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5 | '''[[Recap/{{Supernatural}} Recap]] of ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'''''\ |
6 | '''Season 3, Episode 14:''' |
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8 | !Long-Distance Call |
9 | |
10 | ->'''Dean:''' I wanted to believe so badly that there was a way outta this. I mean I'm staring down the barrel at this thing. You know, Hell. For real, forever, and I just... |
11 | ->'''Sam:''' Yeah. |
12 | ->'''Dean:''' I'm scared, Sam. I'm really scared. |
13 | |
14 | Written by Jeremy Carver. |
15 | |
16 | Directed by Robert Singer. |
17 | |
18 | Air Date: May 1, 2008. |
19 | |
20 | Sam and Dean go to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milan%2C_Ohio Milan, Ohio]], where the residents are getting calls from their deceased loved ones. The situation intensifies when Dean gets a call from their father, who tells him he knows a way around Dean's contract with the demon. |
21 | |
22 | !!Body count |
23 | For this episode = 2 humans and 1 crocotta. |
24 | |
25 | For the series so far = At least 250 humans (of which 3 were witches), 9 demons, 19 ghosts, 10 vampires, 6 changelings, 3 gods, 2 shapeshifters, 2 werewolves, 1 crocotta, 1 djinn, 1 rakshasa, 1 rawhead, 1 shtriga, 1 wendigo, 1 zombie. |
26 | |
27 | !Tropes |
28 | ------------ |
29 | |
30 | * BatmanGambit: The crocotta's MO, especially in regards to Dean. |
31 | * BigEater: Dean when talking to Sam about the case, and later at the phone company |
32 | -->'''Dean:''' Yes well the main office mentioned that there would be a lunch. |
33 | * BloodFromTheMouth: Stewie and the crocotta. |
34 | * BondVillainStupidity: It sure was nice of the crocotta to exposite for a while so that Sam could loosen his bonds. |
35 | * CaughtWithYourPantsDown: The phone tech is caught [[TheInternetIsForPorn surfing the Internet for porn]] during working hours. |
36 | * CreepyChild: The crocotta impersonates someone's dead daughter. |
37 | * DivingSave: Sam saves a kid from being run over by a truck. |
38 | * FunnyBackgroundEvent: When Dean says the line "It totally rocked my understanding of the word 'necrophilia'," a passing woman shoots him a look of disgust. He then checks her out as she passes. |
39 | * GoryDiscretionShot[=/=]WhiteShirtOfDeath: Blood splatters on the white phone of the suicide victim. |
40 | * HopeSpot: For part of the episode, it looks like there's a way out of Dean's deal...turns out it was all just a trick. |
41 | * IsItSomethingYouEat: |
42 | -->'''Dean:''' What is that, a sandwich? |
43 | * ItWontTurnOff: One of the crocotta's victims [[CutTheJuice rips the telephone out of its socket]] and smashes it on the ground and it [[EvilPhone still keeps ringing]]. |
44 | ** Lanie shuts off her computer only to have it turn back on. |
45 | * LetsYouAndHimFight: The crocotta convinces Dean that a grieving father is the demon who owns his soul, and the father that Dean killed his daughter, and waits for one of them to kill the other. |
46 | * MadnessMantra: Come to me. Come to me. Come to me. |
47 | * NewhartPhonecall: A woman walks by as Dean is mentioning necrophilia on the phone with Sam. |
48 | ** The widow of the first victim heard her husband talking to a woman and listened in, thinking he was having an affair, but all she could hear was her husband's voice. |
49 | * PhoneCallFromTheDead: The MonsterOfTheWeek lures its victims by faking phone calls (and other messages) from dead loved ones. |
50 | * ShoutOut: |
51 | ** "So why use that number to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AT%26T reach out and touch someone]]?" |
52 | ** "Then believe it! if we get this sucker, it's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miller_Brewing_Company Miller Time]]" |
53 | * SupernaturalPhone: The brothers originally think that the calls are caused by a supernatural phone Edison tried to build. |
54 | * TogetherInDeath: The crocotta [[InvokedTrope invokes]] this to kill its victims. |
55 | * WaitHere: Sam asks this of Dean, and it works about as well as expected. |
56 | * WholePlotReference: The episode shares several similarities with [[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S2E22LongDistanceCall an episode]] of ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'' of the same name-- both feature communication with the dead, both have a scene where a child talks to a dead relative on a phone, and both are even the 58th episode of their respective series. |
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