History Recap / SupernaturalS01E03DeadInTheWater

* AdultFear

* HeroicSacrifice

* MakingASplash

* TakeMeInstead

* YoureInsane

-->'''Sam:''' "Kids are the best"? You don't even like kids.
-->'''Dean:''' I love kids!
-->'''Sam:''' Name three children that you even know.
--> ''[Long pause. Dean scratches his head; Sam starts to walks off]''
-->'''Dean:''' I'm thinking!

Sam and Dean investigate mysterious drownings in [[NoCommunitiesWereHarmed Lake Manitoc]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisconsin Wisconsin.]]

Sam and Dean investigate a series of mysterious drownings in Wisconsin, after coming across the obituary of an 18-year-old girl named Sophie Carlton, who was a varsity swimmer that drowned in the lake. They meet the Sheriff Jake Barr and his daughter, Andrea, and grandson, Lucas. Lucas has not spoken since his father, Bill Carlton's godson, died on the lake, but he has started drawing pictures. Sophie's brother then dies by drowning in a sink, and they realize that the drowning victims are all related to Bill Carlton. Dean asks Lucas to draw what happened, and Lucas draws a picture that they realize is Bill Carlton's house. Bill Carlton drowns in the lake before the Winchesters can question him. Dean asks Lucas for more help, and Lucas draws another house next to a church. Dean and Sam find this home and an older woman who lives there tells them about how her son Peter Sweeney disappeared 35 years ago. When the Sheriff finds out that Dean and Sam are not the Wildlife Service officials they pretended to be, he tells them to leave town. However, Dean is unwilling to leave town without making sure Lucas is okay, and when they reach Lucas' house they find that his mother, Andrea, is being attacked by something in the bath water. Sam manages to pull her out of the water. Then Lucas leads them to a buried bicycle. Dean sends Andrea and Lucas back to the house as they dig up the bike, but Andrea returns when she sees her father, the sheriff, approach with a gun. The Winchesters confront the sheriff with killing Peter while he holds them at gunpoint. The sheriff confesses when he sees his daughter, and admits Peter's body sunk into the lake. In the meantime, Lucas has wandered to the side of the lake and reaches into the lake to get an army man. [[Characters/SupernaturalGhosts Peter Sweeney's ghost]] grabs Lucas by the wrist and pulls him down into the lake. At this point, the sheriff sees Peter's ghost and, while Dean and Sam are diving to find Lucas, Sheriff Jake climbs into the lake and offers himself to Peter. The sheriff is pulled down, and Dean eventually emerges from the water with Lucas.

-->'''Wendy:''' Can I get you anything else? ''[Dean looks up and grins around the pen he's chewing on.]''

-->'''Wendy:''' Okay. ''[She walks away, revealing her [[WhoWearsShortShorts super short shorts]].]''
-->'''Dean:''' You know, Sam, we are allowed to have fun once in a while. ''[He points to Wendy.]'' That's fun.

--> '''Bill:''' My children are gone. It's...it's worse than dying.
--> ''[later]''
--> '''Peter's mother:''' Losing him, you know, it's...it's worse than dying.

* NightmareFuelColoringBook: Luke's black spirals and pictures of figures in water.

* ShoutOut

-->'''Dean:''' Alright, if you're goin' to be talking now, this is a very important phrase, so I want you to repeat it back to me one more time.
-->'''Lucas:''' Zeppelin Rules!
-->'''Dean:''' That's right, up high.
** The water sound effect is the same as the sound of going through a [[Series/StargateSG1 Stargate]]

* YoureInsane

!Non-trope items:
* [[Fridge/SupernaturalS01E03DeadInTheWater Fridge Items.]]
* [[Trivia/SupernaturalS01E03DeadInTheWater Trivia Items.]]
* [[YMMV/SupernaturalS01E03DeadInTheWater YMMV Items.]]

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* DeggansRule: Failed.

* TheBechdelTest: Failed, although Andrea Barr is another ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' woman who actually survives an episode.

'''Season 1, Episode 3''':

'''[[Recap/{{Supernatural}} Recap]] of Series/{{Supernatural}}'''\\

--> ''[Long pause, Dean scratches his head, Sam starts to walks off]''

Sam and Dean investigate a series of mysterious drownings in Wisconsin, after coming across the obituary of an 18-year-old girl named Sophie Carlton, who was a varsity swimmer that drowned in the lake. They meet the Sheriff Jake Barr and his daughter, Andrea, and grandson, Lucas. Lucas has not spoken since his father, Bill Carlton's godson, died on the lake, but he has started drawing pictures. Her brother then dies by drowning in a sink, and they realize that the drowning victims are all related to Bill Carlton. Dean asks Lucas to draw what happened, and Lucas draws a picture that they realize is Bill Carlton's house. Bill Carlton drowns in the lake before the Winchesters can question him. Dean asks for more help, and Lucas draws another house next to a church. Dean and Sam find this home and an older woman who lives there tells them about how her son Peter Sweeney disappeared 35 years ago. When the Sheriff finds out that Dean and Sam are not the Wildlife Service officials they pretended to be, he tells them to leave town. However, Dean is unwilling to leave town without making sure Lucas is okay, and when they reach Lucas' house they find that his mother, Andrea, is being attacked by something in the bath water. Sam manages to pull her out of the water. Then Lucas leads them to a buried bicycle. Dean sends Andrea and Lucas back to the house as they dig up the bike, but Andrea returns when she sees her father the sheriff approach with a gun. The Winchesters confront the sheriff with killing Peter while he holds them at gunpoint. The sheriff confesses when he sees his daughter, and admits Peter's body sunk into the lake. In the meantime, Lucas has wandered to the side of the lake and reaches into the lake to get an army man. [[Characters/SupernaturalGhosts Peter Sweeney's ghost]] grabs Lucas by the wrist and pulls him down into the lake. At this point, the sheriff sees Peter's ghost, and while Dean and Sam are diving to find Lucas, Sheriff Jake climbs into the lake and offers himself to Peter. The sheriff is pulled down, and Dean eventually emerges from the water with Lucas.

* BondingOverMissingParents: Dean and Luke.

** Lucas playing with army men, which are later found in Peter's home and one lures Lucas to reach into the lake.
* ContinuitySnarl: Sophie is said to drown the week before the Winchester brothers start investigating, but her memorial in the obituary Dean circles is for August 12, 2005, and the brothers did not start working together again as hunters until November 2, 2005.

--> (Long pause, Dean scratches his head, Sam starts to walks off)

Sam and Dean investigate a series of mysterious drownings in Wisconsin, after coming across the obituary of an 18 year old girl Sophie Carlton, who was a varsity swimmer that drowned in the lake. Her brother then dies by drowning in a sink, and they realize that the drowning victims are all related to Bill Carlton. They meet the Sheriff Jake Barr and his daughter, Andrea, and grandson, Lucas. Lucas has not spoken since his father, Bill Carlton's god-son, died on the lake, but he has started drawing pictures. Dean asks him to draw what happened, and Lucas draws a picture that they realize is Bill Carlton's house. Bill Carlton drowns in the lake before the Winchesters can question him. Dean asks for more help, and Lucas draws another house next to a church. Dean and Sam find this home and an older woman who lives there tells them about how her son Peter Sweeney disappeared 35 years ago. When the Sheriff finds out that Dean and Sam are not the Wildlife Service officials they pretended to be, he tells them to leave town. However, Dean is unwilling to leave town without making sure Lucas is okay, and when they reach Lucas' house they find that his mother, Andrea, is being attacked by something in the bath water. Sam manages to pull her out of the water. Then Lucas leads them to a buried bicycle. Dean sends Andrea and Lucas back to the house as the dig up the bike, but Andrea returns when she sees her father the sheriff approach with a gun. The Winchesters confront the sheriff with killing Peter while he holds them at gunpoint. The sheriff confesses when he sees his daughter, and admits Peter's body sunk into the lake. In the meantime, Lucas has wandered to the side of the lake and reaches into the lake to get an army man. [[Characters/SupernaturalGhosts Peter Sweeney's ghost]] grabs Lucas by the wrist and pulls him down into the lake. At this point, the sheriff sees Peter's ghost, and while Dean and Sam are diving to find Lucas, Sheriff Jake climbs into the lake and offers himself to Peter. The sheriff is pulled down, and Dean eventually emerges from the water with Lucas.

For the series so far = 10 humans; 3 ghosts; and 1 wendigo.

* [[YMMV/SupernaturalS01E03DeadInTheWater Your Mileage May Vary (YMMV) Items.]]

* TheBechdelTest: Failed, although Andrea Barr does represent another Series/{{Supernatural}} woman who actually survives an episode.

* ContinuitySnarl: Sophie is said to drown the week before the Winchester brothers start investigating, but her memorial in the obituary Dean circles is for August 12, 2005. Yet the brother did not start working together again as hunters until November 2, 2005.
* CreepyChild[=/=]CuteMute: Lucas

-->'''Andrea Barr''': Must be hard, with your sense of direction, never being able to find your way to a decent pickup line.

* DisappearedDad: Both Luke and the Winchester brothers are dealing with this.
* ElectiveMute: The kid doesn't even talk to his mom until around the end of the episode.

-->'''Wendy:''' Can I get you anything else? [Dean looks up and grins around the pen he's chewing on.]

-->'''Wendy:''' Okay. [She walks away revealing her [[WhoWearsShortShorts super short shorts]].]
-->'''Dean:''' You know, Sam, we are allowed to have fun once in a while. [He points to Wendy.] That's fun.

* GhostlyGoals: Peter's spirit seeks revenge, but is also [[UndeadChild still a child]] and wants playmates.

* HollywoodDrowning: [[AvertedTrope Averted]], but DiscussedTrope.
-->'''Sam asking Sophie's brother about her drowning:''' So, no splashing? No signs of distress?

--> ''(later)''

** The shots of Sophie swimming shot from lower in the water recall the first scene of ''Film/{{Jaws}}''.

** Andrea refers to Dean talking to her son as a JerryMaguire thing.
** After the Sheriff says he can lock them up or they can leave town, Sam says, "[[LetsMakeADeal Door number 2]] sounds good".
** Dean teaches Lucas about LedZeppelin.

* ThemedAliases: Agent [[HarrisonFord Ford]] and Agent [[MarkHamill Hamill]] are a departure from the typical guitarist/rock-star aliases, and are the start of many [[ShoutOut shoutouts]] to Franchise/StarWars. [[WordOfGod Eric Kripke]] has said Sam and Dean are based on [[SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan Luke Skywalker and Han Solo]].

For this episode = [[spoiler: 4 humans]].

** Also, a gun that will only be fired ''four seasons later'': Dean mentions in this episode that he used to love army men. [[spoiler:It was an army man that Dean rebuilt into the Impala that caused Sam to remember their childhood good times and fight over Lucifer's control of his body in [[Recap/SupernaturalS05E22SwanSong the season 5 finale.]]]]

* HeyItsThatGuy:
** Guest-starring Creator/AmyAcker as the resident mom, Andrea Barr, also played Dr. Claire Saunders in ''Series/{{Dollhouse}}'', and Illyria in ''Series/{{Angel}}''.

** Guest-starring AmyAcker as the resident mom, Andrea Barr, also played Dr. Claire Saunders in ''Series/{{Dollhouse}}'', and Illyria in ''Series/{{Angel}}''.

** Guest-starring AmyAcker as the resident HotMom, Andrea Barr, also played Dr. Claire Saunders in ''Series/{{Dollhouse}}'', and Illyria in ''Series/{{Angel}}''.

Sam and Dean investigate a series of mysterious drownings in Wisconsin, after coming across the obituary of an 18 year old girl Sophie Collins, who was a varsity swimmer that drowned in the lake. Her brother then dies by drowning in a sink, and they realize that the drowning victims are all related to Bill Collins. They meet the Sheriff Jake Barr and his daughter, Andrea, and grandson, Lucas. Lucas has not spoken since his father, Bill Collins' god-son, died on the lake, but he has started drawing pictures. Dean asks him to draw what happened, and Lucas draws a picture that they realize is Bill Collins' house. Bill Collins drowns in the lake before the Winchesters can question him. Dean asks for more help, and Lucas draws another house next to a church. Dean and Sam find this home and an older woman who lives there tells them about how her son Peter Sweeney disappeared 35 years ago. When the Sheriff finds out that Dean and Sam are not the Wildlife Service officials they pretended to be, he tells them to leave town. However, Dean is unwilling to leave town without making sure Lucas is okay, and when they reach Lucas' house they find that his mother, Andrea, is being attacked by something in the bath water. Sam manages to pull her out of the water. Then Lucas leads them to a buried bicycle. Dean sends Andrea and Lucas back to the house as the dig up the bike, but Andrea returns when she sees her father the sheriff approach with a gun. The Winchesters confront the sheriff with killing Peter while he holds them at gunpoint. The sheriff confesses when he sees his daughter, and admits Peter's body sunk into the lake. In the meantime, Lucas has wandered to the side of the lake and reaches into the lake to get an army man. [[Characters/SupernaturalGhosts Peter Sweeney's ghost]] grabs Lucas by the wrist and pulls him down into the lake. At this point, the sheriff sees Peter's ghost, and while Dean and Sam are diving to find Lucas, Sheriff Jake climbs into the lake and offers himself to Peter. The sheriff is pulled down, and Dean eventually emerges from the water with Lucas.

** Sheriff Jake Devins points out no large carnivores live in the lake and jokes that it might have been the [[StockNessMonster Loch Ness Monster]]. Sam later says, they can rule Nessie out as a suspect.

Sam and Dean investigate a series of mysterious drownings in Wisconsin, after coming across the obituary of an 18 year old girl Sophie Collins, who was a varsity swimmer that drowned in the lake. Her brother then dies by drowning in a sink, and they realize that the drowning victims are all related to Bill Collins. They meet the Sheriff Jake Barr and his daughter, Andrea, and grandson, Lucas. Lucas has not spoken since his father, Bill Collins' god-son, died on the lake, but he has started drawing pictures. Dean asks him to draw what happened, and Lucas draws a picture that they realize is Bill Collins' house. Bill Collins drowns in the lake before the Winchesters can question him. Dean asks for more help, and Lucas draws another house next to a church. Dean and Sam find this home and an older woman who lives there tells them about how her son Peter disappeared 35 years ago. When the Sheriff finds out that Dean and Sam are not the Wildlife Service officials they pretended to be, he tells them to leave town. However, Dean is unwilling to leave town without making sure Lucas is okay, and when they reach Lucas' house they find that his mother, Andrea, is being attacked by something in the bath water. Sam manages to pull her out of the water. Then Lucas leads them to a buried bicycle. Dean sends Andrea and Lucas back to the house as the dig up the bike, but Andrea returns when she sees her father the sheriff approach with a gun. The Winchesters confront the sheriff with killing Peter while he holds them at gunpoint. The sheriff confesses when he sees his daughter, and admits Peter's body sunk into the lake. In the meantime, Lucas has wandered to the side of the lake and reaches into the lake to get an army man. Peter's ghost grabs Lucas by the wrist and pulls him down into the lake. At this point, the sheriff sees Peter's ghost, and while Dean and Sam are diving to find Lucas, Sheriff Jake climbs into the lake and offers himself to Peter. The sheriff is pulled down, and Dean eventually emerges from the water with Lucas.

!Tropes
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* AnyoneCanDie:
** Body count this episode = [[spoiler: 4 humans]].
** Body count for the series = 10 humans; 3 ghosts; and 1 wendigo.

[[quoteright:250:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Dean_gets_to_Lucas_level_2694.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:250:"You're scared. It's okay, I understand. See, when I was your age, I saw something real bad happen to my mom, and I was scared, too."]]

* ForeignFarewell

* SmoochOfVictory: Andrea kisses Dean at the end.

* FakeKillScare: Sam telling Dean "We're not going to save everybody" indicates that Lucas drowned before Dean pulled him from the lake. Then Lucas shows up with Andrea.

* FakeKillScare: Sam telling Dean "We can't save everybody" indicates that Lucas drowned before Dean pulled him from the lake. Then Lucas shows up with Andrea.

-->'''Wendy:''' Okay. [She walks away revealing her super short shorts.]

* SmoochOfVictory: Andrea kiss Dean at the end.

* ThemedAliases: Agent [[HarrisonFord Ford]] and Agent [[MarkHamill Hamill]] are a departure from the typical guitarist/rock-star aliases, and are the start of many [[ShoutOut shoutouts]] to Franchise/StarWars. [[WordOfGod Eric Kripke]] has said Sam and Dean are based on [[SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan Luke Skywalker and Han Solo]].

* DumbStruck