.]]
* YourCheatingHeart: The wife of Missouri's client is cheating on him with a gardener, but she doesn't tell him the truth.

Sam has a vision of their old home in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence,_Kansas Lawrence, Kansas]], and Sam and Dean return to find two spirits are haunting their childhood home: one is an evil poltergeist and the other is a flaming ghost.

* EverybodyLives: Well, the ghosts were already dead...

* {{Poltergeist}}: The evil spirit in the house.

* WreathedInFlames: The second spirit in the home.

Sam has a vision of their old home in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence,_Kansas Lawrence, Kansas]], and Sam and Dean return to find restless spirits are haunting their childhood home.

* WomanInWhite: Mary Winchester.

* Big Bad: The unnamed poltergeist haunting the old Winchester home.

* DarkIsNotEvil: The scary, [[WreathedInFlames burning]] apparition in Sairie' closet is Mary Winchester's benevolent spirit.

-->'''Dean:''' All right. I've been cruisin' some websites and I think I found some candidates for our next gig. A fishing trawler found off the coast of Cali, its crew vanished. And, uh, we got some cattle mutilations in west Texas. Hey! Am I boring you with this hunting-evil stuff?
-->'''Sam:''' No, I'm listening. Keep going.
-->'''Dean:''' And here, a Sacramento man shot himself in the head. Three times. Any of these things blowin' up your skirt, pal?

Sam has a vision of their old home in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence,_Kansas Lawrence, Kansas,]] and Sam and Dean return to find restless spirits are haunting their childhood home.

-->'''Missouri:''' All right, there. Don’t you worry ‘bout a thing. Your wife is crazy about you. ''[The man thanks her and she closes the front door behind him]'' Whew. Poor bastard. His woman is cold-bangin’ the gardener.

-->'''Missouri:''' People don’t come here for the truth. They come for good news.

* ContinuityNod: We again hear the voice-mail on John Winchester's cell phone, which was first heard in [[Recap/SupernaturalS01E04PhantomTraveller "Phanton Traveller" (S01, Ep04)]], when Dean calls his father after they return to Lawrence.
-->'''Dean:''' Dad? I know I've left you messages before. I don’t even know if you’ll get ‘em. But I’m with Sam. And we’re in Lawrence. And there’s something in our old house. I don’t know if it’s the thing that killed Mom or not, but...I don’t know what to do. So, whatever you’re doing, if you could get here. Please. I need your help, Dad.

-->'''Dean:''' Dad? I know I've left you messages before. I don’t even know if you’ll get ‘em. But I’m with Sam. And we’re in Lawrence. And there’s somethin’ in our old house. I don’t know if it’s the thing that killed Mom or not, but...I don’t know what to do. So, whatever you’re doin’, if you could get here. Please. I need your help, Dad.

* EyeOfNewt: Missouri uses [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelica_archangelica Angelica Root,]] [[http://newworldwitchery.com/2010/08/20/blog-post-81-%E2%80%93-van-van-oil/ Van Van oil,]] [[AtTheCrossroads crossroad dirt]], a few other odds and ends.

-->'''Dean:''' First you tell me that you've got the Shining, and then you tell me that I've gotta go back ''home''?

-->'''Dean:''' Missouri did her whole Zelda Rubenstein thing, the house should be clean, it should be over.

* YourCheatingHeart: The wife of Missouri's client is cheating on him with a gardener, but she doesn't tell him the truth.

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!Non-trope items:
* [[Fridge/SupernaturalS01E09Home Fridge Items.]]
* [[YMMV/SupernaturalS01E09Home YMMV Items.]]

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* HeyItsThatGuy
** Loretta Devine, who plays Missouri Moseley, also plays Adele Webber in ''Series/GreysAnatomy'', and Marla Hendricks in ''Series/BostonPublic''.
** Ginger Broatch, who plays Sairie, also plays Cami in ''[[Series/BattlestarGalacticaReimagined Battlestar Galactica]]''.

* TheBechdelTest: 3rd pass for the series: Missouri and Jenny talks about the spirits and her fears.

* DeggansRule: Failed, although we have our first black woman as a main character in this series.

'''Season 1, Episode 9''':

[[caption-width-right:350:Oh, you boys grew up handsome. (to Dean) And you were one goofy-looking kid, too.]]

Sam has a nightmare about something attacking an innocent family in the Winchester's old family home in Lawrence, Kansas. They investigate and enlist the help of a psychic medium and friend of their father, [[Characters/SupernaturalHunters Missouri Mosely]], to defeat what turns out to be a poltergeist. When Sam's premonition starts to come true and the brothers are unable to defeat the poltergeist, [[Characters/SupernaturalGhosts the ghost of their mother]] [[Characters/SupernaturalTheWinchesters Mary]] appears and sacrifices herself to save her sons. Once the brothers leave town, it's revealed that their father [[Characters/SupernaturalTheWinchesters John]] was there the whole time, keeping an eye on Sam and Dean with the psychic's help.

For the series so far = At least 113 humans; 7 ghosts; 1 shapeshifter; and 1 wendigo.

!Your Mileage May Vary (YMMV) items:

* [[YMMV/SupernaturalS01E09Home Other YMMV Items.]]

-->'''Missouri:''' All right, there. Don’t you worry ‘bout a thing. Your wife is crazy about you. [The man thanks her and she closes the front door behind him.] Whew. Poor bastard. His woman is cold-bangin’ the gardener.
-->'''Dean:''' Why didn’t you tell him?

* TheBechdelTest: 3rd pass for the series. Missouri and Jenny talks about the spirits and her fears.

-->'''Dean:''' Dad? I know I’ve left you messages before. I don’t even know if you’ll get ‘em. But I’m with Sam. And we’re in Lawrence. And there’s something in our old house. I don’t know if it’s the thing that killed Mom or not, but…I don’t know what to do. So, whatever you’re doing, if you could get here. Please. I need your help, Dad.

-->'''Dean:''' Dad? I know I’ve left you messages before. I don’t even know if you’ll get ‘em. But I’m with Sam. And we’re in Lawrence. And there’s somethin’ in our old house. I don’t know if it’s the thing that killed Mom or not, but…I don’t know what to do. So, whatever you’re doin’, if you could get here. Please. I need your help, Dad.
* DreamingOfThingsToCome

* EverybodyLives: Well the ghosts were already dead...

-->'''Dean:''' Don't know? Your supposed to be a psychic, right?
-->'''Missouri Moseley:''' Boy, you see me sawing some bony tramp in half? You think I'm a magician? I may be able to read thoughts and sense energies in a room, but I can't just pull facts out of thin air.

* HandInTheHole: The garbage disposal repair scene.

** Loretta Devine who plays Missouri Moseley, also plays Adele Webber in ''GreysAnatomy'', and Marla Hendricks in ''Series/BostonPublic''.
** Ginger Broatch who plays Sairie, also plays Cami in ''[[Series/BattlestarGalacticaReimagined Battlestar Galactica]]''.

* {{Poltergeist}}

-->'''Missouri Moseley:''' Boy, you put your foot on my coffee table, I'm going to whack you with a spoon.

** Dean references ''Film/TheShining''.
-->'''Dean:''' First you tell me that you've got the Shining, and then you tell me that I've gotta go back home?

* StockEpisodeTitles: At least 78 other episodes have this title.

For this episode = [[spoiler: 2 ghosts. This is the first episode of the series where no humans die]].

* CymbalBangingMonkey: One laughs while [[spoiler: the plumber gets his arm chopped up in the garbage disposal]].

* [[spoiler: EverybodyLives: Well the ghosts were already dead...]]

* TheReveal: [[spoiler: John is still alive and watching his children.]]

* DirtyMindReading: implied with Missouri's powers.

* [[spoiler: EverybodyLives: well the ghosts were already dead...]]

** The plumber is named Joe, and is listed as [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_the_Plumber Joe the Plumber.]]
*** This may be a reference to ''Film/TheBeyond,'' which included a character named Joe the Plumber.

* FridgeLogic: Why on Earth are the fridge shelves spaced just high enough to leave room for a kid to climb in. And why would a kid walk into a fridge in the first place?

Written by Eric Kripke

Sam has a vision of their old home in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence,_Kansas Lawrence, Kansas,]] and Sam and Dean return to find restless spirits are residing in their childhood home.

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[[caption-width-right:174:Oh, you boys grew up handsome. (to Dean) And you were one goofy-looking kid, too.]]

Sam has a nightmare about something attacking an innocent family in the Winchester's old family home in Lawrence, Kansas. They investigate and enlist the help of a psychic medium and friend of their father, [[Characters/SupernaturalHunters Missouri Mosely]], to defeat what turns out to be a poltergeist. When Sam's premonition starts to come true and the brothers are unable to defeat the poltergeist, the ghost of their mother Mary appears and sacrifices herself to save her sons. Once the brothers leave town, it's revealed that their father John was there the whole time, keeping an eye on Sam and Dean with the psychic's help.

* HellIsThatNoise: The scratching noises, which Jenny thinks are from rats.

Sam has a nightmare about something attacking an innocent family in the Winchester's old family home in Lawrence, Kansas. They investigate and enlist the help of a psychic medium and friend of their father, Missouri Mosely, to defeat what turns out to be a poltergeist. When Sam's premonition starts to come true and the brothers are unable to defeat the poltergeist, the ghost of their mother Mary appears and sacrifices herself to save her sons. Once the brothers leave town, it's revealed that their father John was there the whole time, keeping an eye on Sam and Dean with the psychic's help.

* ContinuityNod: We again hear the voice-mail on John Winchester's cell phone, which was first heard in [[Recap/SupernaturalS01E04PhantomTraveller "Phanton Traveller"]], when Dean calls his father after they return to Lawrence.

!Tropes
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* AnyoneCanDie:
** Body count this episode = [[spoiler: 2 ghosts. This is the first episode of the series where no humans die]].
** Body count for the series so far = At least 113 humans; 7 ghosts; 1 shapeshifter; and 1 wendigo.

* YourCheatingHeart: The wife of Missouri's client is cheating on him with a gardener but She does'nt tell him the truth.