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Supernatural Season 9, Episode 11, First Born recap 🐝 Dean and Crowley hit the road as the world’s least likely hunting duo, and they meet a beekeeper who turns out to be the father of murder himself, on Denim-wrapped Nightmares, a Supernatural rewatch podcast.

It’s 1863, Confederate demons are terrified, and a man with a jawbone and a leather jacket just kicked in the door. That’s the cold open, and Berly and LA were locked in from the start. In the present, Dean and Crowley go after the First Blade, the only weapon that can kill Abaddon. Back at the bunker, Sam and Cas work on extracting the last of Gadreel’s grace. Plus, a new Apple Podcasts review from Jen II, who found the show through the hosts’ collab with In Defense of Fandom.

Episode Highlights:

• 1863: Confederate demons, a jawbone, and a door kicked in by a very handsome man
• Drunk Dean at Gadreel’s bar, and Crowley shows up with a flower and a warning about the waitress
• John’s storage locker, plus an old photo of a hunter with Linda Hamilton arms
• Cas can’t taste PB&J anymore (in his defense, there’s barely any on the bread)
• Sam volunteers as the guinea pig, and Cas goes in deep with a very large needle
• Tara’s crunchy knee, her crunchy attitude, and way too much information about John Winchester
• A location spell burns a world map down to one tiny dot in Missouri
• Crowley clutches his pearls, and a beekeeper lifts his veil
• Tea in fine china, and Crowley’s trembling teacup
• Cain shucks corn at the kitchen table while Dean fights demons on the table (“You’re doing great, sweetie”)

Both hosts are smitten with Timothy Omundson as Cain: retired, unbothered, and devoted to his bees. Berly loved Dean and Crowley’s odd-couple road trip. LA loved Cas’s PB&J metaphor, of all things, which turns out to be about whether people can change. Berly does have one critique: casting Cain was a missed chance to diversify the cast. The gore is light, but one flashback is brutally sad. And the episode ends with a parting gift that stings.

In the lore segment, LA covers the biblical Cain: firstborn son of Adam and Eve, the first murder, and the original Mark of Cain, which was a protective mark, not a curse. Cain didn’t just wander off. He built a city, and his descendants became herdsmen, musicians, and blacksmiths. So the world’s first murderer accidentally kickstarted urban civilization and the music industry. It tracks.

“That is not true. I once deceived and betrayed both you and your brother.” – Castiel

Your turn, hunters: Should the boys have just left Cain alone with his bees? And can a PB&J really teach you that people can change? 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.

Sources:

• https://supernatural.fandom.com/wiki/First_Born
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cain
• https://www.britannica.com/biography/Cain-biblical-figure
• https://www.gotquestions.org/Cain-in-the-Bible.html

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