Supernatural Recap: Frontierland

Sunrise, Wyoming March 5, 1861, Dean is sheriff and he has a shootout at high noon.

Two days and multiple years earlier, the boys go to the Campbell family library. The boys go to look for something to use against the mother. They find that the ashes of a Phoenix will burn the mother, but none know where to find the Phoenix, so on they search. Dean finds a reference by Samuel Colt from 1861. Dean says that “We’ll Star Trek 4 this bitch” and they call Castiel. A bitchy Rachel comes claiming to offer assistance, but instead she delivers a lecture. Castiel comes to intervene and sends her away.

Castiel tells Sam that they have 24 hours to pull this thing off, after that they’ll be lost to him. Dean arrives with cowboy gear, and Sam doesn’t want to dress the part, but at Dean’s insistence he does, enjoying it all way too much. Cas flashes them back, telling Bobby to pray for him in 24 hours and he’ll return.

Dean and Sam head to the saloon, witnessing the hanging of Elias Finch. Elias tells the judge, sheriff and deputy that they’ll burn for this every one of them, and then he dies. Dean and Sam don’t fit in as well as Dean had hoped as he would. They head to speak with the sheriff to find Samuel Colt, Dean goes by Marshall Clint Eastwood, and introduces Sam as “Walker he’s a Texas Ranger.” The sheriff tells him to go to the saloon.

The authenticity is less appealing to Dean at the saloon. They get their information, and Darla the saloon girl with grimy teeth and sores on her mouth, comes to accost Dean. Luckily before he can throw up on her, the judge comes for his appointment and the two head upstairs. She screams, and when the boys come to investigate they find a pile of ashes.

Darla claims that it was a ghost, says that Elias Finch did it. The sheriff says they’re going to form a posse at dawn, and put a bullet in Elias’s head. The boys go to pay their respects, sure that they’ve found their phoenix. They decide that Sam will go to find Colt and get the colt, and Dean will work with the posse. Sam buys a horse and awkwardly rides off.

The sheriff comes face to face with Elias. He shoots him with no luck,and Elias turns him to ash.

Rachel summons Castiel to an empty building. She gives him a holier than thou act, hinting at a dirty little secret. Castiel says that he doesn’t have a choice, and she attacks him with her angel blade. She manages to nick him before he ganks her. He’s leaking light, when he shows up on Bobby’s floor. He uses his blood to make a angel sigil. Bobby doesn’t know if they’re running or fighting, and Cas can’t tell him as he passes out.

Dean shows up in new duds, ready to ride with the posse, which it seems that it’ll be a posse of one. They come across the sheriff’s ashes, and the barkeep names him the new sheriff.

Two demons come across Samuel Colt, he tries to send them away. He tells them to walk away, but they want the devil’s gate opened. He shots them both dead.

Dean finds the deputy on his way out. Dean wants to use him as bait.

Finished disposing of the bodies, Sam finds Colt. He splashes him with holy water, and Sam has to prove that he’s actually a hunter from the future. He gives him his cell phone as proof. Colt doesn’t believe that a phoenix exists, and Sam shows him his journal. Even though he’s suppose to shoot the phoenix in a couple of hours, the drunk Colt wants nothing to do with it. Sam tells him he either has to come with him or give him the gun. Colt tells him the gun is a curse.

Cas awakens, tells Bobby that he was betrayed. Less than an hour remains, and Castiel says that he can’t get the kids from Frontierland, he’s too weak, and the only way to get enough energy is to touch Bobby’s soul. How he delivered that line without laughing is beyond me, I snickered a little. The catch is if he slips, Bobby will explode.

Dean has the deputy in a cage, he wants to know why Finch is after him. Finch arrives, tells Dean to open the door. He can’t get touch iron. Finch’s wife was taken in an alley, the assailant shots both Finch and his wife. The wife dies, and Finch is charged with her murder. Dean doesn’t care if he kills the deputy, but he has to kill him all the same. Finch shoots the deputy, and then turns his attention to Dean.

Sam arrives with the colt, and time continues to tick down, less than 2 minutes left. Dean calls Finch out for a show down, Cas sticks his arm into Bobby. Dean shoots Finch with the colt killing him, and as the seconds tick down, they drop the gun and run towards the pile of ashes, coming up empty handed.

Dean wants to go back, but clearly everyone is spent, it’s not gonna happen. Sam gets a package. They post office has been holding it for over 100 years. Samuel Colt came through. He sent Sam’s phone and a bottle full of ashes. Now the boys are ready to take the fight to the mother.