In tonight's "Supernatural," the first new episode in a while, the dead rise again and kill (and no, I don't mean the healthcare legislation -- OK, maybe I do. But I digress).
Zombies are walking the Earth in Bobby's South Dakota backyard. The boys try to play the FBI card, but when a sharp local LEO (nicknamed "Fargo" by a yokel, and that works for me) recognizes Bobby's voice on the phone when he tries to play FBI supervisor, the jig is up.
A trip to the graveyard yields an empty coffin, then a trip to a local house yields one pissed-off zombie named Clay, who thinks he's going to jail for murder. He's dead, but he seems cool with it, and so does his wife. Fargo shows up, just in time to see the walking corpse in question. Fargo is also cool with the situation, jailing the boys instead.
Bobby comes in to bail out the boys, and it appears he's all over the zombie thing. These aren't George Romero's zombies. They're nice, friendly zombies, and one of them is Bobby's deceased wife Karen.
Apparently she doesn't respond to any of the usual zombie tests, and since she was cremated (after she was possessed, and Bobby killed her, none of which he says she remembers, fortunately), she didn't dig herself out of the ground. Oh, and there have been signs and omens as well, and wouldn't you know, there's the Book of Revelation. It seems the Grim Reaper, the Pale Rider himself, is afoot.
Bobby has also decided that the dead rising isn't necessarily a bad thing -- for obvious reasons.
Dean heads back to watch out for Bobby, and Sam investigates. Karen pops up and invites Dean in for pie. and it turns out she has a kitchen full of pies, mostly because she doesn't sleep and can't stop baking.
Karen's not as clueless -- or amnesiac -- as Bobby believes, and she knows she's a potential target. But she's opted to play dumb and just make her man happy.
Meanwhile, Sam runs across another zombie who's not looking too good, but she attacks just fine (and drools a lot). Sam takes her out. and she drops next to the hubby she joined for lunch.
The boys think Karen will do the same, but Bobby insists he can handle it, and the cocked pistol in his hand says he means it. The new plan is for Dean to keep watching Bobby, and for Sam to enlist Fargo to fight the zombies.
Switch to Fargo's home, where there's a feverish zombie kid, and then back to Bobby's, where Karen is feeling a little warm, then back to the kid, who's munched through Fargo's husband and is on his way to her when Sam arrives.
Sam takes out the junior zombie, as Fargo listens.
Back at Bobby's, Karen is turning and turns to Bobby, but he hasn't the heart for the deed. Karen fesses up to her memories, then tells Bobby about a skeletal man she saw when she awoke. He had a message for Bobby, but we don't get to hear it before Dean comes in.
A shot rings out, and Karen is gone, and Bobby is shattered.
Back at the jail, Sam and Fargo arm the non-zombie population. In Bobby's scrapyard, Dean hears something ... in the jail, Fargo and Sam keep watch.
The original zombie attacks Dean in the scrapyard, and Bobby's shooting at shadows. Dean blasts his zombie, leaving Bobby to take out a few more, and another one's about to do him in when Dean arrives just in the nick. The two shotgun themselves back into the house. All of a sudden, it's "Night of the Living Dead" time (with pies).
Dean and Bobby wind up in the closet, but Dean underestimates the lock-picking abilities of zombies. Just as things look dire, Sam and Fargo arrive to save the day.
The next day, in the graveyard, Sam, Dean and Fargo are barbecuing the zombies (all but Karen, since Bobby has a funeral pyre of his own).
It's a sad campfire moment back in the scrapyard, and Dean sees the bright side of Bobby having a few days with his bride, which Bobby sees as only darkness -- especially since he had to kill her twice.
Now, the message. Death is here, and he came for Bobby. He brought Karen back to warn Bobby off helping the boys resist Satan. Death tried to destroy Bobby's spirit, so he wouldn't fight back, so he'd shut up and stand down.
As the episode ends, we're not quite sure whether Bobby will stand or fold.
And if he falls, can the boys -- and existence itself -- be far behind?
Zombies are walking the Earth in Bobby's South Dakota backyard. The boys try to play the FBI card, but when a sharp local LEO (nicknamed "Fargo" by a yokel, and that works for me) recognizes Bobby's voice on the phone when he tries to play FBI supervisor, the jig is up.
A trip to the graveyard yields an empty coffin, then a trip to a local house yields one pissed-off zombie named Clay, who thinks he's going to jail for murder. He's dead, but he seems cool with it, and so does his wife. Fargo shows up, just in time to see the walking corpse in question. Fargo is also cool with the situation, jailing the boys instead.
Bobby comes in to bail out the boys, and it appears he's all over the zombie thing. These aren't George Romero's zombies. They're nice, friendly zombies, and one of them is Bobby's deceased wife Karen.
Apparently she doesn't respond to any of the usual zombie tests, and since she was cremated (after she was possessed, and Bobby killed her, none of which he says she remembers, fortunately), she didn't dig herself out of the ground. Oh, and there have been signs and omens as well, and wouldn't you know, there's the Book of Revelation. It seems the Grim Reaper, the Pale Rider himself, is afoot.
Bobby has also decided that the dead rising isn't necessarily a bad thing -- for obvious reasons.
Dean heads back to watch out for Bobby, and Sam investigates. Karen pops up and invites Dean in for pie. and it turns out she has a kitchen full of pies, mostly because she doesn't sleep and can't stop baking.
Karen's not as clueless -- or amnesiac -- as Bobby believes, and she knows she's a potential target. But she's opted to play dumb and just make her man happy.
Meanwhile, Sam runs across another zombie who's not looking too good, but she attacks just fine (and drools a lot). Sam takes her out. and she drops next to the hubby she joined for lunch.
The boys think Karen will do the same, but Bobby insists he can handle it, and the cocked pistol in his hand says he means it. The new plan is for Dean to keep watching Bobby, and for Sam to enlist Fargo to fight the zombies.
Switch to Fargo's home, where there's a feverish zombie kid, and then back to Bobby's, where Karen is feeling a little warm, then back to the kid, who's munched through Fargo's husband and is on his way to her when Sam arrives.
Sam takes out the junior zombie, as Fargo listens.
Back at Bobby's, Karen is turning and turns to Bobby, but he hasn't the heart for the deed. Karen fesses up to her memories, then tells Bobby about a skeletal man she saw when she awoke. He had a message for Bobby, but we don't get to hear it before Dean comes in.
A shot rings out, and Karen is gone, and Bobby is shattered.
Back at the jail, Sam and Fargo arm the non-zombie population. In Bobby's scrapyard, Dean hears something ... in the jail, Fargo and Sam keep watch.
The original zombie attacks Dean in the scrapyard, and Bobby's shooting at shadows. Dean blasts his zombie, leaving Bobby to take out a few more, and another one's about to do him in when Dean arrives just in the nick. The two shotgun themselves back into the house. All of a sudden, it's "Night of the Living Dead" time (with pies).
Dean and Bobby wind up in the closet, but Dean underestimates the lock-picking abilities of zombies. Just as things look dire, Sam and Fargo arrive to save the day.
The next day, in the graveyard, Sam, Dean and Fargo are barbecuing the zombies (all but Karen, since Bobby has a funeral pyre of his own).
It's a sad campfire moment back in the scrapyard, and Dean sees the bright side of Bobby having a few days with his bride, which Bobby sees as only darkness -- especially since he had to kill her twice.
Now, the message. Death is here, and he came for Bobby. He brought Karen back to warn Bobby off helping the boys resist Satan. Death tried to destroy Bobby's spirit, so he wouldn't fight back, so he'd shut up and stand down.
As the episode ends, we're not quite sure whether Bobby will stand or fold.
And if he falls, can the boys -- and existence itself -- be far behind?
