The threat of the Darkness is something that has the entire world spooked. There are more immediate concerns though too as revealed by the episode. Dean’s recurring dream about his father teaching him to drive at sixteen instead of when he was little with their mother waiting for them at home is sweet, a parallel running alongside Sam wanting to be able to settle down. Family is the obvious one, particularly given the Impala setting and Sam’s vision of his father as a young man, as the brothers separately confess to longing for a simpler, less monster-filled lifestyle.
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In that respect, episode also starts to tease out some of the ongoing themes for this season and the series as a whole. As Sam says, tapping on the dash, they are “home.” Baby is just as much of a Winchester as anyone else with the name. It’s tied inextricably to the family’s past, something which the “Then” episode preamble makes clear, especially in the flashback with the young John Winchester buying the car on Dean’s advice. During the episode, she’s used simply as a car, the backseat for Sam and his lady friend (ahem), a weapon and a vessel for the boys’ memories and visions. One of the major aspects of the episode is highlighting the various ways in which the Impala serves the boys throughout their adventures, highlighting how essential she is in her own way. Even Cas gets some classic lines in “What’s a Netflix?” and “I’m not sure how orange correlates with black in a way that’s new…” This new honesty policy is working well for them at the moment and we get a “Jerk/Bitch” exchange for good measure it’s the old and the new wrapped up in a handy Impala-shaped package.
The relationship between the brothers has always been what keeps us watching. It’s a huge amount of fun and allows Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki’s chemistry to shine, bringing out the show’s particular brand of wry humour. The first ten minutes of the episode take us right back to the core of what Supernatural has always been two brothers roadtripping across the States with a cool cassette-based soundtrack and an even cooler car.
It is a really innovative episode that cleverly weaves the ongoing narrative with the themes that have carried throughout the series. Dean’s run-in with the deputy is one long awesome running gag that manages to involve Baby’s door, windshield and in one truly laugh out loud moment, the windshield wipers. The traditional hallmarks of a classic Supernatural episode are all there Sam and Dean hitting a bar, eating food or meeting with the local Sheriff’s office are seen from behind the windshield and relayed to us after.