History Recap / SupernaturalS02E21AllHellBreaksLoosePartOne

* BareYourMidriff: We have a male example, with Sam's [[http://hells-half-acre.livejournal.com/183224.html striped button-up shirt]] and T-shirt riding up as he lays unconscious to reveal the top of his black briefs above his jeans.

** The scene of Mary seeing someone beside Sam's crib and [[MistakenIdentity thinking it is John]], followed by her realizing it is not her husband and returning [[AdultFear in fear]] is replicated from the [[Recap/SupernaturalS01E01Pilot pilot]]. But this time, we see that Mary recognized the Yellow-Eyed Demon when he turned around and she saw his eyes. We again see the silhouette of a man with his jacket collar turned up beside the crib. The [[PropRecycling yellow moon nightlight, crib, and baseball mobile]] seem to be the same in both episodes, but some of the other details are different. The dialogue is almost the same between the two episodes, except for Sam's unheard interruptions, Mary says "okay" instead of "all right," and the addition of Mary's "It's you!"

* OffscreenTeleportation: Ava goes missing from the salt-lined room with three other people in it with no one noticing. Considering everyone was at least half asleep, that one could be excusable. However, we then see her sneaking from behind a building, and she just appears in the salt-lined room without Andy, who is ''standing in the doorway'', noticing. [[TeleportersAndTransporters Teleportation]] could well be one of the new powers she was bragging about having now.

* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: When the scene of Ash calling from the Roadhouse opens, the camera scans over a chipped figurine of an OrganGrinder monkey, who has a [[CymbalBangingMonkey creepy smile]], sitting next to the salt and pepper shakers. The monkey is seen among the debris after the Roadhouse is consumed by fire.

* BadassBeard: Bobby.

* BadassMustache: Jake.

-->'''Robert Singer:''' And before you even get there you have to go through, "Well, it's a baby..What can we actually put in there? What sort of liquid is okay that looks like blood?" It's endless. Getting [Samantha Smith as Mary] up the wall was a lot easier than getting blood in the baby's mouth.

Now it is completely dark outside, and Sam, Ava, Jake, and Andy, are all in the salt lined room lit by candles. Jake watches the door holding the steel tractor wheel spoke. Andy sleeps with his head on the table. Ava sits at the table, seeming to still be disturbed by her fiancé's death. Sam sits in the corner, struggling to stay awake. Sam sees the [[Characters/SupernaturalDemons Yellow-Eyed Demon]] standing behind Jake, but when Jake does not react, Sam realizes he is dreaming. The Yellow-Eyed Demon asks him to go for a walk and as they walk through the ghost town the Yellow-Eyed Demon explains that only one of them is going to leave Cold Oak, and that instead of raising an army of psychics to fight in the Apocalypse, he is just looking for one leader among the psychics to lead his army of demons. The Yellow-Eyed Demon says he is rooting for Sam, and Sam replies that he killed everyone Sam has ever loved. The Yellow-Eyed Demon explains that Jessica had to die so that Sam would quit trying to be normal and go back to training as a hunter. When Sam asks why his mother had to die, the Yellow-Eyed Demon says that was "bad luck", and it really was about Sam. The Yellow-Eyed Demon then snaps his finger, and Sam and Dean are in Sam's nursery on the night of Sam's 6th month birthday. A figure is standing by baby Sam's crib, and adult Sam lunges at the figure, but the Yellow-Eyed Demon tells Sam to relax and that this is just a replay with which they can not interfere. Mary comes into the room and can not hear the adult Sam yelling to her. Mary assumes that the figure beside the crib is John and leaves. The figure uses his thumbnail to slice his wrist and starts to drip his blood into baby Sam's mouth. Mary returns, and the figure turns revealing glowing yellow eyes. Mary says, "It's you". The Yellow-Eyed Demon of the past uses telekinesis to slam Mary against the wall and raise her to the ceiling. The Yellow-Eyed Demon of the present then says, "I don’t think you wanna see the rest of this," and he snaps his fingers.

* TheWarOnTerror: Jake Talley is wearing an [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_combat_uniform Army Combat Uniform]] with the rank insignia of a private, and he says he "went to sleep last night in Afghanistan."

** Mary is wearing [[LimitedWardrobe the same]] [[WomanInWhite white nightgown]] with a lace collar, rose ribbon, and lace-trimmed short sleeves that she was wearing in the [[Recap/SupernaturalS01E01Pilot pilot]], [[Recap/SupernaturalS01E09Home "Home" (S01, E09)]], and [[Recap/SupernaturalS02E20WhatIsAndWhatShouldNeverBe "What Is And What Should Never Be" (S02, E20)]].

* ForWantOfANail: If you ''really'' think about it, Jake killing Sam caused the rest of ''Supernatural'' to happen.

* [[GayGuyDiesFirst Gay Gal Dies First]]: [[LipstickLesbian Lily]] is the first of the Special Children to die in this episode. She also killed her girlfriend. And she is offed so quickly that her powers never actually gets demonstrated on-screen. Ouch.

* [[GayGuyDiesFirst Gay Gal Dies First: [[LipstickLesbian Lily]] is the first of the Special Children to die in this episode. She also killed her girlfriend. And she is offed so quickly that her powers never actually gets demonstrated on-screen. Ouch.

* BuryYourGays: [[LipstickLesbian Lily]] is the first of the Special Children to die in this episode. She also killed her girlfriend. And she is offed so quickly that her powers never actually gets demonstrated on-screen. Ouch.

* TryingToCatchMeFightingDirty: Jake pretends to agree with Sam and puts down his iron spoke before he sucker-punches Sam across the yard.

[[caption-width-right:350:You said we were chosen for a reason. That is not chosen! That’s killed! - Ava]]

-->'''Sam:''' We're looking for iron, silver, salt--any kind of weapon.
'''Jake:''' Salt is a weapon?

* MisplacedVegetation: A forest in South Dakota is portrayed with [[TheOtherRainforest moss-covered Redwood trees and a fern-covered forest bed]].

! All Hell Breaks Loose, Part One

-->'''Jake:''' Salt is a weapon?
-->'''Sam:''' It's a brave new world.

!Non-trope items:

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!Tropes appearing in this episode:

-->'''Ava:''' Sam, I'm sorry. Psychics and spoon-bending is one thing, but demons?
-->'''Sam:''' Look, I know it sounds crazy, but--
-->'''Jake:''' It doesn't just sound it.

-->'''Jake:''' By the way, I appreciate what you're doing here.
-->'''Sam:''' What am I doing?
-->'''Jake:''' Keeping calm. Keeping them calm. Especially considering how freaked to hell you really are. I've been in some deep crap before myself. I know the look.

-->'''Ava:''' But...that makes no sense. That's not--oh my God! My fiancé, Brady! If I've been missing for that long, he must be freaking out!
-->'''Sam:''' Well...

-->'''Jake:''' So, we're soldiers in a demon war to bring on the Apocalypse?
-->'''Sam:''' When you put it like that--
-->'''Jake:''' And--and we've been picked?

-->'''Sam:''' But I know one thing. I know what the three of us have in common.

-->'''Sam:''' Are you sure it’s not some kind of--
-->'''Ava:''' What? Some kind of freaky vision thing? No, more like I'd kill for a sandwich. I haven't eaten since... well, who knows? No, don't worry. I'm fine. Except for every single thing that's happening.

-->'''Ava:''' I just stopped fighting it.
-->'''Sam:''' Fighting what?
-->'''Ava:''' Who we are, Sam. If you'd just quit your hand-wringing and open yourself up, you have no idea what you can do. The learning curve is so fast, it's crazy, the switches that just flip in your brain. ''[laughs]'' I can't believe I started out just having dreams. Do you know what I can do now?

-->'''Yellow-Eyed Demon:''' Welcome to the Miss America pageant. Why do you think you're here? This is a competition. Only one of you crazy kids is gonna make it out of here alive.
-->'''Sam:''' I thought we were supposed to be--
-->'''Yellow-Eyed Demon:''' Soldiers in a coming war? That's true, you are. But here's the thing: I don't need soldiers. I need ''soldier''. I just need the one.

-->'''Sam:''' Oh, my God.
-->'''Ava:''' Don't think God has much to do with this, Sam.

-->'''Andy:''' Sam! What are you doing here?
-->'''Sam:''' I don't know.
-->'''Andy:''' What am I doing here?!
-->'''Sam:''' I don't know.
-->'''Andy:''' Where are we?!

-->'''Sam:''' I think I know where we are now--Cold Oak, South Dakota. A town so haunted, every single resident fled.
-->'''[[DeadpanSnarker Ava:]]''' Swell. Good to know we're somewhere so historical.

-->'''Sam:''' Andy wouldn't do that. Ava, that line wasn't broken when I left. Ava.
-->'''Ava:''' What? You don’t think that I--
-->'''Sam:''' I'll tell you what I think. Five months. You’re the only one with all that time you can't account for. And that headache you got? Right when the demon got Lily.

-->'''Ava:''' Had you going, though, didn't I? ''[wiping away tears]'' Yeah. I've been here a long time. And not alone, either. People just keep showing up. Children, like us. Batches of three or four at a time.
-->'''Sam:''' You killed them? All of them?
-->'''Ava:''' I'm the undefeated heavyweight champ.

-->'''Sam:''' Where’s my brother?
-->'''Yellow-Eyed Demon:''' Quit worrying about Dean. I'd worry more about yourself.

-->'''Mary:''' John? Is he hungry?
-->'''Past Yellow-Eyed Demon:''' Shh.
-->'''Mary:''' Okay.

-->'''Sam:''' Ava, have you been here this whole time?
-->'''Ava:''' What whole time? I just woke up in there, like, a half an hour ago.
-->'''Sam:''' Well, you've been gone for five months. My brother and I have been looking for you everywhere.
-->'''Ava:''' Okay, that's impossible, because I saw you two days ago.

-->'''Ash:''' I can't talk over this line, Dean.
-->'''Dean:''' Come on, I don't have time for this!
-->'''Ash:''' Make time, okay?

-->'''Sam:''' My generation?
-->'''Yellow-Eyed Demon:''' Well, there’s other generations, but let's just worry about yours.

-->'''Yellow-Eyed Demon:''' You're awfully quiet, Sam. You're not mad at me, are you?
-->'''Sam:''' I'm gonna tear you to shreds, I swear to--
-->'''Yellow-Eyed Demon:''' ''[chuckles]'' When you wake up, tiger, you give it your best shot.

-->'''Sam:''' It's a brave new world.
-->'''Andy:''' Well, hopefully there's food in your world, because I'm frickin' starving.

-->'''Sam:''' What the hell are you doing to me?
-->'''Yellow-Eyed Demon:''' Better than mother's milk.

-->'''Sam:''' Jake! Behind you! ''[Jake does not react]''
-->'''Yellow-Eyed Demon:''' ''[stepping around Jake]'' Howdy, Sam.
-->'''Sam:''' I'm dreaming.
-->'''Yellow-Eyed Demon:''' What do you say you and I take a little walk?

-->'''Sam:''' What about my mom?
-->'''Yellow-Eyed Demon:''' That was bad luck.
-->'''Sam:''' Bad luck?
-->'''Yellow-Eyed Demon:''' She walked in on us. Wrong place, wrong time.
-->'''Sam:''' What does that mean?
-->'''Yellow-Eyed Demon:''' It wasn't about her. It was about you. It's always been about you.

-->'''Sam:''' Andy, look, calm down.
-->'''Andy:''' I can't calm down! I just woke up in freaking Frontierland!

-->'''Dean:''' ''[handing Sam some cash]'' Hey, don't forget the extra onions this time, huh?
-->'''Sam:''' Dude, I'm the one whose gonna have to ride in the car with your extra onions. ''[Dean grins; Sam sighs]''

-->'''Yellow-Eyed Demon:''' That's why I'm here, Sam. I wanna give you the inside track. You're tough. You're smart. You're well-trained, thanks to your daddy. Sam--Sammy--you're my favorite.
-->'''Sam:''' You ruined my life. You killed everyone I love.
-->'''Yellow-Eyed Demon:''' The cost of doing business, I'm afraid.

-->'''Andy:''' I just woke up in freaking Frontierland!
-->'''Sam:''' What's the last thing you remember?
-->'''Andy:''' Honestly? My fourth bong load.

-->'''Ava:''' ''[pouting and wide-eyed]'' Gear up? Well, I'm not a soldier. I can't do that!
-->'''Sam:''' Look, if you want to stay alive, you're gonna have to.

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[[PreviouslyOn The Road So Far]] starts with Bobby Singer saying, [[Recap/SupernaturalS01E22DevilsTrap "The storm’s coming, and you boys, – you are smack in the middle of it."]] The first beats of Music/{{Boston}}'s [[http://en.goear.com/listen/caa0e7e/Foreplay-Long-Time-Boston "Foreplay/Long Time"]] are heard as [[Recap/SupernaturalS01E01Pilot Mary Winchester burns on the ceiling, infant Sam cries in his crib, and John tries to shield himself from the flames in his son's nursery]]. The Yellow-Eyed Demon asks John, [[Recap/SupernaturalS02E01InMyTimeOfDying "You know the truth, right? About Sammy? And the other children?"]] We see [[Recap/SupernaturalS02E05SimonSaid Andy Gallagher]] and [[Recap/SupernaturalS02E10Hunted Ava Wilson]]. Andy says, [[Recap/SupernaturalS02E05SimonSaid "I didn't hurt anybody". Sam replies, "Yeah, not yet".]] Sam says to Max, "[[Recap/SupernaturalS01E14Nightmare Max, your abilities, they started 7 months ago right?". When Max asks, "How'd you know that?", Sam replies, "The same thing killed our mothers"]]. We see Max using his mental powers to point a kitchen knife at his stepmother. Mary Winchester sees a figure beside Sam's crib before burning on the ceiling. John reacts in horror before grabbing Sam out of the crib. Sam tells Max, "[[Recap/SupernaturalS01E14Nightmare You and I were chosen." Max asks, "For what?" and Sam says, "I don't know." Sam has a premonition of a murder.]] Sam holds a [[Recap/SupernaturalS02E10Hunted gun to Gordon Walker's head]]. [[Recap/SupernaturalS02E16Roadkill Jonah Greely tries to stab Dean]]. Sam is in [[Recap/SupernaturalS02E10Hunted an explosion]]. The Impala [[Recap/SupernaturalS01E22DevilsTrap swerves on to a road racing to the hospital]]. [[Recap/SupernaturalS02E16Roadkill Greely's ghost is blasted with rock salt]]. Ava shows Sam the article describing [[Recap/SupernaturalS02E10Hunted how Scott Carey was stabbed to death in a parking lot. Ava says "I saw this guy die days before it happened" as Scott is stabbed and Ava wakes up in bed next to her fiancé]]. Sam asks Andy, "[[Recap/SupernaturalS02E05SimonSaid You can make people do things, can't you? You can tell them what to think." We see Dr. Jennings shoot the man at the store. Andy says, "This is a cherry ride. Can I have it?" A smiling Dean says, "Sure, man". Dean watches Andy drive off in the Impala. Ansem Weber convinces Tracey to leap from a bridge in Sam's premonition]]. Sam tells Ava, "[[Recap/SupernaturalS02E10Hunted You must be one of us. One of the Psychics." Ava answers, "Screw you, buddy. Okay? Because I'm a secretary from Peoria and I'm not part of anything!" Gordon says, "This demon tells me there are soldiers to fight in this coming war. Psychics, fighting on hell's side.]]" The Winchester home [[Recap/SupernaturalS01E01Pilot bursts into flame]]. We sees the [[Recap/SupernaturalS02E10Hunted wall of yellow eyes in Scott's closet as Scott says, "The yellow-eyed man. He tells me to do things, awful things."]] Ansem says, "[[Recap/SupernaturalS02E05SimonSaid He told me he's got big plans for me." Sam says, "Yeah, maybe this is his plan, maybe we're all supposed to be —". Dean interrupts, "What killers? Give me a break."]] We see the missing person poster for Ava, and Sam says, "[[Recap/SupernaturalS02E11Playthings No one's heard anything about Ava, she just . . . into thin air, you know?]]" [[Recap/SupernaturalS02E10Hunted Sam and Dean find Ava's fiancé with his throat cut. Her engagement ring is left behind, and there is sulfur on the window sill.]] Ellen says, "[[Recap/SupernaturalS02E05SimonSaid Now, something big and bad's coming and it's coming fast, and their side holds all the cards.]]" As [[Recap/SupernaturalS02E10Hunted a bound Dean cowers to avoid the brunt of a large explosion]] Sam says, "[[Recap/SupernaturalS02E10Hunted We can't run from this, and you can't protect me." A frustrated Dean replies, "Damn it, Sam, this whole thing is spinning out of control."]]

NOW, [[Characters/SupernaturalDeanWinchester Dean]] and [[Characters/SupernaturalSamWinchester Sam]] pull up to Sunnyside Diner in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iowa Iowa]] inside the Impala at night in the rain. Dean gives Sam some cash and asks for extra onions and pie. An annoyed Sam goes into the diner while Dean waits in the car. Static interrupts Music/{{Boston}}'s "Long Time" playing on the car radio, and then the song cuts out. Dean notices the diner looks empty and follows Sam into the diner. Dean sees a balding gray haired man collapsed forward on the table with his trucker cap next to his half drunk cup of coffee, roast beef club sandwich with potato wedges on a plate, and condiments including a salt shaker. His face lies in a pool of blood which drips down the side of the table. As the country song [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaAj-dWhMmQ "Wrapped Around Your Finger" by Martyn Laight]] plays in the diner, Dean calls out for Sam and takes out his Colt. He walks around the counter and finds the cook and the waitress lying dead on the floor with their throats cut while the grill still sizzles. Dean opens the back door of the diner and finds sulfur on the window sill. Dean then leaves the diner calling for his brother.

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* BuryYourGays: [[LipstickLesbian Lily]] is the first of the Special Children to die in this episode. She also killed her girlfriend. And she is offed so quickly that her powers ever actually gets demonstrated on-screen. Ouch.

* BuryYourGays: [[LipstickLesbian Lily]] is the first of the Special Children to die in this episode. She also killed her girlfriend.

* {{Expy}}: Lily, with her black leather jacket, long hair, and brooding attitude, has many similarities with [[Film/XMen Rogue]], which go beyond their power to kill with a touch. According to Sera Gamble, Lily's character motivation is [[Characters/TheBreakfastClub Allison Reynolds]] from ''Film/TheBreakfastClub''.

* BlondesAreEvil: The Acheri demon.

* DeggansRule: Failed. Jake is the only non-white character.

* BeautyIsNeverTarnished[=/=]BulletProofFashionPlate: Ava has been in a ghost town, presumably without a change of clothes or running water, for five months, but her hair is clean and curled and her clothes appear clean and undamaged.
* TheBechdelTest: Failed. Ava and Lily do not have a conversation.

-->'''Anndy:''' Give me a minute. I'm still working through "demons are real."

* NeverSplitTheParty: [[GenreSavvy Sam]] tries hard to keep them all together, bless him, or at least make sure everybody has one person with them as back-up, but they're not used to running on horror-movie rules. Lily sneaks away and tries to escape through the woods, only to get killed. Then Ava vanishes...

Dean meets [[Characters/SupernaturalHunters Bobby Singer]] on the side of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route_65 US Route 65]] in front of a motel and next to a river, and they stare at an interstate map spread out over the hood of the Impala. Bobby explains that their has been no demonic activity, even low level exorcisms, in the last month, and Dean realizes this means that they have no trail for tracking Sam. Dean's cell phone rings, and it is [[Characters/SupernaturalHunters Ash]] calling from the Harvelle Roadhouse in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebraska Nebraska.]] Ash says it is a "big negatory" on locating Sam, but he found something really big. He is unwilling to discuss what he has found over the phone, but says it will not only help find Sam but is "huge". Bobby and Dean get into the Impala and head off to the Roadhouse.