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The Girl Next Door

  • Episode aired Oct 7, 2011
  • TV-14
  • 42m
IMDb RATING
8.0/10
4.5K
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Sam reunites with a childhood girlfriend who is supposedly preying on human brains.Sam reunites with a childhood girlfriend who is supposedly preying on human brains.Sam reunites with a childhood girlfriend who is supposedly preying on human brains.

  • Director
    • Jensen Ackles
  • Writers
    • Eric Kripke
    • Andrew Dabb
    • Daniel Loflin
  • Stars
    • Jared Padalecki
    • Jensen Ackles
    • Jim Beaver
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  • IMDb RATING
    8.0/10
    4.5K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Jensen Ackles
    • Writers
      • Eric Kripke
      • Andrew Dabb
      • Daniel Loflin
    • Stars
      • Jared Padalecki
      • Jensen Ackles
      • Jim Beaver
    • 15User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Jared Padalecki
    Jared Padalecki
    • Sam Winchester
    Jensen Ackles
    Jensen Ackles
    • Dean Winchester
    Jim Beaver
    Jim Beaver
    • Bobby Singer
    Colin Ford
    Colin Ford
    • Young Sam Winchester
    Emma Grabinsky
    Emma Grabinsky
    • Young Amy
    Jewel Staite
    Jewel Staite
    • Amy Pond
    Benito Martinez
    Benito Martinez
    • Edgar…
    Sean Owen Roberts
    • Chet…
    Cameron Bancroft
    Cameron Bancroft
    • Dr. Gaines…
    Lori Triolo
    Lori Triolo
    • Head Nurse…
    Leslie Hopps
    Leslie Hopps
    • Amy's Mother
    • (as Leslie Hopps Deschutter)
    Steven Garr
    • Coroner
    Michael Nyuis
    • Store Clerk
    Nicholas Harrison
    Nicholas Harrison
    • Cop
    • (as Nick Harrison)
    Willy Lavendel
    • Coffee Vendor
    Claude Duhamel
    Claude Duhamel
    • Drug Dealer
    Andrea Whitburn
    Andrea Whitburn
    • Junkie
    • (as Drea Whitburn)
    Christina Schild
    • OR Doctor
    • Director
      • Jensen Ackles
    • Writers
      • Eric Kripke
      • Andrew Dabb
      • Daniel Loflin
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    User reviews15

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    mm-39

    Not bad not great

    Not a bad episode! Dean is portrayed as a meanie in this one. Sam and Dean escape the creatures from the hospital. Sam goes on a mission for a creature that saved his life years ago. Sam finds out this female creature killed people to save her child. In the end, Dean kills the creature which Sam could not. I believe this episode will cause future conflicts between the brothers. Good episode had the viewer wondering what will happen next? One finds out that Sam is sane and rational in spite of Dean's doubts about his brother. Nice to see the series back on track. Bobby was absent from this episode. The series seems odd now without Casiel. I give "Defending Your Life" an eight out of ten
    2Kamandi73

    Dishonest Hypocrite

    Dean the control freak brother who demands to know every single detail of Sam's life, and who goes nuts if Sam leaves out a detail, shows what kind of dishonest hypocrite he really is. How many times has Dean gone bonkers if he finds out that Sam did not give him a detailed explanation of every dream, nightmare, memories, thoughts, etc.?

    Sam is trying hard to trust Dean (big mistake), and tells Dean about Amy Pond (not the Doctor Who sidekick). Sam met her back when they were both children, and Amy saved Sam from getting killed by her Mom, a kitsune.

    Amy is a kitsune who eats the thyroid glands of humans. She tells Sam she is working as a mortician so she only eats dead people. Kind of gross, but Sam lets her slide because she was the first girl he ever kissed.

    After he tells Dean the story, and asks him not to pursue Amy, Dean agrees, out of love and respect for Sam. Pathetically, it turns out Dean is a lying sack, and he tracks down Amy and shows her no mercy, and betrays his brother Sam.

    I would have liked this show better without Dean. Every time Dean got sent to hell or otherwise met Death, I hoped he was being written out of the show. Dean was an annoying character who always thought he was better than everyone else. His motto was "do as I say, not as I do."
    1darkdementress

    Bad

    Did they really force the 15 yr old actress to wear a shirt with her boobs hanging out? You they are did.. absolutely disgusting! It's one thing to have a consenting adult with their cleavage out the entire episode which I always think is awful and the show is full of it but to do it to the little girl and I'm pretty sure she was actually 15 at the time. Repulsive.! Shame!
    7pimpwitoutahand

    Lets just forget what darkdemntress since shes a misandrist in all reviews

    Its a flipflop episode that contradicts previous episodes that certainly a mishap throughout the entire series but a soul crunching episode nonetheless and hits deep to sam and the betrayal within family regardless of his own feelings. Stellar episode but missing stars due to the flipflopping on character development. I certainly think this was a episode to pave the way to the brothers dynamic and most likely a way to see how both could sway from their principals to meet what they truly need in the heat of the moment or just to appease their own satisfactions so they can be able to look themselves in a mirror at the end of the day.
    8claudio_carvalho

    First Love and Betrayal

    Bobby rescues Dean and Sam from the Sioux Falls General Hospital and they recover their injuries in a hideout in Montana. When Sam reads in the news about the death of three scumbags in the Livingston Park in Lincoln, Nebraska, he steals the Impala and drive to Nebraska.

    Sam meets a woman, Amy, in the woods ready to attack a driver. She hits Sam but he meets her,again at her home. Sam recalls when he was a young teenager and he falls in love with the girl Amy. However he discovers that Amy and her mother are Kitsunes that feed with human brains. When her mother is ready to kill him, he is protected by Amy. Now Amy explains why she killed her victims and Sam let her go. Now he has to convince Dean to spare Amy.

    "The Girl Next Door" is an episode that I did not like at all. I did not like Dean's attitude luring Sam and stabbing Amy, betraying his brother. The writers did a poor job in this story and I believe that this murder will certainly bring a conflict between Sam and Dean. Last but not the least, I am impressed with the astonishing beauty of Emma Grabinsky. My vote is eight.

    Title (Brazil): "The Girl Next Door"

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    • Trivia
      Jewel Staite's character is named Amy Pond. Amelia "Amy" Pond is a fictional character portrayed by Karen Gillan in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It may also be a nod to the The Eleventh Hour (2010) character who is seen as both a child and an adult.
    • Goofs
      Sam's flashbacks take place in Lincoln, Nebraska but as he is leaving the Lancaster (county) library, the door has a sign for the "Montana Reading Club".
    • Quotes

      Dean Winchester: [watching a Spanish soap opera intently as Bobby walks in the door. Sam is reading in the background. To Bobby] Dude. Ricardo.

      Bobby Singer: What happened?

      Dean Winchester: [grimly] Suicidio.

      [Sam shakes his head in disgust]

      Bobby Singer: Adios, Esai.

      [Dean shakes his head sadly]

    • Connections
      References Rear Window (1954)
    • Soundtracks
      She Was Country
      Performed by The Neil Nelson Band

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    • Release date
      • October 7, 2011 (United States)
    • Language
      • English
    • Production companies
      • Wonderland Sound and Vision
      • Warner Bros. Television
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    • Runtime
      • 42m
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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