1.01 Pilot
| Promotional image from Pilot | |
| Title | Pilot |
| Episode # | Season 1, Episode 1 |
| First aired | September 13, 2005 |
| Directed by | David Nutter |
| Written by | Eric Kripke |
| On IMDB | http://imdb.com/title/tt0713618/ |
| Outline | Dean and Sam are reunited, investigating supernatural deaths in Jericho on the path to finding their missing father, John. |
| Monster | Woman in White |
| Timeline | November 2, 1983 (flashback) October 30 (Dean arrives) |
| Location(s) | Lawrence, Kansas Palo Alto, California Jericho, California |
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Contents
Synopsis
Sam is about to graduate from college and has an interview set up to join one of the most prestigious law schools in the country. His brother Dean, whom he has not seen since he went to college, shows up in the middle of the night and tells him their father is missing while on a hunting trip. Leaving his girlfriend behind to find their dad, Sam joins Dean in an effort to find their father in a little town called Jericho, where unmarried men disappear without a trace. Source: www.tv.com
Characters
- Dean Winchester
- Sam Winchester
- John Winchester
- Mary Winchester
- Jessica Moore
- Constance Welch (Woman in White)
- Joseph Welch (her widower)
- Troy Squire (victim)
- Amy Hein (Troy's girlfriend)
Music
- Classic - What Cha Gonna Do
- Eagles of Death Metal - Speaking In Tongues
- Allman Brothers Band - Ramblin' Man
- AC/DC - Back in Black
- AC/DC - Highway to Hell
- The Living Daylights - Gasoline
- Kid Gloves Music - My Cheatin' Ways
See the Music page also.
Pad of Definitions
The following entries appeared in the Pad of Definitions for this episode:
- Poltergeist in Amherst
- Devil's Gate in Clifton
- EVP (Electronic Voice Phenomenon)
- Goldwave
- Silver Bullet
- Crucifix/Cross
- Voodoo in New Orleans
- Woman in White
- Silver Pentagram
- Wraiths
- Banshee
- Succubi
Additional definitions provided by fans
Quotes
Sam: What the hell are you doing here?
Dean: I was looking for a beer.
Sam: Dean... what the hell are you doing here?
Dean: Okay, all right. We gotta talk.
Sam: Um... the phone?
Dean: If I would've called you, would you have picked up?
Sam: I swore I was done hunting for good.
Dean: Come on, it wasn’t easy, but it wasn’t that bad.
Sam: Yeah? When I told dad when I was scared of the thing in my closet he gave me a 45.
Dean: Well what was he supposed to do?
Sam: I was 9 years old! He was supposed to say “Don’t be afraid of the dark.”
Dean: Don’t be afraid of the dark? What are you kidding me, of course you should be afraid of the dark! You know what’s out there!
Dean: So what are you gonna do? Just live some normal, apple pie life? Is that it?
Sam: No, not normal. Safe.
Dean: And that’s why you ran away?
Sam: I was just going to college!
Dean: I can’t do this alone.
Sam: Yes you can.
Dean: Yeah, well... I don’t want to.
Dean: House rules, Sammy. Driver picks the music, shotgun shuts his cakehole.
Dean: You can pretend all you want, Sammy. But sooner or later you're going to have to face up to who you really are.
Sam: Who is that?
Dean: One of us.
Trivia & References
- The episode first premiered on Yahoo!TV on 09/06/2005. The pilot could also be seen on the internet weeks before the airing.
- The premiere of the Pilot episode ran an extra 7 minutes (9:00 to 10:07 EST), bringing the total run time to 67 minutes.
- A deleted scene (watch)(contained on the Season 1 Box Set DVD coming out on September 5th, 2006) shows the reason Dean returned to save Sam from his burning bedroom: his watch stopped, the car radio send static and that's why he turned the car around, sensing something was wrong. Later on, we learn that in the days before the fires, signs crop up in an area, cattle deaths, temperature fluctuations, electrical storms.
Sam: We’re not exactly the Bradys.
Friend: And I’m not exactly the Huxtables.
- Sam is referring to the family in the TV show The Brady Bunch, a large patchwork family that stands for the ultimate American middle class family. His friend mentions the Bradys' 80’s african-american equivalent from The Cosby Show, the Huxtables.
- It is also likely that Sam is referring to the Brady family from the American soap opera, Days of our Lives, on which Jensen Ackles played Eric Brady.
Dean: [referring to Jessica's t-shirt] I love the Smurfs.
- The Smurfs was a cartoon series about little blue creatures living in mushroom houses in the woods. There was only one female smurf, Smurfette, who was rather slutty in appearance and behavior. I believe Dean, however, is referring not to the pair of smurfs on Jessica's shirt, but to the pair underneath the shirt. ;)
Sam: So he’s working over-time on a “Miller Time” shift; he’ll stumble back in sooner or later.
- and
Sam: Yeah, he’s just deer hunting up at the cabin and he’s probably got Jim, Jack, and Jose along with him. We’re just gonna go bring him back.
- All references to alcohol: Miller (beer), Jim Beam (bourbon), Jack Daniels (whiskey), and Jose Cuervo (tequila).
Dean: [to two FBI Agents] Agent Mulder, Agent Scully.
- Fox Mulder and Dana Scully are the two FBI Agents on the popular sci-fi/horror series The X-Files who investigate cases involving paranormal phenomenon.
Dean: Okay, thank you Unsolved Mysteries.
- A TV show that featured re-enactments of unsolved crimes filmed in documentary style, with actors portraying the victims, perpetrators and witnesses. Many of these stories hinted at paranormal phenomenon.
Policeman: So you want to give us your real name?
Dean: I told you, it’s Nugent. Ted Nugent.
- The first of Dean's classic rock star aliases. :)
Policeman: I'm not sure you realize just how much trouble you're in here.
Dean: We talkin', like, misdemeanor kind of trouble, or uh, "squeal like a pig" trouble?
- "Squeal like a pig" is a reference to a scene in the 1972 horror film Deliverance, in which a suburban man is told to "squeal like a pig" then brutally raped by crazed mountain men while on a fishing trip. The scene has been listed as one of the 100 Scariest Movie Moments (#63).
Sam: What were you thinking shooting Casper in the face, you freak?
- Title character in the famouse cartoon series Casper, the Friendly Ghost in which Casper was, indeed, a friendly ghost, unlike the Woman in White.
Sides, Scripts & Transcripts
- An earlier draft of the script for this episode (pdf format).
- A transcript of the aired episode.
- 1.01 Pilot (transcript)
- A twiztv.com script
