Episode 16, “Remember the Titans”, opens with our intrepid heroes lounging about in their cushy new lair. Well, after some random gets hit by a sleeping drunk driver on some lonesome road outside of Great Falls. He looks pretty dead to the local Sheriff, until random dude is suddenly awake, then gone, and the Sheriff decides not to look for him in the Grizzly infested woods. (I don’t blame him!)

Since Kevin doesn’t have any new trials figured out, and Castiel is on his extended radio silence, Sammy (after rinsing his mouth out with his own blood!!), presents Dean with the prospect of Zombies in Montana. Dean is game, as he would love to crack some Zombie skull.

Random Dude shows up dead, again, leading the beautiful boys to the coroner’s office to inspect said dead again NotZombie. As Sam and Dean are in the hallway trying to figure out what is going on – excellent sight gag alert -Random Dude gets up off the table and freaks out our suit wearing heroes.

Random Dude calls himself Shane, and turns out he dies every day for as long as he can remember. After a mysterious lady in black leather shows up and tries to kill everyone and then high tails it, Shane keels over, yet again. *sigh*

Yet another lady visitor show up, albeit this one knocks politely. Haley, the lovely and awesome Brooke Langton (Life), is the mother of Shane’s son, Oliver. We get a little backstory on Shane, and everyone is pretty confused as to what is really going on.

After some off screen research-fu, Sammy figures out that Shane is Prometheus. I appreciate the ensuing Greek mythology lesson, as I am weak on my ancient Gods, even though I was a theater major, and I’m pretty sure we covered that stuff somewhere along the way. Also, the leather clad lady turns out to be Artemus, the daughter of Zeus. Fun! Not so fun, Prometheus’ son seems to have the same die-every-day issue, or curse, as everyone starts calling it.

During the requisite research montage, we see that Dean has continued his new affinity for scotch instead of beer, showing us his acceptance of his fancy new Men of Letters legacy status. Dean very much likes being a little bit fancy, methinks.

So, a summoning spell is cast to bring forth Zeus, looking as handsome and smirky as you would expect Zeus to look. Well done, casting department! Zeus is a smarty, as head gods tend to be, and he figures out all The Stuff. A bluff by Dean and Sam is thwarted by Haley, who just wants her son to be a-okay, and who can blame her really.

Just as our heroes try to jump Zeus, Artemus shows up and does back-up duty, as a good daughter does. Zeus shows us he is a vengeful god, as so many gods are, and he tortures Prometheus as he tasks Artemus to take away Sam and Dean to their doom. Sammy pulls some excellent mind games on Artemus (the God of Hunters!), and convinces her to go back and rescue Prometheus, the man she loves, it seems. Romeo and Juliet in the house!

While Zeus imparts the awesome part of being an immortal to little Oliver, Artemus pulls her bow on him, and then shoots… Prometheus! Whoopsie. But Prometheus is awesome, and he pushes that arrow through him, into Zeus, smiting them both, I guess. Problem solved!

Prometheus gets a Vader style pyre, and Oliver turns out to be one tough little kid, choosing to watch his dad go up in flames instead of ice cream. Sam is impressed.

After a quick pep talk to Sammy in the Metallicar, Dean get home and sits on his bed, and prays to Castiel to watch over his little brother. It is damn sweet. Also, Dean misses that sweet little angel. As do I.

Quotes!

Dean: “Yeah, and if things go all Dawn of the Dead on us, you’ll be our first call.” Sheriff: “Boys, shoot ’em in the head.”

Sam: “That’s ’cause you wanted to shoot zombies.” Dean: “Damn straight I wanted to shoot some zombies.”

Dean: “You remember what Bobby says, wood chipper beats everything. Well, so does Grizzlies.”

Sam: “We need to think, Dean, what do we know that has Jason Bourne fighting skills, dies a lot, and has a history with violent women?” Dean: “I don’t know, you?” (Me: “HaHaHaHaHaHaaaaaa. BURN.”)

(A whole section with jokes about dragon penises that is too funny and exposition-y to just quote. Hee.)

Dean: “Really Sam, trash talking a god? Seriously?”

Sam: “Hiding, from you? So the God of Hunters couldn’t find a shack in Montana?”

There have been a lot of complaints from the Dean and Sam fangirls and boys on the interwebz about how one brother is being written this way or that, but this episode they both were smart, cunning and had enough balls to vanquish yet another loathsome foe. I’m not sure what all the complaining is about, people.

Next! Crowley and Castiel and the Angel Tablet and shenanigans! But you have to wait a couple of weeks, okay? (March 20th, to be exact)

PS – Supernatural has gotten in on the Harlem Shake. Go take a look-see, if only to see Jensen do an AWESOME solo boogie. Go ahead, you know you want to.