So this episode is really weird and most of the time had me asking what the fuck is going on. It is a let down from last week, but that was to be expected since 'Fan Fiction' was one of the best episodes of this show.
First off, that is the weirdest previously on ever. It's like a monster recap from all nine seasons, what the hell?? Was that supposed to throw the audience off, or what?
The opening scene isn't much better. A rich woman, Bunny, has died, but she is not quite dead since she kills one of the maids... She did not seem like a ghost, and the butler wasn't surprised to see her, so what the hell is going on? And this has something to do with Bobby?
Side note: no Misha or Mark in the credits, where are they? I miss Cas and Crowley....
Bobby was named as one of the beneficiaries of Bunny's will, so the boys go in his place to Bunny's house. Also, that doorbell is ridiculous.
This is not the first time this show has explored the rich family dynamic (there was the family in season 8 who sold their souls to Crowley), but this episode mixes in some locked room mystery and the game Clue, which makes it interesting enough, though extremely confusing and weird.
Then Stan is murdered by Bunny's late husband. So there are two spirits or whatever the monster is? It still does not seem like a ghost to me, so what?
The boys find that Bunny left Bobby a key and they return to the mansion to ask more questions, but find themselves confined to the house as murder suspects. Lets hope the detective does not realise who Sam and Dean really are. They haven't been on police radar for awhile, so they might be okay.
Sam stays downstrairs with the family to entertain them while Dean snoops around and finds a secret room inside the walls. Well, this is not creepy at all... In the room he finds Collette's body and Olivia, who was locked in there by the butler. She informs Dean that it was Bunny who killed Collette.
The boys decide it is time to question the butler and split up to find him. Sam dodges the detective and is once again harrassed by Beverly, while Dean manages to find the butler in his room.
At the same time, Sam also finds Phillip, dead. So I was right, it was not a ghost. Turns out it is a shapeshifter. We haven't seen those in a while.
Sam and Dean recruit Olivia's help to test the people. Of course Sam tests Beverly and Heddy . Well, that's not awkward in any way... Not that Dean's testing of Dash and Amber goes any smoother.
They all pass the test, so that only leaves the detective, right? But then they find the detective inside a toilet. The family decides to turn on the new element in the group dynamic and lock Sam and Dean into a room.
As usual, this is a bad decision as it turns out Olivia is the shapeshifter and handed fake silver to the boys in order to pass their test. Olivia tells the family that she is actually Bunny's daughter and intends to kill everyone for being disloyal and greedy. And Olivia, Dean may be cute, but he is not dumb. Also, you have really bad aim.
The boys manage to get away and Sam hunts down Olivia, who tells him that Bobby killed her real father but spared her life on the condition that Olivia will be locked away.
Sam starts stalling to give Dean enough time to get the silver bullets from the car. Olivia figures this out, but luckily Dean arrives just in time with his gun and kills Olivia. Dean shoots Olivia with enough bullets to kill an elephant, so either he really hates shifters (which he kinda does to be fair) or this is the Mark acting up. Uh oh...
Dash wants to reward the boys for saving their lives, but they insist that the best reward is forgetting they were ever there.
Sam tries to talk to Dean about his overkill of Olivia, but Dean says he was just nervous about his first post-demon kill. Sam is not convinced but Dean shuts him out. This is going to end well...
What's up with the soundtrack of this episode? It's like a weird mixture of BBC's Sherlock and an Agatha Christie murder mystery. It's very odd and distracting.
So this is definitely not a bad episode, but it is no where near as good as last week's. The characters are stereotypes, but I think this was intentional, and there was few funny scenes, so I'd say this episode is a solid 6. The best part of the episode? Demon Dean might not be as gone as Sam thought he was. Bring on next week!
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