That was fun! I had to rewind through the credits to see if that was an Edlund episode I enjoyed it so much! (it wasn’t) And a big Thank You to the THEN previously monkeys who confirmed my suspicion that there had been a previous clown run-in for Sammy on this show. Sometimes the THENs are annoying, but sometimes they are a godsend for someone like me, whose memory is faulty.
Anyhoo!
We open with poor little Sammy being chased by a ridiculously evil clown with British teeth. But even his best efforts cannot thwart said clown and his evil friend. Eek.
Cut to “59:59:58 earlier”, complete with 24 style countdown sound effect. Nice. After a blah, blah with Frank, the beautiful (and chummy) boys head over to the coroner du jour to find a dead guy covered in giant octopi marks. Also, Sam is wearing the MOST horrible tie ever.
Next, we see a man running for his life from what seems to be a white horse. After the man jumps the fence of a baseball field, and hides behind the scoreboard, he is gored by a golden horn. Cut to the retreat of a blood covered unicorn, complete with, ahem, vaporous rainbows following behind. HEE.
The show skips back and forth a few times, giving us glimpses of poor little Sammy’s clown fight, and then returning to the 24 ticking clock as the boys figure out that the mortifying version of a Chuck E. Cheese is the center of these odd occurrences. Seems the kiddies are drawing pictures of their worst fears, and a sad sack employee is taking their drawings and converting them with some hoo-doo into real, living monsters, intent on killing awful parents. Shall I bother mentioning what a horrific idea the Wall of Bad Dreams is? No place would really do this, right? Although it does serve the purpose of the story quite well.
This week’s motel: Hawaiian Lava theme! Nice.
A fairly creepy and gruesome shark attack! in the ball pit leads the boys to the clown infested restaurant, figuring out the basics of the creepy monsters appearances. Hitting the wall on research, the boys head back to the restaurant of creep the next day and the freakin’ place is open! Sheesh. Dean meets the sullen boy of one of the harried waitresses and is sweet and awesome like he always is with little kids. Aww. While Dean plays skee-ball to win the sweetest rainbow colored giant slinky evar!, Sammy plays ‘bad cop’ in a hilarious way. He’s so bad it’s great.
Cliff, the kid dressed up in a lion costume, after a hard interrogation by BadCopSammy, breaks and takes off running, and ridiculous chase scene follows. Heh. Seems as though everyone at this place is on drugs, which is totally understandable. Cliff leads the boys to the sub-basement and the creepy shrine that makes the monsters come to life.
We finally catch up to NOW within the show, and Dean smokes the evil clowns in a explosion of goo and glitter, saving Sammy just in the nick of time. Yay! Awesome glitter teasing ensues. And then, Sammy has a surprize for Dean. The giant rainbow slinky! So.Cute.
QUOTES!
Dean: “You spawn a monster baby, and see how quick you want to jump back in the pool.”
Dean: “You can’t argue with this. Leprechauns are deadly.”
Manager: “One more thing, some kid puked in the ball pit, it’s gonna need a full sanitization.” (cue me never entering a ball pit ever, ever again)
Dean: “Cops have a theory?” Sammy: “Yeah, they think the ball washer did it.” Dean: “The what?” Sammy: “Yeah, the ball washer.” Dean: “The what?” Sammy: “The ball…” <exasperated hand gesture> Dean: <smirk> (Hahahahahaaaaa. Thank you DVR for the power of REWIND.)
Sammy: “Any idea what he drew?” Dean: “Robot. About the size of a house. Shoots destructo beams out of his eyes.” Sammy: <beat> “At least I’ll see it coming.”
An entertaining episode with those beautiful boys teasing each other in a joyous fashion. It reminded me of the early seasons, and I am glad. I am sure the angst isn’t over, but it was a lovely break from the angst-fest of the last two seasons.
Next: Terrible things happen and such. I think I spied a quick shot of Lucifer, so there’s gonna be that.