There is a long history of sci-fi/horror/supernatural television taking on modern tech and failing miserably. There was a particularly bad episode of The X-Files, called “The Ghost in the Machine”, that comes to mind. Oh, and that awful Buffy episode, “I Robot, You Jane.” This one wasn’t perfect by a long shot, but with the renewed camaraderie between our beautiful boys, it made it mostly amusing. Sam and Dean can make even the most mundane story entertaining, if they are allowed to be their wonderful, Winchester-y selves, IMO.

We open with a couple of college sweethearts driving along when the GPS app they are following hijacks the evening, orders the girl out of the car, and drives the guy right off a bridge! Ooopsie! The headlights of the plunging truck dissolve into the opening credits seamlessly. Nice.

“Agents” Grohl and Cobain meet Janet Novoselic at the college. Nirvana joke right out of the gate! \o/ The GenX/Millennial divide is established immediately, lots of generational jokes ensue. The boys surmise that the truck is infected with the ghost of the dead kids brother who died in Iraq, so they find the wrecked truck and burn the thing. Problem solved!

Fake-out ghost kill in the first act. We all know it’s more complicated than that! So when a co-eds computer cord kills her, after her tech goes crazy, the boys find themselves back on campus, Dean’s sex drive and gorging on food distracting him more than usual. Is Dean’s inability to suppress his horn dogged-ness, and discovering the joys of the campus cafeteria’s endless supply of food a side-effect of the Mark? Sure, why not.

 

Sigma Theta Delta. Ha!

OMG, Sam and Dean are so cute talking about deleted files on computers. See? They can make anything entertaining.

So, the three kids who died horrible deaths via their tech, and the last living passenger, Janet, caused an accident that killed this dude, Andrew, while they were busy on their phones. Andrew’s ghost is now in the wi-fi, seeking out revenge on the four of them. While Sam is out talking to the widow – who has been emailing with GhostAndrew – Dean is back at the sorority house trying to keep Janet safe, first in her room, killing lots of monitors and devices, then in the basement, away from the wi-fi signal. Or so they think! The wi-fi is pretty good in the basement after all!

Andrew finds his way into the basement via a cell phone wedged into the couch in the basement. Dean sends Sam a 911 text, and Sam calls with the widow on facetime, who talks him into stopping the killing. POOF goes Andrew.

“My peace is helping people. That’s all I want to do.” “So this is it, you’re just gonna give up.” “No, no, I’m not just gonna give up. I appreciate the effort, I do, but the answer’s not out there. It’s with me. I need to be the one calling the shots here, okay? I can’t keep waking up every morning with this false hope. I gotta know where I stand or else I’m gonna lose my freakin mind. So I’m gonna fight it, until I can’t fight it anymore. And when all is said and done, I’ll go down swingin.”

Dean is a BOSS.

Sam is sad and concerned, but Dean seems resigned. And he hasn’t blatantly killed anyone in two episodes!

Quotes!

You know what? No quotes. The best part of the episode were Dean’s reaction shots, especially while eating.

NEXT! Timothy Omundson! SWEET.

Gif courtesy of Where We Belong on tumblr.