Supernatural 7.22 ‘There will be Blood’ Emily & the Alpha Vamp

Dick is giving an interview on why his corn syrup sweetner will be beneficial to humans.  He’s spinning that it’s going to keep us healthy and strong, but he slips up a bit and gives the real reason the Leviathans are so down sweetening us up – we’ll taste better.

After the interview, he grabs The Word of the Lord and meets poor Kevin, who is strapped to a chair.  Bet that weird freaky sex chamber last episode looks way better than the corporate board room now, huh, Kevin.  Sadly, having been in many corporate board rooms in my life, that’s just a real world lesson for you kids. But back to Dick, he wants Kevin to read The Word to him and Kevin is rather brave in refusing. Dick gives a little sweet talk, offers a letter of recommendation to Princeton but in the end it’s Kevin seeing they’re going to kill his mom that breaks him down.  Poor Kevin.  They’re gonna eat ya’ll anyway.  But it is Mother’s Day weekend and I give him props for putting Mom first.

Checking in on the boys, Sam is working computer magic while Dean is reading Kevin’s translation of The Word.  He’s read it more times than he read the Anna Nicole Playboy issue and that’s a shock to me. Guys really READ those things? Huh. Sam and Dean are having a bit of an issue this episode on how to go about defeating the Leviathan.  Sam wants to find as many facts as they can.  Dean wants to kill Dick and hope that takes out all the rest of them.  I worry for Dean here.  I mean, death wish much?  Listen to Sam!! Find out the deal first or try too. It is The Word.  Bobby’s watching over them, looking disappointed so I think he’s on my team on this.

Dean goes to wash his face in the bathroom and Bobby shows up for a pow-wow.  I guess this means that he’s not on Team Wait and See.  Oh Bobby.   Bobby spells it out for Dean; they’ve got Cas’ blood, they need Crowley’s blood and then the blood of an Alpha Demon.  Dean points out they had a lot of the alphas killed for Crowley and so Bobby suggests making it Cas’ problem.  No can do, Cas is out of the fighting business.  So take it to Crowley, Bobby orders and ends up breaking a mirror with his ghost rage.  Oh Bobby.  You’ve got to control yourself so the boys don’t have to vanquish you.

Sam’s watching a SucraCorp infomercial and Dean gives him a head up about Bobby haunting the bathroom.    Turns out, Dick now has the ability to put his secret sauce into all food groups, even Dean’s beloved pie.  Seriously, they’re hitting Dean pretty hard this season.  First he lost the Impala, now he can’t eat pie? What it’s not enough to like KILL all his friends and family?  The boys decide to listen to Bobby and summon Crowley.  Crowley agrees to give up the blood, when they have everything else.  Crowley is probably the only one on this show who thinks ahead.   Crowley also gives them the heads up that there’s one Alpha vampire still left in North Dakota.

Sam and Dean take off towards North Dakota.   While getting gas, they have a heart to heart about Bobby, leaving the flask in the car so Bobby can’t overhear.  Sam worries that Bobby’s getting too strong, too vengeful.  Sam’s now aboard the ‘we have to do something about Bobby train’, but Dean’s jumped off.  For once, I’m glad they can pretty much never agree on anything at the same time.  Boys, you are not vanquishing Bobby, ya hear?  Anyway, the gas station is also filled with people who have been drugged with the corn syrup and Dean is pissed.  Now he’s stuck eating bananas and drinking water.

Bobby does some scouting (much to the boys chagrin) and tells them they’ve got to see this.   We’re all treated to a line of dead minion type vamps.  Bobby uses his ghost powers (again!) and walks through the wall to discover a pink bedroom with a teenage girl instead.  It’s a really pink bedroom.  Like Pepto pink.  I’m probably the President of Pink, Sparkly Girly Girls Over 10 and yeah, no one would have a room that pink.  The guys stand around until they find the secret passage to move the bookcase and let them in.

And this is where the episode takes an unexpected to Catch a Predator kinda turn.   Emily tells us that she’s been left human because she’s one of our Alpha Vamp’s special girls.  The minions were made to get her ready for him whenever he would decide he wanted her, virgins are a delicacy, etc.  Wow.  Suddenly I feel like Sam and Dean are gonna be working with Stabler on SVU.   Sam promises to get her back to her mom … man this episode is creeping me out more than Lucifer.

Based on Em’s description of how the minions died, Sam and Dean deduced that whatever is in Dick’s special human sauce is what killed the vamps.  So, when they’re out and about picking up veggies to eat (yeah, I’m sure you can imagine Dean’s reaction to this.  Dean is crankier than I am when doing a rabbit food diet), they find a human hopped up on the stuff and tell him to give up his blood.   They also agree that despite Bobby’s help in rescuing Emily, they’re gonna leave Bobby in the car while they hunt the head guy.  I’m not happy about this and I doubt Bobby will be either.  But hey, at least he’ll be protecting Em, who’s along for the ride as she kinda knows where the Alpha retreats, but doesn’t have an address so she’s being all tour guide.

After talking to Emily a bit more on the car ride there, Sam picks up on the fact that the retreat must be near a monastery.  Dean chooses this moment to bemoan the monk life, getting up at 4 am to pray, not getting laid and Dean, you’ve got a victim of sexual abuse in the car.  Maybe shut up?  Anyway, they find the place and then take Emily back to a motel to settle in safely.  She’s got TMZ on and they lock Bobby’s flask in safe so he stays put too, despite trying to slam the door on the boys.

The boys make their way back to meet up with the Alpha while Emily easily uses a cell phone to call “Daddy” and let him know she’s sending him a treat and with that she leaves.  Uh-oh.  I think someone has a solid case of Stockholm syndrome and Sam and Dean are in trouble.   Bobby’s not too happy either and luckily for everyone, Dick Roman is on TV and upping Bobby’s rage count.

Back at the monastery, the boys discuss strategy.  Dean wants to go in machetes blazing, counting on the fact that the vamps will be sleeping and not know what hit them.  Sam is a bit worried about that, as the last time they took down an Alpha nest, there were a dozen hunters and many of them didn’t make it.  Dean decides to let Sam have his way, which appears to be sneaking around the house to take a look-see first.   Having been tipped off about their arrival, Sam’s grabbed and Dean storms in only to be attacked himself.  Oh boy. Sam, you’re never gonna live this one down.

Back at the motel, Emily left the TV, and just our luck, Dick’s on the news doing his PR spin.  Bobby goes into a bit of a rage and wants out.  After trying Dean and Sam’s birthdays and still being locked out of the safe, Bobby’s rage throws stuff around the room a bit.  Oh Bobby, going all rock stars, trashing motel rooms.   A maid comes in to see what the problem is, but by then Bobby’s figured out the combo is his birthday.  He tries to get the maid to help him, but she rightfully panics and then…well then Bobby goes off the rails.  He possesses the poor maid, goes to the safe and frees his flask and Bobby’s in play now.

Oh Bobby.  This is NOT going to end well.

Sam and Dean are taken to meet the Alpha and who shows up but Emily.  Oh Emily.  Sam’s shocked and Dean’s disgusted and I’m with Dean.  The Alpha is pissed about the Winchesters torturing and then selling him to Crowley awhile back and Dean points out that wasn’t really them, it was Grandpa and gets a face full of table.  Hey vampire minion dude!  Watch it with the money maker, there okay?  Douche.  The Alpha says that he and Dick are on good terms so it’s gonna be hard for the boys to sway him to their side.   But they try anyway; pointing out that it’s his minion children who are burning from the inside up because of Dick.  That Dick may be taking out the humans, but he’s not having the vampires to the party either.

Another kid shows up, this one is a little boy about 10, and to quote Dean, “The creep gets creepier.”  Man, this episode.  Our Leviathan friend Edgar has shown up and Dean starts barking orders about how to take him down.  Oh Dean.  They aren’t on your team.  The Alpha orders them to the study while he gets the story from Edgar.  Alpha tries to play dumb, but Edgar explains that he can smell Sam and Dean and so yeah, that’s not going to work.

Locked up tight in the study, Dean and Sam figure out that Edgar is going to eat the Alpha and basically end any chance they have of getting rid of the Leviathans for good.  Thankfully, Dean had some of the laced blood in his boot, so if Sam can pick the lock (which was a silly question really. Dean could pick the lock himself), they’re good to go.

Our Alpha is agreeing to give up Sam and Dean to Edgar, but he wants assurances the Leviathans aren’t getting rid of the vampire race.  Edgar agrees but the Alpha calls it out on the lack of communication.  Edgar has enough and tells him the plan has always been to get rid of the vamps, shape shifters, zombies, anything that tries to gobble up their food source.  Edgar goes a little too far when he calls Eve, Mother to all creepy crawlies like Alpha, a whore.  Turns out, Alpha isn’t as dumb as we thought and has an ice bucket full of borax which he flings onto Edgar.  Edgar still gets the upper hand, but Sam and Dean come to the rescue and cut off Edgar’s head.  The Alpha gives up his blood and tries to throw out Sam and Dean.  They insist on taking the boy with them.  And honestly, I know she double crossed them but they should have insisted on taking Emily with them.  She’s still a kid and yeah she wants to stay but ew.  The Alpha tells Dean and Sam they’ll see him next season, when they come back to try to kill him again.  We’re all looking forward to it.

After making sure the kid got to the cops to go back home (and having to jump out a window because the cops thought they took Alan), Sam and Dean make their way back to the motel where they discover Rock Star Bobby’s handiwork and that Bobby’s gone.  Yup.  Probably should have kept the flask with you, huh guys.   The guys realize they have to go on, even though they don’t want too.  And while Sam is saying the right things and doing the pep talks, Dean’s been beaten down this season with the loss of just about everybody.  Bobby leaving has hit him too hard and if we weren’t renewed for Season 8, I’d be worried about him.

Sadly, their ace in the hole has been summoned and then devil’s trapped by Dick.  Yup, that’s what I said Dick has Crowley.  Uh-oh.   Next week we have the finale.  I’m long past ready to be through with the Leviathans, but I’m super worried that Bobby possessing the maid is just the beginning for his descent to the point where Sam and Dean have to vanquish them.  Eek!

How are you guys feeling? Worried for Bobby? Not willing to let Dick go?  Still celebrating the news that there will be a Season 8? Let me know your thoughts in comments!