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* AtTheCrossroads

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* AtTheCrossroadsAndIMustScream: The demon claims that Dean's father's fate in hell is like this. But [[UnreliableExpositor since the demon was trying to mess with Dean's head, it should be taken with a grain of salt.]]
* AtTheCrossroads: Where the deals are made.


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* NoSympathy: [[JustifiedTrope Justified]]: See TookALevelInJerkass below.


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* TookALevelInJerkass: Dean has no sympathy for the people who made a DealWithTheDevil and accuses Evan Hudson of making the deal to cure his wife's cancer out of selfishness, because he couldn't stand the thought of having to live without her. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that Dean is angry at his father for making a deal to bring him back, because he [[SurvivorGuilt thinks that he should've died.]]
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* BigBad: The crossroad demon that has come to collect the souls of people she made deals with ten years prior.

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-->'''Dean:''' What have they got on you?
-->'''Sam:''' ''[quietly, worried]'' I'm sure they just haven't posted it yet...
-->'''Dean:''' What, no accessory, nothing?
-->'''Sam:''' Shut up.
-->'''Dean:''' You're jealous.
-->'''Sam:''' No, I'm not!

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-->'''Dean:''' What have they got on you?
-->'''Sam:'''
you?\\
'''Sam:'''
''[quietly, worried]'' I'm sure they just haven't posted it yet...
-->'''Dean:'''
yet...\\
'''Dean:'''
What, no accessory, nothing?
-->'''Sam:'''
nothing?\\
'''Sam:'''
Shut up.
-->'''Dean:'''
up.\\
'''Dean:'''
You're jealous.
-->'''Sam:'''
jealous.\\
'''Sam:'''
No, I'm not!



-->'''Dean:''' What the hell was that for?
-->'''Crossroad Demon:''' Sealing the deal.
-->'''Dean:''' I usually like to be warned before I'm violated with demon tongue.

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-->'''Dean:''' What the hell was that for?
-->'''Crossroad
for?\\
'''Crossroad
Demon:''' Sealing the deal.
-->'''Dean:'''
deal.\\
'''Dean:'''
I usually like to be warned before I'm violated with demon tongue.



-->'''Sam:''' So much for our low profile. You've got a warrant out in St. Louis and now you're officially in the feds' database.
-->'''Dean:''' Dude, I'm like Dillinger or something.

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-->'''Sam:''' --->'''Sam:''' So much for our low profile. You've got a warrant out in St. Louis and now you're officially in the feds' database.
-->'''Dean:'''
database.\\
'''Dean:'''
Dude, I'm like Dillinger or something.



-->'''Julie:''' Well, what are you going to do all weekend?
-->'''Evan:''' Um, not much, I--I got some bills to pay.

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-->'''Julie:''' Well, what are you going to do all weekend?
-->'''Evan:'''
weekend?\\
'''Evan:'''
Um, not much, I--I I-I got some bills to pay.




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* YouLookFamiliar: Christie Laing, who played the vessel of the demon summoned by Robert Johnson, also played the murdered roommate in [[Recap/SupernaturalS01E07HookMan "Hook Man" (S01, E07)]].

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* YouLookFamiliar: Christie Laing, who played the vessel of the demon summoned by Robert Johnson, also played the murdered roommate in [[Recap/SupernaturalS01E07HookMan "Hook Man" (S01, E07)]].
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* TechnologyMarchesOn: Dean's confusion about [=MySpace=] is now funny for a completely different reason.
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!Non-trope items:
* [[Fridge/SupernaturalS02E08CrossroadBlues Fridge Items.]]
* [[YMMV/SupernaturalS02E08CrossroadBlues YMMV Items.]]

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-->'''Sam:''' So, it's just like the Music/RobertJohnson legend, right? I mean, selling-your-soul-at-the-crossroads kind of deal?
-->'''Dean:''' Yeah, except that wasn't a legend. I mean, you know his music. ''[Sam shrugs]'' You don't know Robert Johnson's songs? Sam, there's occult references all over his lyrics. I mean, "Crossroad Blues"? "Me And The Devil Blues"? "Hellhound On My Trail"? The story goes, he died choking on his own blood. He was hallucinating and muttering about big evil dogs.

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-->'''Sam:''' ->'''Sam:''' So, it's just like the Music/RobertJohnson legend, right? I mean, selling-your-soul-at-the-crossroads kind of deal?
-->'''Dean:''' ->'''Dean:''' Yeah, except that wasn't a legend. I mean, you know his music. ''[Sam shrugs]'' You don't know Robert Johnson's songs? Sam, there's occult references all over his lyrics. I mean, "Crossroad Blues"? "Me And The Devil Blues"? "Hellhound On My Trail"? The story goes, he died choking on his own blood. He was hallucinating and muttering about big evil dogs.



Sam and Dean hear about an architect, Sean Boyden, who reported seeing a black dog before he [[DeathByIrony jumped to his death off a high rise he built]]. They travel to Greenwood, Mississippi and start investigating any reports of black dogs. Dr. Silvia Pearlman, who used to frequent Lloyd's Bar--where Sean Boyden was a bartender--also reported seeing a black dog and recently disappeared. Both Sean and Silvia had remarkable success in their careers starting ten years ago. When the Winchesters investigate the bar, they find yarrow planted outside and items used in summoning rituals buried under the crossroads in front of the bar. They realize these people have made deals with a [[Characters/SupernaturalDemons Crossroad Demon]] and are now being dragged to Hell by [[Characters/SupernaturalMonstersAndSupernaturalBeings hellhounds]].

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Sam and Dean hear about an architect, Sean Boyden, who reported seeing a black dog before he [[DeathByIrony jumped to his death off a high rise he built]]. They travel to Greenwood, Mississippi and start investigating any reports of black dogs. Dr. Silvia Pearlman, who used to frequent Lloyd's Bar--where Sean Boyden was a bartender--also reported seeing a black dog and recently disappeared. Both Sean and Silvia had remarkable success in their careers starting ten years ago. When the Winchesters investigate the bar, they find yarrow planted outside and items used in summoning rituals buried under the crossroads in front of the bar. They realize these people have made deals with a [[Characters/SupernaturalDemons Crossroad Crossroads Demon]] and are now being dragged to Hell by [[Characters/SupernaturalMonstersAndSupernaturalBeings hellhounds]].
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They track down the man in the photo buried under the crossroad, George Darrow. He has become a talented painter, but did not achieve fame or wealth. He admits to summoning the demon, and accepts his fate of going to Hell, but is holding off the hellhound with [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goofer_dust Goofer dust]] until he finishes his last painting. Realizing he doesn't want their help, the brothers track down Evan Hudson, who George says also made a deal with the demon. Evan tells them that he gave his soul so that his wife would be healed of her cancer. Sam stays to hold off the hellhound with Goofer dust that George gave them, while Dean leaves to go trap the demon and get it to stop the hellhound.

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They track down the man in the photo buried under the crossroad, George Darrow. He has become a talented painter, but did not achieve fame or wealth. He admits to summoning the demon, and accepts his fate of going to Hell, but is holding off the hellhound with [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goofer_dust Goofer dust]] until he finishes his last painting. Realizing he doesn't want their help, the brothers track down Evan Hudson, who George says also made a deal with the demon. Evan tells them that he gave his soul so that his wife would be healed of her cancer. Dean plans to summon the demon, trap it, and try to get it to call off the hellhound, while Sam defends Evan. Sam has misgivings about the plan, saying that he knows that this is, for Dean, really about their dad's death; Sam's been thinking that their dad made some kind of similar deal for Dean; he knows Dean's been thinking it, too; and he doesn't want Dean blaming himself for their dad's death. Dean says they don't really have other options at this point and leaves. Sam stays to hold off the hellhound with the Goofer dust that George gave them, while Dean leaves to go trap the demon and get it to stop the hellhound.
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People in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwood,_Mississippi Greenwood, Mississippi]]are dying after seeing black dogs.

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People in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwood,_Mississippi Greenwood, Mississippi]]are Mississippi]] are dying after seeing black dogs.



Sam and Dean hear about an architect, Sean Boyden, who reported seeing a black dog before he [[DeathByIrony jumped to his death off a high rise he built]]. They travel to Greenwood, Mississippi and start investigating any reports of black dogs. Dr. Silvia Pearlman, who used to frequent Lloyd's bar where Sean Boyden was a bartender, also reported seeing a black dog and recently disappeared. Both Sean and Silvia had remarkable success in their careers starting ten years ago. When the Winchesters investigate the bar, they find items used in summoning rituals buried under the crossroad in front of the bar. They realize these people have made deals with a [[Characters/SupernaturalDemons Crossroad Demon]] and are now being dragged to hell by [[Characters/SupernaturalMonstersAndSupernaturalBeings hellhounds]].

They track down the man in the photo buried under the crossroad, George Darrow. He has become a talented painter, but did not achieve fame or wealth. He admits to summoning the demon, and accepts his fate of being damned to hell after he finishes his painting. Realizing he does not want their help, the brothers track down Evan Hudson, who George says also made a deal with the demon. Evan tells them he gave his soul so that his wife would be healed from her cancer. Sam stays to hold off the hellhounds with [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goofer_dust Goofer dust]] that George gave them.

Dean goes back to the crossroad and summons the demon. He offers her his soul while luring her to his car, where he had drawn a devil's trap. The demon discovers the trap and decides to wound Dean by telling him how [[Characters/SupernaturalTheWinchesters John Winchester]] suffers in hell because he gave his soul for Dean. Dean acts as if he will trade his own soul for his father, but actually is luring the demon into a second devil's trap. Dean begins to exorcise the demon, only stopping when she agrees to release Evan from his contract. Dean almost starts to continue with the exorcism, but then keeps his word and breaks the devil's track. The demon pours out of the vessel as a cloud of black smoke.

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Sam and Dean hear about an architect, Sean Boyden, who reported seeing a black dog before he [[DeathByIrony jumped to his death off a high rise he built]]. They travel to Greenwood, Mississippi and start investigating any reports of black dogs. Dr. Silvia Pearlman, who used to frequent Lloyd's bar where Bar--where Sean Boyden was a bartender, also bartender--also reported seeing a black dog and recently disappeared. Both Sean and Silvia had remarkable success in their careers starting ten years ago. When the Winchesters investigate the bar, they find yarrow planted outside and items used in summoning rituals buried under the crossroad crossroads in front of the bar. They realize these people have made deals with a [[Characters/SupernaturalDemons Crossroad Demon]] and are now being dragged to hell Hell by [[Characters/SupernaturalMonstersAndSupernaturalBeings hellhounds]].

They track down the man in the photo buried under the crossroad, George Darrow. He has become a talented painter, but did not achieve fame or wealth. He admits to summoning the demon, and accepts his fate of being damned going to hell after he finishes his painting. Realizing he does not want their help, the brothers track down Evan Hudson, who George says also made a deal with the demon. Evan tells them he gave his soul so that his wife would be healed from her cancer. Sam stays to hold Hell, but is holding off the hellhounds hellhound with [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goofer_dust Goofer dust]] until he finishes his last painting. Realizing he doesn't want their help, the brothers track down Evan Hudson, who George says also made a deal with the demon. Evan tells them that he gave his soul so that his wife would be healed of her cancer. Sam stays to hold off the hellhound with Goofer dust that George gave them.

them, while Dean leaves to go trap the demon and get it to stop the hellhound.

Dean goes back to the crossroad and--despite Sam's earlier protests, accusations, and summons fears--summons the demon. He offers her his soul while luring her to his car, where he had drawn a devil's trap. The demon discovers the trap and decides to wound Dean by telling him how [[Characters/SupernaturalTheWinchesters John Winchester]] suffers in hell Hell because he gave his soul for Dean. Dean's life. Dean acts as if he will trade his own soul for his father, but is actually is luring the demon into a second devil's trap. Dean begins to exorcise the demon, only stopping only when she agrees to release Evan from his contract. Dean almost starts to continue with finishes the exorcism, but then keeps his word and breaks the devil's track.trap. The demon pours out of the vessel as a cloud of black smoke. \n

Later, back in the car, Sam asks Dean if he had actually considered taking the deal for their father, wanting to make sure that it was just a ploy the whole time. Dean changes the radio station and turns it up in response.



* ConvulsiveSeizures: Robert Johnson has a typical Hollywood seizure with his eyes closed and start and stop movements.

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* ConvulsiveSeizures: Robert Johnson has a typical Hollywood seizure with his eyes closed and start and stop start-and-stop movements.



-->'''Sam:''' I'm sure they just haven't posted it yet...

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-->'''Sam:''' ''[quietly, worried]'' I'm sure they just haven't posted it yet...



* DealWithTheDevil: The victims made deals with a demon at a crossroad ten years ago, and their deals are coming due. Dean makes his own deal and learns about his father's deal.

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* DealWithTheDevil: The victims made deals with a demon at a crossroad crossroads ten years ago, and their deals are coming due. Dean makes his own deal and learns about his father's deal.



* EyeOfNewt: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achillea_millefolium#In_popular_culture Yarrow]] flowers; graveyard dirt; black cat bone.

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* EyeOfNewt: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achillea_millefolium#In_popular_culture Yarrow]] flowers; graveyard dirt; black cat bone.bones.



-->'''Crossroad Demon:''' Because your misery's the whole point. It's too much fun to watch. Knowing how your daddy died for you, how he sold his soul. I mean, that's gotta hurt. It's all you ever think about. You wake up and your first thought is, "I can't do this anymore". You're all lit up with pain. I mean, you loved him so much. And it's all your fault.
* {{Hellhound}}

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-->'''Crossroad Demon:''' Because your misery's the whole point. It's too much fun to watch. Knowing how your daddy died for you, how he sold his soul. I mean, that's gotta hurt. It's all you ever think about. You wake up and your first thought is, is "I can't do this anymore". You're all lit up with pain. I mean, you loved him so much. And it's all your fault.
* {{Hellhound}}{{Hellhound}}: How the contracts are enforced. Sam says they're "demonic pit bulls".



* TheLastDance: George Darrow is using [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goofer_dust Goofer dust]] to hold off the hellhounds until he finishes his painting.

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* TheLastDance: George Darrow is using [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goofer_dust Goofer dust]] to hold off the hellhounds hellhound until he finishes his last painting.



* MagicallyBindingContract: These contracts are enforced by hellhounds.

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* MagicallyBindingContract: These contracts are enforced Enforced by hellhounds.



* MusicalisInterruptus: Robert Johnson starts to play "Hellhound on My Trail", but then starts to hear a growling noise and sees a dark shape through the window. He tries to keep playing, but as the growling gets louder, stops playing and runs outside.
* NaturalSpotlight: The light shines on the golden cross of the woman holding Robert Johnson as he dies. This is combined with a {{zoom}} in on the cross. This may suggest the salvation denied to him or could signify the crossroad.

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* MusicalisInterruptus: Robert Johnson starts to play "Hellhound on My Trail", but then starts to hear hears a growling noise and sees a dark shape through the window. He tries to keep playing, but playing but, as the growling gets louder, stops playing and runs outside.
* NaturalSpotlight: The light shines on the golden cross of the woman holding Robert Johnson as he dies. This is combined with a {{zoom}} in on the cross. This may suggest the salvation denied to him him, or it could signify the crossroad.



* RedemptionEqualsDeath: George Darrow feels he needs to face the hellhounds as he feels guilty for summoning the demon who made bargains with the others at Lloyd's bar.

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* RedemptionEqualsDeath: George Darrow feels he needs to face the hellhounds as he feels guilty for summoning the demon who then stayed for a week and made bargains with the others at Lloyd's bar.Bar.



* YouLookFamiliar: Christie Laing, who played the vessel of the demon who was summoned by Robert Johnson, also played the murdered roommate in [[Recap/SupernaturalS01E07HookMan "Hook Man" (S01, E07)]].

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* YouLookFamiliar: Christie Laing, who played the vessel of the demon who was summoned by Robert Johnson, also played the murdered roommate in [[Recap/SupernaturalS01E07HookMan "Hook Man" (S01, E07)]].
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* FateWorseThanDeath: Damnation in hell.

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* FateWorseThanDeath: Damnation in hell.Hell.



* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: When Robert Johnson summons the demon, it appears in the vessel of a beautiful black woman. When Dean summons, the demon takes a white woman as a vessel.
* GeometricMagic: The Devil's trap.

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* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: When Robert Johnson summons the demon, it appears in the vessel of a beautiful black woman. When Dean summons, summons it, the demon takes a white woman as a vessel.
* GeometricMagic: The Devil's trap. devil's trap.



-->'''Crossroad Demon:''' Because your misery's the whole point. It's too much fun to watch. Knowing how your daddy died for you, how he sold his soul. I mean, that's gotta hurt. It's all you ever think about. You wake up and your first thought is, "I can't do this anymore." You're all lit up with pain. I mean, you loved him so much. And it's all your fault.

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-->'''Crossroad Demon:''' Because your misery's the whole point. It's too much fun to watch. Knowing how your daddy died for you, how he sold his soul. I mean, that's gotta hurt. It's all you ever think about. You wake up and your first thought is, "I can't do this anymore." anymore". You're all lit up with pain. I mean, you loved him so much. And it's all your fault.



* InvisibleToNormals: The hell hounds are only seen and heard by the humans they are pursuing.

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* InvisibleToNormals: The hell hounds hellhounds are only seen and heard by the humans they are pursuing.



* TheLastDance: George Darrow is using [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goofer_dust Goofer dust]] to hold off the hell hounds until he finishes his painting.

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* TheLastDance: George Darrow is using [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goofer_dust Goofer dust]] to hold off the hell hounds hellhounds until he finishes his painting.



* PowerAtAPrice: Success and talent were given for the person's soul.

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* PowerAtAPrice: Success and talent were given for the person's soul.



* SmokingIsCool: Robert Johnson has a cigarette dangling from his lip while playing.
* SomethingBlues: The episode is named using a method commonly seen in Blues music.

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* SmokingIsCool: Robert Johnson has a cigarette dangling from his lip while playing.
playing.
* SomethingBlues: The episode is named using a method commonly seen in Blues blues music.



* SummoningRitual: Robert Johnson, George Darrow, and Dean all do this at the crossroad.

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* SummoningRitual: Robert Johnson, George Darrow, and Dean all do this one at the crossroad.



* SuperSmoke: When the Crossroad Demon leaves it's vessel.

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* SuperSmoke: When the Crossroad Demon leaves it's its vessel.
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-->'''Sam:''' So it's just like the Music/RobertJohnson legend, right? I mean selling your soul at the crossroads kind of deal?

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-->'''Sam:''' So So, it's just like the Music/RobertJohnson legend, right? I mean selling your soul at the crossroads mean, selling-your-soul-at-the-crossroads kind of deal?

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'''Season 2, Episode 8''':

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'''[[Recap/{{Supernatural}} Recap]] of ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'''''\\
'''Season 2, Episode 8''':8:'''



Sam and Dean hear about an architect, Sean Boyden, who reported seeing a black dog before he [[DeathByIrony jumped to his death off a high rise he built]]. They travel to Greenwood, Mississippi and start investigating any reports of black dogs. Dr. Silvia Pearlman, who used to frequent Lloyd's bar where Sean Boyden was a bartender, also reported seeing a black dog and recently disappeared. Both Sean and Silvia had remarkable success in their careers starting ten years ago. When the Winchesters investigate the bar, they find items used in summoning rituals buried under the crossroad in front of the bar. They realize these people have made deals with a [[Characters/SupernaturalDemons Crossroad Demon]] and are now being dragged to hell by [[Characters/SupernaturalMonstersAndSupernaturalBeings Hellhounds]].

They track down the man in the photo buried under the crossroad, George Darrow. He has become a talented painter, but did not achieve fame or wealth. He admits to summoning the demon, and accepts his fate of being damned to hell after he finishes his painting. Realizing he does not want their help, the brothers track down Evan Hudson, who George says also made a deal with the demon. Evan tells them he gave his soul so that his wife would be healed from her cancer. Sam stays to hold off the hell hounds with [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goofer_dust Goofer dust]] that George gave them.

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Sam and Dean hear about an architect, Sean Boyden, who reported seeing a black dog before he [[DeathByIrony jumped to his death off a high rise he built]]. They travel to Greenwood, Mississippi and start investigating any reports of black dogs. Dr. Silvia Pearlman, who used to frequent Lloyd's bar where Sean Boyden was a bartender, also reported seeing a black dog and recently disappeared. Both Sean and Silvia had remarkable success in their careers starting ten years ago. When the Winchesters investigate the bar, they find items used in summoning rituals buried under the crossroad in front of the bar. They realize these people have made deals with a [[Characters/SupernaturalDemons Crossroad Demon]] and are now being dragged to hell by [[Characters/SupernaturalMonstersAndSupernaturalBeings Hellhounds]].

hellhounds]].

They track down the man in the photo buried under the crossroad, George Darrow. He has become a talented painter, but did not achieve fame or wealth. He admits to summoning the demon, and accepts his fate of being damned to hell after he finishes his painting. Realizing he does not want their help, the brothers track down Evan Hudson, who George says also made a deal with the demon. Evan tells them he gave his soul so that his wife would be healed from her cancer. Sam stays to hold off the hell hounds hellhounds with [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goofer_dust Goofer dust]] that George gave them.



For the series so far = At least 161 humans; 11 ghosts; 5 vampires; 1 demon; 1 god; 1 rakshasa; 1 rawhead; 1 shapeshifter; 1 shtriga; 1 wendigo; and 1 zombie.


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For the series so far = At least 161 humans; 11 ghosts; 5 vampires; 1 demon; 1 god; 1 rakshasa; 1 rawhead; 1 shapeshifter; 1 shtriga; 1 wendigo; and 1 zombie.




!Your Mileage May Vary (YMMV) items:

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* [[YMMV/SupernaturalS02E08CrossroadBlues Other YMMV Items.]]

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* [[YMMV/SupernaturalS02E08CrossroadBlues Other YMMV Items.]]



-->'''Crossroad Demon bargaining with Dean:''' You're lucky I've got a soft spot for lost puppies and long faces. I just can't leave you like this. Besides. You didn't call me here to bargain for Evan. Not really.

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-->'''Crossroad Demon bargaining Demon:''' ''[bargaining with Dean:''' Dean]'' You're lucky I've got a soft spot for lost puppies and long faces. I just can't leave you like this. Besides. You didn't call me here to bargain for Evan. Not really.



* DidYouJustScamCthulhu: Dean release Evan from his contract by trapping the crossroad demon.

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* DidYouJustScamCthulhu: Dean release releases Evan from his contract by trapping the crossroad demon.



-->'''Crossroad Demon:''' See, people talk about hell, but it's just a word. It doesn't even come close to describing the real thing.

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-->'''Crossroad Demon:''' See, people talk about hell, Hell, but it's just a word. It doesn't even come close to describing the real thing.



* GuiltComplex: The crossroad demon recognizes this in Dean.

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* GuiltComplex: The crossroad demon Crossroad Demon recognizes this in Dean.



* HotAsHell: The crossroad demon.

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* HotAsHell: The crossroad demon.Crossroad Demon.



* LikeFatherLikeSon: The crossroad demon uses this phrase when Dean offers his soul to release Evan Hudson from his contract, implying John Winchester also gave his soul for someone.

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* LikeFatherLikeSon: The crossroad demon Crossroad Demon uses this phrase when Dean offers his soul to release Evan Hudson from his contract, implying John Winchester also gave his soul for someone.



* MagicallyBindingContract: These contracts are enforced by hell hounds.

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* MagicallyBindingContract: These contracts are enforced by hell hounds.hellhounds.



* RedemptionEqualsDeath: George Darrow feels he needs to face the hell hounds as he feels guilty for summoning the demon who made bargains with the others at Lloyd's bar.

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* RedemptionEqualsDeath: George Darrow feels he needs to face the hell hounds hellhounds as he feels guilty for summoning the demon who made bargains with the others at Lloyd's bar.



** Dean compares himself to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dillinger John Dillinger.]]
-->'''Sam:''' So much for our low profile. You've got a warrant out in St. Louis and now, you're officially on the feds' database.

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** Dean compares himself to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dillinger John Dillinger.]]
Dillinger]].
-->'''Sam:''' So much for our low profile. You've got a warrant out in St. Louis and now, now you're officially on in the feds' database.



** Dean says that George's house probably is not up next on [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTV_Cribs MTV Cribs.]]

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** Dean says that George's house probably is not up next on [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTV_Cribs MTV Cribs.]]Cribs]].



* SuperWindowJump: How the hell hound enters Dr. Pearlman's hotel room.

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* SuperWindowJump: How the hell hound hellhound enters Dr. Pearlman's hotel room.



* TakeThat: "Myspace, what's that? Some kind of [[TheInternetIsForPorn porn site]]?"
* TechnologyMarchesOn: Dean's confusion about Myspace is now funny for a completely different reason.

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* TakeThat: "Myspace, "[=MySpace=], what's that? Some kind of [[TheInternetIsForPorn porn site]]?"
* TechnologyMarchesOn: Dean's confusion about Myspace [=MySpace=] is now funny for a completely different reason.



* {{Understatement}}: Evan Hudson who knows the hell hounds are after him for the deal he made 10 years ago.

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* {{Understatement}}: Evan Hudson Hudson, who knows the hell hounds hellhounds are after him for the deal he made 10 ten years ago.



-->'''Evan:''' Um, not much, I, I got some bills to pay.

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-->'''Evan:''' Um, not much, I, I I--I got some bills to pay.



* YouLookFamiliar: Christie Laing who played the vessel of the demon who was summoned by Robert Johnson, also played the murdered roommate in [[Recap/SupernaturalS01E07HookMan "Hook Man"]].

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* YouLookFamiliar: Christie Laing Laing, who played the vessel of the demon who was summoned by Robert Johnson, also played the murdered roommate in [[Recap/SupernaturalS01E07HookMan "Hook Man"]].
Man" (S01, E07)]].
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-->'''Dean:''' Yeah, except that wasn't a legend. I mean, you know his music. (Sam shrugs.) You don't know Robert Johnson's songs? Sam, there's occult references all over his lyrics. I mean, "Crossroad Blues"? "Me And The Devil Blues"? "Hellhound On My Trail"? The story goes, he died choking on his own blood. He was hallucinating and muttering about big evil dogs.

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-->'''Dean:''' Yeah, except that wasn't a legend. I mean, you know his music. (Sam shrugs.) ''[Sam shrugs]'' You don't know Robert Johnson's songs? Sam, there's occult references all over his lyrics. I mean, "Crossroad Blues"? "Me And The Devil Blues"? "Hellhound On My Trail"? The story goes, he died choking on his own blood. He was hallucinating and muttering about big evil dogs.



People in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwood,_Mississippi Greenwood, Mississippi,]]are dying after seeing black dogs.

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People in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwood,_Mississippi Greenwood, Mississippi,]]are Mississippi]]are dying after seeing black dogs.



Sam and Dean hear about an architect Sean Boyden, who reported seeing a black dog before he [[DeathByIrony jumped to his death off a high rise he built]]. They travel to Greenwood, Mississippi, and start investigating any reports of black dogs. Dr. Silvia Pearlman, who used to frequent Lloyd's bar where Sean Boyden was a bartender, also reported seeing a black dog and recently disappeared. Both Sean and Silvia had remarkable success in their careers starting 10 years ago. When the Winchesters investigate the bar, they find items used in summoning rituals buried under the crossroad in front of the bar. They realize these people have made deals with a [[Characters/SupernaturalDemons Crossroad Demons]] and are now being dragged to hell by [[Characters/SupernaturalMonstersAndSupernaturalBeings Hellhounds]].

They track down the man in the photo which was buried under the crossroad, George Darrow. He has become a talented painter, but did not achieve fame or wealth. He admits to summoning the demon, and accepts his fate of being damned to hell after he finishes his painting. Realizing he does not want their help, the brother track down Evan Hudson, who George says also made a deal with the demon. Evan tells them he gave his soul so that his wife would be healed from her cancer. Sam stays to hold off the hell hounds with [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goofer_dust Goofer dust]] that George gave them.

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Sam and Dean hear about an architect architect, Sean Boyden, who reported seeing a black dog before he [[DeathByIrony jumped to his death off a high rise he built]]. They travel to Greenwood, Mississippi, Mississippi and start investigating any reports of black dogs. Dr. Silvia Pearlman, who used to frequent Lloyd's bar where Sean Boyden was a bartender, also reported seeing a black dog and recently disappeared. Both Sean and Silvia had remarkable success in their careers starting 10 ten years ago. When the Winchesters investigate the bar, they find items used in summoning rituals buried under the crossroad in front of the bar. They realize these people have made deals with a [[Characters/SupernaturalDemons Crossroad Demons]] Demon]] and are now being dragged to hell by [[Characters/SupernaturalMonstersAndSupernaturalBeings Hellhounds]].

They track down the man in the photo which was buried under the crossroad, George Darrow. He has become a talented painter, but did not achieve fame or wealth. He admits to summoning the demon, and accepts his fate of being damned to hell after he finishes his painting. Realizing he does not want their help, the brother brothers track down Evan Hudson, who George says also made a deal with the demon. Evan tells them he gave his soul so that his wife would be healed from her cancer. Sam stays to hold off the hell hounds with [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goofer_dust Goofer dust]] that George gave them.
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* LiteralGenie: George Darrow asked for artistic talent but not for fame. Now he's a brilliant unknown painter.
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For this episode = [[spoiler:3 humans.]]

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For this episode = [[spoiler:3 humans.]]
3 humans.
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* NightmareFace: Silvia and Evan both hallucinate people's faces turning into zombie-like monstrosities as a sign that their time is almost up.
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* TechnologyMarchesOn: Dean's confusion about Myspace is now funny for a completely different reason.
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* LawfulEvil: The crossroad demon keeps her word.
-->'''Crossroad Demon:''' My word is my bond.

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!Your Mileage May Vary (YMMV) items:
* [[Fridge/SupernaturalS02E08CrossroadBlues Fridge Items.]]
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* EvilIsSexy: The crossroad demon is a beautiful woman.

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