History Recap / SupernaturalS01E06Skin

* PainfulTransformation: And disgusting.

Sam and Dean go to UsefulNotes/StLouis to investigate a murder at the behest of Becky Warren, one of Sam's college friends. Her brother Zach is accused of killing his girlfriend and there is forensic evidence to prove it, but Becky insists that he was with her when the murder took place. Sam and Dean uncover a [[Characters/SupernaturalMonstersAndSupernaturalBeings shapeshifter]] who takes on Dean's form and attacks Becky.

Sam and Dean go to St. Louis to investigate a murder at the behest of Becky Warren, one of Sam's college friends. Her brother Zach is accused of killing his girlfriend and there is forensic evidence to prove it, but Becky insists that he was with her when the murder took place. Sam and Dean uncover a [[Characters/SupernaturalMonstersAndSupernaturalBeings shapeshifter]] who takes on Dean's form and attacks Becky.

* KnifeNut: The shapeshifter.

* GirlOfTheWeek: Becky for Dean

* PainfulTransformation: and disgusting.

-->'''Rebecca:''' What do you think this is, [[FanServiceWithASmile Hooters]]?

* TooDumbToLive: Why didn't the shapeshifter just kill Sam, the guy who's been hunting him down, right away either of the two times he has him captured?

* WronglyAccused: The secondary victims of the CriminalDoppelganger. This episode also starts an important subplot of the show: the brothers being hunted down by the police and FBI, who believe them to be some sort of homicidal maniac family.

Sam and Dean go to St. Louis to investigate a murder at the behest of Becky Warren, one of Sam's college friends. Her brother Zach is accused of killing his girlfriend and there is forensic evidence to prove it, but Becky insists that he was with her when the murder took place. Sam and Dean uncover a [[Characters/SupernaturalMonstersAndSupernaturalBeings Shapeshifter]] who takes on Dean's form and attacks Becky.

* BluffTheImpostor: Sam and Dean are hunting a shapeshifter. They [[LetsSplitUpGang split up]], and when they go back to the car Sam asks Dean something about a mission done by their father. Dean gives the right answer, proving that he is himself. Except that the shapeshifter can access the thoughts of the person it is mimicking and actually ''had'' copied Dean. Sam still sees through it when "Dean" uses the arm the real Dean had injured.

* BusmansHoliday: While it's not really a "holiday", Sam and especially Dean didn't expect that helping one of Sam's friends would end up with hunting a monster.

* FanDisservice: Dean seducing Becky? [[FanService Fine.]] A shapeshifter pretending to be Dean seducing Becky as a prelude to brutalizing and murdering her, not so much. Followed up by the shapeshifter removing its skin, complete with werewolf-esque writhing and screaming.

-->'''Dean:''' You know, I gotta say—I’m sorry I’m gonna miss it.

--> '''Shapeshifter!Dean:''' Maybe this thing was born human but was different, hideous and hated...until he learned to become someone else.

--> '''Dean:''' Look, it sucks. But with a job like this you can't get close to people. Period.
--> '''Sam:''' You're kind of anti-social, you know that?
--> '''Dean:''' Yeah, whatever.

--> '''Sam:''' I tell them I'm on a road trip with my big brother. I tell them I needed some time off after Jess.
--> '''Dean:''' Well, so you lie to them?
--> '''Sam:''' No, I just don't tell them...everything.
--> '''Dean:''' Yeah, that's called lying.

--> '''Becky:''' Well, what is it? Like a genetic freak?
--> '''Shapeshifter!Dean:''' Maybe...evolution is about mutation, right? So maybe this thing was born human but was different, hideous and hated...until he learned to become [[TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse someone else]].

--> '''Shapeshifter!Dean:''' I am your brother. See, deep down, I'm just jealous. You got friends. You could have a life. Me? I know I'm a freak. And sooner or later, everybody's gonna leave me.
--> '''Sam:''' What are you talking about?
--> '''Shapeshifter!Dean:''' You left. Hell, I did everything Dad asked me to, and he ditched me, too. No explanation, nothing, just poof. Left me with your sorry ass.

--> '''Sam:''' Hey, [[AffectionateNickname Bec]], can we take those beers now?
--> '''Becky:''' Uh, sure.
--> '''Sam:''' Hey, ah, maybe some sandwiches, too?
--> '''Rebecca:''' What do you think this is, [[FanServiceWithASmile Hooters]]?
--> '''Dean:''' ''[quietly]'' I wish.
** Dean compares the shapeshifter's ability to [[ExpositionBeam download thoughts and memories]] to a [[TheSpock Vulcan]] mind meld from ''Franchise/StarTrek''.

* TemptingFate: When Dean finds his car. "Ah ha! There she is! Finally something went right tonight!" Cue the police cars.

* {{Tuckerization}}: When Sam is checking his cell phone, a text message from Jerry Wanek can be seen. [[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0910822/ Jerry Wanek]] is the Production Designer for ''Series/{{Supernatural}}''. The name Jerry Wanek was [[RunningGag previously seen]] as Dean's alias on his U.S. Department of Homeland Security ID in [[Recap/SupernaturalS01E04PhantomTraveller "Phantom Traveler" (S01, Ep04)]].
* WronglyAccused: The secondary victims of the CriminalDoppelganger. This episode also starts an important subplot of the show, with the brothers being hunted down by the police, who believe them to be some sort of homicidal maniac family.

-->'''Dean:''' I really wish things could be different, you know, I wish you could just be Joe College.
-->'''Sam:''' Nah, that's okay. You know, truth is, even at Stanford, deep down, I never really fit in.
-->'''Dean:''' Well, that's 'cause you're a freak.
-->'''Sam:''' Yeah, thanks.
-->'''Dean:''' Well I'm a freak, too. I'm right there with you, all the way.