Pie is a recurring delicacy favored by Dean Winchester.

Overview[]

The first mention of Dean liking pie appeared in season 1 episode Scarecrow, in which the townsfolk of Burkitsville, Indiana annually sacrifice young couples to a pagan god. The couples are fed pie before their sacrifice. As Dean is held captive and prepared for sacrifice, he exclaims : "I hope your apple pie is freakin' worth it!"

Since then, Dean has made numerous mentions about wanting pie, though a recurring gag is that he rarely ever does get his pie.

In season 5 episode Dark Side of the Moon, it is implied that the origin of Dean's love for pie comes from Mary, who was shown in a memory making him pie. Dean also seems to associate pie with comfort, possibly because of his mother.

Mary finally serves Dean pie in season 12 episode Mamma Mia, though she admits to buying it.

In season 12 episode The One You've Been Waiting For, Dean refuses Sam's offer of a baked pie. He agrees to have one by the end of the episode, however.

After that, Dean is not shown eating pie again, even though pie does appear on numerous occasions. This maybe due to the fact that pie no longer offers him comfort now that he knows what kind of person his mother is, and because of her recent betrayal.

In Season 13's The Scorpion and The Frog, the Crossroad Demon Barthamus offers Dean some pie when making a deal with the Winchesters. To Sam's surprise, Dean actually eats it.

In Season 14's Optimism, Dean gets and eats pie at a diner with Jack Kline while working a case together. Later, in Damaged Goods, Mary brings home pie for Dean while getting supplies for the Winchester Surprise, but he never actually gets to eat it.

In Don't Go In The Woods, pie is apparently on Dean's shopping list for Jack as he is seen examining one. Jack later tells Dean that he bought everything on the list except the beer, as Jack has no valid ID and he didn't want to use a fake one, suggesting that Jack did indeed buy the pie. It is unknown if Dean ever gets to eat it, but it's possible, since Dean had nothing to interrupt him from enjoying the pie after he got back to the Bunker except for going to the store to buy beer.

In Season 15's Our Father, Who Aren't in Heaven, Adam Milligan orders a slice of cake at a diner after returning to Earth from Lucifer's Cage. However, apparently sharing his half-brother's lack of luck with actually getting to eat pie, Adam is interrupted by the appearance of Lilith before he can take a bite. During the following confrontation between Lilith and the archangel Michael, using Adam as his vessel, the cake sits between the two. After Michael obliterates Lilith, the archangel pushes the uneaten cake away from him.

In The Gamblers, Dean learns that for the $4.60 they have, the Winchesters can only get a coffee and a slice of pie. Dean asks for two forks, but bemoans the fact that he can't get a cheeseburger instead of his beloved pie. While the waitress pulls out the pie, Dean apparently never gets to eat it because the Impala gets a flat tire.

In Carry On, the Winchesters drive to Akron, Ohio, where a pie fest is going on. Dean cries but denies it to Sam, and goes to get some pie. Sam sits down and waits for Dean, who arrives with six plates of pie. After a moment, Sam says that he just wishes Castiel and Jack could be there. Dean figures that they should keep on living and invites Sam to have some pie. Sam grabs a piece, pushes it into Dean's face, and laughs.

Metaphor[]

Pie is also used as a metaphor to mean "a normal, hunting-free life". This phrase first appeared in the Pilot, when Dean accuses Sam of running off to have an "apple-pie life".

Song[]

The song "Cherry Pie" by Warrant also appeared in season 4 episode Sex and Violence, the season 5 episode The Song Remains the Same and season 10's Reichenbach.

Appearances[]

• Season 1
  • Scarecrow (first mention)
• Season 2
  • All Hell Breaks Loose - Part 1 (Sam buys pie from diner; gets kidnapped by demons before he can deliver it to Dean)
• Season 3
  • Bedtime Stories (Old lady serves a young couple pie poisonous pie)
  • No Rest for the Wicked (Lilith kills Pat Fremont; he falls face first onto a piece of pie)
• Season 4
  • Lazarus Rising (Dean orders pie at diner, but doesn't eat it because the waitress is possessed)
  • Are You There, God? It's Me, Dean Winchester (Dean orders Sam to go out and buy pie; Sam returns without the pie)
• Season 5
  • Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (Karen Singer bakes numerous pies; Dean eats one)
  • Dark Side of the Moon (Dean's childhood memory)
  • Hammer of the Gods (Mercury says the hotel has the best pie in the tri-state area)
• Season 6
  • Appointment In Samarra (mentioned only)
• Season 7
  • The Girl Next Door (Dean sends Sam to buy pie; Sam brings him cake instead)
  • Shut Up, Dr. Phil (Dean is interrupted from eating his pie when Sam hands him a bag of chicken feet)
  • There Will Be Blood (mentioned only)
• Season 8
  • Citizen Fang (Dean orders pie at the Guidry's Cajun Café; Martin Creaser is later shown eating pie at the cafe)
  • Taxi Driver (Dean buys himself some pie but Kevin Tran takes it)
  • Pac-Man Fever (Charlie goes out and promises not to forget the pie; she returns without any pie)
  • Clip Show (Castiel fails to buy Dean pie at a convenience store)
• Season 9
  • I'm No Angel (Dean buys himself pie, though he is not shown eating it)
  • Sharp Teeth (Sister Joyce gives Dean pie)
• Season 10
  • Soul Survivor (Sam finds half-eaten pie in Dean's room)
  • The Prisoner (Crowley is shown eating pie at a diner)
• Season 12
  • Mamma Mia (Mary's store bought pie)
  • The One You've Been Waiting For (Sam's store bought; eaten at the end of the episode)
  • Lily Sunder Has Some Regrets (mentioned by Dean during the conversation with Ishim in a diner)
• Season 13
  • The Scorpion and The Frog (Barthamus buys a pie for Dean; eaten at the end of their meeting)
• Season 14
  • Optimism (pie at a diner eaten by Dean and Jack)
  • Damaged Goods (pie bought by Mary that Dean never gets to eat)
  • Don't Go In The Woods (apparently part of Dean's shopping list for Jack; presumably bought by Jack and later consumed by Dean)
• Season 15
  • The Gamblers
  • Carry On

Trivia[]

• Pie has been shown or mentioned in every season except Season 6 and Season 11.
• In a Season 7 interview, Andrew Dabb noted that he and his now-former partner, Daniel Loflin, wrote many episodes involving Dean's love for pie, such as Dark Side of the Moon, which introduced its origin. Dabb jokingly said that his entire career centered around "pie-writing" because of it.
  • When asked in that same interview about the cruelty of Dean not getting any pie in Season 7, Daniel said he was okay with torturing the lead cast, who by default could not be killed off.
  • Prior to this, Dean had lost the Impala and Bobby Singer, making the act even crueler.
• Dean and his half-brother Adam Milligan appear to share the same bad luck in never getting to actually eat their favorite baked goods, pie in Dean's case and cake in Adam's.