Supernatural Season 10 Episode 5 Recap: The Adventures of Destiel

Supernatural literally sang it out loud this week: The series has reached the incredible milestone of 200 episodes.

That’s nearly as many episodes as Kim Kardashian nude photos that exist on the Internet – and Supernatural celebrated the accomplishment in awesomely meta style.

At the outset of Supernatural Season 10 Episode 5, Sam and Dean came upon an all-girls high school musical adaptation of their lives. It was based on the works of Chuck, who made a surprising appearance during the hour and who helped make this a memorable installment.

In a hilarious nod to fan fiction that actually exists, Dean eventually comes around and encourages the students’ interpretation of “Destiel,” with the actress playing the characters as a couple because "d’uh, subtext."

The siblings also dealt with Calliope, the Greek muse of epic poetry who manifests creates fro the stories she’s tormenting. She eats the authors of various works and she caused some problems for the Winchesters here.

Before meeting her demise, however, Calliope summed up the appeal of the show she chose to haunt.

"Supernatural has everything! Life, death, resurrection, redemption. But above all, family."

Like we said: awesomely meta.

After this villain was dispatched, the musical staged a moving rendition of Kansas’ “Carry On Wayward Son,” with Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki conveying as much emotion as humanly possible without uttering a word.

Also of note on this special, unique episode:

• There was a montage of the show’s title cards over the past nine seasons.
• At one point, Dean hearkened back to the pilot while standing over the Impala’s trunk and saying: “We got work to do."
• When Dean tells Marie what happened in Seasons 6 through 10, she responds: “That is some of the worst fan fiction I’ve ever heard.”
• Marie, regarding her wig: “I used this for my one-woman Orphan Black show last year. It’s going to have to work for Sam."
• Kudos to the writers for mocking their own lapses in continuity/mythology with a reference to Adam being stuck in a cage with Lucifer.

This was an episode for all the Supernatural die-hards out there. And it delivered. Big time.

Relive the fun above when you watch Supernatural online and take a look ahead via this teaser for Supernatural Season 10 Episode 6:

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