The Girl Next Door (7 Oct. 2011)

Sam reunites with a childhood girlfriend who is supposedly preying on human brains.

Director:

Jensen Ackles

Writers:

Eric Kripke (creator), Andrew Dabb,

Stars:

Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Jim Beaver

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Jared Padalecki	...	Sam Winchester
Jensen Ackles	...	Dean Winchester
Jim Beaver	...	Bobby Singer
Colin Ford	...	Young Sam Winchester
Emma Grabinsky	...	Young Amy
Jewel Staite	...	Amy Pond
Benito Martinez	...	Edgar / Leviathan
Sean O. Roberts	...	Chet / Leviathan (as Sean Owen Roberts)
Cameron Bancroft	...	Dr. Gaines / Leviathan
Lori Ann Triolo	...	Head Nurse / Leviathan (as Lori Triolo)
Leslie Hopps	...	Amy's Mother (as Leslie Hopps Deschutter)
Steven Garr	...	Coroner
Michael Nyuis	...	Store Clerk
Nick Harrison	...	Cop
Willy Lavendel	...	Coffee Vendor

Storyline

Bobby rescues Dean and Sam from the Sioux Falls General Hospital and they recover their injuries in a hideout in Montana. When Sam reads in the news about the death of three scumbags in the Livingston Park in Lincoln, Nebraska, he steals the Impala and drive to Nebraska. Sam meets a woman, Amy, in the woods ready to attack a driver. She hits Sam but he meets her,again at her home. Sam recalls when he was a young teenager and he falls in love with the girl Amy. However he discovers that Amy and her mother are Kitsunes that feed with human brains. When her mother is ready to kill him, he is protected by Amy. Now Amy explains why she killed her victims and Sam let her go. Now he has to convince Dean to spare Amy.

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Plot Keywords:

bound and gagged | reference to pablo picasso | removing own iv | rotary saw | pituitary gland | 

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Genres:

Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Release Date:

7 October 2011 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Wonderland Sound and Vision

Did You Know?

Trivia

When Dean is laid up at the cabin in White Fish, MT, there is a preview on the television for My Bloody Valentine, which also starred Jensen Ackles.

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Goofs

The location tag in this episode says "Whitefish, Montana" but later Dean says "Bozeman" to Bobby, and the newspaper Sam picks up says "Bozeman Times". The newspaper in Bozeman is also called the Bozeman Chronicle

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Connections

References Rear Window (1954)

User Reviews

Not bad not great

Not a bad episode! Dean is portrayed as a meanie in this one. Sam and Dean escape the creatures from the hospital. Sam goes on a mission for a creature that saved his life years ago. Sam finds out this female creature killed people to save her child. In the end, Dean kills the creature which Sam could not. I believe this episode will cause future conflicts between the brothers. Good episode had the viewer wondering what will happen next? One finds out that Sam is sane and rational in spite of Dean's doubts about his brother. Nice to see the series back on track. Bobby was absent from this episode. The series seems odd now without Casiel. I give "Defending Your Life" an eight out of ten