1.07 Hook Man
Title | Hook Man |
Episode # | Season 1, Episode 7 |
First aired | 25 October, 2005 |
Directed by | David Jackson |
Written by | John Shiban |
On IMDB | http://imdb.com/title/tt0713615/ |
Outline | Sam and Dean investigate a series of supernatural deaths that appear to be morally driven. |
Monster | Ghost |
Timeline | 4 days in mid-March, 2006 |
Location(s) | Eastern Iowa University |
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Synopsis
Lori Sorenson is in a car parked in the woods on 9 Mile Road, making out with her boyfriend Rich when she hears a noise outside. Rich goes to investigate. When he disappears and Lori hears banging on the car roof, she gets out and finds Rich dead, hanging from a tree above the car.
Sam and Dean arrive in Ankeny, Iowa to investigate the case, intrigued because the witness, Lori reported that the attacker was invisible. At the fraternity house where Rich lived, they find out he was seeing Lori, who is the daughter of Reverend Sorenson.
They attend a service at he Reverend’s church, and speak to Lori. They think the story sounds like the Hook Man Legend, and go to the local library to research it. They find that in 1862 a preacher named Jacob Karns killed 13 prostitutes using the hook he wore in place of the hand he lost in an accident. He was later arrested and then executed.
That night the boys travel to 9 mile road, in search of the Hookman, but are discovered by the Sheriff.
The next morning, Lori wakes up in her dorm room to find her roommate Taylor dead and the words “Aren’t you glad you didn’t turn on the light?” written in blood on the wall.
After being released by the Sheriff, Sam and Dean hear about Taylor’s murder, and search the dorm room, noting that there is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem_cross
Characters
Definitions
- Hook Man Legend PoD
- Rock Salt/Rock Salt Gun PoD
- Avenging Angels PoD
- Aren't You Glad You Didn't Turn on the Lights? PoD
- Ozone PoD
- Ghosts
- Vengeful Spirits
Music
- Split Habit - Higher Mathematics (S1Com, p. 49, claims the song is "Merry Go Round" by Split Habit)
- Quiet Riot - Bang Your Head (Metal Health)
- Low Five - Noise
- APM - At Rest
- APM - Royal Bethlehem
- Paul Richards - U Do 2 Me
- Boston - Peace Of Mind
Quotes
Trivia & References
- Doctor Peter Venkman is the character played by Bill Murray in Ghostbusters.
- National Lampoon's Animal House: 1978 hilarious comedy about a frat house starring John Belushi, who gets to see some sorority girls in a naked pillow fight. Also involved were Ivan Retiman was the producer and Harold Ramis a writer, as they were on Ghostbusters.
- Ben Matlock is an attorney played by Andy Griffith in the TV show Matlock.