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Supernatural Episode 915
“#Thinman”
Written By: Jenny Klein
Directed By: Jeannot Szwarc
Original Airdate: 4 March 2014
In This Episode…
Dean has picked up a case, and is heading out without even asking Sam if he wants to join. After last week’s snub from Sam, Dean seems to have just given up. But Sam wants to help, so off they go to Springdale, Washington, where a good religious teenager named Casey was snapping completely innocent selfies. A terrifying figure appears behind her in one of the photos - then kills her. The photo - with the monster in it - surfaced online two hours after her death.
When the guys roll into town they discover someone has beaten them to it: the Ghostfacers! It is down to just Ed and Harry now; the others abandoned ship. As you can imagine, Dean is pissed that they are there. Sam does his due diligence and discovers Ed and Harry have written a book about a boogeyman they call Thinman, who first started as a world wide web phenomenon, a creature who appears in the background of your life (aka selfies and other photos) until ready to strike. Most of the photos he has found online were obviously faked, but Casey’s was most certainly real - and she is most certainly dead. Dean still stands by his ghost theory, but hasn’t been able to find any deaths that would result in a disgruntled spirit.
That night, the asshole manager of the local diner is closing out the register when he hears a noise. He turns on the security cameras and flips through the feeds. Nothing on the camera he is on; nothing outside; nothing in the back; wait! He gets back to the camera of himself and there is Thinman, right behind him! (Yeah, we all knew that was coming.) Thinman slits the manager’s throat, right on camera. When Sam and Dean (and Ed and Harry) get there in the morning to investigate, the video shows a shadow of someone or something moving in the parking lot, suggesting that whatever this is can teleport. Watching the murder seems to spook Ed, and he is downright troubled when later that day, someone posts the video of the murder to their Thinman blog. He wants to leave it to “the professionals” (the Winchesters) but Harry refuses to let go. They have worked so hard on Thinman, and now that they have proof, Harry wants to ride the fame wave.
But Ed still can’t shake the fear. He drops off Harry in “the woods” (actually, some trees behind the grocery store) to investigate, then he goes to the Winchesters, begging for their help and promising to stay out of the way. But first he has to tell them something.
Ed made Thinman up. Harry had no knowledge that this all came from Ed’s imagination. But Harry was going to get married and leave Ghosthunters in favor of a “normal” life. Ed didn’t want lose the last scraps of the Ghostfacers team, so he faked the Thinman images and built up this legend. Now there is a real“Thinman” out there, and he is scared. (But apparently not scared enough to go get Harry.)
Sam, Dean, and Ed head out to the “wood” to find Harry. The Thinman found him already, and knifes him in the gut. He stumbles onto the street in time for the Winchesters to scoop him up and bandage his non-fatal wounds. This is the kick in the ass Ed needs to admit to his lies. Harry is devastated. While the Ghostfacers hash it out, Dean gets a lead off a tire track he found near where they found Harry. The track is for an old Geo Metro, there is only one in town, registered to a guy named Roger and tracked to a nearby factory.
The deputy goes with the guys to let them in - but tasers them. They wake inside, tied up, with the deputy hovering over them evilly. “You can’t be Thinman,” Dean quips. “You look like you ate an entire fat camp.” This is true, so the deputy reveals his cohort Roger - a tall thin young man (the waiter at the diner) in a Thinman costume. The two psychopaths met at a bar, found they had a lot in common - they are both conspiracy nuts - and found that blogging wasn’t enough for them. So they started acting out the Thinman legend. Casey died because she wouldn’t date Roger; the manager died because he was a “douchewheel;” and the sheriff was killed because he wouldn’t give the deputy any time off. The deputy is carely to say that he never actually killed anyone, but no jury would ever consider him “innocent.” As Roger is about to slit Dean’s throat, a noise outside draws the killers away. They find Ed and Harry there, trying to make good on the insanity they (well, Ed) started. They are easily captured by Roger and the deputy, and taken back to where they left the Winchesters. Naturally, the boys were able to wiggle free from their restraints, so they jump out and surprise the psychos. Dean struggles with Roger and ends up knifing him to death. The deputy is about to shoot Sam when Ed jumps in the way to save him. The deputy is just fine shooting Ed as well, but Harry comes in for the save and shoots the deputy dead. Despite this heroism, the Ghostfacers are officially dead, and Harry catches a ride with the Winchesters.
Dig It or Bury It?
Yay Ghostfacers! Boo for the end of Ghostfacers! I loves me some Ghostfacers - who doesn’t? - but I don’t like that Ed and Harry have parted ways. Look, it was a stupid and mean thing that Ed did, but now we all suffer.
I find it interesting that this episode ended up not having any supernatural elements to it. It is the only episode I can think of in which they are dealing with human psychopaths. I also can’t remember if Dean has ever killed a human before. He handled it pretty well though.
Sibling Rivalry
Sam initially being slighted seems to have warmed him up to Dean - just the tiniest bit. Dean tries to go a little further by reminding him of a time when they were little. Sam, age five, dressed as Batman and jumped off the roof of a shed, promptly breaking his arm. “I was just following your lead!” he insists. Dean, age nine, was dressed as Superman and had jumped first. “Well everyone knows Batman can’t fly.”
Prophecies?
Crowley has a bad blood addiction - and the Winchesters are going to hold an intervention.