Ask Jeeves

• Is Dean in denial over the Mark of Cain? Is it still affecting him?
• Can Dean and Sam find a way to remove the Mark safely?
• Where is Rowena and what is she doing?
• Is Crowley still missing Dean as his "bestie"?
• Shouldn't Sam and Dean have realized that the cross was a key, and that the silverware wasn't real silver? Are they BOTH distracted and off their game because of recent events?

• Dean lost control killing the shape-shifter.
• Sam is still concerned Dean isn't back to his old self and that the Mark may be affecting him again.

• Kevin McNulty, who played Phillip the butler, also played the faith healer (Roy LeGrange) in "Faith" (season 1).
• Doug Abrahams, who played Detective Howard, also played a bus driver in "After School Special" (season 4).

• Ask Jeeves is the name of an internet search engine, and "Jeeves"is a generic name for a butler.
• Dean mentions "Murphy's Law" - a well-known adage that says anything that can go wrong willgo wrong. The origins of the saying are uncertain.
• Dean mentions Tori Spelling and her husband Dean. Bobby had a secret crush on Tori Spelling.
• "WASP" is an acronym for "White Anglo-Saxon Protestant". It is often meant as an insult to describe someone who comes from a privileged background.
• "Sexting" refers to sending text messages containing sexual (or sexually suggestive) language.
• The murder-mystery board game "Clue" is referenced several times in this episode. The weapons Dean uses (the wrench, candlestick, pipe, etc.) are murder weapons in the game. Dean mentions Mrs. Peacock, Colonel Mustard, and Wadsworth (the butler), who are also characters from the game.
• "Mr. Belvedere is a 1980s era sitcom about a butler.
• Dean references "Renfield", a deranged human who assisted the fictional count Dracula in procuring victims.
• "Rizzoli and Isles" is a television detective drama.
• "Doth protest too much" is from Shakespeare's play "Hamlet"; it generally means that if someone protests an accusation too strenuously, it may be because the accusation is true.
• "Leopold and Loeb" were two wealthy college students who committed murder in 1924.
• "Hiding in the attic like in the movie" refers to the movie and book (by V.C. Andrews) "Flowers in the attic". In the book, a grandmother locks her grandchildren in the attic for many years. The shapeshifter's name in this episode, Olivia, is also the name of the grandmother in the book. This is likely another nod to the book.
• Dean calls Dash "Izod" (as a backhanded insult) referring to the upscale "preppy"clothing line Izod Lacoste.

• "Fur Elise" -- by Ludwig van Beethoven (is the ring tone for the doorbell at the estate)
• "Travelin' Man" -- by Bob Seger (plays as Dean and Sam drive away at the end of the episode)

See below for the discussion thread for this episode.

EPISODE 1007: GIRLS, GIRLS, GIRLS