All Hell Breaks Loose: Part 1

Episode aired May 10, 2007
TV-14TV-14
50min

9.2/10

S2.E21

Sam and other "special children" are abducted by the Yellow-Eyed Demon and taken to a ghost town, where the ultimate battle must start.Sam and other "special children" are abducted by the Yellow-Eyed Demon and taken to a ghost town, where the ultimate battle must start.Sam and other "special children" are abducted by the Yellow-Eyed Demon and taken to a ghost town, where the ultimate battle must start.

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The Yellow Eyed Demon transports Sam, Andy, and Ava along with other "Special Children" Jake and Lily to the remains of a ghost town to initiate the first steps of his war against mankind. Dean contacts Bobby Singer, Ash, and Ellen for help in locating his brother. —Derfel85

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Trivia
On the DVD commentary, the writer of this episode, Sera Gamble, says that The Breakfast Club (1985) was the inspiration for its plot (in both the movie and this episode, five disparate young people are trapped in a circumscribed space and learn about each other's lives and personalities).

Goofs
Sam's jacket goes from being covered in mud at the beginning to being just barely dirty a few scenes later.

Quotes
Dean Winchester: [after Sam gets stabbed] Hey, hey... come here, come here, let me look at ya.
[checks the wound on Sam's back]
Dean Winchester: Oh, hey look, it's not even that bad... It's not even that bad, alright? Sammy, Sam! Hey, listen to me, we are going to patch you up okay... You'll be as good as new. Huh? I'm going to take care of you, I'm going to take care of you! I gotcha. It's my job, right, watch after my pain-in-the-ass little brother... Sam... Sam... Sam! Sammy!
[Sam dies]
Dean Winchester: No. No-no-no-no-no-no. Oh, God. Oh, God... Sam!

Soundtracks
Foreplay/Long Time
Written by Tom Scholz
Performed by Boston

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7/10

A time sink, exposition dump

Penultimate episodes can sometimes feel as if they are just filling in time. The climax is yet to happen and yet certain storythreads of the season are getting wrapped up. This is no more true than here. There is no real story in this episode as it is disjointed scenes of set up for the next part and paying off other episodes. The new psychic kids are not given enough screen time to really land as characters. It a weird way I think the concept should have been extended into three episodes to really make sure we cared about, say, Jake. The worst offender is Ava's turn. There is not even the remotest hint in "Hunted" that was coming and it feels utterly rushed.

The episode ends up partially working because of the (found) production values and there is enough story beats that you can fill in the missing bits but on the whole this is a big lost opportunity. In the end this is filler.

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