A friend of mine suggested I watch Supernatural a few years ago. This friend also had a really nice apartment and a comfy couch. At the time, I figured watching some random monster of the week show with her every so often would be a great way to gain access to the upholstery and projection technology across the street. I was totally right. Then something weird happened. I didn’t stop watching it. I just kept going deeper and deeper. One of the main reasons for that (aside from the fact that I’m a sucker for complex mythologies) was Supernatural’s uncanny ability to take sentences or exchanges that in any other context would be hilarious and use that dialogue in their show, often in critical moments. That silliness has faded from the show in recent years, but it stormed back in Bad Boys. The whole episode felt like a throwback to season two or three. That is both a good and a bad thing.
Seriously, this episode would have made more sense in 2005. The premise is simple. Sam and Dean investigate a farm in the wake of a mysterious death. The episode puts it right out in the open that the adorably dweeby kid (named Timmy because of course he is) is somehow involved. We get a quick shot of him gazing creepily out of a window as the Winchesters approach. This couldn’t just be any old farm. Oh no, it’s the farm where Dean once lived a normal life as a teenager. We are treated to numerous flashbacks of Dean as a kid without his dad or Sam. He was just living a normal life. He joined the wrestling team, ate pancakes, made out with a sad girl who played acoustic guitar and wanted to be a photographer. Teenager stuff. Also, the farm is haunted.
