Supernatural recap (5.09): "The Real Ghostbusters" Are Gay!

Ah, Supernatural, how I love thee even more after Thursday night’s episode. Why? Read on to find out! But be warned, there are some spoilers!

An urgent text message sends Sam and Dean racing off to assist Chuck, the dude/prophet who writes the books that also happen to be their lives. The boys park their Impala, leap out of the car – and see three other suspiciously familiar looking Impalas already parked there. That’s odd.

They approach a visibly distressed Chuck, and Sam and Dean worry what sort of hell has been unleashed now. Might Satan himself be here? A whole legion of demons? Or something worse?

It turns out Chuck has no clue what they’re talking about. He never sent them a text about a life or death situation. Cue Becky, the Supernatural uber-fan. It turns out she sent the text because she’s massively crushing on Sam whom she proceeds to molest with her eyes. Sam looks more scared about this than any demon he’s ever faced.

Chuck apologizes profusely as they head into a very old hotel. Inside things get weirder still for Sam and Dean as people appear to be dressed like Dean, Sam, Bobby, and quite a few previous Supernatural villains are circulating in the hotel ballroom.

That’s right! It’s the first ever Supernatural Convention! Our heroes are once again introduced to LARPing (Live Action Role Playing) and Dean is not amused there are folks who find his life to be “fun” and “entertaining." His disdain for the LARPers permeates the episode.

In addition to panels (including "The Homoeroticism of Supernatural"), the convention also has a “game” for the attendees to compete in where they get to “be” Sam and Dean and must find a murderous ghost’s bones on the anniversary of the night she murdered four little boys.

Some poor waitress from Hooters is playing the dead woman and whoever finds her bones first wins $50 to Sizzler. Woo hoo! Hey, I hear the first Xena convention had a game where you could win a Frisbee with the center cut out and painted gold so it looked like a chakram. You gotta start somewhere.

So who is playing the three creepy “dead” boys running around and brandishing knives? Naturally, it turns out that the ghost story is real and there is more than one ghost, including the dead boys. And it’s a job for Sam and Dean!