Dead in the Water
Initial Overview:
The coverup of a childhood murder and the draining of the lake in which it happened (read as erasure) causes the vengeful spirit of the drowned child to pick off family members of those it was killed by. The secret kept by the fathers is the reason that the spirit is vengeful in the first place and no deaths would have happened had the boys who'd killed the kid been honest.
Notes:
Weird sibling conversation into "pervy ass" voyeur shot. Girl Death (big surprise)
Dean pointing @ girl: "WE are allowed to have fun"
SamDean argument. Sam wants to keep looking for John, Dean Says keep hunting
- Narrative purpose is to recap emotional stakes
- Sam has to listen to Dean because Dean claims to
better understand John's will - Dean shows resentment of Sam's college days, says it "wasn't easy living with [John]"
Andrea (episode's token woman)
- has a kid & dead husband which is of course the most important thing about her
- Lucas-- temporary mutism from watching his dad die. One and only mention of Dean being mute after Mary's death in the show
- When she learns the truth about her dad she forgives him because he loved her and Lucas
- family members & witnesses die because of one man's mistake
- Father of cold open death let his friend drown out of cowardice & conforming to masculinity -- kid was being bullied due to lack of this
Listening to children & respecting them as people... is good
Sam sees one ounce of Dean being vulnerable (in order to get information), brings it up again in the car
Dean cares about victims "now," is a shock to Sam
Dean stops Lucas from seeing what's happened to his mom
SamDean do pretty decent running dives with great form + Dean does a pretty good passive deep water save
Every time they have an opportunity to escape the incestual family structure someone will make sure to add the point in that they cannot escape and, more importantly, should not. Loyalty to the ideal John/Father/God is superior to anything else & its conventions are necessary for a meaningful & fulfilling life, but requires sacrifice of personhood & self identity hyperbolized in the incestual nature of SamDean's relationship.