History Recap / SupernaturalS01E12Faith

->'''Dean:''' Why? Why me? Out of all the sick people, why save me?
->'''Roy:''' Well, like I said before, [[BecauseDestinySaysSo the Lord guides me]]. I looked into your heart, and you just stood out from all the rest.
->'''Dean:''' What did you see in my heart?
->'''Roy:''' A [[TheChosenOne young man with an important purpose]]. A job to do. And it isn't finished.

* BlindSeer: Roy.

--->'''Dean:''' Hey, you better [[TakeUpMySword take care of that car]]. Or, I swear, I'll haunt your ass.
--->'''Sam:''' I don't think that's funny.
--->'''Dean:''' Oh, come on, it's a little funny.

--->'''Sam:''' Don't talk like that, alright? We still have options.
--->'''Dean:''' What options? Yeah, burial or cremation.

--->'''Dean:''' Well, I'm not gonna die in a hospital where the [[HospitalHottie nurses aren't even hot]].
--->'''Sam:''' You know, this whole I-laugh-in-the-face-of-death thing? It's crap. I can see right through it.

-->'''Sam:''' But you said you saw a dude in a suit.
-->'''Dean:''' What, you think he shoulda been working the whole black-robe thing?

* HealingHands: Roy le Grange.

* KarmicDeath: Sue Ann.

* LanguageOfMagic[=/=]OminousLatinChanting: Sue Ann chanting the binding spell.

-->'''Cop:''' We catch you round here again son, we'll put the fear of God in you, understand?
-->'''Dean:''' [[DeadpanSnarker Yes, sir, fear of God. Got it]].
* PreacherMan: Roy.

* RightForTheWrongReasons: The protestor outside the revival is quite correct that Roy is a fraud but not because nothing supernatural is going on.

* SnakeOilSalesman: Instead of seeing a cardiologist to get an informed opinion on treatment for cardiomyopathy, Sam Winchester is seen researching alternative treatments such as Chinese herbs, acupuncture, and a surgery called Pulmonary Abductal Bypass Marsupilization developed by a surgeon in Sri Lanka who promises a 98% full recovery rate.

* WouldHurtAChild: Rawheads are [[ScareEmStraight said to]] eat children who [[FelonyMisdemeanor tell lies or use bad words]].

* ElementalRockPaperScissors: The rawhead, which is usually associated with water, is sensitive to electricity in the form of the tasers.He

* ElementalRockPaperScissors: The rawhead, which is usually associated with water, is sensitive to electricity in the form of the tasers.

** [[Dean himself, as it turns out. In later seasons Reapers are [[Retcon recategorized as a subtype of angel]], so strictly speaking Roy's "powers" ''are'' a holy miracle... that happens to be acquired by means of [[BlackMagic magically enslaving]] [[CapturedSuperEntity a divine being]] [[DontFearTheReaper who would much rather just being doing his job]], and [[OlympusMons forcing it to hand out miracles on demand]].

* CrucialCross: The episode at first seems to include a straight example in the cross a blind preacher uses to heal the dying. It seems his very disability has allowed him the faith to bring joy from people's illnesses, but it turns out the cross is a talisman of death drawing on human sacrifices. The protagonists destroy the cross, a symbolic refutation of the idea that faith in {{God}} can maintain meaning in a world of purposeless suffering, siding with Dean's cynicism over Sam's naivete.

* HolierThanThou: The faith healer's devout Christian wife is the one working the black magic to control the Reaper.

* RedHerring: The preacher.

* IllGirl: Layla.

* StockEpisodeTitles: At least 38 other episodes with this title in other series.

-->'''Dean:''' You know, I'm much of a praying type... but, I'm gonna pray for you.\\

* RightForTheWrongReasons: The protestor outside the revival is quite correct that Roy is fraud but not because nothing supernatural is going on.

* DontFearTheReaper: The Music/BlueOysterCult song plays while the Reaper takes the life of the jogger and the man on oxygen in the wheelchair is saved. Given that the jogger [[EverybodyHatesHades is terrified and running for her life]], the lyrics are a form of verbal {{irony}}, and the slow-paced music during the action scene produces SoundtrackDissonance.

* CreepyCoolCrosses: The cross Sam identifies in the tent is a Gnostic cross or a type of Coptic cross. Various types of crosses may be used as symbols on tarot cards, but they are not unique to tarot cards and this cross is not a traditional tarot symbol. These crosses are often thought to represent God's love, the earth, or the sun. [[FauxSymbolism It is unclear]] why Sam would have associated the cross with tarot or a binding spell to control death.

--->'''Sam:''' You know, this whole [[GoOutWithASmile I-laugh-in-the-face-of-death]] thing? It's crap. I can see right through it.

* BittsweetEnding: Sam and Dean stop Sue Ann and free the reaper she's controlling, but Layla is doomed to die. However, she makes peace with this fact and is touched by Dean's words.

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