1.04 Phantom Traveler
| Dean using his EMF meter in the episode Phantom Traveler | |
| Title | Phantom Traveler |
| Episode # | Season 1, Episode 4 |
| First aired | 4 October, 2005 |
| Directed by | Robert Singer |
| Written by | Richard Hatem |
| On IMDB | http://imdb.com/title/tt0713617/ |
| Outline | Sam and Dean board a flight doomed to crash to exorcise a disaster-causing demon. |
| Monster | Demon |
| Timeline | 19-25 November, 2005 (speculation) December 5th, 2005 according to Episode 2.20 |
| Location(s) | Catasauqua, Pennsylvania Nazareth, Pennsylvania Lehigh Valley Airport |
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Contents
Synopsis
Sam and Dean are called in to investigate when a plane crashes under mysterious circumstances. Their investigation leads them to the conclusion that a demon is possessing people and causing them to crash the plane they are on. Things become more urgent when they discover that the demon is going after the 7 survivors of the first crash, including the pilot and a stewardess. imdb.com
Characters
- Dean Winchester
- Sam Winchester
- Amanda Walker (flight attendant)
- Jerry Panowski (man who 'hired' them)
- Lou (survivor)
- Jack Lambert (surviving pilot)
Music
- Black Sabbath - Paranoid
- Rush – Working Man
See the Music page also.
Pad of Definitions
- Phantom Travelers
- Flight 401
- EMF Meter
- Rituale Romanum
- Holy Water
- Poltergeist
- Sulfur
- Demons
- Demonic Possession
- Japanese Belief in Disaster-Causing Demons
- Exorcism
Additional definitions provided by fans
Quotes
Dean: Did you get any sleep last night?
Sam: Yeah, I grabbed a couple of hours.
Dean: Liar. 'Cause I was up at three, and you were watching the George Foreman infomercial.
Sam: Hey, what can I say? It's riveting TV.
Dean: Come on, that can't be normal!
Sam: Hey, hey, it's just a little turbulence.
Dean: Sam, this plane is going to crash, OK? So quit treating me like I'm friggin' four.
Sam: You need to calm down.
Dean: Well, I'm sorry, I can't.
Sam: Yes, you can.
Dean: Dude, stow the touchy-feely, self-help yoga crap. It's not helping!
Trivia & References
- Filming locations: Vancouver, Vancouver International Airport, South Terminal
- Dean is humming Metallica's "Some Kind of Monster" on the plane to calm himself down.
- Christo is Latin not for "God" but for "Christ." Moreover, it should be "Christus" or "Christe" - "Christo" is in either the dative or ablative case, and therefore means something like "to Christ" or "by Christ".
- When you called Dean's 866-907-3235 number given on this episode briefly after it aired, you'd get the following message: "This is Dean Winchester. If this is an emergency, please leave a message. If you are calling about 11-2-83, page me with your coordinates." 11-2-83 is the date of Mary Winchester's death. tv.com
- If you watched the version of this episode that aired on December 13, 2005, you heard the number they showed in closed captioning for Dean's cell number. They changed it from the original airing. They also changed the message you will hear if you call the original number that John said. If you call 866-907-3235 now, you will hear "Dad? We really need to hear from you. Leave me a message, text me, check your jwinchester1246 gmail. Anything. We have new info. " tv.com
- In the close captioning the number given was: 785-555-0179. Presumably the original script, from which the caption text was derived, had the 555- number but then they changed it for the actual on-screen dialogue. 785 is the Kansas area code.
- When Sam and Dean got to the airport Sam said they had half an hour to get on the plane because the plane left at 8 PM. But earlier when they were in the car he said that it was a five-hour drive and they would never make it in time. That would make it 2:30 in the afternoon but when he said that it was dark outside. tv.com
- The twin-engine plane had the registration number C-GBBP when it was on the ground. In flight, it was shown as C-GUTV. tv.com
- Dean: Liar. 'Cause I was up at three, and you were watching the George Foreman infomercial.
Sam: Hey, what can I say? It's riveting TV.
- George Foreman: Famous heavyweight boxer who is now best known for late night ads where he flogs his electric grill
Dean: Man, I look like one of the Blues Brothers.
- The Blues Brothers were a comedic R&B duo comprised of John Belushi and Dan Akroyd that originated on the late night sketch show Saturday Night Live and later made several movies. The pair's usual attire were black and white suits, ties, hats and sunglasses.
Sam: Yeah, he told me. It was a poltergeist?
Man: Poltergeist? Man, I loved that movie!
Dean: Yeah, but this goes way beyond floatin' over a bed or barfin' pea soup.
- References to the films The Exorcist, in which a little girl is possessed by a demon. Among her afflictions are bed-floating and projectile vomiting. Could also be a reference to Ghostbusters in which a woman is possessed and floats above her bed.
Dean: Miss Walker. Hi, this is Dr. James Hetfield from St. Francis Memorial Hospital.
- Another classic/mullet rock star alias: James Hetfield is the lead singer of Metallica.
