Teach Your Children Well

Season	Episode
1	2

Series

The Winchesters

Airdate

October 18, 2022

Written by

Robbie Thompson & David H. Goodman

Directed by

John F. Showalter

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Teach Your Children Well is the second episode of season 1 of The Winchesters. It aired on October 18, 2022, on The CW.

Summary[]

Official episode synopsis for Teach Your Children Well from The CW:^[1]

FAMILY MATTERS – John (Drake Rodger) and Millie (Bianca Kajlich) are on different pages about his new interest in hunting and Ada (Demetria McKinney) tries to bridge the gap. Mary (Meg Donnelly) follows a trail from her father that points to the disappearance of a teenage boy in Topeka. Meanwhile, Carlos (JoJo Fleites) has a heart to heart with Mary as Latika (Nida Khurshid) dives into her books to identify the monster. John Showalter directed the episode written by Robbie Thompson & David H. Goodman (#102). Original Airdate 10/18/2022.

Plot[]

Characters[]

Main cast[]

Meg Donnelly as Mary Campbell
Drake Rodger as John Winchester
Nida Khurshid as Latika Dar
Jojo Fleites as Carlos Cervantez
Demetria McKinney as Ada Monroe
Bianca Kajlich as Millie Winchester and La Tunda

Guest stars[]

Michael Reagan as Clyde

Co-stars[]

Sterlin English as Barry Smith
Trey Burvant as Jack
Jenna Harvey as Layla
Gina Marin as Maya
Juliene Joyner as La Tunda
Mary Pauley as Sister Bernadette

Additional[]

Jensen Ackles as Dean Winchester (uncredited, voice only)
Unknown actor as a cloaked figure (face unseen)
Lillian Dorsett as Hippie Kid (uncredited)
Victoria Harris as Hippie (uncredited)
Devyn Sandidge as Hippie (uncredited)

Featured supernatural beings[]

Akrida (mentioned only)
Demons (Ada's Demon and Slick, mentioned only)
Mimic (mentioned only)
La Tunda and (Millie Winchester, Sister Bernadette, and Clyde's dad, hallucination only)
Shapeshifters (mentioned only)
Zombies

Continuity[]

This is the 2nd episode to feature those unknown creatures that chased Samuel Campbell out of the cemetery but, it's the 1st to show them in better detail.

Trivia[]

Mary shows the same fondness for classic rock fake IDs that Dean did.
The plot of the episode in many ways mirrors Wendigo, the second episode of Supernatural.
In his disguise, Carlos wore the same western bolo tie that Dean was wearing in Tombstone. However, Carlos's stone is a little light in color.
Carlos makes a reference to american singer David Crosby and the group CSN.
The title is a reference to the song "Teach Your Children" by the group CSN&Y (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young).

Quotes[]

Ada Monroe: "John just needs time. He'll go to his corner. He'll come back when he's ready."
Millie Winchester: "You learn all that after one week on the road with my son?"
Ada Monroe: "I learned all that from his father. Look, Henry and I just worked together. He had his secrets, he made his mistakes. But John is open in a way that Henry just never was, and I suspect that part of him comes from you."

Carlos Cervantez: "Your dad never listened to you, right? And how did that make you feel? You keep Samuel up on this pedestal, but it's time to take him down, Mare. Take a page from what everyone in this commune is talking about and embrace the kind of leader you can be without him."
Mary Winchester: "What kind of leader is that?"
Carlos Cervantez: "Well, that's up to you. But if it were up to me, you'd be David Crosby."