Pie-Making Zombies?

Episode Commentary: “Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid”

What would you do if your wife came home and started making pies? For Bobby Singer after testing her with holy water, salt and a plethora of otherworldly materials he allows her to stay. There’s only one problem – Bobby’s wife has been dead for several years and he and the Winchester brothers are in the middle of Armageddon. It’s another fun-filled apocalyptic episode of Supernatural where the undead are in the forefront.

It seems that the third horseman Death has risen several citizens of Sioux Falls, Kansas. These aren’t your ordinary mindless, brain-eating zombies who walk in stiff, mummy-like fashion. Nor are they not welcomed back into the homes of their families. Instead they are embraced which leads to an awkward confrontation between Sam, Dean and Bobby. Just “how many times does [Bobby] have to kill” his wife?

This episode brings several revelations and gives the viewer an in-depth look into a character who originally was only to last one story-arch. Flash forward to four years later and Bobby is the star of this episode. The town drunk must wrestle with his demons once again and have it not break him at the same time. Although he does not go through this Herculean effort alone, at the end of the episode you will be left feeling unsure of which way Bobby will turn. Will he lose his will to fight, or will he get angry enough with the universe to carry on? For Sam and Dean, Bobby is the only family they have left. What Bobby does will have a direct effect on the war being waged on earth.

The episode isn’t all full of gloom. There are several funny moments, and yes Dean yet again loses his weapon. And after one particularly harrowing moment Bobby asks “Don’t you ever get tired of being wrong?”

Next week’s episode brings back Zacchiriah as he is hell bent on having the Winchesters be the “meat suits” for the archangel Michael and Satan. How will Sam and Dean get out of this one? And will Bobby be of any help to them in the coming weeks?