History Recap / SupernaturalS08E03Heartache

** Brick in his past identities competed against [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alain_Prost Alain Prost]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_Ray_Robinson Sugar Ray Robinson]], the [[UsefulNotes/MLBTeams Red Sox]], the Brooklyn Dodgers, and the Philadelphia Phillies.

Directed by Jensen Ackles.

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* EvilIsSexy: Randa.

* FakeNationality: [[WTHCastingAgency The ageless Mayan athlete is portrayed by a white guy]].

* KarmaHoudini: Despite Eleanor admitting that she was fully aware of Brick's human sacrifices for decades and ''didn't'' care, Sam and Dean don't even give her a slap on the wrist for being an accessory to murder.

* {{Mayincatec}}

* RealLifeRelative: Alan Ackles, who plays the detective, is Jensen's father.

* SimilarlyNamedWorks:
** A short story by Creator/AntonChekhov about a horse cab driver who needs to share his grief and his story.
** An Erykah Badu album.

* WhatHaveIDone: After ripping out one of the victim's hearts, Arthur realized what happened and [[{{Understatement}} didn't take it very well]].

* EveryCarIsAPinto / DidNotThinkThisThrough: Brick assumed his body would burn up in the crash, but it didn't.

* RuleOfSymbolism: As Eleanor describes how Brick changes and felt torn between himself as the warrior and the lover, the camera changes focus between Sam and Dean, symbolizing their own divide over how they want to live their lives.

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* AndAnotherThing

* AndShowItToYou

* CannibalismSuperpower

* DirectedByCastMember

* IJustWantToBeNormal

* {{Immortality}}
** HumanSacrifice
** LifeDrinker
** Really700YearsOld
** WhoWantsToLiveForever: When it became clear that his lover was nearing the end of her life, Brick Holmes [[NothingLeftToDoButDie purposefully drove his car off a bridge]].

* WhatHaveIDone: After ripping out one of the victim's hearts, Arthur realized what happened and [[{{Understatement}} didn't take it very well]].

** The detective mentions that Paul Hayes, the last person to see the jogger alive, is not [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]]. This recalls [[DropTheHammer Mjölnir]] from the auction in [[Recap/SupernaturalS08E02WhatsUpTigerMommy "What's Up, Tiger Mommy?" (S08, E02)]].

** The detective mentions that Paul Hayes, the last person to see the jogger alive, is not [[TheMightyThor Thor]]. This recalls [[DropTheHammer Mjölnir]] from the auction in [[Recap/SupernaturalS08E02WhatsUpTigerMommy "What's Up, Tiger Mommy?" (S08, E02)]].

'''Season 8, Episode 3''':

->'''Dean:''' Wow, [[StrangerInAFamiliarLand guy goes to purgatory for a year, and all hell breaks loose]]. Check this out. A jogger in Minneapolis gets [[BeatStillMyHeart his heart ripped out]].

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* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: ''K'uhul ajaw, Cacao, shi-jiiy. K'uhul ajaw, Cacao, shi-jiiy''. Doesn't cacao mean [[EverythingsBetterWithChocolate chocolate]]?
* BabelFish: SubvertedTrope, as Dean's translation app does not recognize the Mayan language.
* BadassTransplant: ... at a cost.

** The detective mentions that Paul Hayes, the last person to see the jogger alive, is not [[TheMightyThor Thor]]. This recalls [[DropTheHammer Mjölnir]] from the auction in [[Recap/SupernaturalS08E02WhatsUpTigerMommy "What's Up Tiger Mommy?"]].
** Dr. Morrrison who translates the Mayan, previously translated a Greek script in [[Recap/SupernaturalS07E13TheSliceGirls "The Slice Girls"]].

* ExpositionOfImmortality: Brick's letters show that he was alive at least 50 years ago.

* FromNobodyToNightmare: BigBad of the episode, a stripper who received Brick's heart and is the ringleader of the transplant recipients, mentions that before she got his heart she was just a sweet, demure Georgia girl.

* KarmaHoudini: Despite Eleanor admitting that she was fully aware of Brick's human sacrifices for decades and ''didn't'' care, Sam and Dean don't even give her just a slap on the wrist for being an accessory to murder.
* MadEye: Arthur, the Police officer chanting in Mayan, has an enlarged left pupil and heterochromia.
* MadnessMantra: While Arthur's chanting is initially written off as nonsense, the brothers soon discover it's actually Mayan.

*** To be fair, they describe it as ''ancient'' Mayan. However, it's also not technically just one language as it has several branches of dialect that stem from Proto-Mayan.
** Sam describes [[TheSavageIndian "torturing and killing everyone in sight"]] as one of the most important things to the Mayans.
** Dean describes the Mayans as a 1000 year old culture. Mayan civilization spans thousands of years, with clearly Mayan settlements established in 1800 BC.

* OnceASeason: This is the third season where the first episode shot was [[DirectedByCastMember directed by Jensen Ackles]]. The others include [[Recap/SupernaturalS06E04WeekendAtBobbys "Weekend at Bobby's"]] and [[Recap/SupernaturalS07E03TheGirlNextDoor "The Girl Next Door"]].
* ParentalIncest: Subverted. Sam and Dean break into the dead Brick Holmes' house, but discover to their disgust that he apparently shared the same bed with his mother Eleanor. She was only posing as his mother. Brick Holmes (born as a Mayan named Inyo) was an immortal man who met Eleanor when she was still a young woman. She continued to age while he remained young.
* RealLifeRelative: Alan Ackles who plays the detective is Jensen's father.

** Dean says he prefers the KeithRichards version, when Sam plays his recording of Arthur's chant.
** Randa says she became [[XenaWarriorPrincess Xena, freaking warrior princess]] after the transplant.

** A short story by AntonChekhov, about a horse cab driver who needs to share his grief and his story.

* TemptingFate: When spitballing ideas what might be behind the attacks, one suggestion is werewolves. Cue the menace in the very ''next'' episode.
* ThemedAliases: Agent Sambora, as in Richie Sambora, the guitarist in BonJovi.

** An Erykah Badu album.

* FakeNationality: [[WTHCastingAgency The ageless Mayan athlete is portrayed by a white guy]]. They don't even bother with {{Brownface}}.