Supernatural (TV series)/Recap/S07/E17 The Born-Again Identity
Season 7, Episode 17:
The Born-Again Identity
When Sam’s coping skills stop working, Lucifer drives him to the brink, forcing Sam to enter a mental hospital. Fearing for his brother's life, Dean takes matters into his own hands, calling upon every hunter he knows. He receives the name of a healer from one hunter, only to find a familiar face waiting for him.
Tropes
- Back From the Dead: Castiel.
- Easy Amnesia
- Enemy Mine: Dean and Meg.
- Flash Back: Of the mid-battle variety, when Castiel takes out the demons guarding the hospital and regains his memory in the process.
- Sealed Good in A Can: After Castiel takes Sam's hallucinations upon himself, the brothers have to leave him in a psychiatric hospital.
- Shout Out: The episode title is a reference to The Bourne Identity, a story about an assassin who loses his memory.
- Villainous Rescue