Recap of Supernatural
Season 6, Episode 14
Mannequin 3: The Reckoning
Dean: I don't like the way Kim Cattrall's lookin' at me.
Written by Andrew Dabb and Daniel Loflin.
Directed by David Barrett.
Air Date: February 18, 2011.
While Dean is called home to help Lisa, Sam investigates the case of a missing woman and discovers she was the butt of a cruel practical joke played on her by her coworkers.
Body Count:
For this episode = 4 humans and 1 ghost.For the series so far = At least 444 humans (of which 6 were witches), 77 demons, 34 ghosts, 26 vampires, 19 zombies, 14 gods, 11 angels, 9 hellhounds, 7 skinwalkers, 6 changelings, 5 shapeshifters, 4 ghouls, 3 djinn, 2 Arachnes, 2 dogs, 2 werewolves, 1 crocotta, 1 dragon, 1 fairy, 1 lamia, 1 okami, 1 rakshasa, 1 rawhead, 1 reaper, 1 rugaru, 1 shtriga, 1 siren, 1 wendigo, 1 whore of Babylon, and 1 wraith.
Tropes
- Asshole Victim: It's hard to feel sad for the pranksters, considering the fact that they killed Rose and then buried her someplace where no one would find her.
- Armor-Piercing Question: From Ben to Dean.Ben: You're a liar, Dean. You say family's so important to you. Well, what do you call someone who loves you even when you're a dick? You know you're walking out on your family, right?
- The Atoner: The first victim, the janitor. According to everyone who knew him, he was a saint. Went to church, helped everyone all the time, rubbed his girlfriend's feet during Glee.
- Big Brother Is Watching: Name-dropped by Dean when he notices the security camera in the science lab.
- Bittersweet Ending verging on Downer Ending: They stopped the ghost, but only because Isabel (who had Rose's kidney) died. Ben's heartbroken over Dean leaving and Lisa's trying to get over him because she can't wait for Sam to call and tell her Dean's dead anymore. She's also mad at Dean for coming back every time she starts to move on. It's not for nothing the brothers aren't "putting it in the win column".
- Brutally Honest:Dean: One day you'll get this when you're older.
Ben: Don't talk to me like I'm 6!
Dean: Okay, fine. It's like this then, just because you love someone, doesn't mean you should stick around to screw up their life. So I can't be here. - Car Fu: Attempted by the ghost with the beloved Impala against Dean.
- Deadly Prank: Subverted. Rose died when her male co-workers pranked her. However, it wasn't the prank itself that killed her - it was actually one of the pranksters, Steve, who kept her from leaving by grabbing her arm, which caused her to fall onto a table, fatally hitting her head.
- Disposing of a Body: Rose's body is buried in the woods.
- Fourth-Date Marriage: Ben's awareness of this trope is why he calls Dean in a panic on Lisa's third date with Matt.Ben: It was an emergency.Dean: A date's not an emergency, Ben.Ben: It is if it's the third one. I watch TV. I know what that means.
- Ghostly Chill
- Irony: Johnny, the last prankster that Rose kills, says that Rose is pathetic, yet he has a mannequin that he talks to (and possibly has sex with).
- It's Not You, It's My Enemies / It's Not You, It's Me: Discussed, Dean tells Ben he's not leaving because of something he or his mom did. So Ben asks if it's because Dean's afraid something might follow him home. Dean explains that it has more to do with the fact that his life as a hunter makes him someone who just can't settle down with a family. Ben calls him out on it (see above).
- Murderous Mannequin: It's in the title.
- Our Ghosts Are Different: A donated kidney counts as a ghost's remains. Though absolutely logical in-universe, this is clearly a first for the brothers.
- Prank Date: One that turned into a Deadly Prank.
- Shout-Out:
- "We've been Parent Trapped."
- "We've got a bunch of killer dolls like...Chucky?"
- "Big Brother's watching."
- Bunch of killer mannequins? Victim named Rose? Doctor Who?
- Vengeful Ghost: The ghost of a woman is out to kill her former coworkers in revenge for a Deadly Prank they pulled on her that inadvertently got her killed.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: There were four guys that pranked Rose. However, the fourth one, a much older guy, is never seen outside of the flashback.
- What the Hell, Hero?: Dean gets one from Ben for abandoning him and Lisa.
- Who's Laughing Now?: The co-workers played a prank on Rose, but she fell and hit her head, dying from it.
