#9x15: thinman

[bvtchcas]

Season 9

[thebeautyofspn]

9x15 #THINMAN

[cockworkangels]

it's always so funny when there's a scene where they basically scream LOOK this parallels sam and dean's current situation LOOK

[seasononesam]

Stackednatural- 216/327

#thinman (9x15) March 4th, 2014

[xofemeraldstars]

aaand 81.1% got it right !! good job everyone 🎉🎉

[missjackil]

Supernatural Battle of the Episodes!!

As expected, The Purge served up a beat down on The Captives! I think it will serve it again on the next challenger!

Who is it Chuck!

Chuck: Next in line is #THINMAN - Sam and Dean run into The Ghost Facers while investigating murders attributed to the internet born legend Thinman 🤨

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We've done the top... now it's time to...

(List based on IMDb ratings as at 21st Feb 2023 & below images from episode pages on supernaturalwiki.com)

All of these episodes have an IMDb user rating of 7.2 or less. Feel free to yell about other not so good episodes in your tags and replies, and I might be able to compile another Commenter's Edition.

Don't forget the ask box and submissions are open, and check out the other polls! There's a new one every day!

[dean-isms]

“Just a couple of douchebags doing the ‘Scream’ thing.”

Reference: Scream

Episode: 9x15 “#thinman”

Writer: Jenny Klein

Spoken To: Sam Winchester

Media Type: Movie

Timeframe: 1996

Description: A year after the murder of her mother, a teenage girl is terrorized by a masked killer who targets her and her friends by using scary movies as part of a deadly game.

FUN FACT! The victim in this episode’s cold open, the teenage girl, shares a name with the very first victim in the movie Scream - they are both called Casey!

NOTE: Though there are multiple Scream movies, and multiple Scream movies with two or more killers, I’m fairly confident Dean is talking about the original movie.

[castiellesbian]

Julie Siege:

4x07 It's the Great Pumpkin, Sam Winchester

4x12 Criss Angel Is a Douchebag

4x18 The Monster at the End of This Book

5x05 Fallen Idols

5x12 Swap Meat (with Harvey Fedor and Rebecca Dessertine)

5x17 99 Problems

Jenny Klein:

7x16 Out with the Old (with Robert Singer)

8x10 Torn and Frayed

9x08 Rock and a Hard Place

9x15 #thinman

10x08 Hibbing 911 (with Phil Sgriccia)

10x15 The Things They Carried

11x08 Just My Imagination

[unhinged-jackles]

SPN Best Episode per Season

Masterpost

[thebeautyofspn]

9x15 #THINMAN

[cockworkangels]

you know how it is

[trials-era-sam]

Ed in 9x15 #thinman is so. So so so.

So so SOOOOOOOO

Deancoded

[cha0ticlesbian]

I recently watched 9x15 #THINMAN and I’m genuinely so upset over the ghostfacers breaking up they were legitimately one of my favorite reoccurring characters😭

[liopleurodean]

The Road So Far: Season 9

It took a while, but we made it! The timing was rough, but season 9 is officially over. If you haven't already, check out my other commentaries with the "ashla chick flick moments" tag.

Season 9 was a ROLLERCOASTER. Starting with Sam almost dying, then Cas leaving, the whole Gadreel fiasco (not even CONSIDERING Kevin), Charlie and Garth, the Mark of Cain, Metatron, and ending with Dean's death. From start to finish, the whole season is action-packed and still ends on a cliffhanger.

There are so many fantastic episodes this season. 9x04 Slumber Party, 9x05 Dog Dean Afternoon, 9x07 Bad Boys, 9x08 Rock and a Hard Place, 9x12 Sharp Teeth, and definitely 9x23 Do You Believe in Miracles? Some honorable mentions: 9x15 #thinman (I personally think the Ghostfacers are great. Sue me) 9x20 Bloodlines (a solid episode, but not the best of the group. I'd love to see a spin-off though) 9x21 King of the Damned (Dean vs. Abaddon was awesome, if a bit scary. Crowley was also great in this episode) and, of course, 9x11 Firstborn (do I really need to explain this one? The tension, Crowley and Dean, the entire thing is cinema). Overall, I would say my favorite is Dog Dean Afternoon. Apparently there's a lot of discourse about this one, but I think it's a fun, light-hearted Monster of the Week with lower stakes to provide some relief from all of the crazy going on.

I think the boys had more equal storytime this season. Sam + Gadreel filled the first half, while the Mark of Cain took the second half. They also seemed less polarized (which sounds crazy, I know, but hold on). Obviously Sam & Dean argued the whole season about Gadreel. However, unlike previous arguments, I could actually see both sides. Sam wasn't wrong here, but Dean wasn't either. Dean's life has been dedicated to keeping Sam safe, but at what point does it become about Dean's mental health instead of Sam's well-being? And later, the Mark is clouding Dean's mind. Sam can see it, but Dean is under its influence and refuses to listen. They've started to go back to their season 1 selves, where Dean is "shoot first ask questions later" and Sam has to reign him in. Even people who don't interact with the Winchesters very often can see it.

The side plots this season were interesting. It felt like they were trying to get a lot of the side characters out of the way. Garth got out, Kevin died, and Charlie left, but I guess Jody is still around and they met Donna, so they're not completely isolated.

If I were to rank the seasons, I think this would go somewhere in the middle. The over-arching plot was good, the one-off episodes were good, but it didn't really strike me the way some of the others did. It was an emotional season, sure, but it wasn't like earlier seasons.

The rollercoaster is only gonna get worse. Obviously Dean is a demon now, so that has to be resolved. Season 10 presumably still follows the Mark of Cain and Metatron, but I can only imagine what crazy things will happen in between.

Posting is gonna slow down (season 10 will probably a little faster than 9, but it won't be the same as the summer). I have school and work and *shudders* socializing, so I won't have as much time to watch. Miraculously, I still have Netflix, so we'll see how far that gets me. I'll see you soon with season 10. Carry On!

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