#episode: 9.18

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a very happy Destiel Decennial to the jilted lover what team is he playing for beef jerky and menthols episode! anyway Dean and Cas fucked in the first episode of the guy who made them canon 😌

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DEAN WINCHESTER in one random episode per day ‣ 324/327 9.18 META FICTION

[captainchilly]

One Castiel Quote per Episode 59/136 → 9.18 “META FICTION”

[becauseofthebowties]

CASTIEL IN EVERY EPISODE ↳ 9.18 - Meta Fiction

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List of all Robbie's episodes is under the cut.

7.06 Slash Fiction

7.12 Time After Time

7.20 The Girl with the Dungeons and Dragons Tattoo

8.04 Bitten

8.11 LARP and the Real Girl

8.17 Goodbye Stranger

8.20 Pac-Man Fever

9.04 Slumber Party

9.11 First Born

9.18 Meta Fiction

10.05 Fan Fiction

10.11 There's No Place Like Home

10.18 Book of the Damned

10.20 Angel Heart

11.04 Baby

11.11 Into the Mystic

11.16 Safe House

11.20 Don't Call Me Shurley

[allthebestcowboyshavedaddyissues]

SVU favorite episodes for @obsessivedaydreamer

Uncivilized 1.07 Nocturne 1.21* Baby Killer 2.05* Taken 2.08 Countdown 2.15 Manhunt 2.18 Pique 2.20 Scourge 2.21 Stolen 3.03 Inheritance 3.08 Ridicule 3.10 Monogamy 3.11* Execution 3.15 Greed 3.20 Denial 3.21 Competence 3.22 Chameleon 4.01 Deception 4.02 Juvenile 4.09 Damaged 4.11 Risk 4.12 Mercy 4.14 Desperate 4.18 Dominance 4.20 Fallacy 4.21 Soulless 4.25 Loss 5.04 Coerced 5.06 Abomination 5.08 Brotherhood 5.12* Hate 5.13 Ritual 5.14 Families 5.15 Home 5.16 Mean 5.17 Poison 5.24 Birthright 6.01 Scavenger 6.04 Conscience 6.06 Charisma 6.07 Identity 6.12 Ghost 6.16 Night 6.20 Parts 6.22 Goliath 6.23 911 7.3* Raw 7.06* Venom 7.18 Fault 7.19 Influence 7.22* Confrontation 8.05 Scheherazade 8.10 Burned 8.11* Sin 8.17 Responsible 8.18 Annihilated 8.20 Screwed 8.22* Alternate 9.01 Impulsive 9.03 Savant 9.04 Paternity 9.09* Signature 9.12 Closet 9.16 Authority 9.17 Trade 9.18 Cold 9.19 Trials 10.01 Swing 10.03* Babes 10.06 Wildlife 10.07 Persona 10.08* Stranger 10.11 Hothouse 10.12.

* all time favorites

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Donald Ressler in Episode 9.18 "Laszlo Jankowics"

[raymond-reddington-ruminations]

Okay, 9.18 has aired, where are we with the theories?

Apparently I was way off with the time frame. Because while I was convinced Kaplan must have set up the bank heist and left it to be fulfilled many years later whenever Reddington put something in it, the very first scene makes it clear that Reddington does not believe that is the case. Red seems to believe that whoever went after the safe, did so after Kaplan's "death."

I still don't believe for a second that Kaplan survived that fall. So where does that leave us? In a rather complicated state.

Somebody (Marvin??) planned this well in advance. Somebody had to have a Kaplan double set up the safe heist a number of years ago. It could be as simple as they needed someone who seemed to be with Reddington and using his accounts in order to create the heist, and it had nothing to do with trying to convince Reddington that it was Kaplan. They're just using the fake Kaplan as a convenient distraction, now that it's needed.

I can still see Marvin being the mastermind of all of this. It wouldn't have been hard to find a random person to pose as Kaplan. Maybe even convince Maureen herself to do it.

Big-ass spoiler here. If you haven't seen them already, Alyblacklist did a zoom in on the scene where we're looking at 'Kaplan' in the building windows. It is clearly Maureen.

Now, she could possibly be the mastermind behind everything. She said she wanted more out of life, and she could be quite bitter about what happened to her sister, which Reddington is still obviously not telling her the truth about. It's a sensible answer, and it fits well enough into what's been going on. She could have learned the business from Reddington's own discs. However, I would be slightly disappointed if that were the case.

I think it is far more likely that Marvin is still behind everything and just used Maureen to throw Reddington off the scent. We should have an answer on that by the end of next episode. I see that Red's guy will be in the episode, presumably looking at bodies. It should be easy to tell Maureen from Kaplan because Kaplan had a metal plate in her head. And if Maureen is dead, we know she likely wasn't the mastermind. And she's likely another innocent victim of the true mastermind.

Side note here, I desperately hope Morgan survived. I have this weird affection for him. He's been with Red almost as long as we've been seeing Red having his own action team.

And while I've been questioning whether or not more members of Red's organization than just Marvin might have turned on Red, I don't think Morgan would. I don't think any of his body guards would. Red stands shoulder to shoulder with them in a firefight, and has personally dragged Morgan out of danger when he was shot at the end of season 6.

But if Marvin is the mastermind, it might be a goal of his to eliminate people who would remain loyal to Red. I am honestly very worried for Morgan.

So I think we'll have answers on the Kaplan side of it in the next episode. I don't think we'll have the whole situation resolved by the end of the season. Marvin will likely be the bad guy for next season. I feel like that will be an entertaining matchup.

(the only gif with Morgan I could find.)

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Arcadia - On their first assignment after being reinstated to the X-Files, Scully and Mulder go undercover as husband and wife in a high-class planned community where several couples have gone missing.

Sunshine Days - Reyes and Doggett investigate two murders revolving around a house that is, at some points in time, identical to the Brady Bunch house.

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[foxthefanboi]

And he is right, isn't he? Right to think you are a coward, a sad, clingy, needy, pathetic bottom-feeder who cannot even take care of himself, who would rather drag everyone through the mud than be alone, who would let everyone around him die!

9x18 - Meta Fiction

[arwenadreamer]

Gadreel: You really think Sam would do anything for you?

Dean: Oh, I know he would.

Favourite quote per episode

9.18 Metafiction

[h50europe]

Picture credits _w1iro Instagram, MORE behind the scenes pictures taken last year (episode 9.18) 😍👍

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Bound To Be Together - Ch. 18

McDanno, M, A03

A continuous story of Season 9 codas exploring the bond between Steve and Danny as they grow even closer.

Chapter 18:  9.18

Steve is frozen in place, standing at the door to the hotel room as Amanda leaves, her black evening wear glittering as she strides away.  She’s headed downstairs to meet Danny, who thinks that Steve is coming to join him for a well-earned drink after a long day of being berated by his ex-mother-in-law.  Instead, Danny is going to be ambushed by said ex-mother-in-law, who Steve has concluded is at least as dysfunctional as his own mother.

Steve hadn’t been all that surprised when Amanda (“call me Mandy”) summoned him back up to the room, on the pretense of having heard a strange noise coming from the balcony. She’s not the most subtle person in the world.  And the questions she fired at Steve about Danny weren’t entirely unexpected, not after Steve opened the door at dinner by making it clear that in Steve’s view, Danny did not deserve the shit Mandy was shoveling.

Mandy apparently already knew about the liver donation (although the way her lip twitched when Steve mentioned it seemed to indicate she thought Danny a fool for risking his health for Steve, which didn’t sit too well with him), and how much of a role Danny played in his children’s lives (soccer, scouts, cheer team, college search).  She tried to get Steve to agree that Danny’s job was unreasonably dangerous, and wondered if running a restaurant was still on the table.

Steve had promised to be quiet and look handsome, but he couldn’t help but defend Danny in the face of Mandy’s interrogation.  Frankly, he was all too close to confessing that what he felt for Danny was more than just friendship.  But then Mandy started asking him about how much time Danny had been spending with Rachel, and Steve realized with a sickening jolt where all this was going. Hell, it was probably the reason Mandy came to Oahu.

 By the time Mandy swiped Steve’s phone and texted Danny, Steve was spinning novel-length worst case scenarios in his head.  Spending all this time with Danny was bound to affect him in more ways than one.

 Steve retrieves his phone from the couch where Mandy had dropped it and blinks at the newest text, a message from the car service Mandy had ordered earlier.  Because of course even Danny’s Camaro, his pride and joy, isn’t good enough for her majesty.  

 A memory flashes before his eyes - another muscle car, in another place and time.  Two boys cruising with the top down on a deserted highway. The summer after Steve’s senior year in high school, one of his buddies had to return his uncle’s borrowed Ford Mustang, necessitating a road trip.  Marco proposed that Steve come along, just the two of them, driving cross-country.  For a high school kid, this was freedom.

 Marco was tall and lean, with curly hair and dark sparkling eyes.  Third generation Mexican-American, his father was a state congressman and military through and through.  Marco intended to follow in his father’s footsteps and pursue politics after a stint in the Army.  Steve had never met anyone quite like him, with his quick wit and his fierce love for his family.

 The first day on the road they blasted music and ate their weight in junk food, driving late into the night just to see how long they could stay awake on caffeine pills and coca cola. They slept in the car in a parking lot of a rest stop, blearily stumbling into a sticky diner in the morning for coffee that tasted like sludge but was the best cup of joe Steve had ever had.

 Thing is, you can’t go on a road trip on an island that you can drive across in an hour.  Road trips were something Steve had read about in books, seen in movies, but never experienced.  Turns out, the movies were right – road trips were awesome.

 Of course, he had no interest in ending his life in a dramatic Thelma and Louise moment, but drinking cheap beer in a bar where no one knew their names (or cared who their fathers were) and then sleeping it off in the back seat of the car was a pretty damn good time.

 Steve’s phone vibrates in his hand, and forces him to focus on the present.  He looks down to see a text from Danny.  Ha, ha, nice set up.  Heading out, see you tomorrow.

 Steve stares at the phone for a long moment, trying to read more into those ten words.  Why didn’t Danny suggest they get together now?  Is he headed to Rachel’s?  Should Steve respond, demand to know what’s going on?

 He sags forward, his head in his hands.  Steve has tried to be the friend that Danny deserves, the partner he deserves.  The boyfriend he wants him to be.  But he’s afraid it’s not enough.

 Steve’s been annoyed with Mandy all day long, but he realizes he’s been kind of ticked off at Danny, too, for letting Mandy treat him so poorly.  Mandy’s theatrics were over the top, but Danny seemed to accept it as his due.  Mandy clearly knows how to play into Danny’s insecurities, his long-standing doubt in himself that Rachel had only confirmed by leaving him for a rich, successful businessman.  

 Steve wanted to believe that Danny just allowed it to keep the peace, but he wonders if maybe Danny really buys into it.  

 Despite the awkwardness of the situation, Steve really did try to behave today, to stick to the script Danny had laid out.  But he should have known there was more to a day with Amanda Savage than Danny let on. For god’s sake, Danny was willing to trade bragging rights to saving Steve’s life for one day of babysitting, this should have raised a giant red flag.  But it didn’t, at least not until now, when it might just be too late.

 Steve’s eyes fall on the fancy box holding the cufflinks Mandy gave him, another deliberate snub to Danny.  What the hell is wrong with this woman?  She clearly came to Oahu to manipulate Danny into getting back together with Rachel, that much is clear to him now after their parting conversation.  Was beating Danny down for the past twelve hours – for the past decade or two – just part of her long game?  Does it somehow give her more power over him?

 And there is anything Steve can do about it?  

 Steve has been teetering on the edge of a precipice all day, watching Mandy toy with Danny like a spoiled dog in thousand dollar pumps.  When Mandy swiped his phone to text Danny, Steve felt himself falling over the edge.

 Another memory from his long ago road trip with Marco flashes through his mind.  

 After three nights of sleeping in the car, both of them are ready for a change, so when Marco suggests they veer off their path Steve readily agrees.  They stop at a state park and hike for a few hours, over and around dramatic rock formations, finally finding their way to a waterfall that rivals Hawaii’s finest.  

 He and Marco strip to their shorts and wade into the freezing cold water, staring up at the gorgeous cascade crashing down in front of them.  They swim for a little while, the area to themselves, and Steve can’t stop himself from staring at the way Marco’s wet curls cling to his forehead. Better that than examining how his thin cotton boxers cling to his ass.

 When Marco grabs him by the arm and drags him out on to the rocks to dry off, his hand lingering just a little too long on Steve’s skin, Steve knows Marco’s been watching him, too.

 They spend the night in a hotel that caters to vacationing familes in the area, a step up from most of the roadside places they drove by on their journey.  Marco insists that they order room service, and they laugh as they toss French fries to each other, each seated on one of the double beds. When Marco’s aim goes awry and a pile of fries land next to Steve instead of in the vicinity of his mouth, Marco brushes it off and says they’ll just share Marco’s bed.  To avoid sleeping in the grease spots.  Of course.

 The next day they resume their trip, and by nightfall, they reach Marco’s uncle’s house.  He treats them to dinner out at a local barbeque place and they feast on brisket and baby back ribs, cheesy corn and loaded potatoes. Marco drives Steve to the station the next day in the Mustang, now empty of soda cans and candy wrappers.  Marco waves goodbye as the train pulls away, his smile as bright as the summer sun.

 Steve hasn’t thought about Marco in a long time.  Hasn’t seen him since that road trip, either.

 Back in the here and how, in Mandy’s hotel room, Steve stands up slowly from the couch.  Time to leave.

 Steve wishes he could take a detour, put off the inevitable for a little bit longer.  But Amanda Savage has done what she came to do.  Steve fleetingly considers going to Danny’s house, making his case, demanding that Danny remember all the misery Rachel put him through. But he’s not going to.

 Because every road trip has an end, and maybe Rachel was the destination all along.

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msbeeinmybonnet replied to your post “aaand my 9.18 thoughts! there are many of them. this is the episode...”

Aha, I see that yet again H50 somehow forgot to make an episode 18, just like they did in S8. Isn't it strange, how they just skip those episodes with no explanation? Perhaps the show runners can't count or something. *whistles*

@msbeeinmybonnet What is it that connects the number 18 in their brains to “let's do horrible things to Danny"? That's what I’d like to know. What did the number 18 and/or Danny Williams ever do to them? D:

But anyway, what am I even saying, because yEP, It’s a real mystery that those 18th episodes keep getting skipped. Someone should give the show runners some lessons in writing less problematic nonsense basic math!