Supernatural: Bloodlines (9x20) | Recap & Lore

Supernatural Season 9, Episode 20, Bloodlines recap 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Chicago’s monster mafia, a spinoff that never was, and a very bad night for a proposal, on Denim-wrapped Nightmares, a Supernatural rewatch podcast. Berly and LA are back after the flu took them both out, and they’re tackling the backdoor pilot fans love to dunk on. A mysterious killer is targeting Chicago’s five ruling monster families, and Sam and Dean get caught between a grieving almost-fiancé, a shapeshifter prince, and a werewolf princess who’s done being told to stay quiet. Is it really as bad as everyone says? Episode Highlights: A dinner proposal, a maître d’ who’s a dick, and the ferry where it all began A monster speakeasy where a vampire feeds in the open and the bartender tastes the air “Your mother’s a bitch,” and even the Wraith laughs A clawed killer in black, and blood splooge #81, courtesy of the Wraith bodyguard's demise A dying man’s message for someone named David FBI agents Sam and Dean politely tell Ennis that monsters aren’t real David Lassiter sneaks into college offices as his own professors A bag of meat labeled “Susan,” and a decapitation that caught LA off guard Ennis checks a visitor with his phone camera, then pulls out a silver bullet “You’re with me, Romeo.” “You got it, Buffy.” And a phone call that changes everything Written by Andrew Dabb and directed by Robert Singer. The verdict: it’s not bad at all! The real problem is where it lands, slamming the brakes on Season 9 right when the story gets going. Berly’s fix: air it as the midseason premiere. Both hosts loved the monster family politics and David, and Dean’s “Godfather with fangs” says it all. The parts that needed more workshopping: how a human killer managed that first death, the werewolf leap attack, and that kiss. In the lore segment, LA takes on the original five families of 1931 New York. The Castellammarese War pitted Joe “the Boss” Masseria against Salvatore Maranzano, until Lucky Luciano switched sides. Masseria was gunned down at a Coney Island restaurant, and legend says Bugsy Siegel had to shove the shaky getaway driver out of the seat. Maranzano lasted five months as “boss of all bosses” before gangsters disguised as government agents took him out (sound like anyone?). Luciano then built the Commission, which gave Al Capone and Chicago a seat at the table. Margot Lassiter is running a very old playbook. “Sometimes you gotta work with the bad guys to get to the worst guys.” – Dean Your turn, hunters: Would you have watched Supernatural: Bloodlines? And which monster family would you join? Tell us in the Spotify comments, leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts (it’s how new hunters find us), or send us fan mail. Bonus points for fandom fun facts we missed. Sources: https://supernatural.fandom.com/wiki/Bloodlines https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Families Send us your review! Support the show Denim-wrapped Nightmares is a Supernatural rewatch podcast hosted by Berly and LA, breaking down every episode of the Winchester saga with lore deep-dives plus cast and crew interviews. Special thanks to David Fesliyan and Fesliyan Studios. Subscribe, leave a review, and, if you choose to drink, please drink responsibly. Join the hunt at linktr.ee/dwnpod where you can find links to socials and sign up for emails. Until next time, cheers!