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Nov 9, 2017 · Advanced Thanatology: Directed by John F. Showalter. With Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Misha Collins, Seth Isaac Johnson. Sam and Dean work on a case involving the ghost of a demented doctor; they get assistance from an unexpected source; Castiel finds his way back to the Winchesters.
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- Drama, Fantasy, Horror
- John F. Showalter
- 2017-11-09
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Advanced Thanatology is the 5th episode of Season 13. It aired on November 9, 2017.
While working on a case involving the ghost of a demented doctor, Sam and Dean get assistance from an unexpected source - Billie (guest star Lisa Berry). Castiel finds his way back to the Winchesters.
Two boys go to an abandoned building where they are recording things with a camera. Shawn Raider is scared at being the there, while Evan tells him to stop being scared.
The two eventually found a room which had Meadows' old plague masks and Evan had a reluctant Shawn steal one. Hearing strange noises, the two attempted to flee the house, only to encounter the ghost of Doctor Avery Meadows. Meadows wounds Shawn in the head with his drill before attacking and killing Evan. As Meadows killed Evan, the terrified Shawn flees the house.
At the bunker, Sam treats Dean to a beer as he questions this, to which Sam remarks that he just thought of him. Sam soon offers to take him out on an assignment just between them, without Jack, as Dean wonders what brought this about.
The two go out and meet with Penny Raider who explained her son Shawn was left traumatized and only stated that they had been attacked by a monster before he stopped speaking from the trauma. The attack on Shawn and Evan and Shawn's claim drew the attention of Sam and Dean who visit under the guise of FBI agents investigating what happened. Dean finds Shawn drawing pictures of figures in plague masks and tried to get Shawn to open up to him, using his own experiences with monsters. However, Shawn refused to talk, and the Winchesters leave empty-handed.
That night, Sam offers to take Dean to a strip club as he continues wondering about the change in his brother. Meanwhile, Shawn has a nightmare and was soothed by his mother, Penny. After Penny leaves, Meadows comes after Shawn, who's scared to see him.
The next day, Sam wakes up before Dean who enjoyed himself at the club and goes to meet with Penny. She tells him that Shawn went missing that night. Sam promises to find him and goes back to Dean who awoke hung over and is mad at his brother for leaving.
Main Cast
•Jared Padalecki as Sam Winchester •Jensen Ackles as Dean Winchester •Misha Collins as Castiel
•Archangel (Lucifer, mentioned only)
•Ghosts (Evan, Shawn Raider)
•Ghouls (mentioned only)
•Horseman (Death, mentioned only)
•Nephilim (Jack Kline, mentioned only)
•Reapers (Jessica, Billie)
•Billie previously appeared in the Season 12 episode First Blood.
•A ghost was previously featured in the Season 12 episode Family Feud.
•A reaper was previously featured in the Season 12 episode First Blood.
•Souls were previously featured in the Season 11 episode All in the Family.
•Death's ring and scythe was previously seen in the Season 10 episode Brother's Keeper.
•Dean Winchester previously died briefly in the Season 12 episode First Blood. In both cases, he returned because of Billie.
•The episode was watched by 1.71 million viewers and got a 0.6 rating. This is the show's most viewed fifth episode since Fan Fiction in Season 10.
•This is the first episode of the season not to feature Jack.
•It was revealed that after Castiel killed Billie with an angel blade in the Season 12 episode, First Blood, she got "a promotion" and took Death's place.
•This is the first episode in which the Winchesters deal with a haunted house full of ghosts and have the authorities recover the bodies in the end. With Jessica having taken their souls to Heaven, the Winchesters no longer needed to salt and burn their remains to put the ghosts to rest thus allowing the recovery of their bodies.
•A foreshadowing of potential future dangers to Dean was made by Billie when she listed the many potential versions of his actual death. Some of those causes of deaths include: "Heart attack", "Being burned to death by a red headed witch", and "Being stabbed by a ghoul in a grave yard".
•The possible death by being burn by a red-haired witch may be a nod to Rowena's method of killing people later in Funeralia.
•When Sam lies in his bed and the alarm clock goes off, the time on the clock goes from 7:59 to 8:00 to 8:01 within half a second.
Jan 8, 2023 · Synopsis. In Grand Junction, Colorado, two boys, Shawn Raider and Evan, investigate an abandoned house where a doctor had been performing experiments on patients. With camcorders running, they find the doctor's operating room which has creepy plague masks on a shelf.
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