We are discussing Something About Mary, Season 12, Episode 21. Supernatural fulfills their annual tradition of killing off a recurring character during this episode! We ask: Why is Rick putting a bloody machete in the hallway? What should we call Lady Fancy Pants? What is happening to Mary? Is she really brainwashed? We analyze her brainwashing stages against psychologist Robert Jay Lifton's defined process.

Research Links

• How Stuff Works: Inside the Mind
• Editors' Introduction On Brainwashing: Mind Control, Media, and Warfare on JSTOR