Note: Full spoilers for the episode follow.
An intriguing case-of-the-week, some twists to the story and good guest stars helped make "Remember the Titans" a solid hour of Supernatural. The opening sequence did a lot to set the stage for the rest of the episode. It was obvious no good would come of the sleepy guy who was drinking and driving at night, so it wasn't shocking when he hit the poor man walking along the side of the road. But what took things in a different direction was the next shot of the man lying on the road, with a bird pecking at his liver. If that didn't catch your attention, the fact that he woke up and walked away must have.
If you knew your Greek mythology, then you might have guessed where the story was going and that the man was really Prometheus, a Titan of Greek mythology, cursed by Zeus to die every day for the sin of helping humanity. If you didn't know that ahead of time, then between the birds pecking at him and the attack by the mystery woman who turned out to be Artemis, the clues were intriguing. The Winchesters have run into gods in the past, but not very often, so it was understandable that they didn't realize who and what Prometheus was right away.
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