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Supernatural Season 1, Episode 11, Scarecrow recap 🍎 Meg makes her very first appearance, a creepy AF scarecrow terrorizes a too-perfect small town, and Sam and Dean split up for the first time on Denim-wrapped Nightmares, a Supernatural rewatch podcast. Plus, FINALLY, some quality shirtless Winchester action (sort of): Berly opens by celebrating the nip slip while LA was all about those arms and shoulders.

Picking up right after Asylum, Dad actually CALLS, and we're blessed with John's magnificent eyelashes, a perky Dean nipple, gorgeous biceps, and Sam working his jaw in anger. It's so much eye candy in one two-minute scene that we had to rewatch it multiple times. Dad reveals he's hunting a DEMON and sends the boys coordinates for a case, which kicks off a heated fight. Sam wants to find Dad in Sacramento, Dean wants to follow orders, and the brothers SPLIT UP.

Dean heads to Burkittsville, Indiana (very Pleasantville vibes; fun fact, it shares a name with the Blair Witch town), where couples keep disappearing near an apple orchard guarded by a very creepy scarecrow. Meanwhile, Sam hitchhikes and meets Meg (Nicki Aycox), a rebellious blonde with fabulous boots and a pixie cut. They bond over daddy issues at a bus station over beer and Cheeto Puffs (as one does).

Episode Highlights:

• Dean using the alias John Bonham (Led Zeppelin's drummer) and getting called out by Scotty
• The scarecrow wearing the TATTOO from the first victim's skin (nightmare fuel)
• The sheriff being WAY too aggressive for no reason
• Meg choosing creepy van guy over Sam (we would never)
• Dean awkwardly warning the couple that they might be in danger, though?
• The townsfolk dramatically clicking on their flashlights one by one like they rehearsed it
• For the greater good: Hot Fuzz vibes intensify
• Spotting the X-Files' Cigarette Smoking Man (William B. Davis) as the local professor, in a cameo so short he was gone before we finished Googling him
• MEG SLITTING A GUY'S THROAT and talking to Father through a BLOOD CAULDRON (WHAT?!)

The boys make up (adorable apologies without actually apologizing), realize the scarecrow is a manifestation of a pagan god from the Norse Vanir, and burn the sacred tree. But the REAL plot twist? Meg is working for Father, and she let Sam go on purpose.

In the lore segment, we dig into Norse mythology and the Vanir gods of fertility and wealth, including Freya, who slept with four dwarves for the necklace Brísingamen, and her brother Freyr, whose magic ship folds up to fit in his pocket (super convenient). Plus, we discover we're both part Scandinavian and get very distracted by our ancestry.

"I hope your apple pie is freaking worth it!" – Dean Winchester, to the townsfolk

Your turn, hunters: What was your first impression of Meg, and did you see that ending coming? And be honest, would you have picked Sam or creepy van guy? Tell us in the Spotify comments, leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts (it's how new hunters find us), or send us fan mail. Bonus points for fandom fun facts we missed.

Resources:

• https://supernatural.fandom.com/wiki/Scarecrow
• https://study.com/learn/lesson/vanir-gods-goddesses-list-facts-norse-mythology.html
• https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0713620/

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