The Song Remains the Same 

The renegade angel Anna escapes from her prison in heaven. She travels back in time to kill Sam and Dean's parents so that Sam is never born, and cannot be the vessel for Lucifer. Castiel sends Sam and Dean back to stop Anna.

Director:

Steve Boyum

Writers:

Eric Kripke (created by), Sera Gamble

Stars:

Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Misha Collins

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Jared Padalecki	...	Sam Winchester
Jensen Ackles	...	Dean Winchester
Misha Collins	...	Castiel
Julie McNiven	...	Anna Milton
Amy Gumenick	...	Young Mary Winchester
Matt Cohen	...	Young John Winchester / Michael (as Matthew Cohen)
Matt Ward	...	Uriel
Juliana Semenova	...	Angel Dancer
Daniela Dib	...	Devil Dancer (as Daniella Dib)
Allie Bertram	...	Firebird Girl
Luke Welland	...	Firebird Guy

Storyline

Anna comes to Earth to kill Sam to avoid that Lucifer uses his vessel. However, Dean and Castiel protect Sam and Anna travels in time to kill John and Mary Winchester before they get married and conceive Sam. However Castiel sends Sam and Dean back in time to protect their parents. But Anna is very powerful and the Winchesters are helped by an unexpected angel.

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Plot Keywords:

title based on song | time travel | pregnant | year 1983 | year 2010 | 

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Genres:

Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Did You Know?

Trivia

First appearance of Michael in a vessel.

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Goofs

When Dean says "...and Mr. Comatose over there." Castiel's coat is covering his right side, but in every other camera angle his coat is fully to his sides on the bed.

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Quotes

Dean Winchester: Team Free Will. One ex-blood junkie, one drop out with six bucks to his name, and Mr. Comatose over there. It's awesome.

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Connections

References Back to the Future (1985)

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Soundtracks

Chevy Van
Written by Sammy Johns
Performed by Sammy Johns

User Reviews

It is better than the Season 4 episode but...

I really wish the show didn't introduce time travel as a thing for the mythos. It is too sci-fi for the show's vibe and it introduces way to many plot problems as it is basically impossible to do time travel consistently. This episode-largely on the strength of Sam meeting Mary-is better than the prior episode that used this device but the overall damage to the show's narrative required something like this. In a lot of ways this feels like a functionary episode that exists to clean up the narrative problems time travel introduced. I did like seeing John as Michael as well.

Details

Country:

USA Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

4 February 2010 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Supernatural Films, Wonderland Sound and Vision, Warner Bros. Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1