History Recap / SupernaturalS02E06NoExit

* TruthInTelevision: H. H. Holmes really did build a "[[InnOfNoReturn murder hotel]]". His corpse was also really encased in several layers of concrete at Holmes' request, since he feared having it dug up and mutilated.

* TruthInTelevision: H. H. Holmes really did build a "[[InnOfNoReturn murder hotel]]". His corpse is also really encased in several layers of concrete because he feared having it dug up and mutilated.

* TruthInTelevision: H. H. Holmes really did build a "[[InnOfNoReturn murder hotel]]". He also demanded that his corpse be encased in several layers of concrete because he feared having it dug up and mutilated.

* TruthInTelevision: H. H. Holmes did build a "[[InnOfNoReturn murder hotel]]".

** When they first discover the ectoplasm, Dean suggested they are dealing with the [[Film/{{Ghostbusters}} Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man]].

* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: JustifiedTrope. As in RealLife, Holmes keeps his victims alive to torture and experiment on them.

* SimilarlyNamedWorks: ''Theatre/NoExit'' by Jean-Paul Sartre.

-->'''Dean:''' Jo, you got options. No one in their right mind chooses this life. My dad started me into this when I was so young; I wish I could do something else.
-->'''Jo:''' You love the job.
-->'''Dean:''' Yeah, but I'm a little twisted.
-->'''Jo:''' You don't think I'm a little twisted, too?

!Tropes appearing in this episode:

* TheBait: Jo.
* TheBeard: Jo pretends Dean is her boyfriend when she rents the apartment.

* ChekhovsGun: We see Jo talking to Dean on her cell phone. Later, Dean finds Jo's cell phone in the passage where she was abducted.
* ColdIron: Jo's knife and the bars in the sewer.
-->'''Jo:''' ''[stabbing Holmes' hand]'' How do you like that? Pure iron, you creepy-ass son of a bitch!

* DoubleEntendre: Dean's comment about [[ADateWithRosiePalms cleaning "the pipes"]] when Jo squeezes past him in the narrow crawlspace.

* KnockoutGas: Holmes uses chloroform to knock out his victims. This is a JustifiedTrope as in RealLife, Holmes (and many other criminals) was reported to use chloroform this way.
* LetsSplitUpGang: When searching for Holmes in the walls. Dean and Jo take the two upper floors, while Sam takes the bottom floors, and then there's a narrow spot that Dean can't get through, but Jo can.

-->'''Ellen:''' Like father, like sons, that is what I'm talking about.

* MamaBear: Dean is afraid of Ellen.

-->'''Jo:''' You wanna know why I want to do the job? For him. It's my way of being close to him. Now tell me what's wrong with that.

* SealedEvilInACan: In RealLife, Holmes did indeed have his body sealed in cement so no one could mutilate his corpse. In this episode, Holmes' spirit is sealed in cement in a circle of salt and an iron-barred sewer.

* TraumaticHaircut: Holmes pulls a chunk of hair out of Jo's head.
* TruthInTelevision: H. H. Holmes did build a [[InnOfNoReturn "murder hotel"]].

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* ActorAllusion: Creator/JensenAckles, who plays Dean Winchester, also played CJ on ''Series/DawsonsCreek'', while Katie Holmes played Joey.
-->'''Sam:''' What's in LA?
-->'''Dean:''' A young girl, [[Creator/TomCruise been kidnapped]] by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientology an evil cult]]?
-->'''Sam:''' Girl got a name?
-->'''Dean:''' Katie Holmes.
-->'''Sam:''' That's funny! But--for you, so bitchy.

* SimilarlyNamedWorks: ''Theatre/NoExit'', a play by French existentialist Jean-Paul Sartre.

* ActorAllusion: Creator/JensenAckles, who plays Dean Winchester, also played CJ on ''Series/DawsonsCreek'', while Katie Holmes played Joey.

-->'''Sam:''' That’s funny! But for you--so bitchy.

* AndIMustScream: Dean, Sam and Jo trap H. H. Holmes' spirit in a ring of salt, in the middle of an iron barred sewer, because they can't salt his bones since they're encased in tons of concrete. To make sure that his spirit never gets out, they encased the spirit in tons of concrete.

* ChekhovsGun: We see Jo talking on her cell phone. Later Dean finds Jo's cell phone in the passage where she was abducted.

* DoubleEntendre: Dean's comment about [[ADateWithRosiePalms cleaning "the pipes"]], when Jo squeezes past him in the narrow crawl space.

* FreakierThanFiction: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._H._Holmes H. H. Holmes]] (one of the United States' first recognized serial killer), whose ghost appears in "No Exit", really existed.
* FullNameUltimatum: Ellen calls her "Joanna Beth" when she's upset with her.

* KnockoutGas: Holmes uses chloroform to knock out his villains. This is a JustifiedTrope as in RealLife, Holmes as well as many other criminals have been reported to use chloroform this way.
* LetsSplitUpGang: When searching for Holmes in the walls.

* PlentyOfBlondes: There seem to be a lot of single, thin blonde women in this apartment building.

* SealedEvilInACan: In RealLife, Holmes did have his body sealed in cement so no one could mutilate his corpse. In this episode, Holmes' spirit is sealed in cement in a circle of salt and an iron barred sewer.

** When they first discover the ectoplasm, Dean suggested they are dealing with the [[Film/{{Ghostbusters}} Stay Puft Marshmallow Man]].

* WellDoneSonGuy: The first thing Dean thinks of when he thinks of his father is the first time John took him shooting and he bulls-eyed each target.

* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: JustifiedTrope. As in RealLife, Holmes would keep his victims alive to torture and experiment on them.

-->'''Dean:''' Jo, you got options. No one in their right mind chooses this life. My dad started me into this when I was so young, I wish I could do something else.

Jo Harvelle tells the Winchesters about disappearances in an apartment building in Philadelphia. The brothers go to investigate, and despite being forbidden to do so by her mother, Jo joins them. They discover the building is being haunted by the spirit of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._H._Holmes H. H. Holmes,]] who kidnaps young blonde women and imprisons them in a sewer. Jo is taken by the spirit, but is saved by Sam and Dean. They trap Holmes in a ring of salt and then bury him in concrete. All is not well, though, because Jo's mother has found out what Jo's been doing and is furious. As they fight, she reveals to Jo that her father was working with John Winchester on a hunt when he was killed. Upset, Jo shares this information with Dean and tells him to leave.

* ActorAllusion: JensenAckles, who plays Dean Winchester, also played CJ on ''DawsonsCreek'', while Katie Holmes played Joey.
-->'''Dean:''' A young girl, [[TomCruise been kidnapped]] by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientology an evil cult?]]
-->'''Sam:''' Girl gotta name?
-->'''Dean:''' Katie Holmes
-->'''Sam:''' That’s funny! But for you - so bitchy.
* AirVentPassageway: How Holmes gets into the apartments. One has to wonder who and why these passages were built into the apartment building.

* AndIMustScream: Dean, Sam and Jo trap H. H. Holmes' spirit in a ring of salt, in the middle of an iron barred sewer, because they could not salt his bones since they were encased in tons of concrete. To make sure that his spirit never got out, they encased the spirit in tons of concrete.

* CatFight: Actually, Ellen and Jo do not exchange any blows, but that does not keep [[AllMenArePerverts Dean]] from fantasizing.

-->'''Jo stabbing Holmes' hand:''' How do you like that? Pure iron, you creepy-ass son of a bitch!

* DamselOutOfDistress: Jo comforts her fellow captive and stays rational despite being clearly terrified, shanks her captor in the hand with an iron knife, and willingly plays bait to the same ghost within ''minutes'' of being rescued - surely that qualifies her for this trope.

* FunTShirt: The family who enters the Roadhouse while Ellen and Jo are fighting are all wearing T-shirts that say [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_is_for_Lovers "Nebraska is for Lovers".]]

* {{Hustler}} / LittleMissConArtist: Jo, who won a sizable amount of cash from playing poker with hunters.

-->'''Jo:''' [holding out case file] Three weeks ago, a young girl disappears from a Philadelphia apartment. [silence] Take it, it won't bite.

* MementoMacGuffin: Jo's knife belonged to her father and has his initials "W.A.H." engraved on the blade.

* ProductPlacement: Sam seems to have replaced his laptop which was destroyed when the Impala crashed with a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powerbook_G4 PowerBook G4.]]

** Dean [[TheresSomethingAboutMary should have cleaned the pipes.]]

* SlashersPreferBlondes: Holmes' type is pretty petite blondes.
* StockEpisodeTitles: At least 16 other series have episodes with the same title.

'''Season 2, Episode 6''':

For the series so far = At least 156 humans; 11 ghosts; 5 vampires; 1 demon; 1 god; 1 rakshasa; 1 rawhead; 1 shapeshifter; 1 shtriga; 1 wendigo; and 1 zombie.

* DeggansRule: Failed.

* TheBechdelTest: Passed. The Harvelles' fights about Jo's decisions and future.

For this episode = [[spoiler:only 1 human]].

* BadassDamsel: Jo comforts her fellow captive and stays rational despite being clearly terrified, shanks her captor in the hand with an iron knife, and willingly plays bait to the same ghost within ''minutes'' of being rescued - surely that qualifies her for this trope.

* TheBechdelTest: Passed. The Harvelles fights about Jo's decisions and future.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Dean's comment about [[ADateWithRosiePalms cleaning "the pipes"]], when Jo squeezes past him in the narrow crawl space.

Jo Harvelle tells the Winchesters about disappearances in an apartment building in Philadelphia. The brothers go to investigate, and despite being forbidden to do so be her mother, Jo joins the. They discover the building is being haunted by the spirit of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._H._Holmes H. H. Holmes,]] who kidnaps young blonde women and imprisons them in a sewer. Jo is taken by the spirit, but is saved by Sam and Dean. They trap Holmes in a ring of salt and then bury him in concrete. All is not well, though, because Jo's mother has found out what Jo's been doing and is furious. As they fight, she reveals to Jo that her father was working with John Winchester on a hunt when he was killed. Upset, Jo shares this information with Dean and tells him to leave.

Jo Harvelle joins the Winchester brothers on a hunt in Philadelphia, even though her mother has forbidden her from hunting. They discover that an apartment building is being haunted by the spirit of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._H._Holmes H. H. Holmes,]] who kidnaps young blonde women and imprisons them in a sewer. Jo is taken by the spirit, but is saved by Sam and Dean. They trap Holmes in a ring of salt and then bury him in concrete. All is not well, though, because Jo's mother has found out what Jo's been doing and is furious. As they fight, she reveals to Jo that her father was working with John Winchester on a hunt when he was killed. Upset, Jo shares this information with Dean and tells him to leave.

!!Tropes

* AnyoneCanDie:
** Body count this episode = [[spoiler:only 1 human]].
** Body count for the series so far = At least 156 humans; 11 ghosts; 5 vampires; 1 demon; 1 god; 1 rakshasa; 1 rawhead; 1 shapeshifter; 1 shtriga; 1 wendigo; and 1 zombie.

* BadassInDistress: Jo, who comforts her fellow captive and stays rational despite being clearly terrified, shanks her captor in the hand with an iron knife, and willingly plays bait to the same ghost within ''minutes'' of being rescued - surely that qualifies her for this trope.

-->'''Ellen:''' You know what? You've had worse ideas than that recently. Hey, you don't wanna stay, don't stay. Go back to school.

* ChekhovsGun: After we see Jo talking on her cell phone, Dean finds Jo's cell phone in the passage where she was abducted.

* [[CinderellasShoe Cinderella's Shoe]]: Dean finds Jo's cell phone in the passage where she was abducted.

* ActorAllusion: JensenAckles, who plays Dean Winchester, also played CJ on DawsonsCreek, while Katie Holmes played Joey.

** When they first discover the ectoplasm, Dean suggested they were dealing with the [[Film/{{Ghostbusters}} Stay Puft Marshmallow Man]].

Jo Harvelle joins the Winchester brothers on a hunt in Philadelphia, even though her mother has forbidden her from hunting. They discover that an apartment building is being haunted by the spirit of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._H._Holmes H. H. Holmes]], who kidnaps young blondes and leaves them to die trapped in a sewer. Jo is taken by the spirit, but is saved by Sam and Dean. They trap Holmes in a ring of salt and then bury him in concrete. All is not well, though, because Jo's mother has found out what Jo's been doing and is furious. As they fight, she reveals to Jo that her father was working with John Winchester on a hunt when he was killed. Upset, Jo shares this information with Dean and tells him to leave.