Season 4, Episode 19: Jump the Shark

"Dean. . . all of this . . . it's not real.  The dad Adam knew - he wasn't real.  The things out there in the shadows - they are real.  The world is coming to an end.  Everything else is just part of the crap people tell themselves to get through the day."

"Dad didn't have a choice with us, okay?  But with Adam, he did.  Adam doesn't have to be cursed."

"He's a Winchester.  He's already cursed."  

• I think the title of this episode is brilliant - another example of the Supernatural writers and creators just getting it.  Knowing how to make fun of themselves and knowing when they do something ridiculous is part of what makes this show great.  And also, this interview with Eric Kripke about this episode:

"When we were breaking the story about the third Winchester brother, we knew the fans would scream that we had jumped the shark.  Of course, adding a new sibling or relative to an established series is a classic and cherished shark jump, Cousin Oliver being the patron saint of the practice.  Anyway, it became clear that we should beat the fans to the punch and title the episode, 'Jump the Shark.'  Though rejected titles included: 'When Leo Joined Growing Pains,' or 'The Raven Symone Episode.'  For fans who are worried that we are truly jumping the shark . . . watch the episode, decide for yourself.  Personally, I don't think we're gassing up the motorcycle quite yet, but you tell me.  And stay tuned for next season, when the boys take trips to London and Hawaii (haunted Tiki dolls!) and Sam and Ruby get married.  And Ted McGinley joins the cast as the thoughtful (but hot!) college professor."

• Man.  Can Supernatural go to London?
• I feel like the boys stay in so many motels that it was weird to see them sleeping in the car, Dean sleeping in the passenger seat, Sam brushing his teeth outside the Impala.
• "I mean, a hunter rolls into town, kills a monster, saves the girl . . . sometimes the girl's grateful."  "Well, now I'm thinking about Dad sex.  Stop talking."  "Maybe he slipped one past the goalie."
• Dean getting pissed at Adam for talking about John - so typical Dean.  
• I actually got really sad for Dean when he saw the picture of Adam and John at the baseball game for Adam's birthday. Poor guy got nothing from John his whole life except for a "I'm so proud of you" right before he died when all he ever wanted was his father's approval
• SO much blood in the walls of Adam's house...
• Sam was so good at being the big brother with Adam after being the little brother his whole life
• It was such a kick in the gut to learn at the end of the episode that Adam had been dead the whole time.  Not necessarily for the viewers, but for Sam and Dean.
• So I did think it was nice that they gave the real Adam a hunters funeral.  Poor kid.  "Adam was our brother.  He died like a hunter.  He deserves to go out like one."
• "Son of a bitch" count - 3
• Blood spatter count - 1