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The demand of the network to have more romance on the show produced a strange kind of moral to be adhered to. Anthony Pinker, one of the editors, explains: "The violence we don't get a lot of notes on." For the episode "Route 666" though, "... The note I got from the network was 'The girl can't be on top.'" <sup>(cit.[[S1Com]], p. 77)</sup>}} | The demand of the network to have more romance on the show produced a strange kind of moral to be adhered to. Anthony Pinker, one of the editors, explains: "The violence we don't get a lot of notes on." For the episode "Route 666" though, "... The note I got from the network was 'The girl can't be on top.'" <sup>(cit.[[S1Com]], p. 77)</sup>}} | ||
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| − | In the faux trailer for ''[[Hell Hazers II: The Reckoning]]'' in [[2.18 Hollywood Babylon]], writer Martin Flagg is also credited as the writer of ''Cornfield Massacre'' and ''Monster Truck'', which are illustrated with images from [[1.11 Scarecrow]] and this episode. There's also a shot of the hook from [[1.07 | + | In the faux trailer for ''[[Hell Hazers II: The Reckoning]]'' in [[2.18 Hollywood Babylon]], writer Martin Flagg is also credited as the writer of ''Cornfield Massacre'' and ''Monster Truck'', which are illustrated with images from [[1.11 Scarecrow]] and this episode. There's also a shot of the hook from [[1.07 Hook Man]], of Claire's desiccated hands from [[2.07 The Usual Suspects]], Gordon and his bloody knife from [[2.03 Bloodlust]] and the inside of Angela's coffin from [[2.04 Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things]].}} |
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In [[4.18 The Monster at the End of This Book]], "Route 666" is the title of one of [[Chuck]]'s ''Supernatural'' books. On reading it Dean says: "Everything is in here. I mean everything. From the racist truck to -- to me having sex. I'm full-frontal in here, dude."}} | In [[4.18 The Monster at the End of This Book]], "Route 666" is the title of one of [[Chuck]]'s ''Supernatural'' books. On reading it Dean says: "Everything is in here. I mean everything. From the racist truck to -- to me having sex. I'm full-frontal in here, dude."}} | ||
Revision as of 03:35, 14 July 2014
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| Title | Route 666 |
| Episode # | Season 1, Episode 13 |
| First aired | January 31, 2006 |
| Directed by | Paul Shapiro |
| Written by | Eugenie Ross-Leming Brad Buckner |
| On IMDB | Route 666 |
| Outline | An old flame of Dean's calls Sam and Dean in to help her with a haunted truck killing off people in her town. |
| Monster | Vengeful Spirit |
| Timeline | |
| Location(s) | Cape Girardeau, Missouri |
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Contents
Synopsis
An "old friend" of Dean's calls the brothers about some suspicious car accidents in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. It turns out the old friend is Dean's ex-girlfriend Cassie, who dumped him when he revealed to her that he hunts supernatural phenomena. Her father, his best friend Clayton, (both African American men) have been killed - seemingly run off the road. In the days before his death, her father reported being followed by a black truck.
Soon after Sam and Dean arrive, the editor of the local paper Jimmy Anderson is also killed. While researching the deaths, Dean and Cassie end up in bed together.
After the mayor, Harold Todd, is killed, the boys and Cassie find all men were linked to the Dorian family, who had been a wealthy white family in the town.
After Cassie herself is attacked, they find out that when her mother was young, she used to date a man called Cyrus Dorian. She left him for Martin Robinson, and an enraged Cyrus burnt down the church they were to be married in, killing the children's choir. Cyrus then attacked Martin but two of his friends, Clayton Solmes and Jimmy Anderson helped him and Cyrus was killed. They disposed of his body and truck in a swamp. Back then Harold Todd was a young deputy who had discovered what had happened but covered it up because he knew what Cyrus had done.
Eventually, Dean and Sam dispatch the phantom truck by dragging it and its owner out of the lake, burning the body, and leading the ghost truck to the hallowed ground of an old church - incidentally, the one Cyrus had burned to the ground during his racist reign of terror.
Before the boys leave, Dean raises the possibility of renewing a relationship with Cassie, but she turns him down.
Characters
Definitions
Music
- "Walk Away" by The James Gang
- (plays at the service station, when Cassie first calls Dean)
- "She Brings Me Love" by Bad Company
- (plays during the love scene between Dean and Cassie)
- "Paradise" by Sharif
- (plays during the love scene between Dean and Cassie; Netflix version)
- "Can't Find My Way Home" by Blind Faith
- (plays at the end of the episode, when Dean puts on his shades)
- "Line of Love" by The Minors
- (plays at the end of the episode, when Dean puts on his shades; Netflix version)
Quotes
Dean: Yeah, looks like.
Cassie: Don't go getting all authoritative on me, I hate it.
Dean: I'm in the middle of nowhere with a killer truck on my ass!
