BWW Recap: SUPERNATURAL Teaches a Lesson in Internet Safety

Remember that infamous Nationwide commercial from the Superbowl? You know which one I'm talking about; the one where the poor kid can't play or get cooties because he died in a car accident. Not only was that ad completely horrifying, but also served no real purpose in the grand scheme of things. Sorry, Nationwide, but you aren't going to prevent a fatal and horrible car accident just because someone bought your insurance. Tonight's episode of SUPERNATURAL, entitled "Halt & Catch Fire," was a better PSA, warning us that if you cause an accident you better beware of those angry spirits.

Two teenagers had a hankering for some off-brand Taco Bell when off-brand Siri decided to fool with them, leading them down a dark and deserted road. In fact, the phone had gone psycho and forced the teen girl out of the car, locking her boyfriend in and sending his truck over an unfinished bridge.

Over in the bunker, Sam had returned to fill Dean in on the news that Castiel had been working hard to find information on the Mark while indulging in riverboat gambling. Dean had decided it was time for them to take on another case and the mysterious death of boy-by-cell-phone was the pick of the week.

The boys were certain they had an open and shut case as the truck owned by the boy, Billy, belonged to his brother who had died in Afghanistan. They hopped over to the lot where the truck was being held and performed their usual ritual in order to deal with a vengeful spirit.

Meanwhile, two sorority co-eds were using the word 'hashtag' in their sentences and fake complaining about how hard life was when one of the girls, Julie, received angry Facebook messages from someone claiming to know her secret. The frightened girl quickly shut off her computer, but the unknown spirit continued to taunt her, locking her in her room as it strangled her with her laptop charger.

The Winchesters continued their investigation; uncovering the fact that Billy and Julie were connected through the school, both popular students in Greek Life. It didn't help either when the girl's roommate, Delilah, lied about whether anyone would want to murder her friend.

Apparently Sam had become a master hacker a la Charlie and was able to find the spirit's messages to Julie before her death. The boys were led to the originator of the messages, but were deterred when they found a woman laying flowers by the accident sight of her dead husband, Andrew. Dean and Sam knew if they could connect Billy and Julie's death to Andrew's then they would find their answers.

Over at the college, Delilah was panicking, urging her friend that they needed to come clean, but was shut down and left in a huff. The boy, however, was not so lucky as his Tinder was blowing up by a mysterious entity. The spirit began blasting music out of his speakers to the point that made the boys head start to bleed, killing him. Death by stereo.

With three deaths in five days, the boys appealed to Delilah, who confessed that the car accident that killed Andrew wasn't exactly an accident. The now dead teens and Delilah had been out for a cruise, paying more attention to social media than the road when they drove Andrew's car off the road. Instead of calling the cops, the college kids sped off, fleeing the scene.

Sam went off to investigate a theory that Andrew's spirit was traveling via power lines when he discovered it was, in fact, WiFi that had been the culprit. Dean was tasked with disconnecting the router in the sorority house, but Delilah was uncertain of its location and Andrew was ready to take his last act of revenge.

While Dean tried to destroy all of the wireless devices in the house and get Delilah to a safe area without WiFi, Sam rushed over to Andrew's house, his widow knowing exactly what had been happening; she had been contacted by Andrew and instead of being freaked out, she was elated. That was, until he suddenly changed, more focused on revenge against the college co-eds than romance.

Andrew was able to appear to Delilah, and Dean urged him to leave, but the vengeful spirit chose pain over peace. Plan B. Andrew's wife FaceTimed her dead husband, begging him to move on. The plan worked and Delilah and Dean were saved.

Delilah was able to clear her conscience and apologize to Andrew's wife. Sam and Dean watched as Delilah made peace and Dean revealed his peace was in helping people and he was done with finding a cure for the Mark; they hadn't found any pertinent information and it was time to stop fighting. Sam was furious, but Dean was certain all he needed was to call the shots and move on with his life the best he could, even if it meant the end of him.

Things we need to discuss:

- Out of all of Sam and Dean's deep car conversations, this was the most poignant one. It wasn't just comments about how they will fight to save Dean, but it was Dean finally voicing his real opinion on his actions and what he plans to do moving forward. Even though I have no doubt they will end up finding a way to rid of the Mark, at least Dean has accepted that he has to fight in order to keep his strength and humanity.

- Why were we deprived of a scene of Castiel riverboat gambling? I feel short-changed.

How many of you just considered turning off your WiFi? Do you have a vengeful spirit haunting you? Are you turning down your music? Never using Siri again?

Below, watch a promo for next week's episode "The Executioner's Song":

Photo Credit: The CW

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