Breakdown

Breakdown is the 11th episode of Season 13. It aired on January 25, 2018.

Summary
Donna (guest star Briana Buckmaster) calls Sam and Dean for help after her niece, Wendy (guest star Sarah Dugdale), goes missing. The three hunters discover Wendy was kidnapped by a man who sells human parts to monsters in a grotesque online auction and race to save her before it is too late.

Plot
TBA.

Main Cast

 * Jared Padalecki as Sam Winchester
 * Jensen Ackles as Dean Winchester

Guest Stars

 * Brianna Buckmaster as Donna Hanscum
 * Brendan Taylor as Doug Stover

Co-Stars

 * Emilio Merritt as Luis Fernando
 * Steven Yaffee as Marlon
 * Sarah Dugdale as Wendy Hanscum

Featured Supernatural Beings

 * Arachne
 * Dreamwalker
 * Nephilim
 * Rugaru
 * Seraph
 * Vampires
 * Werewolf

Continuity

 * Doug Stover previously appeared in the Season 11 episode Plush.
 * The Apocalypse World was previously seen in The Bad Place.
 * A vampire cure was previously made in the Season 9 episode Alex Annie Alexis Ann.
 * The Winchesters refer to the events of the Season 7 episode Slash Fiction when they mention the FBI thinking they are dead and being wanted by the FBI.
 * Dean refers to when the vampire cure was used on him in Live Free or Twihard.
 * Sire blood previously appeared in Ladies Drink Free.
 * Doug and Dean refer to the events of Wayward Sisters which is stated to have been a couple of weeks before.
 * Dead man's blood previously appeared in a flashback in Keep Calm and Carry On. It was last used by the Winchesters in Alex Annie Alexis Ann.

Trivia

 * The title of the episode is a reference to the 1997 American adventure/mystery/thriller film starring Kurt Russell, making this the second episode of the season to have a title referencing a movie starring Kurt Russell with Tombstone being the first one.
 * The episode was originally titled The Midnight Train and was supposed to feature vampires but this was later changed due to filming constraints.
 * This is the second time Donna Hanscum appears this season, making Season 13 her first season where she appears in multiple episodes.
 * Doug Stover is the fourth character that was turned into a vampire and cured with Dean Winchester, Seth's Victim and Alex Jones being the first three.
 * Sarah Dugdale, the actress that portrays Wendy Hanscum, also portrayed Chloe in the Season 7 episode Party On, Garth.
 * Dean tells the vampire Marlon "bring it Twilight. This is a reference to the Twilight series of vampire movies. Dean also said something similar to a vampire he killed in Free To Be You and Me.