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Rewatching Everybody Loves a Clown

Welcome to “Something Winchester This Way Comes: A Supernatural Rewatch Blog” with Lor and Mace!

 Up today, s2,e2: Everybody Loves a Clown

 The boys are hanging out at Bobby’s, reeling from John’s death. Dean buries himself in fixing Baby, while Sam tries to get him to open up about his grief. When they discover an old voicemail on John’s phone from someone called Ellen, they head off to find her and discover she runs a roadhouse with her daughter Jo where hunters tend to hang out. She puts them on the case of a carnival with a carnivorous clown, and off they go. Once they take care of the clown (poor Sammy), it’s back to Bobby’s, more emotional wrangling, and Dean ends up taking a crowbar to Baby (and so essentially also to himself and therefore to our hearts.)

 Below is a log of our real-time reactions as we watched. Remember that there may be spoilers for any part of SPN’s 15-season run here. Note also that the nature of our conversation is adult and thus it may contain adult language and themes.

[and we begin:]

  Lor:

 god the LOOK on Dean's face when John pulls away after telling him

 Mace:

 right?

 UGH

CREEPY CLOWN

Lor:

 yeeah, I hate the creepy clowns ones

except I love them because poor Sammy

 this kid looks so much like the child of one of my high school friends. it is uncanny

 Mace:

 ha! weird

 I kind of love the detail that the kiddo isn't actually scared of the clown at all

 Lor:

 yeah

that is a really neat touch

 oooof Sammy crying and Dean just staring blankly ahead

 Mace:

 Right?! Somebody hug them both so tight

 Lor:

 YES

 Mace:

 watch out, Dean, your pants are on fire

 Lor:

 SNORK

 OH JEEZ

it's the mechanic Dean bit

THUD

 Mace:

 LEGS POKING OUT THE BOTTOM OF THE CAR

the red rag in the back pocket

falls down ded

 Lor:

 the little ROLL

 Mace:

 YES

 Lor:

 also, not to be missed: Sam's polo over a tshirt

 Mace:

 YES

and the shaggy hair with the little curly flip

 Lor:

 YES

 the grease on DEAN

 Mace:

 YAS

 the little cut on the bridge of Sammy's nose

 Lor:

 YES

and his STUPID ADORABLE single gel bracelet

 Mace:

 YES

 and how that stupid tshirt hangs perfectly on Dean's stupid frame

 Lor:

 RIGHT?

 Bobby ABSOLUTELY gave them that van bc he was tired of Dean being a prickly mope

 Mace:

 HAHAHAHA YAAASSS BOBBY

(And Dean would make a GREAT soccer mom. And he knows it.)

 Lor:

 (YEAH HE WOULD)

 (also the bit before about him and Sam hugging? YES YOU TWO SHOULD DO THAT.)

 "naw I’m just real happy to see you"

 Mace:

 (YES)

 "I need some help in here"

HAHAHAHA

 Lor:

 Dean being all smarty and then Jo just clocking him. I LOVE IT

 Mace:

 I wish I liked these women better than I do, but I just...don't

 Lor:

 agreed

I like Ellen okayish. sometimes. Jo is the best right there. all downhill from here

 Mace:

 Yep

but I can't put my finger on what's wrong with their characters? We get so few strong women in this show, but something's just missing with these two

 Lor:

 yeah

it's like they are too conscious of making them strong, maybe?

 Mace:

 I think that's getting to it

they're caricatures of strong women?

 something like that

 Lor:

 like neither of them hold a candle to Missouri or Jody or Donna or Charlie or Rowena or even Mildred

 Mace:

 yep

 Ash, on the other hand, is PERFECT

 Lor:

 YES

and whatever Dean is doing here interacting with him is...flirting? or something?

I’m not going to hang anything on Ash/Dean, but like, they have more chemistry than Dean and Jo

  “51 hours”

 Mace:

 well he's already made a "I know what it's like to have a penis poking me from behind" joke in this scene...

 Lor:

 LOLOLOLOL

and he stops him from leaving just to tell him he likes the hair? which is supposed to be a dig but... isn't?

(which is how Dean operates, it's not new, but)

 Mace:

 yeah

 Lor:

 THAT HENLEY

 Mace:

 YAS

 no one actually wants in your pants, Jo, cool your jets

 Lor:

 SNORK

look, if Dean Winchester wants to get me pizza and play some Zepp for me, I’m good

 Mace:

 RIGHT?!

 Lor:

 "PLANES CRASH"

oh Dean

 Mace:

 "AND APPARENTLY CLOWNS KILL"

 Lor:

 yaaas

 Mace:

 Just having finished Something Wicked This Way Comes, this is extra-creepy

 Lor:

 oooo

I SAW you really liked that

 Mace:

 Bradbury can do no wrong

 Lor:

 weirdly, I snared myself a copy thinking I might read it right around Halloween and then didn't. I should read it, huh?

 Mace:

 you absolutely should

 Lor:

 cool 

adds it to a teetering pile next to the couch

 Mace:

 excellent!

 Lor:

CLOWNS ARE NOT YOUR FRIENDS

 Mace:

 DO NOT tell your child that a group of people generally are your friends

 Lor:

 what the ACTUAL heckles, dude? I mean, even if you don't want your kid to be afraid of them, WHAT?

 Mace:

 JFC

 Lor:

 RIGHT?

 serves him right. I mean, clowns are your friends

 Mace:

 HAAAHAHAHA

YES

 HAHAHA poor Sam

 Lor:

 YES

 Mace:

 omg the curled lip look Sam gives Dean

 Lor:

 YES

 also, how much do I love Sam and Dean working at a carnival? the outsider stuff just INHERENT in it

 Mace:

 YAS

and they don't even belong THERE

 doubly outside

 Lor:

 RIGHT?

 omg Dean

 Sam's "not really"

 Mace:

 MR. COOPER

that's the name of one of the carnival characters in the Bradbury

 Lor:

 oh COOL

 omg Sammy's laugh

 Mace:

 YAS

 Lor:

 "Nope"

 Mace:

 "NOPE" omg Dean

 I'm sorry, but a grown man calling his father "Daddy" is skeezy

 Lor:

 ah. I am inoculated against this I think. South

 Mace:

 "live regular" OMG

 Lor:

 this dude telling Sam and Dean to live regular

 YES

 Mace:

 that's so heartbreaking

 Lor:

 YEP

 Mace:

 the cautious hope in Dean's voice here

 Lor:

 yeah

 oh boys

both of them are just giant bundles of conflicted feelings about everything here

Does Dean want Sam to go back to school or stay? Is he mad about what Sam wants, whatever it is? What DOES Sam want?

 Mace:

 oh sure, just here. only here.

 Lor:

 lololol

yep. only here

the rest of the time they know precisely what they want

 Mace:

 YUP

 Lor:

 DEAN WINCHESTER

 Mace:

 I sort of think part of Dean's anger here is at himself for being so vulnerable at what Sam's decision will be

 Lor:

 YEP

 "skeleton, actually"

 "I was just sweepin"

 Mace:

 "we don't like outsiders"

 Lor:

 YES

 their little red windbreakers

 Mace:

 HOW do they look so good in those stupid windbreakers?

 Mace:

 OMG LOR

 Lor:

 MACE

I love it when we do that

 Mace:

 YAS

 Lor:

 of COURSE they had some sort of falling out it was JOHN

 correct, Sammy

 Mace:

 YAS SAMMY

"this strong silent thing it's crap"

SING IT SAMMY

 Lor:

 but Mace, HE'S FINE

 Mace:

 oh DEAN NOPE BACK OFF

 Lor:

 yeeeah

 Mace:

 Now he's done it. Now Sammy's really mad

 Lor:

 they both need a minute

 OMG THE CHEWING ON HIS FINGERS

 Mace:

 Dean needs a minute in the time-out corner

 Lor:

 I'll uh tell him

 Mace:

 oh sure

 Sam's little smile

THUD

 Lor:

 YES

 and the two of them walking along an empty road carrying all their stuff

I love it

 Mace:

 YES

 UGH THE WAY HIS FACE CHANGES

 Lor:

 RIGHT?

so creepy

 it's a maze, just like their feeeelings

 Mace:

 HAHAHAHAHA OMG

 dude, Sammy, they're steaming so they're probably HOT

 Lor:

 LOLOL

 Mace:

 SMARTY DEAN

 Lor:

 YAS

 "I hate funhouses" CORRECT

 Mace:

 yup

 Lor:

 no he wouldn't Ellen and you know it

 Mace:

 yeah

 "Clowns?! What the..."

HAHAHA

 Lor:

 so I DO believe that Dean is afraid of Ellen, but also. that is not why, Dean. you're just not in the mood. that's okay, baby

 Lor:

 lololol

 Mace:

 agreed. and Jo isn't really his type

 Lor:

 nope

 "it's a school in Boston"

 Mace:

 YAS ASH

 Lor:

 YES

 Lor:

 and Dean's little grin. you're right, Dean, Ash is more interesting than Jo

 Mace:

 YUP

 Lor:

 oh GAWD it's the kneeling and the biceps

 Mace:

 aaand we're back with the greasy tshirt THUD

 YAS

 Lor:

 YAAAS

 Mace:

 oh Sammy

OH SAMMY

 Lor:

 yeah

 Mace:

 SOMEBODY HOLD HIM

 Lor:

 "and I'm not all right. not at all. but neither are you"

 YES

 Mace:

 YOU TELL HIM SAM

 Lor:

 someone just WRAP THEM UP

 Mace:

 and here it comes

 Lor:

 oh DEAN

 Mace:

 Baby's condition = Dean's condition

Always

 Lor:

 this kills me, him wailing on Baby

 Lor:

 YEP

and it's like he's hammering on himself

 Mace:

 yep

 Lor:

 the lip tremble

jeeebus

 Mace:

 yep

  he needs an angel in a trenchcoat to come and fix him up

 Lor:

 HE DOES

 [after the episode ended:]

 Lor:

 is this one of the longest times we see them with persistent visible injuries?

  Mace:

 i suspect so, yes

 Lor:

 their faces are both very clearly banged up and it lasts a long time

 Mace:

 yes!

 Lor:

 I just love that detail so much, where they only stay injured if it matters

 Mace:

 YES

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