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Charlie returns to “Supernatural” and she’s not alone

Fan favorite Felicia Day was back on Supernatural last night, but right away we know something is definitely amiss. When we last saw Day’s spunky, perky, nerdbian character Charlie, she was headed to Oz for some (possibly lesbian) adventures with the grown up Dorothy. Apparently, some serious shit went down in the Emerald City, because when we next see Charlie, she’s kicking the crap out of a District Attorney on his front lawn.

When Dean and Sam catch wind of Charlie’s uncharacteristic actions, they set out to find out why their friend is acting like some sort of maniac. When they approach the District Attorney, Dean’s perfectly symmetrical face gets him to confess that he gave Charlie a name she was after. The name of the woman who is responsible covering up for the tragic deaths of her parents: Councilwoman Barbara Corddry.

Dean and Sam don their best FBI disguises and show up at the Councilwoman’s home. When they bring up the drunk driving incident, she sends them on their way. Good thing they stuck around the neighborhood, because soon after they hear screams coming from the house. They bust down the door to find the place trashed and a very sinister looking Charlie holding a big ol’ knife to the Councilwoman’s throat.

Charlie tells the brothers that Oz gave her the answers she was looking for, and proceeds to dig at Sam for his sweet nature. Dean tells Charlie that he knows this isn’t her, but she initiates a fight with him, and escapes after kicking him square in the face. Dean chases after her, but she’s slashed his tires. Just then, a little yellow car pulls up. It’s Charlie, but normal Charlie! She can tell the brothers are confused and suggests they do some catching up.

Yes, there are indeed two Charlies. The sweet, kind, lovable one, and her badass alter ego. “So ‘dick you’ is some sort of a ninja?” Dean asks. Charlie tells the brothers about the war that happened in Oz and how she made a deal with the Wizard. She had to “unleash her true darkness” and voila, Dark Charlie was born. Charlie is connected to Dark Charlie, physically to boot, so she feels whatever pain Dark Charlie does. Dark Charlie won the war in OZ, and is now trying to win Charlie back, but Charlie wants nothing to do with her and her evil ways. Dark Charlie set out to avenge Charlie’s parents’ deaths in an attempt to win her over. Charlie feels responsible, and has been trying to catch up with Dark Charlie before she does real damage.

Dark Charlie left with bank receipts from the Councilwoman’s house, and the trail should lead her to the person who actually killed Charlie’s parents. Sam asks Charlie to hack into the bank’s records so they can have the same info as Dark Charlie, but the thing is, Dark Charlie has every ounce of Charlie’s badassness, so she can’t bring herself to do anything illegal. Sam convinces her to teach him how to do it, so the badness is on him.

The man attached to the payments is Russel Wellington, who conveniently reported his car as stolen the night of the drunk driving incident. Dean warns Charlie to stay away from Wellington. Sam and Charlie head off to L. Frank Baum’s place to try and find a new key to OZ, since Dark Charlie destroyed the old one. Dean heads off to keep an eye on Wellington, lest Dark Charlie shows up.

Sam and Charlie find a clue that a man named Clive Dillon might have another way into Oz. Dean tries to buy some time with Wellington, and finally confronts him about the accident and coverup. Just as Wellington tries to deny it, the lights go out and Dark Charlie is in the building. Dean finds Dark Charlie, rocking leather pants and twirling her knife. She says she just wants answers, but Dean knows it’s revenge she’s after. Wellington apologizes for what he did, but Dark Charlie isn’t buying what he’s selling. She slams the door closed, locking Dean out, and stabs Wellington in the chest before breaking a window and escaping.

Dean calls Sam and Charlie to give them the bad news and Charlie is guilt ridden. As Dean sits at a bar, staring as shot of whiskey, Dark Charlie joins him. Unlike Charlie, Dark Charlie feels absolved of any remorse. She eyeballs the female bartender’s ass before hissing out, “Delicious.” Dean spills the beans about Sam and Charlie’s plan to send her back to Oz and back into Charlie’s soul. Dark Charlie blows off Dean’s threats, and goes off to ask the bartender to dance. Turns out it was a trick and the bartender tells Dean that Dark Charlie just left through the back door. Oh and she stole Dean’s beloved car too. He calls Sam to warn him: “Dick Charlie just hot-wired Baby and I think she’s on the way to you.”

Charlie and Sam have tracked down Clive Dillon, who is living under an assumed name in a small town. Clive explains that the only way a key to Oz can be fixed is in Oz itself. Also, what happened to Charlie, happened to him. Dark Clive kidnapped him a long time ago, and wreaked havoc on Oz. Dark Clive became the Wizard of Oz. Charlie panics because Dorothy now runs Oz and works closely with the Wizard. Her boo could be in danger! Clive has an idea that might work. If Charlie can’t get to Oz, maybe he can bring the Wizard there. If Clive is mortally wounded, the Wizard will show up to save them both.

As Dean pulls up to Clive’s house, he hears a gunshot. Dark Charlie is also hot on his heels. Inside the house, the Wizard appears, crashing through a mirror. Since time works differently in OZ, he is still the young version of Clive. Also, he’s pissed.

As the Wizard yells at Clive for not following through on keeping his damn self alive, Charlie winces in pain. Looks like Dean and Dark Charlie are getting their fight on. As the Wizard tries to choke Sam for attempting to save Charlie, Clive motions to the gun on the floor. At first Charlie refuses to pick it up but as the life drains out of Sam, she does. Clive says he forgives her and she shoots him in the head, effectively killing both Clive and the evil Wizard.

Sam picks the increasingly battered Charlie up and rushes outside to stop Dean from hurting Dark Charlie anymore. Sam places both Charlies next to each other. With the key taken from the Wizard, the two Charlies now fuse together again. Once whole again, she breaks down in Sam’s arms.

A battered and bruised Charlie has recovered enough to get out of bed, and since she can’t get back to Oz (and she knows Dorothy is safe) she offers to help the brothers out. Dean has been branded with a mark of the damned, which is one of the reasons he went HAM on Dark Charlie and couldn’t stop himself. Charlie offers to go to Italy and find a book that might have some answers about Dean’s mark. Dean feels terrible about hurting Charlie, but she promises to help him fight his demons, just like he helped her. She offers him forgiveness, even though he has trouble accepting it. She heads off to unearth some clues. “Arrivederci, bitches,” she bids them before taking off once again.

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