History Recap / SupernaturalS08E05BloodBrother

-->[[DumbassHasAPoint I have to agree with the vampire]], Dean. The risk of crossing Purgatory with a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seraph seraph]], it's [[IDontThinkThatsSuchAGoodIdea less than strategic]].
--->'''--Castiel'''

In [[NotSoSafeHarbor Eagle Harbor, Washington]], Benny, the vampire [[BloodBrothers who helped Dean escape Purgatory]], finds [[EvilFormerFriend Quentin]], a member of Benny's old vampire nest and also the person [[EtTuBrute who held Benny's legs]] when he was beheaded. Benny asks Quentin where the [[BigBad Old Man]] is, but there are two other vampires who ambush Benny. He beheads Quentin, but is [[MajorInjuryUnderreaction badly wounded]] by the others.

We then find the [[BloodBrothers Winchester brothers]] in the [[NoTellMotel Paradise Motel]] in Enid, Oregon. They have been trying to track down Kevin, but continue to be outsmarted by him, as he manipulates his [[TrailOfBreadCrumbs credit card records]]. Dean gets a call from Benny asking for help, and [[AloofBigBrother leaves without telling Sam where he is going]], which results in an argument between the two brothers.

Dean finds Benny [[GameBreakingInjury unable to stand]] and covered in blood. He gives him a cooler full of [[LiquidAssets plasma for transfusions]], and Benny makes an [[HealingFactor almost-complete recovery]]. When Dean asks what is going on, Benny is reluctant to tell him and says he has done enough already. When Dean insists on knowing, Benny responds, "You and that whole [[AFriendInNeed friend]] thing, man". This triggers a {{flashback}} to the two of them with Castiel in Purgatory. Benny is trying to convince Dean that continuing with Castiel is too risky, and Castiel agrees with him, pointing out it is unlikely an angel could [[OnlyTheWorthyMayPass pass through a portal made for humans]]. [[BloodBrothers Dean insists Castiel]] is going to make it out with them.

** Dean continues to refer to Castiel as Cas.
** Benny's maker shortens Sorento to So-so.
** While [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname most people refer to him as Benny]], Benny's maker [[InvertedTrope calls him Benjamin]].

* TheAlcoholic: Maybe Amelia is afraid of getting scurvy or cooking a lot of ceviche, but it seems likely the limes were meant to imply she is drinking quite a few cocktails, beers, and/or shots. The margarita glass on the counter supports this theory.

* BackToBackBadasses: Dean and Benny during a fight in Purgatory, with Benny whistling "In the Hall of the Mountain King."

-->'''Meg:''' Not a demon nor a chomper. What the hell are you?
-->'''Kevin:''' I'm a...K-Kevin Tran. I'm in advanced placement. P-p-please don't kill me.
** His maker refers to Benny as his wayward son, referencing "Carry On Wayward Son" by Music/{{Kansas}}, which plays during every SeasonFinale.

-->'''Amelia:''' You come from nowhere, you appear to be going nowhere and you've, quote, "seen a lot of stitches." It's all pretty solid creepy.

* NotWhatItLooksLike: Upon finding Sam in her motel room, Amelia immediately mistakes him for a stalker, not knowing that he now works there doing maintenance and was fixing her sink.

'''Season 8, Episode 5''':

[[caption-width-right:275: “A little rest, [[ThePowerOfBlood half a cooler full of AB negative]], most wounds short of an [[AnArmAndALeg amputation]] will mend up, [[VampireVords vampirically speaking]].” '''-Benny to Dean''']]

--> [[DumbassHasAPoint I have to agree with the vampire]], Dean. The risk of crossing Purgatory with a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seraph seraph,]] it's [[IDontThinkThatsSuchAGoodIdea less than strategic]].
--->'''- Castiel'''


In [[NotSoSafeHarbor Eagle Harbor, Washington]], Benny, the vampire [[BloodBrothers who helped Dean escape purgatory]], finds [[EvilFormerFriend Quentin]], a member of Benny's old vampire nest and also the person [[EtTuBrute who held Benny's legs]] when he was beheaded. Benny asks Quentin where the [[BigBad Old Man]] is, but there are two other vampires who ambush Benny. He manages to behead Quentin, but is [[MajorInjuryUnderreaction badly wounded]].

We then find the [[BloodBrothers Winchester brothers]] in the [[NoTellMotel Paradise Motel]] in Enid, Oregon. They have been trying to track down Kevin, but continue to be outsmarted by him, as he manipulates [[TrailOfBreadCrumbs credit card records]]. Dean gets a call from Benny asking for help, and [[AloofBigBrother leaves without telling Sam where he is going]], which results in an argument between the two brothers.

Dean has a {{flashback}} of fighting with Benny in Purgatory as he drives to Washington state. Sam starts [[IWillFindYou tracking down Kevin]], but is side tracked into a search of [[LoveInterest Amelia's]] credit history. He is distracted by the sound of a malfunctioning fan, and has his own {{flashback}} of getting a job at a motel and getting to know Amelia.

Dean finds Benny [[GameBreakingInjury unable to stand]] and covered in blood. He gives him a cooler full of [[LiquidAssets plasma for transfusions]], and Benny makes an [[HealingFactor almost complete recovery]]. When Dean asks what is going on, Benny is reluctant to tell him and says he has done enough already. When Dean insists on knowing, Benny responds, "You and that whole ''[[AFriendInNeed friend]]'' thing, man". This triggers a {{flashback}} to the two of them with Castiel in Purgatory. Benny is trying to convince Dean that continuing with Castiel is too risky, and Castiel agrees with him pointing out it is unlikely an angel could [[OnlyTheWorthyMayPass pass through a portal made for humans]]. [[BloodBrothers Dean insists Castiel]] is going to make it out with them.

In the present time, Benny reveals that he is [[OedipusComplex hunting his maker]], who killed Benny after he betrayed the nest over a woman, Andrea. The nest attacks yachts, functioning as Vampire-Pirates. They search Quentin's belongings and are able to track down the nest in Prentiss Island by finding a cable bill. As they drive to the island, Benny tells Dean how he left the nest and [[DefectingForLove changed his life]] after meeting Andrea, but they were tracked down by his maker, who [[YouHaveFailedMe killed him]] and [[IWillPunishYourFriendForYourFailure Andrea]].

When Dean and Benny [[ExploringTheEvilLair infiltrate the vampire nest]], Benny is so surprised to see [[ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated Andrea alive]] that he is captured and [[BoundAndGagged handcuffed to a chair]] by the vampires. Dean decides to [[DistressCall call Sam and ask for help]] at this point and then starts hunting down the vampires in the nest. Benny finds out that Andrea was turned into a vampire and is currently the [[SexualExtortion maker's lover]] and [[NumberTwo second in command]]. Andrea manages to slip Benny a knife and the keys to the handcuffs before he is taken to see his maker. Benny finds out that Andrea was evidently kept alive to [[HomoeroticSubtext maintain a connection to Benny]], the maker's favorite. Benny unlocks his handcuffs and beheads Sorento. His maker [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech tries to convince him that everything he believes in is false]], but Benny eventually attacks him as well.

After killing several vampires, Dean has another {{flashback}} to purgatory, where Castiel, Benny, and he are attacked by a group of [[KrakenAndLeviathan Leviathans]], and [[BloodBrothers Benny saves Castiel's life]]. Sam [[IDidWhatIHadToDo steals a car]], and starts driving to Prentiss Island. Benny returns the knife, now covered in blood, to Andrea, and tells her, "[[KlingonPromotion The Old Man is dead]]." She is not willing to leave with him, and instead wants to [[PirateGirl run things herself]]. He tells her she is [[TheSoulless no longer the woman he loved]], which prompts her to attack him. Dean [[ConvenientlyTimedAttackFromBehind arrives just in time and stabs her from behind]]. Sam is waiting on the shore, when they get off the dinghy and meets Benny. When Sam shakes Benny's hand he feels the cold flesh and reaches for his knife, but Dean nods his head no and Sam backs down. Benny then says,"[[{{understatement}} I can see you two have a lot to talk about]]".

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* AGodAmI: While many vampires consider their makers to be like god, Benny's maker actually seems to ''believe'' it.
* TheAlcoholic: Maybe Amelia is afraid of getting scurvy or cooking a lot of ceviche, but it seems likely the limes were meant to imply she is drinking quite a few cocktails, beers, and/or shots.

-->'''Quentin to Benny:''' You go and crawl your way out of God’s ass for another ride on the merry-go-round.
* BackToBackBadasses: Dean and Benny during a fight in Purgatory, with Benny whistling "Hall of the mountain King."

** Benny and Dean
** Dean and Sam
** Dean and Castiel
** and even Benny and Castiel.

-->'''Andrea:''' You remember what it’s like at first. Life is blood, that’s all—and whoever gives it to you.

-->'''Dean's deleted text:''' Hunting vamps - nest on Prentiss Island...not alone.

** Sam reminds Dean that Kevin was in Advanced Placement to explain how he keeps outsmarting them, recalling Kevin's answer to Meg in [[Recap/SupernaturalS07E21ReadingIsFundamental "Reading Is Fundamental"]].

-->'''Kevin:''' I'm a... K-Kevin Tran. I'm in advanced placement. P-p-please don't kill me.
** His maker refers to Benny as his wayward son, referencing "Carry on Wayward Son" by Kansas, which plays during every SeasonFinale.

-->'''Castiel:''' It does present a curious curl in the metaphysics, doesn’t it? If you murder a monster in Monster Heaven, where does it go?
* DecapitationRequired:

-->'''Benny to Andrea:''' Well, sleeping with God has got to have some perks.

-->'''Amelia:''' Dog? That’s what you’re calling him?

-->'''Benny watching Castiel kill a monster:''' Well, I got to admit Dean, he's got his strong points, but holy hell if he ain't a magnet.

-->'''Amelia to Sam who grabbed her bag of limes:''' Don't touch the produce.
* TheDrifter: Sam in Kermit, Texas, which is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Amelia.
-->'''Amelia:''' I think it’s creepy you buy all your clothing at Army surplus. White supremacists do that. Drifting serial killers do that. You come from nowhere, you appear to be going nowhere and you’ve, quote, "Seen a lot of stitches." It’s all pretty solid creepy.
* EatTheRich: A literal interpretation that allowed the Vampire Nest to survive by attacking yachts.

-->'''Sam:''' A friend? Dean, you don’t have any. All your friends are dead.

* FakingTheDead: Benny was lead to believe his maker had killed Andrea, but instead she was turned into a vampire.

-->'''Benny's maker:''' This is my story, you gnat. It ends the way I choose.
* [[CollegeIsHighSchoolPart2 Graduate School Is High School Part 3]]: Amelia's transcripts reveal a C in Trigonometry, Vet history, and Buss Management. This of course begs the question of why history and trigonometry are being taught in Veterinary School.

** Luc Roderique who played Sorento, also played Lexon in ''Series/{{Caprica}}'' and strangely enough Benny in ''Divine: The Series'', which also featured Creator/MishaCollins as a Producer and Father Christopher.
** Athena Karkanis who plays Andrea also played Nadia on ''LostGirl''.
* HollywoodHacking: Dean chasing Kevin and Kevin leading them on a goose chase.

-->'''Castiel:''' Well, [[LiesDamnedLiesAndStatistics statistically]] speaking, that'd be your -

* ICantFeelMyLegs: SubvertedTrope, Despite Benny saying his "legs aren't working so good", he recovers completely after drinking blood.

* LikeABadassOutOfHell: Benny, which frightens the rest of the nest.

* MisunderstoodLonerWithAHeartOfGold: While Amelia has remained aloof to those around her (not knowing the name of the boy at the front desk of the motel or that his father is sick) and often assumes the worst about other people (her reaction to Sam fixing her sink), you have a feeling she maintains this distance to protect herself from [[DarkAndTroubledPast something in her past]] (which may also be why she is still living in a motel 3 months after moving to Kermit).

** Benny's old nest were vampire-pirates or as Dean says [[{{Neologism}} Vampirates]], which turns out not to be as original as Benny seemed to think.[[Webcomic/{{Vampirates}}]], [[Literature/{{Vampirates}}]]
** Since Benny is a Vampire-Pirate back from the dead, does this upgrade him to Vampire-[[GhostPirate Zombie-Pirate]].

-->'''Dean to Benny and Castiel:''' Listen to me you undead blood junkie, I'm the one with the mojo. I'm the one with the plan. Cass, we're going to shove your ass back through that needle if it kills all three of us.
* NotSoDifferent: Amelia who, like Sam, also has no one.

* TheOtherRainforest: Benny comments on the forest on Prentiss Island reminding him of Purgatory, perhaps meant to [[LampshadeHanging lampshade]] the [[CaliforniaDoubling Vancouver doubling]] in both cases.
* PaintTheTownRed: After Benny takes out Quentin and his henchman, we see a blood covered street complete with lifeless bodies and unattached heads.

-->'''Dean:''' Mind if I take the [[SugarWiki/{{Toblerone}} Toblerone]]?
* RemovingTheHeadOrDestroyingTheBrain: We find that Benny died of decapitation and witness the beheadings of Quentin, Sorento, Andrea, and at least 2 monsters in Purgatory.
* RightUnderTheirNoses: Benny and Dean take a dinghy to the Island and walk right into the vampire lair with no one stopping them.
* RingRingCRUNCH: Dean uses his cell phone to [[WeNeedADistraction distract]] a vampire, but when he beheads the vampire he ends up CuttingTheElectronicLeash.

** Dean compares Kevin to [[Film/RainMan Rain Man]].
-->'''Dean:''' The kid’s like Rain Man. He’s like a crappy little, credit card-counting, criminal prodigy Rain Man.
** Sam compares Kevin to a [[BugsBunny Wascally Wabbit]].

*** This was [[WordOfGod reported by the director]] Guy Bee to be a homage to Creator/FritzLang movie ''Film/{{M}}'', where the serial killer whistles the same tune.
*** Given the use of the term Old Man for Benny's maker, which was also the title of the Troll King or Mountain King in [[HenrikIbsen Ibsen's]] play, this may also be an attempt to link his belief [[AppealToInherentNature in himself and nothing else]] to the [[BeYourself "to-thyself-be-enough-ness"]] philosophy of the trolls.

** Dean compares Benny's drinking donated blood to a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zone_diet Vampire Zone Diet]].
** Benny tells his maker, "You know what [[Literature/ApologyOfSocrates Socrates said about a life unconsidered]]".

* StalkerWithACrush: Despite Sam's assertion that he is not a stalker and just concerned, breaking into Amelia's credit history, her DMV records, and school transcripts, is going a bit too far.

-->'''Benny's maker:''' I’ve been here so, so long, Benny. Seen all the outcomes, all the patterns, a trillion times. It all means so little. This universe is a pyramid of despair. Nothing else.

-->'''Benny:''' It's weird [[YouCantGoHomeAgain being back]] - in the world, I mean. Isn't it?

-->'''Benny:''' I mean, what do you do with it all? All the - all the everything? Hell, [[CannotTellFictionFromReality I don't even know if this world is real]], if I'm real.

-->'''Dean:''' I got some personal crap I gotta take care of. That’s all.

-->'''Dean:''' Did you have a stroke? Vocabulary. Personal! As in my own, grown-up, personal…I don’t know…crap.
* TooSpicyForYogSothoth: The escape plan in Purgatory relied on Dean being this.
-->'''Benny to Dean:''' You see you are an intact living human being stuck in Purgatory's craw. This dimension wants to spit you out, whic is exactly what's going to power our escape pod.
* UnfortunateNames: The Yachts on the list: Age of Aquarius II; The Big Mermaid; Solitaire; Lucky Myra; [[PunnyName Sea You Later]].
* VegetarianVampire: Benny who survives on donated plasma from blood banks after he meets Andrea.
* ViewerFriendlyInterface: Sam's search of Kevin's and Amelia's credit.

** Typed and signed applications have evidently been scanned in with large enough font size to be easily read.

* BackToBackBadasses: Dean and Benny during a fight in Purgatory.

* TheBechdelTest: Failed.

* DeggansRule: Failed, we have Sorento and one of the monsters in purgatory seemed to be Asian, but these are minor characters.

* AllAsiansAreAlike: Kevin switches his surname from Tran (the 3rd most common Vietnamese surname) to Park (the 3rd most common Korean surname) on the credit applications.

* MisunderstoodLonerWithAHeartOfGold: While Amelia has remained aloof to those around her (not knowing the name of the boy at the front desk of the motel or that his father is sick) and often assumes the worst about other people (her reaction to Sam fixing her sink), you have a feeling she maintains this distance to protect herself from [[DarkAndTroubledPast something in her past]] (which may also be why she is still living in a motel 3 months after moving to Kermit).

* NotWhatItLooksLike: Upon finding Sam in her motel room, Amelia immediately mistakes himm for a stalker, not knowing that he now works there doing maintenance and was fixing her sink.

** Luc Roderique who played Sorento, also played Lexon in ''{{Caprica}}'' and strangely enough Benny in ''Divine: The Series'', which also featured MishaCollins as a Producer and Father Christopher.

** and even Benny and Castiel

* EvilMentor: Benny's maker.

In the present time, Benny reveals that he is [[OedipusComplex hunting his maker]], who killed Benny after he betrayed the nest over a woman, Andrea. The nest attacks yachts, functioning as Vampire-Pirates. They search Quentin's belongings and are able to track down the nest in Prentiss Island by finding a cable bill. As they drive to the island, Benny tells Dean how he left the nest and [[HeelFaceTurn changed his life]] after meeting Andrea, but they were tracked down by his maker, who [[YouHaveFailedMe killed him]] and [[IWillPunishYourFriendForYourFailure Andrea]].

** Benny says Dean is worried that if they make it topside, Benny will start [[ThreeLittlePigs eating his little piggies]].

*** This was [[WordOfGod reported by the director]] Guy Bee to be a homage to [[FritzLang Fritz Lang's]] movie ''[[Film/{{M}} M]]'', where the serial killer whistles the same tune.

After killing several vampires, Dean has another {{flashback}} to purgatory, where Castiel, Benny, and he are attacked by a group of [[KrakenAndLeviathan Leviathans]], and [[BloodBrothers Benny saves Castiel's life]]. Sam [[IDidWhatIHadToDo steals a car]], and starts driving to Prentiss Island. Benny returns the knife, now covered in blood, to Andrea, and tells her, "[[KlingonPromotion The Old Man is dead]]." She is not willing to leave with him, and instead wants to [[PirateGirl run things herself]]. He tells she is [[TheSoulless no longer the woman he loved]], which prompts her to attack him. Dean [[ConvenientlyTimedAttackFromBehind arrives just in time and stabs her from behind]]. Sam is waiting on the shore, when they get off the dinghy and meets Benny. When Sam shakes Benny's hand he feels the cold flesh and reaches for his knife, but Dean nods his head no and Sam backs down. Benny then says,"[[{{understatement}} I can see you two have a lot to talk about]]".

--> [[DumbassHasAPoint I have to agree with the vampire]] Dean. The risk of crossing Purgatory with a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seraph seraph,]] it's [[IDontThinkThatsSuchAGoodIdea less than strategic]].

-->''''Benny's maker:''' I know it won't change anything, but I regretted having you killed. When it was all done, I wailed when I saw you in all those pieces. Didn't I, Sorento? Didn't I wail like the ugliest baby in the world?

* CannotSpitItOut: Dean almost sends a text to Dean, when he arrives at Prentiss Island, but deletes it.

** When Benny starts wondering if this world is real, Dean talks about going [[AliceInWonderland down the rabbit hole]].

* TheOtherRainforest: Benny comments on the forest on Prentiss Island reminding him of Purgatory, perhaps meant to [[LampshadeHanging lampshade]] the [[CaliforniaDoubling Vancouver doubling]] on both cases.

* TheBGrade: AvertedTrope, as Amelia is clearly not a straight A student. Her transcript reveals more B's then A's, and a C in Trigonometry, Vet history, and Buss Management. This of course begs the question why history and trigonometry are being taught in Veterinary School, but I guess [[CollegeIsHighSchoolPart2 Graduate School Is High School Part 3]].

* TheOtherRainforest: Benny comments on the forest on Prentiss Island reminding him of Purgatory.

* CouldSayItBut: Dean almost sends a text to Dean, when he arrives at Prentiss Island, but deletes it.
-->'''Dean's deleted text:''' Hunting vamps - nest on Prentiss Island...not alone.

* UnfortunateNames: The Yachts on the list: Age of Aquarius II; The Big Mermaid; Solitaire; Lucky Myra; Sea You Later.

** Benny's old nest were vampire-pirates or as Dean says [[{{Neologism}} Vampirates]], which turns out not to be [[Webcomic/{{Vampirates}} as original]] as [[Literature/{{Vampirates}} Benny seemed]] to think.

* RoaringRampageOfRevenge

Dean finds Benny unable to stand and covered in blood. He gives him a cooler full of [[LiquidAssets plasma for transfusions]], and Benny makes an [[HealingFactor almost complete recovery]]. When Dean asks what is going on, Benny is reluctant to tell him and says he has done enough already. When Dean insists on knowing, Benny responds, "You and that whole ''[[AFriendInNeed friend]]'' thing, man". This triggers a {{flashback}} to the two of them with Castiel in Purgatory. Benny is trying to convince Dean that continuing with Castiel is too risky, and Castiel agrees with him pointing out it is unlikely an angel could pass through a portal made for humans. [[BloodBrothers Dean insists Castiel]] is going to make it out with them.

Dean has a {{flashback}} of fighting with Benny in Purgatory as he drives to Washington state. Sam starts tracking down Kevin, but is side tracked into a search of [[LoveInterest Amelia's]] credit history. He is distracted by the sound of a malfunctioning fan, and has his own {{flashback}} of getting a job at a motel and getting to know Amelia.

Dean finds Benny unable to stand and covered in blood. He gives him a cooler full of [[LiquidAssets plasma for transfusions]], and Benny makes an [[HealingFactor almost complete recovery]]. When Dean asks what is going on, Benny is reluctant to tell him and says he has done enough already. When Dean insists on knowing, Benny responds, "You and that whole ''[[AFriendInNeed friend]]'' thing, man". This triggers a {{flashback}} to the two of them with Castiel in Purgatory. Benny is trying to convince Dean that continuing with Castiel is too risky, and Castiel agrees with him pointing out it is unlikely an angel could pass through a portal made for humans. Dean insists Castiel is going to make it out with them.